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I Know That Face

HeadStuff Podcasts

The only movie podcast devoted to character actors, each episode delves into the career of one of those people where you know the face but not the name. From Bob Hoskins to Mia Goth to Viola Davis, hosts Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio shine a spotlight on supporting players unsung by the masses but loved by cinephiles, while also recommending some great films along the way. For any sponsorship inquiries contact advertising@headstuff.org

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45:55

Kelly Macdonald

I Know That Face ·

2021/06/03

This week we're going from Scotland to Texas to Atlantic City as we take on the career of Kelly Macdonald. Starting off as the underage seductress Diane in Trainspotting, Macdonald channeled this success into securing strong roles in Robert Altman's Gosford Park and the 2003 Irish thriller Intermission. The mid-2000s saw her support in childrens' films like Nanny McPhee and Lassie and in more adult fare like the Coen Brothers mega-successful neo-Western No Country for Old Men. TV has been the best

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53:21

Edward G. Robinson

I Know That Face ·

2021/05/20

It's golden-oldies week on I Know That Face. Take a step back in time to the Golden Age of Hollywood with Andrew and Stephen to revisit the career of Edward G. Robinson, see? Known for his tough-guy gangsters in films like Little Caesar and Key Largo, Robinson starred in 101 movies over the course of 50 years from gambling dramas like The Cincinnati Kid to sci-fi thrillers such as Soylent Green. Across hundreds of roles on stage and the big and small screens, Robinson is best-loved by Stephen and

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59:49

Christopher Abbott

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2021/05/06

Hard to believe we've been doing this over a year and this is our first big disagreement. This week on I Know That Face Andrew and Stephen break down the career of Christopher Abbott from his Broadway beginnings to his consistent indie output. Stephen's a big fan. Andrew is not. Whether it's dramas like James White and Tyrel or thrillers such as It Comes At Night and Sweet Virginia or horrors like Piercing and Possessor, Stephen has been consistently impressed by Abbott. Andrew has not. So, in the

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68:38

Jesse Plemons (with Mia Sherry)

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2021/04/22

Joined by returning guest Mia Sherry, the I Know That Face crew dive deep into the career of Meth Damon himself, Jesse Plemons! Beginning his career as a child actor Plemons came to attention as Landry in Friday Night Lights. He quickly followed that show's end in 2011 with a heel turn into one of Breaking Bad's most venomous villains, Todd Alquist. It's been quite a decade for Plemons with roles in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, and Charlie Kaufman's I'm Thinking

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24:22

Interview with Corinna Faith, writer-director of The...

I Know That Face ·

2021/04/08

In this special I Know That Face episode, Stephen Porzio chats with writer-director Corinna Faith about her brilliant debut feature The Power, streaming on Shudder now. A 70s-set horror, it centres on a young nurse forced to work the night shift during a blackout. Already scared of the dark due to a traumatic event in her past, she soon realises an angry spirit is haunting the hospital. Here, the filmmaker discusses where the idea for the movie came from, her relationship with horror, her influences

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61:30

Bruce Greenwood (with Niall Cassin)

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2021/03/25

This week Stephen and Andrew are joined by screenwriter, producer and filmmaker Niall Cassin to talk about the evergreen career of Bruce Greenwood. Capable of switching from cool authority figures like JFK in Thirteen Days to monstrous husbands in Double Jeopardy and Gerald's Game to sensitive working class men such as Billy Ansel in The Sweet Hereafter, Greenwood has carved out a path for himself as a reliable jack-of-all-trades in both film and TV. What's more our guest Niall Cassin has worked

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53:44

Hiroyuki Sanada

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2021/03/11

This week we're travelling from feudal Japan to the surface of the sun with the career of Hiroyuki Sanada. Sanada began acting at the age of six, rapidly fulfilling his childhood dream as an action star. After a slew of samurai films in the 1970s he went west to Hong Kong to star in martial arts films like Ninja in the Dragon's Den and In the Line of Duty: Royal Warriors. He became a well-respected actor in genre circles in the west after his performance in the 1999 J-Horror Ring. Sanada's desire to

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40:18

VMDIFF 2021 Line Up, Be Good or Be Gone Interview

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2021/02/25

This week Andrew and Stephen discuss the programme for the 2021 Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, running from March 3 - 14. They each pick five gems from the line-up to check out. Then, in the second half, Stephen chats to actor and writer Les Martin and director Cathal Nally about their Dublin-set drama-thriller and DIFF highlight Be Good or Be Gone. They talk about the movie's festival homecoming, shooting in the capital and the long road to getting their film made. Andrew's

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36:39

Interview with Kimo Stamboel, director of The Queen...

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2021/02/15

For this bonus episode, Stephen got to speak with Indonesian filmmaker Kimo Stamboel - best known for his bone crunching action flick Headshot. He has a new horror out on Shudder now called The Queen of Black Magic, a reimagining of the older cult film of the same name. Kimo talks to Stephen about his approach to remaking a classic, how prevalent black magic is in Indonesia and how streaming services are helping Western audiences discover the country's great genre movies. He also reflects on

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60:04

Isabelle Huppert (with Charline Fernandez)

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2021/02/11

Two iconic French women are on the podcast. First time guest, long time I Know That Face editor and filmmaker in her own right Charline Fernandez joins us this week to talk the incomparable Isabelle Huppert. With a career stretching over nearly 50 years Huppert has been a constant in French and world cinema since her BAFTA winning breakthrough performance in La Dentelliere. She has worked in France, America, the Phillipines, South Korea, Italy, Cambodia and Russia with acclaimed directors from

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34:46

Interview with Chiara Viale, writer-director of The...

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2021/01/28

In this special episode of I Know That Face, Stephen Porzio chats with Dublin based Italian writer-director Chiara Viale about her film The New Music. Now available on VOD, the coming-of-age drama centres on a classically trained pianist. After being diagnosed with Parkinson's, he embarks on a path of self-discovery which leads him to join a punk band. Chiara tells I Know That Face about the research that went into portraying Young Onset Parkinson's onscreen, what punk means to her, her love of

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51:33

Bill Camp (with Mark Conroy)

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2021/01/14

It's a whole new year and we've got a whole new episode for you! This week we spoke remotely with special guest and fellow HeadStuff alumnus Mark Conroy about the flourishing career of Bill Camp. Known best as a stage actor throughout the 90s and 2000s, he began to appear in bit parts in films like Steven Spielberg's Lincoln and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Birdman in the early 2010s. From 2015 onwards he became a popular player with Jeff Nichols who cast him in Midnight Special and Loving as well

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39:21

2021 Films to be Excited About

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2020/12/31

We spend a lot of time on I Know That Face looking back into the past. For our last episode of 2020 we thought it'd be fun to look forward to next year and all the great movies we'll hopefully get to see - from the return of old masters like Paul Verhoeven and Ridley Scott with Benedetta and The Last Duel respectively to younger guns like Sam Levinson with Malcolm & Marie and Olivia Wilde with her sophomore feature Don't Worry Darling. 2021 will also see the resurgence of the erotic thriller with

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44:51

Interviews - Depraved's Larry Fessenden and Anything...

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2020/12/24

Thanks to the kind folks over at horror streaming service Shudder, I Know That Face co-host Stephen Porzio got to chat with some filmmakers with new projects on the platform. First to be interviewed was indie legend writer-director Larry Fessenden. Known for films like Wendigo and The Last Winter, his latest Depraved is a new take on Frankenstein set in modern day New York. He discusses it, as well as his side-career as a producer and mentor to filmmakers like Kelly Reichardt and Ti West and as a

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60:25

TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2020

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2020/12/17

Another trip around the sun, another best of list. The only difference is you have to listen to this one. This week, to close out a terrible year filled with amazing films, the I Know That Face crew take you through some of their favourites. With Emma, Little Women and Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Andrew discovered a hidden love for period dramas. Horror lovers will get their fix as Stephen talks about Host and Saint Maud while Andrew waxes lyrical about The Lighthouse. Those in need of a good cry

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53:29

Willem Dafoe - Part 2

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2020/12/03

As his career has moved through decades and crossed into a new century Willem Dafoe has only become more experimental and varied in his parts as he's aged. This week Stephen and Andrew tackle the vast array of roles he's played from 2000 to the present day. Beginning in 2000 with his Oscar nominated role in Shadow of the Vampire, Dafoe went on to play a second iconic villain as the Green Goblin in Spider-Man. His rarely used comedic talents were put to the test in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic

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21:40

Bonus Ep: Interview with Alexandre O. Philippe,...

I Know That Face ·

2020/11/21

In this special bonus episode, co-host Stephen Porzio chats with acclaimed documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe about his new film Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist. Now streaming on Shudder, it sees the director of the iconic horror talking about his influences, how the classic movie was put together and his feelings on it now. Here, Alexandre discusses with Stephen his time spent with the legendary Friedkin, what he wanted to do differently with this doc and what’s next for him

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27:18

Interview with Catherine S. McMullen, writer of The...

I Know That Face ·

2020/11/19

In this special episode of I Know That Face, co-host Stephen Porzio chats with Catherine S. McMullen, the writer of The Other Lamb. Now streaming on Mubi UK and Ireland, it centres on a girl (Raffey Cassidy - The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Vox Lux) born into an all-female cult led by a man (Michiel Huisman, The Invitation). In the cult’s compound hidden away in the woods, she begins to question his teachings and her own reality. Catherine discusses what inspired her to write the psychological

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44:06

Willem Dafoe - Part 1

I Know That Face ·

2020/11/05

Call us Ishmael, because we've just landed our first white whale! In celebration of our first anniversary we've decided to cover the inestimable Willem Dafoe. Over two episodes we'll be looking at his long, varied screen career with Part One covering his work in the 80s and 90s. From Kathryn Bigelow's biker drama The Loveless to William Friedkin's amoral masterpiece To Live and Die in L.A. Dafoe's early film years were dominated by villains and dirtbags. This changed with Oliver Stone's Platoon

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46:06

Jeffrey Combs

I Know That Face ·

2020/10/22

In their final frightening episode of the Halloween season the I Know That Face crew take a look at the career of the Re-Animator himself: Jeffrey Combs. The actor's big break came in 1985 with Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator in which Combs played the title character. He would return to the role twice more in Bride of Re-Animator and Beyond Re-Animator. He is best known to horror fans for his work in adaptations of H. P. Lovecraft's stories such as From Beyond, The Dunwich Horror and Necronomicon in

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