Carolyn Talks..., Podcast

In this episode of #CarolynTalks, filmmaker Kyle Hausmann-Stokes joined me to discuss his debut feature film MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE, which is based on Kyle's own life, starring Sonequa Martin-Green and N…

Culture Critic and Journalist Candice Frederick joined me for Carolyn Talks.., to discuss the films nominated for the 2025 Oscars and the state of Hollywood. We discussed the culture of Hollywood shi…

In this episode of #CarolynTalks, I chat with director and writer Sook-yin Lee about her humorous and thought provoking film PAYING FOR IT. Co-written with Joanne Sarazan, based on the real experienc…

Filmmaker, mountaineer, and athlete Alex Harz joined me to talk about his documentary THE QUEST: EVEREST, in which he documents in 2D and VR format, his epic quest to climb to the top of the world, M…

Writer and director José Lourenço joined me for #CarolynTalks to chat about his film YOUNG WERTHER based on the1774 novel 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' by Johann Wolfgang Goethe. José and I chatted …

Scholar and researcher of 19th century gothic mythology and literature, Madeline Potter joined me to discuss representations of NOSFERATU, the films and character in the 2024 film adaptation by Rober…

Writer, director and producer, Dani Feixas joined me to talk about PARIS 70, his multi-award winning short film about Jan a son trying to cope as his aging mother Angela's caretaker, who uses a white…

For Carolyn Talks..., I spoke with writer and director Jean Liu and actress Harmonie He about their short film CORPSE FISHING, in which Harmonie plays Yan, a girl desperate to find her missing father…

Independent filmmaker Kelly Yu joined me to talk about her sophomore short film ENDLING, about Dennis (Dennis Dun, Big Trouble in Little China, Year of the Dragon) the aging caretaker for Pao Pao, th…

Heads of the Hair and Makeup Departments Andrea Mona Bowman, and Para Shardé Malden joined me for #CarolynTalks to discuss their work on the film adaptation of August Wilson THE PIANO LESSON, and car…

For her short film MAWTINI (My Homeland) director and producer Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller spoke with me about making a story to honor her Palestinian heritage, and the struggle and trauma of displace…

During TIFF24, I met with stage and screen actress and writer Akiko Iwase to chat about the challenges of adapting her stage play A MATTER OF SHARING for the 2023 feature film directed by Shinji Kuma…

Filmmaker Mukaddas Mijit joined me for the premiere of her film NIKAH, to discuss this dramatic mid-length feature through which she gives the world just a brief look into the life of young Uyghur wo…

Senior Culture Reporter and Film Critic of the Huffington Post Candice Frederick, joined me to chat about Coralie Fargeat's horrifically thought provoking THE SUBSTANCE, starring Demi Moor and Margar…

Writer and director Belkıs Bayrak spoke with me about her debut feature film about Gülizar (Ecem Uzan), a Turkish young woman whose life is traumatically changed when she's sexually assaulted on her …

Writer and director Arshile Egoyan joined me for #CarolynTalks during #TIFF2024 to discuss his short film BEFORE THEY JOINED US in which he depicts how war and immigration changes the ways children l…

Writer and Director Karen Chapman, and actresses Olunike Adeliyi and Zahra Bentham joined #CarolynTalks to chat about VILLAGE KEEPER, Karen's debut feature film about the secrets mothers keep, how wo…

Director Kourtney Roy and actor Jason Deline joined me for #CarolynTalks, to chat about their supernatural thriller KRYPTIC, about a woman Kay (Chloe Pirre) who's venture into the forests of British …

In her feature documentary A SISTERS' TALE, filmmaker Leila Amini reveals her sister Nasreen's journey to finding the pieces of herself lost over 14 years of being a wife and mother, through her pass…

Writer and director Akihiro Toda 戸田彬弘, spoke with me for #CarolynTalks about his dramatic feature IICHIKO starring Hana Sugisaki as Ichiko, the enigmatic young woman running from a past she fears and…