MovieMaker
From MovieMaker Magazine, a podcast featuring conversations with great moviemakers about the art and craft of making movies. Tim Molloy talks to moviemakers about screenwriting, directing, acting, and all of the other creative work that goes into moviemaking. Like MovieMaker's print magazine and moviemaker.com, we're here for everyone who wants to learn more about how movies are made. Also, check out Actual Facts, our documentary-focused podcast hosted by Eric Steuer. You can listen to it right here on this feed or subscribe directly at https://pod.link/1646377119.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 190
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Rishi Rajani on Breaking In, Protest Art, and The Hollywood Mailroom
Before the age of 30, Rishi Rajani rose to become president of Lena Waithe's Hillman Grad Productions, the company that brought you Queen & Slim and BET's Boomerang and Twenties, among other projects…
Just Mercy Director Destin Daniel Cretton
Director Destin Daniel Cretton had no choice but to make sure Just Mercy, his Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx death row drama, was very accurate: Cretton says Bryan Stevenson, who inspired the film,…
Willem Dafoe and 'The Mustang' Director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
The Lighthouse was one of Willem Dafoe's biggest acting challenges: Dafoe and Robert Pattinson are onscreen for almost every second of Robert Eggers' film, shot in harsh weather on a barely hospitabl…
'Clemency' Stars Alfre Woodard and Aldis Hodge and Director Chinonye Chukwu
Clemency is one of the last films to be released in 2019, and it's one of the best films of 2019. This week we talk to the film's director, Chinonye Chukwu, and the film's stars, Alfre Woodard and Al…
Alan Cumming and 'Two Popes' Screenwriter Anthony McCarten
Alan Cumming and "Two Popes" screenwriter Anthony McCarten are our guests this week.
We talk with Cumming -- whose Twitter profile describes him as a "Scottish elf trapped inside middle-aged man's bod…
Margot Robbie and 'Bombshell' Writer Charles Randolph
Margot Robbie, our first guest, is earning accolades galore for her role in "Bombshell" as Kayla, a Fox News employee whose TV ambitions draw the attention of the predatory Roger Ailes. She talks wit…
'Hotel Mumbai' Director Anthony Maras
Hotel Mumbai, the feature debut from Australian writer-director Anthony Maras, deserved more attention when it premiered in the United States earlier this year. Now that the film has premiered in the…
'Mickey and the Bear' Stars Camila Morrone and James Badge Dale and Writer-Director Annabelle Attanasio
Writer-director Annabelle Attanasio's debut feature film "Mickey and the Bear" stars Camila Morrone as an 18-year-old helping care for her father (James Badge Dale), a veteran coping with PTSD. In th…
"Queen & Slim" Star Daniel Kaluuya and "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" Writers Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue, With Tom Junod
This week, two interviews we love: The first is with "Queen & Slim" star Daniel Kaluuya, and the second with "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" writers Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue, as w…
"Dolemite Is My Name" Screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
In the first episode of MovieMaker Interviews, "Dolemite Is My Name" screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski tell us how they went from college roommates to masters of the biopic. They wa…