The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood
Sonny Bunch hosts The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, a new podcast featuring interviews with folks who have their finger on the pulse of the entertainment industry during this dynamic—and difficult—time.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 249
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
'The Spine of Night' and the Business of Animation
Sonny is joined by Philip Gelatt this week. In addition to talking about the art of rotoscoping and the years-long effort to get his new film The Spine of Night made, and then released, we also discu…
00:31:54 |
Thu 06 Jan 2022
'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Co-Writer Chris McKenna
On this week’s episode, Sonny is joined by Chris McKenna who, along with his writing partner Erik Sommers, wrote Spider-Man: No Way Home, which has grossed about $1.2 billion around the world … so fa…
00:46:33 |
Thu 30 Dec 2021
The Greatest Movie Ever Made Hits 4K
Last month the Criterion Collection kicked off its new 4K lineup with what is, arguably, the greatest movie ever made: Citizen Kane. And the disc is absolutely loaded with special features, including…
00:33:45 |
Thu 16 Dec 2021
Tim Miller and Sonny Talk 'Don't Look Up'
Special bonus episode this week, as The Bulwark’s Tim Miller stops by to talk about Don’t Look Up, the new satire from Adam McKay (Vice, Step Brothers), as well as how it felt to return to the multip…
00:35:17 |
Fri 10 Dec 2021
All I Want for Christmas Are ... HDMI Cables?
On this week’s episode, Tony Davis of Tessive returns to the show just in time for Christmas to walk you through the upgrades and lateral movements you need to be thinking about if you have home thea…
00:45:59 |
Thu 09 Dec 2021
Tracking—And Recapturing—Movie Audiences
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to David Herrin the CEO and founder of The Quorum, a film research firm that has done something rather remarkable in making tracking data available to the public i…
00:33:09 |
Thu 02 Dec 2021
A Century of Black Cinema
On this week’s episode, Sonny is joined by Wil Haygood, author of the new book Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World. Haygood’s book is a must-read for anyone who wants to l…
01:01:41 |
Thu 18 Nov 2021
Hollywood Goes to War: The Film Industry's Response to World War II
On this week's episode, Sonny is joined by Christian Blauvelt, author of Hollywood Victory: The Movies, Stars, and Stories of World War II. From the pre-war skittishness of the big studios about alie…
00:43:55 |
Thu 11 Nov 2021
'The Beta Test' Director Jim Cummings on Indie Life
On this week’s episode, Sonny is joined by Jim Cummings, whose new feature The Beta Test drops on VOD and in select theaters Friday, Nov. 5. In addition to discussing his few film and its acidic take…
00:32:51 |
Thu 04 Nov 2021
What Does a 'Buy' Button Really Mean in the Digital Age?
When you click “buy” on a digital product at Amazon or Apple, as opposed to “rent,” what do you think that means? Most folks think of it like buying a physical copy of a thing: they can sell it or pa…
00:37:11 |
Thu 28 Oct 2021
Netflix's Big Week
This week on The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, CNN’s Frank Pallotta rejoins Sonny to talk about Netflix’s big week! New subscriber numbers, new data numbers, and a newly controversial gloss to the bigge…
00:37:23 |
Fri 22 Oct 2021
The Business of Sports Ads
Ryan Faughnder of the Los Angeles Times’s Wide Shot newsletter rejoins the show this week to discuss the boon—and burden—of sports betting ads. What are some of the rewards, and the risks, of this en…
00:30:54 |
Thu 14 Oct 2021
Scott Eyman on Daryl F. Zanuck and 20th Century Fox
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to Scott Eyman about his new book, 20th Century Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio. Zanuck’s reign as a Hollywood mogul ran through n…
00:36:15 |
Thu 07 Oct 2021
Scott Tobias on the Business of Film Criticism
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to Scott Tobias, formerly of The AV Club and The Dissolve, about his new Substack endeavor with Keith Phipps, The Reveal, as well as the evolving world of film cri…
00:39:30 |
Fri 01 Oct 2021
Rod Lurie Part 2: 'The Outpost'
Welcome back to the show! Please check out last week’s episode if you missed it; Rod Lurie (The Contender, The Last Castle) had a ton of great stories about transitioning from the Army to the world o…
00:37:56 |
Thu 16 Sep 2021
Rod Lurie on Breaking Into the Biz
This week (and next week!) Sonny talks to Rod Lurie, the director of The Contender, The Last Castle, and The Outpost, among other films and television shows. This week’s episode is all about Rod’s ea…
00:35:13 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
CinemaCon in Twilight
Richard Rushfield, proprietor of The Ankler, returns to the show this week to fill us in on the declining fortunes of CinemaCon in an age of streamers and theater-threatening diseases. We also discus…
00:31:01 |
Thu 02 Sep 2021
Jake Tapper on Afghanistan War Classic 'The Outpost'
On this week’s episode Sonny is joined by Jake Tapper, CNN anchor and author of The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor, to talk about his book on Combat Outpost Keating and its adaptation int…
00:35:01 |
Thu 26 Aug 2021
Zak Penn on 'Free Guy,' Writing Villains, and the Fate of 'PCU'
Very excited to have on Zak Penn this week, who, in addition to being one of the writers of Free Guy, is also a credited writer on a series of HBO classics from my younger days: Last Action Hero, PCU…
00:58:10 |
Thu 19 Aug 2021
Matthew Belloni on the Changing Ways Hollywood Gets Paid
This week, Sonny is joined by Matthew Belloni, author of the newsletter “What I’m Hearing” for the exciting new web publication Puck.news. Formerly an entertainment lawyer and editor for The Hollywoo…
00:32:08 |
Thu 12 Aug 2021
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