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
Mike Malloy on the Business of Blu-ray Supplements
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to Mike Malloy about the home video landscape, what it’s like to make supplements for specialty Blu-ray purveyors, and the world of tough-guy cinema writ large. Mi…
00:34:26 |
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Scott Feinberg on the Business of Hollywood Awards Season
This week Scott Feinberg, the Hollywood Reporter’s awards columnist and host of the excellent podcast Awards Chatter, joins Sonny to talk about the business of awards season. How corrupt are the Gold…
00:43:16 |
Thu 04 Mar 2021
Abraham Riesman on the Rise (and Fall) of Stan Lee
Joining Sonny on this week’s episode of The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood is Abraham Riesman, the author of the excellent new biography True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee. We discuss the long-r…
00:46:38 |
Thu 25 Feb 2021
Harold Mintz on the Past, Present, and Future of CinemaScore
This week on The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, Sonny is very excited to have the president of CinemaScore, Harold Mintz, on the show. CinemaScore is the fantastically useful company that polls opening w…
00:30:54 |
Thu 18 Feb 2021
Alan Zilberman on life as a critic during awards season
Alan Zilberman, a critic for the Washington City Paper and the Washington Post, joins Sonny Bunch for a very special episode of The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood in which the two discuss life as a part-t…
00:36:51 |
Thu 11 Feb 2021
Glenn Kenny on 'Goodfellas,' Martin Scorsese, and the Business of Movie Books
This week’s guest is Glenn Kenny, the author of the excellent new book Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas. Glenn is is a film critic whose work appears in the New York Times and Roger Ebert dot com. H…
01:03:17 |
Thu 04 Feb 2021
Frank Pallotta on the State of Streaming
On this episode, Sonny talks to CNN’s Frank Pallotta about the state of streaming. What does it mean that the WWE Network is headed to the Peacock? Are HBO Max’s conversion numbers good enough? Why i…
00:35:59 |
Thu 28 Jan 2021
Peter Labuza on Antitrust, Hollywood, and Big Tech
This week Sonny is joined by Peter Labuza to talk about the past, present, and future of antitrust as it relates to Hollywood. In an age of consolidation and technological advance, how will the end o…
00:44:47 |
Thu 21 Jan 2021
Chris McKenna on 'Community' and Writing for TV and Movies
This week on The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, Sonny is joined by Chris McKenna. Chris was the co-showrunner on NBC’s (and later Yahoo’s) Community, earning an Emmy nomination for his classic episode “R…
00:55:16 |
Thu 14 Jan 2021
David C. Lowery on Making Money by Making Music
On this episode of the Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, David C. Lowery — the singer and guitarist for the bands Camper van Beethoven and Cracker — talks to Sonny Bunch about the economics of the music bus…
00:52:25 |
Thu 31 Dec 2020
James Emanuel Shapiro on the Epic WB/HBO Max Brouhaha
On this week’s episode, James Emanuel Shapiro, the COO of Drafthouse Films who started the analytics department at the Alamo Drafthouse and also works as a distribution consultant, talks with Sonny a…
00:41:19 |
Thu 17 Dec 2020
The Nelms Brothers on 'Fatman,' Casting Mel Gibson, and Sequel Plans?
Sonny talks this week to Ian and Eshom Nelms, the fraternal directorial team behind 'Fatman,' about the circuitous path to making that film, the vagaries of indie economics and budgeting, the clash b…
00:40:10 |
Thu 10 Dec 2020
Tony Davis Returns! Why Does Your TV Look Better Than Most Theaters?
You may remember Tony Davis as the guy who explained to us why popcorn grease is destroying movie theater projectors. (He also had lots of interesting thoughts on 3D and the economics of the theater …
00:40:01 |
Thu 03 Dec 2020
Alison Macor on screenwriting 'Top Gun' and 'Batman'
Sonny talks to the Austin-based Alison Macor this week about the life and times of Warren Skaaren this week. Skaaren’s battles with the studios and the Writer’s Guild to get proper credit for his wor…
00:37:23 |
Thu 19 Nov 2020
Derek Dye on Family Video and saving our video stores
This week Sonny talks to Derek Dye, the Senior Brand Manager for Highland Ventures, which is the parent company of the iconic Family Video brand. The chain is spearheading the #SaveTheVideoStore camp…
00:25:57 |
Thu 12 Nov 2020
Alyssa Rosenberg and Peter Suderman on post-Trump cultural coverage
This week, Sonny talks to Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post) and Peter Suderman (Reason Magazine), his old friends from Across the Movie Aisle, about the world of movies and movie writing post-Tr…
00:48:05 |
Thu 05 Nov 2020
Shannon Moore on Movie PR in the Age of COVID
This week on the show, Sonny talks to Shannon Moore, the Director of Field Marketing at Allied Global Marketing’s Washington, DC office. Sonny’s been a working film critic for 15 years or so, and the…
00:38:44 |
Thu 29 Oct 2020
Natalie Metzger on producing indie films in the age of COVID
Sonny is joined today by Natalie Metzger, VP of development and production at Vanishing Angle. She is a Spirit Award nominated producer whose credits include GREENER GRASS, THUNDER ROAD, THE ROBBERY,…
00:37:12 |
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Mark Graham on How to Decide What to Watch
This week, Sonny is joined by Mark Graham, the Editor-in-Chief of Decider, a website dedicated to helping solve one of society's most pressing and important issues: What movies and shows should I wat…
00:31:46 |
Thu 15 Oct 2020
Phil Contrino on movie theaters and cinema safety
Sonny is joined this week by Phil Contrino, the Director of Media and Research for the National Association of Theatre Owners. Topics of discussion include the state of the movie theater business (sp…
00:31:51 |
Thu 08 Oct 2020
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