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
Where Are the Kids Movies?
Sonny takes a break from talking to industry experts this week to kvetch about something that’s been bothering him and JVL: Why are theaters so empty of movies for kids? A nearly two-month gap betwee…
00:37:15 |
Thu 26 May 2022
Summer Movie Preview! 'Top Gun,' Dinos, and Buzz Lightyear, Oh My.
On this week’s episode, Sonny is rejoined by CNN’s Frank Pallotta to preview summer movie season. Blockbusters, big horror, comic books, and kid-friendly films are coming to the multiplex—but they’re…
00:37:42 |
Thu 19 May 2022
How Ben Fong Torres Defined a Generation
This week, Sonny is joined by Suzanne Joe Kai to discuss her documentary, Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong Torres. New to Netflix, her doc is a pleasantly vibrant look at the life…
00:36:58 |
Thu 12 May 2022
The First Draft of (Streaming) History
This week, Sonny talks to Dade Hayes, co-author of Binge Times: Inside Hollywood’s Furious Billion-Dollar Battle to Take Down Netflix, about the rise of streaming in the face of technological change …
00:49:30 |
Thu 05 May 2022
Are Casual Filmgoers Finally Coming Back?
David Herrin of The Quorum—a must-check site for movie-data nerds—joins us live from the corridors of CinemaCon to discuss the mood of theater owners, the vibes of theatergoers, and the state of the …
00:39:49 |
Thu 28 Apr 2022
How Hollywood Trade Papers Shaped the Movies You Love
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to Eric Hoyt, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about his new book on the rise of the Hollywood trade press and how these papers helped shape the…
00:46:12 |
Thu 21 Apr 2022
NATO Head on the Return to Theaters
On this week’s episode, Sonny is joined by John Fithian, president and CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, to talk about post-pandemic moviegoing, the evolution of theatrical dining, t…
00:40:32 |
Thu 14 Apr 2022
Lloyd Kaufman and a Half-Century of Troma
On this week’s episode, Sonny is very pleased—and a little star struck!—to be joined by Lloyd Kaufman, the mind behind Troma Entertainment, to discuss his latest film, #ShakespearesShitstorm, as well…
00:46:12 |
Thu 07 Apr 2022
The Nic Cage Book Every Fan Needs to Own
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to Keith Phipps about his new book, Age of Cage: Four Decades of Hollywood Through One Singular Career. Looking at the trends of Hollywood through the lens of Nic …
00:32:40 |
Thu 31 Mar 2022
No One's Seen the Best Picture Frontrunners. Does It Matter?
This week, Sonny talks to the Los Angeles Times’s Ryan Faughnder about a new poll showing that Coda and The Power of the Dog, the frontrunners for the Best Picture Oscar at this weekend’s Academy Awa…
00:28:44 |
Thu 24 Mar 2022
Why the 'Head of Story' at One of Hollywood's Biggest Agencies Writes His Own
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to Adam Novak, head of story at one of the biggest agencies in Hollywood, WME. Adam is also the author of the novel Rat Park, out this week, as well as three other…
00:39:32 |
Thu 17 Mar 2022
A Crucial Film to Understand Ukraine's Struggle
Sonny is joined this week by Andrea Chalupa, the screenwriter of Mr. Jones, the true story of Gareth Jones’s efforts to bring the horrifying reality of the Stalin-made famine in Ukraine that killed b…
00:44:02 |
Thu 10 Mar 2022
Would You Pay More to see 'The Batman'?
On this week’s episode, CNN media reporter Frank Pallotta returns to the show to talk about studios boycotting Russia, why AMC is charging you a little more too see The Batman (but not a little less …
00:34:38 |
Thu 03 Mar 2022
The Art of Editing
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to George Folsey Jr about his career as an editor. From the blaxploitation classics Black Caesar and Hammer to the great comedies of the 1970s and 1980s like Anima…
00:42:08 |
Thu 24 Feb 2022
Can a Lawsuit Against WB Slow the Streaming Tide?
On this week’s episode, Sonny is joined by Deadline’s Dominic Patten to talk about Village Roadshow’s lawsuit against Warner Bros. for killing the profitability of the Matrix franchise, the newly fil…
00:36:45 |
Thu 17 Feb 2022
How to Get Your Script on The Black List
On this week’s episode of The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, Sonny Bunch is joined by John Zaozirny of literary management company Bellevue Productions. You can see John’s bona fide’s here, but his clien…
00:45:00 |
Thu 10 Feb 2022
How Is Chinese Soft Power Reshaping Entertainment?
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to Erich Schwartzel, author of Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy. Erich’s book is a fairly exhaustive look at the sweep of…
00:46:26 |
Thu 03 Feb 2022
Janice Min on the Future of Entertainment Media
This week on the show, Sonny is joined by Janice Min, who has teamed up with BGTH favorite Richard Rushfield to beef up Richard’s fabulous newsletter, The Ankler. Sonny and Janice discussed her caree…
00:34:16 |
Fri 28 Jan 2022
Programming TV's Most Beloved Festival
On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch talks to Rene Reyes, the Paley Center for Media’s Vice President of Public Programming and Festivals. Among other duties, Rene plans the much-loved PaleyFest LA, w…
00:30:00 |
Thu 20 Jan 2022
How Audiences Reshape the Movies You Love
On this week’s episode, Sonny talks to Kevin Goetz of Screen Engine/ASI and the author of Audienceology: How Moviegoers Shape the Films We Love. Kevin is one of the masters of the art of audience tes…
00:44:23 |
Thu 13 Jan 2022
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