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The Empire Film Podcast is the official podcast of Empire, the world's biggest and best movie magazine. We bring you all the latest movie news and nonsense, as well as reviews of the week's new films, an assortment of irreverent, film-related chat and interviews with some of Hollywood's best and brightest. New episodes every Friday. For our famous deep dives into specific movies, subscribe to the Empire Spoiler Special Podcast at https://empire.supportingcast.fm/ Love TV? Subscribe to our si ...
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A medical student reviews movies.Does this make sense? Does it have to make sense? Let’s find out as Nick delves into the world of Hollywood and provides in-depth (and subjective) analysis of movies and tv shows past and present.
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HorrorAddicts.net Season 19 #HorrorCon * Episode# 231 Horror Hostess: Emerian Rich Intro Music by: Valentine Wolfe ************************************ 231 | Annabel Lee | Emerian Rich | Valentine Wolfe http://traffic.libsyn.com/horroraddicts/HorrorAddicts231.mp3 Find all articles and interviews at: http://www.horroraddicts.net 193 days till Hallow…
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Phew! After last week's single-guest situation, we're back to our bumper-sized best on this week's Empire Podcast. One of our favourite interviewees, Dan Stevens, returns to the pod after a brief hiatus, to tell Chris Hewitt all about his new film, Abigail, and his all-timer of a character intro in Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire. Warning: Chris an…
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The new film HARD MILES hits theaters April 19th, and the writer/direct RJ Daniel Hanna stopped by the podcast to tell us all about it. He's an Arkansas filmmaker, and this is his second feature. Based on a true story, the film stars Matthew Modine, Sean Astin, Leslie David Baker, and Cynthia Kaye McWilliams. Modine plays a social worker who takes …
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On today's episode, filmmaker and cinephile Michael J. Dougherty returns to the show to discuss not one but two films from writer/director Rose Glass. We start with her feature debut SAINT MAUD starring Morfydd Clark, and her latest LOVE LIES BLEEDING starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Ed Harris, Jena Malone and Dave Franco. If you want to ski…
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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast is perhaps less jam-packed and bumper-sized than normal, as we only have one guest. But what a guest, as Marisa Abela — terrific as Amy Winehouse in Sam Taylor-Johnson's Back To Black, the biopic of the iconic singer — talks to Chris Hewitt about the role, from the moment she got it to the gift she received…
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Dev Patel goes broke twice and emerges victorious! Join us this week as we delve into Monkey Man, Dev Patel’s surprising action thriller which marks the actor-turned-director as an adept filmmaker. Join Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X), and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) as they delve into the crazy actio…
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This week's Empire Podcast has more guests than the Overlook Hotel, all chatting to Chris Hewitt about their new movies. First, producer Jordan Peele tells Chris why he was so taken by Dev Patel's directorial debut, Monkey Man, that he came on board to help it get a theatrical release. Plus, they also talk why Peele is no longer acting. [15:40 - 30…
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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast is brought to you by the letter E, as Cynthia Erivo and Luke Evans join Chris Hewitt to talk about their new projects. First up, Erivo talks about her astonishing performance in Drift, which she also produced, and in particular one harrowing scene, and its impact upon her. It's an incredibly intense and hon…
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This Friday, March 29, 2024, The Arkansas Cinema Society is hosting Arkansas filmmaker Alexander Jeffery at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts to screen his new film YOU HAVE NO IDEA, a documentary about living with Autism. The film will be followed by a Q&A with Alexander as well as two of the film's subjects, Beth Burns and Paul Burns. Alexander wa…
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Halloween isn't for another few months, but this week's Empire Podcast delivers a hat-trick of horrors nonetheless, as Chris Hewitt has spooky sitdowns on Zoom with the stars of three scary fillums that are all out this week. First, Sydney Sweeney, star and producer of nun-more-black horror, Immaculate, talks about sticking the landing and possessi…
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The female gaze is strong with this one! On this week’s show, the team takes a bite into Rose Glass’ latest winner Love Lies Bleeding. Join Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd, X), and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) as they wax poetic on the Oscars and just how good Kristen Stew…
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While we're waiting patiently for Joel and Ethan Coen to reunite as the filmmaking entity known as the Coen Brothers, can we interest you in the Coen Brother and Sister-in-Law? For Ethan Coen and his wife, Tricia Cooke, have teamed up to make the rambunctious road trip comedy, Drive Away Dolls, and on this week's episode they tell John Nugent about…
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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara and James Dyer cram into the podbooth just minutes after returning to London from a live show in Norwich, which was part of the pod's March tour (tickets still available for Sheffield, Dublin, and Salford via empireonline.com/podtour!). And, despite their exhaustion, they thr…
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The new issue of Empire — on sale now at all good, evil and intergalactic newsagents — is something of a celebration of 25 years of the Star Wars prequels, George Lucas' trilogy of movies that began with The Phantom Menace in 1999 and concluded with Revenge Of The Sith, Order 66 and all that, in 2005. Since then, the prequels have generated more de…
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After a few weeks of respite, the crew is back to celebrate one of the most anticipated films of the year. Join Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd, X), and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) as they share thoughts on Denis Villeneuve’s epic Dune: Part 2. Dune: Part 2 Madame Web Afi…
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This week's episode of the Empire Podcast is perfectly balanced, as all things should be. In the first half, Chris Hewitt sits down with ol' Thanos himself, aka the one and only Josh Brolin, for a wide-ranging conversation that takes in birthday parties, Brolin's growth as an actor, his aversion to compliments, and his return as the indefatigable G…
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There can be only one thing more exciting than James Clavell’s Shōgun getting a brand new TV adaptation on Disney+, and that’s a special Pilot TV/Empire crossover podcast recorded to mark the occasion! Join Chris Hewitt, James Dyer and Nick de Semlyen as they get together to talk all things Japanese, Nick’s epic read of Clavell’s 1300 page book, an…
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It's another jam-packed episode of the Empire Podcast this week, folks. Our guest cup certainly overfloweth, as Olly Richards sits down on Zoom with Memory stars Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard (21:17 - 37:40 approx.), Ian Freer talks Kurosawa, Columbo, German goalkeepers and Japanese toilets with the legendary director Wim Wenders (58:36 - 1:…
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This week's Empire Podcast brings you a double bill of wonderful actors, nattering away about their latest projects. How lovely. First up, Kingsley Ben-Adir talks to Amon Warmann about Bob Marley: One Love, the film that shines the spotlight on two pivotal years in the life of the legendary reggae singer, Bob Marley, and the madness of being part o…
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Another week, another packed episode of the Empire Podcast, and once again we're joined by some cracking guests. First, Jeffrey Wright, the freshly Oscar-nominated star of American Fiction, joins Chris Hewitt to talk about that movie, his working practices, the film's unusual original title, and more. (30:37 - 48:53)Then Alex Godfrey sits down on Z…
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Arthouse Garage went to Sundance! Listen in to hear all about the films, panels, and other fun stuff that happened at Sundance 2024. My friend and filmmaker Andrew Camarillo joined and helped me with some interviews. Films we discuss: Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye Didi The Outrun Handling the Undead Ama Gloria Porcelain War The …
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The greater the spy movie, the bigger the guests. That's the motto of this week's Empire Podcast, as Chris Hewitt sits down with Henry Cavill and Sam Rockwell, stars of Matthew Vaughn's new spy caper Argylle, for a fun chat about dancing, fighting, and novelists. (23:46 - 40:04) Chris is also joined by the wonderful Kumail Nanjiani, who returns to …
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We love the Irish animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, at Empire. And we're not alone — the Kilkenny-based marvels behind the likes of Song Of The Sea, Wolfwalkers, and The Secret Of Kells recently had a BFI season devoted to their exploits, and to mark the beginning of their 25th anniversary. And in this very special edition of the Empire Podcast, He…
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After last week's triumphant live show to mark episode 600, the Empire Podcast team — Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and Amon Warmann — return to the safety of the podbooth this week to kick off the road to 700... but we're not exactly skimping on the guests. First, Blitz Bazawule, director of The Colour Purple, tells Helen all about how h…
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Another landmark live show for the Empire Podcast saw a capacity crowd cram themselves into Hall One at our spiritual home of Kings Place, London, to celebrate Episode 600. And we brought along some exceptional star guests as well, as Tom Hiddleston — Loki himself — popped in for an extended chat about the God Of Mischief, and other animals, with C…
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Another film year has come and gone and the After the Credits team is happy to cap off the year with a countdown of the best of 2023. Join Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X), Melissa McDowell (Letterboxd, X), and Marina Antunes (Letterboxd, Instagram) as they share thoughts on their favourites of the year and a few…
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It's finally time for the Top 10! Film critic Russell Miller and I countdown our 10 favorite films of 2023. Links Russell Miller’s review blog Russell Miller on Twitter Connect with Arthouse Garage Support us on Patreon Arthouse Garage shop Instagram Facebook Twitter Letterboxd Email us at Andrew@ArthouseGarage.com Subscribe to the email newsletter…
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We have a veritable guestapalooza this week as George Clooney and Callum Turner join us to talk The Boys In The Boat, Kevin Hart and Gugu Mbatha-Raw give us the lowdown on F. Gary Gray's heist movie Lift, and Dan Levy chats about his directorial debut Good Grief. Other than that, it's another fireside chat with just Helen and James this week as the…
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Echo, the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe show to debut on Disney+, continues the story of Maya Lopez, the deaf, Native American vigilante whom we met back in Hawkeye. And in this very special preview interview with Sydney Freeland, the Navajo filmmaker who is one of the show's directors, Chris Hewitt discovers just what we can expect from this fi…
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Happy New Year friends! The holidays have brought with them a load of movie-watching and while we didn’t coordinate a main review for the first episode of the year, we are pleased to present an extensive list of recent releases and awards hopefuls. Join Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X, Website), Bill Harris (Letterboxd, X), and Marina Antunes (Letter…
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Happy New Year! With just two shows until 600, The Empire podcast crashes back into your feeds this week. Well, two thirds of it does because Chris is on holiday, leaving Helen and James to hold down the fort. And by that we mean have a cosy fireside discussion about all the fantasy books they devoured over Christmas, along with assorted stories of…
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The end-of-the-year special is here! Film critic Russell Miller joins me to talk through the best comedies and horror films of the year, the best cinematography, scores, direction, and the best performances of the year. We wrap it up with our favorite scenes of 2023. Make sure to tune into pt. 2, in which we'll talk about our top ten films of the y…
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The final Empire Podcast of 2023 is here, folks, and it's a belter, with two incredible guests. First up, Michael Fassbender returns to the pod after an absence of a few years, and in an extended interview with Chris Hewitt, he talks about returning to the big screen with the double-whammy of David Fincher's The Killer and Taika Waititi's Next Goal…
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Merry Christmas, you filthy animals! Here's a little Christmas bonus for you all: the Empire Podcast's Review Of The Year. 2023 (for that is the year in question) was a year that gave us so much, cinematically speaking, from Barbenheimer to Empire's official number one film, Past Lives, and everything in-between, including the first signs of weakne…
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The last Empire Podcast before Christmas brings you a pair of lovely interviews as our gift to you: first, Mike Muncer sits down on Zoom with Rosamund Pike to talk about class warfare and the challenges of starring in Emerald Fennell's Saltburn, which is now streaming on Prime Video. Then, Chris Hewitt has a lovely audience with Bradley Cooper and …
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Cinema is dead! Even the great David Fincher must bow down to the Subscription era. Nick discusses the potentially dangerous situation facing cinemas given we are now all couch potatoes. This is then followed by talking about a movie watched by this podcaster from his couch. The Killer is Fincher’s first film in years, but does it stack up to his a…
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"Say hi to your family for me!" Mark Wahlberg, star of the action comedy The Family Plan, returns to the Empire Podcast for the first time in aaaaaaages this week, and brings his on-screen wife, Michelle Monaghan, with him for a fun chat with Chris Hewitt that takes in everything from kids swearing in front of their parents to Adele's impact on Wah…
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Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is one of the biggest and best films of the year, and in this very special episode of the Empire Podcast, Chris Hewitt sits down for an audience with its stars, Cillian Murphy, who stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, and Emily Blunt, who plays his redoubtable wife, Kitty. In a fun and free-…
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After a few episodes of MIA team members, the entire crew is back together for this, the last episode before the holiday, to talk about a long list of titles, from newly available titles to a few that will be released over the coming weeks but first, we jump right into it with a look at Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn. Join Steve Stebbing (Letterboxd, X…
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On this week's Empire Podcast, Timmy Two Meats returns, only this time he's... Timmy Two Sweets? Yes, Timothée Chalamet, the star of Paul King's wonderful Wonka, is back on the pod, and this time he's brought his co-star, the wickedly talented Keegan-Michael Key, with him. Together, they talk to Chris Hewitt about musicals, sketches, and their frie…
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It's a mega episode! Film critic Russell Miller returns to the show and we talk about all the films we've been seeing at film festivals the last few months. We cover Filmland, Filmland: Arkansas, the Charlotte Film Festival, the Nashville Film Festival, and the Chicago Film Festival. Movies We Talk About in this Episode Chronicle of a Summer Day Th…
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It's another guest-packed jamboree on this week's Empire Podcast, folks. First, Chris Hewitt asks Richard Curtis about revisiting his BBC Christmas classic, Bernard & The Genie, as the new Sky Cinema film, Genie. Chris also chats with William Oldroyd, director of the new thriller Eileen, and his star, Thomasin McKenzie. And then Amon Warmann Zooms …
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"This is what it takes if you want to succeed." Today on the show, we're discussing the latest from David Fincher. It's THE KILLER starring Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, and Charles Parnell. Joining me today is the wonderful Keith Garlington, film critic for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and KeithAndTheMovies.com Links KeithAndTheMovies.com AR…
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It's another jam-packed episode of the Empire Podcast this week, folks. First, Chris Hewitt sits down on Zoom with ace composer and musician, Jon Batiste, and Matthew Heineman, about their new documentary, American Symphony; then he battles an uncooperative microphone stand and emerges with an enormously fun interview with Napoleon stars, Joaquin P…
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This wasn’t intended to be a Michael Fassbender love-fest but it’s difficult not to be entranced by his performances and while we do take it a bit far, all in good fun we promise, the truth remains that he is one of the best actors of current times as is proven in his latest performance in The Killer. Join (Letterboxd, Twitter), Bill Harris (Letter…
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Can you tell the SAG-AFTRA strike is over after several long months, folks? We sure can, because the Empire Podcast this week was besieged by big-name Hollywood actor-types, all keen to appear on the podcast after months of walking up and down outside studios with picket signs. First up, the wonderful Rachel Zegler returns to the pod to talk to Sop…
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On this episode, film critic Saxon Whitehead returns to discuss the new film FAIR PLAY, from writer/director Chloe Domont and starring Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich. Arkansas filmmaker Pauline Angelina also stops by to tell us about her upcoming film. Links Support Pauline Angelina's film on GoFundMe Pauline Angelina's film Father's Love is L…
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This week's Empire Podcast is up later than usual, for which we apologise most sincerely, but we're hopeful that it will be worth the wait. It's a very special live episode, recorded on Thursday night at Leeds Trinity University as part of their Journalism & Media Week, and saw Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara and James Dyer travel to Horsforth in Leeds …
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This Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, The Arkansas Cinema Society is hosting filmmaker and Little Rock native LazRael Lison to screen his new film CHRISTMAS ANGEL, starring DaniLeigh, Skyh Black, and Romeo Miller LazRael Lison was kind enough to join me on the podcast for an interview about his films, being from Arkansas, and starting his own production co…
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A Matter Of Life And Death. The Red Shoes. Black Narcissus. The Tales Of Hoffmann. The Small Back Room. The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp. I Know Where I'm Going. We could just fill this blurb box by simply listing the films of Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, the filmmaking duo who might just be British cinema's greatest double act, but we w…
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