Best Justin Kinney Podcasts (2024)

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In the Screening Room with Michael Mann 53:41

13d ago53:41

53:41

Filmmaker Michael Mann joins Letterboxd in conversation about his favorite films, on the occasion of the launch of the Michael Mann Archives — Directing Ferrari. Links: Michael Mann's Letterboxd Films talked about in this conversation Michael Mann’s list of his 14 favorite films Michael Mann Archives — Directing Ferrari Mia Lee Vicino’s Letterboxd …

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Evan Cline : Producer & Songwriter 46:34

4M ago46:34

46:34

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by producer and songwriter, Evan Cline. Hear Evan's story of coming to the United States from Romania as a child, working with artists such as Will Cullen and Shaylen, writing "Tennessee Love Song" with Anella Herim, and more. Follow Evan: @EvanCline_ Follow Justin:…

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Weekend Watchlist: Summer 2024 Preview Extravaganza 57:08

4M ago57:08

57:08

The podcast hosts of summer a back! This time around ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slim⁠⁠, Mia, and Mitchell discuss the upcoming SUMMER slate of movies and why you might need to add them to your own watchlists including MaXXXine, Kinds of Kindness, Furiousa: A Mad Max Saga, and Longlegs just to name a few*.* They also look ahead outside the most popular movies and shuffl…

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Elvie Shane : Country Artist & Songwriter 35:20

5M ago35:20

35:20

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by Country Artist and Songwriter, Elvie Shane. Hear Elvie's story of growing up in Kentucky, his time on American Idol, the story behind writing his hit song, "My Boy", touring with Toby Keith, and his brand new album "Damascus" out April 19, 2024! Follow Elvie: @El…

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Best in Show Season 2 Finale: Letterboxd Goes to the Oscars 1:10:55

6M ago1:10:55

1:10:55

For our grand finale, the Best in Show crew heads to the 96th Academy Awards! Brian, who had a golden ticket to the ceremony itself, recaps how it felt for his eyes to see Al Pacino announce, “My eyes see Oppenheimer!”, while Gemma and Mia recount their hectic day on the red carpet and evening in the press room—plus dancing with the Anatomy of a Fa…

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Best in Show: Oscars Honchos, Dune Power and Sleater-Kinney 59:10

6M ago59:10

59:10

This week, Gemma chats with Academy President Janet Yang and CEO Bill Kramer about the importance of the Oscars to the global film community, plus its engaging impact on theater-going in a constantly changing industry. Also, Mia and Brian debrief about the Dune: Part Two hype (Space melodrama! More worms! All hail Denis Villeneuve!) and its entry i…

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Best in Show: Indie Spirits with Justine Triet and On Cinema’s Gregg Turkington 57:09

6M ago57:09

57:09

This week, the Best in Show crew is full of Indie Spirit as they mingle on the carpet and out the back of the Film Independent Spirit Awards, where Zoe Lister-Jones, Jordan Firstman and the teams from Kokomo City and The Zone of Interest all stop by for chats about Cassavetes versus Altman, the secrets to a great director-producer relationship and …

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Best in Show: BAFTAs and Barbie with Billie Eilish and Finneas 56:02

7M ago56:02

56:02

This week, the Best in Show crew finds out what they’re made for with Grammy-winning special guests Billie Eilish and Finneas. The superstar sibling duo is behind the Best Original Song Oscar nominee ‘What Was I Made For?’, and Mia chats with them about hiding secrets in their devastating-but-hopeful tune, the music and movies that make them feel e…

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Best in Show: Visual Effects with The Creator creators, plus War is Over! with Sean Lennon 1:03:30

7M ago1:03:30

1:03:30

This week, Brian, Gemma and Mia break down the art of visual effects with a little help from our friends: The Creator director Gareth Edwards and his visual effects on-set supervisor Andrew Roberts. More ‘Help!’ arrives in the form of Sean Lennon, co-writer of the Oscar-nominated short War Is Over!, via his chat with our New York correspondent, Jul…

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Best in Show: International Feature Feast with Juliette Binoche and Tran Anh Hung 1:01:08

7M ago1:01:08

1:01:08

Bonjour! The Best in Show crew digs into the Best International Feature race, with an entrée of an interview between Brian, Juliette Binoche and Tran Anh Hung about their César-nominated collaboration, The Taste of Things. Gemma, Mia and Brian also divulge the recipe for the International Feature category and how its submissions work—and briefly br…

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Best in Show: Sundance sum-ups and Flower Moon costumes with Oscar nominee Jacqueline West 59:59

7M ago59:59

59:59

The Best in Show team welcomes our East Coast correspondent Adesola Thomas to chat about her best of the Park City fest, among them the raucous Irish-language rap-musical Kneecap, sisterly drama In the Summers and coming-of-age charmer Dìdi (弟弟). Then, Mia and Gemma head to Osage County with five-time Oscar-nominated costume designer Jacqueline Wes…

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Best in Show: 2024 Oscar noms and an Animation Celebration with the directors of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 1:02:17

8M ago1:02:17

1:02:17

The 96th Academy Award nominations have been announced, and the Best in Show crew have both axes to grind (Charles Melton of May December, you will be avenged!) and champagne bottles to pop (Justine Triet of Anatomy of a Fall, you will be fêted!). Plus, Spider-Slim swings Across the Spider-Verse to chat with the directors behind Letterboxd’s highes…

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Best in Show: Sound Design in the Snow, in Osage country and The Zone of Interest 59:09

8M ago59:09

59:09

The BAFTA nominations are in—Lily Gladstone and Andrew Scott are out. What’s that about? London Editor Ella Kemp joins Mia and Gemma for a rant. Plus: the invisible but visceral art of sound design with The Zone of Interest and Poor Things sound designer Johnnie Burn, Society of the Snow director JA Bayona, and Killers of the Flower Moon sound mixe…

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Weekend Watchlist: Giant-Sized 2024 Preview Spectacular 58:45

8M ago58:45

58:45

We are so temporarily back. This time around ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slim⁠⁠, Mia, and Mitchell discuss the upcoming slate of movies and why you might need to add them to your own watchlists including Challengers, Nosferatu, Dune: Part Two, and also tease new podcast plans. They also look ahead outside the most popular movies and shuffle their watchlists just like ol…

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Best in Show: Poor Things, Lord of the Rings, and those pesky Golden Globes 1:16:28

8M ago1:16:28

1:16:28

In this art direction-focused episode of Best in Show, Mia chats with the production designers behind the mad world of Poor Things—James Price and Shona Heath—about their human anatomy-inspired sets, and Gemma catches up with an old friend: Grant Major, Academy Award-winning production designer of a little film saga called The Lord of the Rings. Th…

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Best in Show: 2023 Year in Review Extravaganza! 1:43:35

8M ago1:43:35

1:43:35

The Letterboxd crew pops the champagne and rounds up a roundtable for a celebration of 2023 cinema! We detail the results of our annual Year in Review, highlight the highest rated films of the year across categories and continents, reflect on the controlled chaos of our own personal stats and anticipate what 2024 has in store (the returns of Robert…

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Best in Show: Documentary shortlist special with Jon Batiste, Maciek Hamela, listener mailbag questions and award cats! 1:07:30

9M ago1:07:30

1:07:30

This week, the Best in Show crew dives deep into two documentaries that just made the 96th Academy Awards shortlist. After answering some mailbag questions about pesky release dates and Oscars eligiblity rules, London Editor Ella Kemp swoops in to take us in front of the camera with Jon Batiste—the composer and subject at the center of American Sym…

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Best in Show: Chopping it up with Oppenheimer film editor Jennifer Lame 1:01:30

9M ago1:01:30

1:01:30

This special episode includes interviews with two renowned film editors: first up, Letterboxd’s own video editor AJ tells us what makes good editing and lists his favorite examples of movie cutting from 2023. And then, one of AJ’s 2023 picks, Jennifer Lame, joins Mia Lee Vicino and Brian Formo for a chat about working with Christopher Nolan, Greta …

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‘Love Actually’ Spectacular 1:06:50

9M ago1:06:50

1:06:50

Season’s greetings! Join us as the Letterboxd crew sits down with their hot chocolate for a roundtable discussion about Love Actually. Slim⁠ watches this “classic” for the first time in preparation and welcomes ⁠Gemma⁠, ⁠Mia⁠, and Ella into the Letterboxd Studio to walk down memory lane on their first-time watches, how viewings of certain movies ch…

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Best in Show: Inside the Actor’s Studio with Paul Mescal, Andrew Scott and Jeffrey Wright 1:05:16

9M ago1:05:16

1:05:16

This special episode features multiple interviews with award-winning actors: first up, London editor Ella Kemp speaks with Oscar nominee and Letterboxd pal Paul Mescal about All of Us Strangers, his wider reflections on awards season and his “shady” Letterboxd account. Meanwhile in Los Angeles, our birthday girl Mia enjoyed a casual chat about movi…

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Aaron Zuckerman : Producer & Songwriter 21:58

9M ago21:58

21:58

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by producer and songwriter, Aaron Zuckerman. Hear Aaron's story of growing up in St Louis, producing for Bryce Vine, Writing a song for Lil Wayne with Ben Burgess, working with Hunter Hayes in the studio, and more! Follow Aaron: @AaronZ.mp3 Follow Justin: @JustinMcC…

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Best in Show: Screenplay Edition with May December Writer Samy Burch 45:59

9M ago45:59

45:59

May December screenwriter Samy Burch joins Mia and Gemma for a chat, fresh from her New York Film Critics Circle win for Best Screenplay. Topics range from Melanie Lynskey to Sister Act to Persona (and Burch’s favorite Letterboxd review), and how the presence of major tabloid figures such as Monica Lewinsky informed her themes of media obsession, p…

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Best in Show: Ringing in Awards Season 2023 with Sean Fennessey 1:05:25

9M ago1:05:25

1:05:25

The season two premiere of Best in Show kicks off with a very special guest: Sean Fennessey, Head of Content at The Ringer, co-host of The Big Picture podcast and fellow awards obsessive. Gemma, Mia and Brian interrogate Sean about his favorite films of the year so far, and he talks about finding Letterboxd more useful than Wikipedia (his words!) f…

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Four Favorites with Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’s BenDavid Grabinski: Stop Making Sense, John Carpenter, and Thanksgiving 49:00

10M ago49:00

49:00

Writer and Executive Producer of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off BenDavid Grabinski joins slim and Flynn to chat about Big Trouble in Little China, Stop Making Sense, Midnight Run, and The Legend of Billie Jean. They also discuss their favorite concert experiences, Harry Potter midnight releases, forcing their relatives to watch Planes, Trains, and Automob…

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Four Favorites with Screen Crush’s Matt Singer: Gymkata, Siskel & Ebert, and Los Angeles 1:05:09

10M ago1:05:09

1:05:09

Editor and critic of ScreenCrush.com and writer of a brand new book on Siskel & Ebert, Matt Singer joins slim and Brian to talk Los Angeles Plays Itself, Gymkata, his new book Opposable Thumbs, Classic Albums: Steely Dan - AJA, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. They also discuss their connections to LA through film, memories of reading their f…

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Graham Bunn : Country Radio Personality 21:54

10M ago21:54

21:54

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by country radio personality, Graham Bunn. Hear Graham's story of growing up in North Carolina, playing pro basketball in Germany, his time hosting the TV show Real Country, hosting his country radio morning show on AMP, and more. Follow Graham: @GrahamBunn Follow J…

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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ with author David Grann, Martin Scorsese and Chief Standing Bear 33:33

10M ago33:33

33:33

On this very special episode of The Letterboxd Show, we focus on Martin Scorsese’s latest film, Killers of the Flower Moon. This special is structured like the book that it’s based on: in three acts. The main interview is with staff writer for The New Yorker and National Book Award finalist, David Grann, whose searing account of the Osage murders i…

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Spencer Bradley : Bassist for Roman Alexander 21:37

10M ago21:37

21:37

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by Spencer Bradley, bassist for Roman Alexander. Hear Spencer's story of growing up in Arkansas, touring with his brother, Gable Bradley, tour managing, playing bass for Roman Alexander, and more. Follow Spencer: @Spencer_Bradley Follow Justin: @JustinMcCormickMusic…

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‘The Exorcist’ Spectacular 55:21

11M ago55:21

55:21

The power of podcasting compels you to listen as the Letterboxd crew gathers for a roundtable discussion about The Exorcist. Slim⁠ puts on his seasonable vestments and welcomes ⁠Gemma⁠, ⁠Mia⁠, Brian and ⁠Mitchell⁠ into the Letterboxd Studio to walk down memory lane on their first-time watches, favorite moments, and much more. They also spend time o…

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Jake Kinney : Tour Manager for Conner Smith 23:18

11M ago23:18

23:18

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by Jake Kinney, Tour Manager for Conner Smith. Listen to Jake's story of growing up in Albany, GA, starting to manage bands in high school, working with Luke Comb's manager, Kappy, Tour Managing Conner Smith, and more. Follow Jake: @Jake_Kinney Follow Justin: @Justi…

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Four Favorites with Dread Central’s Mary Beth McAndrews: found footage, righteous revenge and more Hallowe’en horrors 53:34

11M ago53:34

53:34

Horror maven and Dread Central editor-in-chief Mary Beth McAndrews joins Mia and Flynn to trauma bond with the girlies over her four favorite films: Joel Anderson’s Lake Mungo, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure, Bob Clark’s Black Christmas and Dusty Mancinelli & Madeleine Sims-Fewer’s Violation. Our conversation covers Mary Beth’s academic specialties in fou…

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‘No One Will Save You’ with Brian Duffield 34:28

11M ago34:28

34:28

Horror and alien fans, it’s our time. Slim sits down with Brian Duffield to chat about his movie No One Will Save You. Brian wrote and directed this alien home invasion story (with much more) and since release it’s been one of the most-watched movies on Letterboxd. Aliens, no dialog, great lighting, gorgeous house, Kaitlyn Dever…what more do you ne…

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Four Favorites with Horrorville’s Brett Petersel: Waxworks, night breeds & zombies 1:01:58

11M ago1:01:58

1:01:58

It’s a match made in hell as Horrorville editor Brett Petersel joins Gemma and Slim in a basement studio surrounded by zombies to talk through four of his favorite horror films: Clive Barker’s Nightbreed, Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation, Bruce McDonald’s Pontypool and Waxwork from Anthony Hickox. We’re talking uncomfortable dinner parties, single-loc…

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Peyton Heben : Owner of Twenty-Two Entertainment 25:10

11M ago25:10

25:10

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by Peyton Heben, Owner of Twenty-Two Entertainment, and A&R for River House Artists. Listen to Peyton's story of growing up in Florida, His time at Georgia Southern, Writing for Raised Rowdy, Launching Twenty-Two Entertainment with flagship signing Cody Cozz, and mo…

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Weekend Watchlist: Giant-Sized Fall Preview Spectacular 59:42

11M ago59:42

59:42

We are so temporarily back. This time around ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slim⁠⁠, Mia, and Mitchell discuss the upcoming Fall slate of movies and why you might need to add them to your own watchlists including Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things, The Killer and much more. They also look back on their favorites of the year so far and shuffle their watchlists just like…

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Saw X-travaganza with Kevin Greutert 23:28

11M ago23:28

23:28

Jigsaw’s long-term apprentice Mia Lee Vicino sat down with the director of Saw X, Kevin Greutert, to pick his brain about the long-running horror franchise. Kevin has edited the first five Saw films, directed fan-favorite Saw VI and Saw 3D, and now returns to the electric director’s chair for the tenth installment, which is—as of recording—the most…

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Four Favorites with Flynn Slicker: Wong Kar-wai, Weerasethakul, Sing Street and lost love 1:13:21

12M ago1:13:21

1:13:21

We are Boonsong and Flynn Slicker is our Monkey Ghost. Letterboxd’s elusive social media manager joins hosts Gemma and Slim from the seaside for a deep chat about her four favorite films: Wong Kar-wai’s Fallen Angels, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, John Carney’s Sing Street and René Liu’s Us And Them. We ce…

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Jess Grommet : Guitarist / Songwriter / Producer 21:46

12M ago21:46

21:46

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by Guitarist, Producer and Songwriter, Jess Grommet. Hear Jess's story of growing up in St. Louis, his time at Belmont, recording on Tyler Dial's "Electric West" album, co-writing and producing Maddie Poppe's "SOS I'm In Love", and more. Follow Jess: @JessGrommet2 F…

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Dave Cohen : Session Keyboardist / Producer / Songwriter 30:45

12M ago30:45

30:45

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by Session Keyboardist, Producer and Songwriter, Dave Cohen. Listen to Dave's story of growing up in Canada, touring with Joe Nichols, playing keyboards on over 50 #1 songs, producing "Cover Me Up" for Morgan Wallen, and MORE! Follow Dave: @DaveRossCohen Follow Just…

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Four Favorites with David Jenkins: Almodóvar, Daft Punk and Little White Lies 54:23

12M ago54:23

54:23

Little White Lies editor David Jenkins joins Mia and Ella to celebrate the 100th edition of London-based cinema magazine, and chat about the films behind his four favorite illustrated LWL covers: Volver, Attack the Block, Eden and Licorice Pizza. We dig into the magical realism of Pedro Almodóvar, why we’re all so drawn to the thoughtful dramas of …

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Cam Becker : Songwriter & Producer 26:24

1y ago26:24

26:24

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by Songwriter and Producer, Cam Becker. Listen to Cam's story of growing up in Ohio, making the move to Nashville, writing "Chronically Cautious" with Braden Bales, producing for Knox, and more! Follow Cam: @Cam.Becker Follow Justin: @JustinMcCormickMusic Follow Sta…

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Devin Attard : Drummer for Austin Snell 33:38

1y ago33:38

33:38

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by Devin Attard, Drummer for Austin Snell. Hear Devin's story of growing up in Detroit, growing his social media, leaving Hollow Front to move to Nashville, drumming for Austin Snell, and MORE! Follow Devin: @DevinAttard Follow Justin: @JustinMcCormickMusic Follow S…

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Four Favorites with Robert Daniels: Beale Street, messy masterpieces and sad robots 1:14:19

1y ago1:14:19

1:14:19

Hey Joe, what do ya know? Film critic Robert Daniels (New York Times, LA Times, RogerEbert.com, etc.) is here to chat with Slim and Mitchell about his four favorites: Killer of Sheep, If Beale Street Could Talk, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Bamboozled. If you think that sounds like a Mount Rushmore of titles, you’d be exactly right! Strap in as…

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Best in Show: Fall Festival Preview, plus Our Labor Film Festival 1:05:32

1y ago1:05:32

1:05:32

On a special musical episode of Best in Show, our crew—Mia Lee Vicino, Gemma Gracewood and Brian Formo unpacks what the fall film festival season has in store for movie lovers and awards voters. It all goes down once Venice kicks off on August 30, so we’re here to hand-pick some highlights from acclaimed directors like Michael Mann, Sofia Coppola, …

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Brock Berryhill : Songwriter at Warner Chappell Music 16:40

1y ago16:40

16:40

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by hit songwriter, Brock Berryhill. Hear Brock's story of growing up in Florida, touring with his band Hand to Hand, working with Twenty One Pilots, writing songs such as "What Happens In A Small Town" for Brantley Gilbert and "Homesick" for Kane Brown, and MORE! Fo…

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Ryan Tant : Drummer for Brandon Ray 21:10

1y ago21:10

21:10

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by Ryan Tant, Drummer for Brandon Ray. Hear Ryan's story of growing up with Brandon and what first got him into music. Also hear stories from the road touring as Brandon's drummer, and his band Badland Sons. Follow Ryan: @RyanTantDrums Follow Justin: @JustinMcCormic…

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‘Command Z’ with Steven Soderbergh 53:51

1y ago53:51

53:51

Karaoke, time travel, screen chemistry and art as activism: As his new, satirical time-travel web series Command Z drops (starring an A.I. Michael Cera and a time-travelling tumble-dryer), Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh tells Gemma Gracewood about activist art, why he loves the reality show Below Deck, how he dealt with being bullied as …

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Best in Show: Strike Mailbag with Kate Comer 47:53

1y ago47:53

47:53

As we march past Day 100 of the WGA strike, the Best in Show team—Mia Lee Vicino, Gemma Gracewood and Brian Formo—are here to help film fans support both the art of cinema and the rights of the workers who make it. For this episode, we’ve called upon two guests who are deep in the movie biz: filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and actress/SAG-AFTRA strike …

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Darion Hodge : Music Director for Chapel Hart 20:37

1y ago20:37

20:37

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small Music". In this episode, Justin is joined by Darion Hodge, Music Director for Chapel Hart. Listen to Darion's story of growing up in Louisiana, playing music professionally since 13 years old, touring with Chapel Hart, and MORE! Follow Darion: @_DHodge Follow Justin: @JustinMcCormickMusic Follow Starting Sm…

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‘Passages’ with Ira Sachs 59:37

1y ago59:37

59:37

On this special episode of The Letterboxd Show, Mitchell Beaupre speaks with filmmaker Ira Sachs about his latest feature Passages, in theaters worldwide now from MUBI. This delicious love triangle follows Tomas (Franz Rogowski), a narcissistic filmmaker whose marriage to Martin (Ben Whishaw) hits the rocks when Tomas starts up an affair with Agath…

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