Episode 91: The Holdovers with David Hemingson
Alienation, abandonment and dislocated shoulders... the writer of this Alexander Payne drama explains how these unusual ingredients formed a timeless heartfelt tale.
Episode 90: All Of Us Strangers with Andrew Haigh
The writer-director of a supernatural story like no other explains how his tender, transcendent drama came to be.
Episode 89: Maestro with Josh Singer
The Oscar-winning screenwriter behind Spotlight and First Man explains how to hit all the right notes when writing a music biopic.
Episode 88: Beau Is Afraid with Ari Aster
The world is a waking panic attack in this poignant, punishing odyssey from one of the most visionary new forces in American cinema.
Episode 87: Poor Things with Tony McNamara
The Australian storyteller who penned The Favourite and The Great breaks down his and Yorgos Lanthimos’ fantastical new Frankenstein myth.
Episode 86: Society Of The Snow with J.A. Bayona
The filmmaker behind The Orphanage, The Impossible and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom discusses a survival tale like no other.
Episode 85: Toy Story 3 with Michael Arndt
The screenwriter behind Little Miss Sunshine and Star Wars: The Force Awakens dissects his script for Woody and Buzz’s timeless 2010 three-quel.
Episode 84: A Murder At The End Of The World with Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij
The OA creators celebrate the series finale of their tense, emotional new TV whodunit with a spoiler breakdown of the show and its characters.
Episode 83: Leave The World Behind with Sam Esmail
Could a cyber attack really dismantle society? Mr Robot creator Sam Esmail answers that question and more in our breakdown of his chilling thriller.
Episode 82: Eileen with Ottessa Moshfegh and Luke Goebel
The best-selling author and her screenwriting partner take us on a tour of the sinister suburbia behind their new thriller.
Episode 81: May December with Samy Burch
The writer behind one of the most riveting dramas in recent times unpicks its problematic relationship and sideswipes at tabloid culture.
Episode 80: The Killer with Andrew Kevin Walker
Stick to the plan. Anticipate, don’t improvise. Trust no one… and listen to one of David Fincher’s longest-standing collaborators as he reveals every secret of their new assassin drama.
Episode 79: Killers of the Flower Moon with Eric Roth
Unravelling a great American tragedy with one of the true great American screenwriters, making his second appearance on the show.
Episode 78: The Royal Hotel with Kitty Green
The acclaimed filmmaker behind The Assistant guides us through her latest thriller – a tale of tension and tequila in the remotest reaches of Australia.
Episode 77: Bottoms with Emma Seligman
The Shiva Baby writer-director breaks down her deliriously unhinged new teen high school comedy.
Episode 76: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Mutant Mayhem with Jeff Rowe
Cowabunga! The writer-director responsible for this year’s heroes in a half-shell reboot discusses a first draft that involved the iconic villain Shredder.
Storyteller Sessions: Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects)
The best-selling writer reflects on how stories can be arenas for us to examine the most vulnerable and often darkest parts of ourselves.
Storyteller Sessions: Lilly Wachowski (The Matrix, Cloud Atlas)
A two-hour conversation about resisting empire with a writer-director who, with her sister, changed sci-fi cinema forever.
Storyteller Sessions: Adam McKay (Anchorman, Don’t Look Up)
An audience with the man renowned for his box office-obliterating screwball comedies – until the world changed, and so did he.
Episode 75: Elemental with Kat Likkel and John Hoberg
A peak behind the curtain of how Pixar construct their heartwarming stories, courtesy of the husband-wife writer duo behind their latest hit.