The Film Experience

On this "Supporting Actress Smackdown" edition of the podcast, Nathaniel welcomes award winning actors Nikki M James ( The Book of Mormon, The Good Fight ), Rory O'Malley ( The Book of Mormon, Hamilton ), and Nick Westrate ( Casa Valentina, Turn: Washington's Spies ) as well as Vanity Fair's deputy editor Katey Rich, and New York Magazine's Mark Harris. We're talking the films of 1991 includi...

On this "Smackdown" edition of the podcast we talk 1957 and the anti-miscenegation movie Sayonara , soap opera smash Peyton Place , gritty NYC night on the town drama The Bachelor Party (with pre-Mortician Addams, Carolyn Jones) , and the all-star whodunnit Witness for the Prosecution (with post Bride of Frankenstein Elsa Lanchester). For the panel Nathaniel welcomes filmmaker Q Allan Brocka ( Boy...

On this "Smackdown" edition of the podcast Nathaniel welcomes comedian/actors Joel Kim Booster ( Shrill ) and Matt Rogers ( Gayme Show ), as well as journalist/editor Jazz Tangcay (Variety), and critic Emily VanDerWerff (Vox). We discuss the film year of 2002 but especially the razzle-dazzle 'em joys of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah in  Chicago , super-depressed Julianne Moore (and o...

On this "Smackdown" edition of the podcast  -that it's episode '47 featuring the year 1947 is accidental! -- Nathaniel welcomes actors Dana Delany ( The Code, China Beach ) and Patrick Vaill ( Oklahoma ), as well as lyricist Thomas Mizer ( The Marvelous Mrs Maisel ) and culture critic Angelica Jade Bastién. We discuss the film year of 1947 but especially anti-semitic dramas  Cross...

On this special "Supporting Actress Smackdown" edition of the podcast Nathaniel welcomes actors Sean Maguire (The Magicians) and Donna Lynne Champlin (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) as well as Eric Blume, Amir Soltani, and Boyd Van Hoeij to discuss (and okay argue) about films and performances of 1981 from Only When I Laugh, Absence of Malice, Reds, Ragtime, and On Golden Pond.