Hanging with Becky

Becky welcomes back her friend, film writer and podcaster Martin Kessler to talk about WILDWOOD, LAIKA's sprawling new stop-motion fantasy from director Travis Knight. The episode came together unexpectedly. With nothing from the following week's releases grabbing Becky enough to cover, she turned back to WILDWOOD — a movie that opened the same weekend as KLARA AND THE SUN — and immediately though...

Becky welcomes her friend, podcaster, film writer, yoga instructor and former librarian Leanne Kubicz to talk about KLARA AND THE SUN, Taika Waititi's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's acclaimed novel. Becky and Leanne are both huge fans of NEVER LET ME GO, so when they learned KLARA AND THE SUN was coming to the screen, they made a pact to read the novel first. They both fell in love with the book —...

Becky welcomes her friend, writer and former Hollywood book club member Eliot M Gerstel to talk about one of her favorite films of the year: YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, the extraordinary new documentary from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim about Elizabeth Holmes. This conversation has actually been eight years in the making. Back in 2018, Becky, Eliot and three other Sony executives read John Carre...

Becky welcomes her good friend and longtime podcaster Jacob Rivera to talk about one of their most anticipated movies of the year: THE SOCIAL RECKONING, Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to THE SOCIAL NETWORK. Jacob is the ideal guest for this conversation. He's a massive David Fincher fan who considers THE SOCIAL NETWORK a perfect movie, and in 2020 he joined Leanne Kubicz on Film 89  for an episode celeb...

Becky welcomes back  Hanging with Becky producer, Kyle Reardon to talk about a smaller film they're especially excited to champion: THE SCOUT. Written and directed by Paula González-Nasser, THE SCOUT follows Sofía, a New York City location scout played by Mimi Davila, as she travels from apartment to apartment searching for the perfect spaces for a television pilot. Along the way, she gets brief g...

This week, Becky welcomes back her wonderful friend Jon Laubinger for a very different kind of conversation about PRIMETIME, Lance Oppenheim's first narrative feature and a provocative look behind the scenes of Chris Hansen and To Catch a Predator . Jon is a filmmaker, writer and podcaster — and Becky's former co-host on Director's Take: A Sony Pictures Podcast — as well as someone she trusts deep...

This week, Becky welcomes back her wonderful friend Martin Kessler for a movie they've been waiting a very long time to talk about: RESIDENT EVIL. Martin is a longtime fan of both the games and movies — so much so that when Becky first dreamed up Hanging with Becky , he was one of the first guests she booked because she already knew he was the person she wanted to talk with when the new RESIDENT E...

This week, Becky welcomes back her longtime friend Jamie Hancock, host of Wrong Reel and creator of Geekin' with James Hancock, to Hanging with Becky for the show's first-ever international film: Na Hong-jin's South Korean sci-fi action epic HOPE. Becky and Jamie are also fresh off their recent Fall Preview collaboration, which brought their movie conversations together across both of their YouTub...

This week, Becky welcomes her brilliant friend Kevin Maher — Emmy-nominated comedy writer, comedian, creator of Kevin Geeks Out and recently published New Yorker  humorist — to Hanging with Becky  for the show's longest conversation yet! And there may not have been a more perfect movie to finally bring them together. Becky and Kevin dig into COYOTE VS. ACME, the hilarious, unexpectedly moving Loon...

This week, Becky welcomes her wonderful friend John Arminio, co-host of the Popcorn Eschaton podcast, to Hanging with Becky to talk Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic drama THE DOG STARS. John has previously welcomed Becky onto Popcorn Eschaton for deeply personal conversations about THE SEVENTH SEAL and DEFENDING YOUR LIFE, but this time the roles are reversed as Becky finally gets to host John for...

This week, Becky welcomes her very good friend and fellow #BergmanBuddies4Life, Dave Eves to Hanging with Becky for something surprisingly long overdue: their first podcast together devoted to a horror movie. Becky originally discovered Dave through his horror conversations on the Wrong Reel podcast, but over the years the two ended up recording episode after episode together about Ingmar Bergman....

Longtime friend and returning guest Adam Rackoff is back on Hanging with Becky  to dive into THE END OF OAK STREET, the new science-fiction adventure from writer-director David Robert Mitchell. Becky and Adam both went into the movie not quite knowing what to expect—and discovered an original, wildly entertaining throwback to the kind of summer blockbusters they grew up loving. They dig into the f...

Friend and first-time podcast guest Paul Retterer joins Hanging with Becky  to celebrate AVATAR AANG: THE LAST AIRBENDER—the new continuation of the beloved Avatar: The Last Airbender  story. Paul is the friend who spent months convincing Becky and her daughter to finally watch Avatar: The Last Airbender —and once they did, Becky became completely obsessed. For this episode, Paul went one step fur...

For the first time ever, Hanging with Becky  heads to San Diego Comic-Con! Becky celebrates her 20th Comic-Con while returning guest David Booher marks his 18th—and despite attending every one together, they somehow experience two completely different conventions. From Hall H, the Paramount+ Lodge, the Hero Within Booth, and the Her Universe Fashion Show to comic book signings, comic panels, exclu...

After working on nine Spider-Man films during her career in movie marketing, Becky welcomes producer Kyle Reardon back to Hanging with Becky to dive into one of the year's biggest movie events, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY. Following a brief spoiler-free discussion, Becky and Kyle swing into a full spoiler conversation exploring Peter Parker's emotional journey, Tom Holland's performance, the film's...

This week, Hanging with Becky opens the vault to share something very special. Five years before Hanging with Becky, Becky D'Anna and Adam Rackoff recorded the pilot for a podcast called The Movie Insiders —a show where they planned to tell the personal stories behind the movies they worked on throughout their careers in the film industry. Although the series never continued beyond its pilot, Beck...

For years, Becky and Jon Laubinger have shared microphones, interviewed filmmakers, and spent countless hours talking about the movies they love. This week, they're finally reunited on Hanging with Becky to tackle one of the year's biggest theatrical events: Christopher Nolan's ODYSSEY. Together they discuss Nolan's ambitious adaptation of Homer's epic poem, the breathtaking theatrical experience,...

Filmmaker, writer, podcaster, and one of the most knowledgeable horror fans Becky knows, Julia Marchese joins H anging with Becky to discuss EVIL DEAD BURN. After seeing the film together the night before recording, Becky and Julia sat down expecting they might disagree. Instead, they discovered they shared many of the same reactions. While they admired the film's performances, cinematography, and...

Film writer and podcaster Martin Kessler joins Becky to look back at the best movies of the year so far. Without sharing their lists beforehand, Becky and Martin each reveal their Top 5 Films of the Year So Far, leading to genuine surprises, passionate recommendations, and one very meaningful overlap: DISCLOSURE DAY. Along the way, they celebrate standout horror and science fiction films, champion...

Producer Kyle Reardon returns for his first official episode as a guest to discuss SUPERGIRL and the future of James Gunn's DC Universe. After falling in love with 2025's SUPERMAN, Becky and Kyle had high hopes for SUPERGIRL. While they both admired the ambition behind the film, they ultimately felt it lacked the emotional depth, vibrant visual style, and sense of wonder that made SUPERMAN such a...

Documentary and animation producer, Adam Rackoff returns to Hanging with Becky for a very different conversation. This week, Becky and Adam discuss TOY STORY 5 and the surprisingly powerful themes at the heart of Pixar's latest adventure. Together, they explore parenting, technology, loneliness, rejection, self-worth, and what it means to find your people and embrace who you are. As parents of onl...

This wasn't supposed to be an episode. A week before recording the first official episode of Hanging with Becky, Becky D'Anna and producer Kyle Reardon got together to test the show's format, work out the kinks, and make sure everything was ready for the upcoming BACKROOMS episode. The plan was simple: record a full episode exactly as if it were going to be released. What they didn't expect was th...

Documentary and animation producer Adam Rackoff joins Becky for Episode 3 of Hanging with Becky ! As Executive Producer of the new documentary ACCIDENTAL TRUTH: NEXT — BEYOND UFO DISCLOSURE, Adam is the perfect guest to discuss Steven Spielberg's DISCLOSURE DAY. Together, Becky and Adam explore the film's themes of UFO disclosure, government secrecy, and why stories about the unknown continue to f...

Longtime friends Becky D'Anna and James Hancock reunite in New York City for an in-person episode of Hanging with Becky! Together, they discuss MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, sharing their thoughts on the film's casting, score, world-building, and why they were both pleasantly surprised by the latest trip to Eternia. Along the way, they revisit memories from nearly three decades of friendship, including...

Writer and filmmaker David Booher joins Becky for the very first episode of Hanging with Becky ! Together, they venture into BACKROOMS, discussing the film's unique horror roots, internet mythology, and what makes the Backrooms phenomenon so unsettling. Along the way, they chat about horror movies, storytelling, Gen Z filmmaking, and the stories that stick with us long after the credits roll. Then...