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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ariel speaks with the people directly responsible for the brilliant comic timing of Ted Lasso - the editors, A.J. Catoline and Melissa McCoy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down for another interview with a documentary filmmaker and their subject, this time with filmmaker Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, and Seyran Ates, the Nobel Peace prize-nominated subject of her documentary,  Seyran Ates: Sex, Revolution, and Islam. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail According to Unesco, a human language disappears every two weeks. Within a century,  50 to 90 percent of all languages will be gone. Does it matter?  Spoiler alert: Yes. Ariel interviews both documentary filmmaker Sandrine Loncke and her subject, Florian Lionnet. They discuss how language encodes culture and worldviews, and the threat to our humanity when languages are lost. Suppo...

Send us Fan Mail Ariel has a chat with Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks, the directors and star of the new horror movie, Alone With You , that played recently at Fantastic Fest. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In a new weekend series exploring horror titles, Ariel sits down with filmmaker Aaron Bartuska to discuss his new horror film, For Roger, in the first installment of Sunday Bloody Sunday. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down with Melissa Haizlip to discuss her new documentary exploring the first nationally broadcast all-Black variety show on public television, Ellis Haizlip's SOUL! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down with Ashley O'Shay, director of the new documentary, Unapologetic, about two Black women advocating for justice in Chicago on behalf of countless Black victims of police violence. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This one goes out to all the teachers who deserve our thanks in the pandemic. Director Neasa Ni Chianáin discusses her new film about a school that is turning around the lives of at-risk kids through the use of philosophy. Young Plato is a film not about the questions that matter, but about why questions matter. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel and Rabia discuss the current state of environmental policy around climate change with Tom Bowman, author of Empowering Climate Action . Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down with director Dash Shaw to discuss his Sundance-winning adult animated fantasy of mythical creatures, Cryptozoo .  The film will be screening at the Alamo Drafthouse Winchester on Saturday, November 13th at 4pm, with a Q&A led by Ariel. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel and Rabia sit down with director Philippe McKie to discuss his film Dreams on Fire , an exploration of one woman's journey through the Tokyo underground dance scene. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel speaks with writer and director Kelsey Egan about her new film, Glasshouse, set in a dystopian matriarchal landscape, about memory, history, and culture. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel speaks with Donald Mowat, the BAFTA-nominated hair and make-up designer behind films as varied as Skyfall , Cowboys & Aliens , and Blade Runner 2049 . Now he tackles the world of Dune , and shares his insights into the process. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel and Rabia speak with Jesse Blanchard, director of Frank & Zed , a gory puppet horror masterpiece that premiered at Fantasia this year. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel and Rabia have a wide-ranging conversation with South African filmmaker Travis Taute about his new thriller, Indemnity . Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel and Rabia discuss the relationship between trauma, fantasy, and the horror genre in this conversation with Perry Blackshear, director of When I Consume You . Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel and Rabia sit down with Canadian director Rob Jabbaz to discuss his new award-winning and deliciously gory horror film, The Sadness . Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Rabia catches up with MASUMI, the singer/songwriter and star of the action hit of Fantasia, Yakuza Princess . Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel and Rabia sit down with director Rasmus Merivoo to discuss the premiere of his new film Kratt , a horror comedy that's genuinely for the whole family.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down with Richard Bates Jr. to discuss his new coven comedy, King Knight, newly premiered at Fantasia 2021.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Rawn James, the author of the new book The Truman Court: Law and the Limits of Loyalty , sits down with Rabia to discuss the Supreme Court's place in history and politics. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel talks with filmmakers Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer about their film, Violation, now available on Shudder. The conversation dives directly into hard topics, including rape revenge, trauma, and artistic responsibility. Listeners may be triggered by this conversation's topics, including sexual violence and trauma. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This weekend at San Diego Comic Con, the best and the brightest in the comic book industry will gather together for the Eisner Awards, a celebration of some of the most influential books of the year. Among the nominees are creators Damian Duffy and John Jennings, who came by to talk about the importance of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, the joys of adapting it, and wh...

Send us Fan Mail Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Utøya Island in Norway. Director Aslaug Holm speaks about her documentary, Generation Utøya , which follows the lives of four women who survived the attack. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Rabia has a conversation with director Sato Amane about his latest film, which premiered at Rotterdam in June. And about the re-introduction of ‘Pink Eiga’ type films onto the Film Festival scene.  Support the show