The A24 Project

A24's filmography is filled with memorable characters but few have made such a huge cultural impact as Black Phillip from Robert Eggers debut feature, The Witch. Actor Daniel Malik shares with Lee Hutchison how he came to be cast as Black Phillip, working with Robert Eggers and the amazing cast of The Witch, the legacy of Black Phillip, life beyond the role, and much more.

Lee and Dallas review Woman Walks Ahead and welcome Kim Morrison to breakdown Hereditary. When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry in Ari Aster's debut feature, Hereditary. We also have an interview with Milly 'Charlie' Shapiro who takes us behind the scenes of the film and...

Lee is joined by Valeriia Karaman to discuss her unforgettable performance as the Mermaid in Robert Egger's The Lighthouse. Valeriia shares with us how she was discovered for and won the role of the Mermaid, the process behind preparing for shooting, working on the set of The Lighthouse, working with Robert Eggers, Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, the imagery and reaction to the character of the...

Lee and Dallas welcome the founder of The Nerd Party, Tristan Riddell to discuss 'First Reformed' and 'How To Talk To Girls At Parties'. Written and directed by Paul Schrader, First Reformed stars Ethan Hawke as pastor of a small church in upstate New York who starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife. We're also jo...

Lee sits down with writer/director Trey Edward Shults to discuss his critically acclaimed 3rd feature film with A24, Waves. Waves traces the journey of a suburban family - led by a well-intentioned but domineering father - as they navigate love, forgiveness, and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. Lee is also joined by the cast that make up the family at the heart of this drama for a spoil...

Dallas and Lee continue on with A24's 2018 filmography with Lean on Pete and Backstabbing for Beginners. In Lean on Pete, the teenage Charley befriends Lean on Pete, an ageing racehorse, when he arrives in Portland. When Charley learns that the horse is bound for slaughter, he tries to save him. Backstabbing for Beginners is based on the real life story of Michael Soussan, a young United Nations e...

2019 has been a great year for A24 and The Death of Dick Long is one of their highlights. From the co-director of Swiss Army Man, Daniel Scheinert, the film takes place following the death of Dick but Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama We're joined by the three leads of the film who take us behind the scenes on one...

Lee and Dallas arrive at 2018 within the A24 filmography and discuss two DirecTV/A24 releases, The Vanishing of Sidney Hall and The Last Movie Star. The Vanishing of Sidney Hall is set over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life as Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace. In The Last Movie Star, an aging screen icon, Vic Edwards play...

Lee is joined by The Bling Ring's Katie Chang to discuss her performance as its ringleader Rebecca in Sofia Coppola's film. Katie talks about the audition process, working with Coppola and the amazing ensemble cast, the real life Bling Ring, life after the film, what's coming up next and much more!

Dallas and Lee return to discuss two more A24 films, The Disaster Artist and The Ballad of Lefty Brown. Based on the non-fiction book, The Disaster Artist, Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.ommy decides to write, direct, produce and star in their...

Lee is joined by actress Catherine Oliviere to discuss her performance as Kennedy in Eighth Grade, the nemesis of Elsie Fisher's Kayla. ​Catherine discusses the audition process for Kennedy but also for Kayla, the inspirations and creative choices behind bringing Kennedy to life, working with Bo Burnham and Elsie Fisher, life on the Eighth Grade set, the reaction to the film and much more in our i...

Lee and Dallas are joined by Clara Cook, Iana Murray and Natalia to breakdown two of A24’s best films, Lady Bird and The Killing of a Sacred Deer. The Killing of a Sacred Deer: Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinua...

Lee is joined by Krisha Fairchild to discuss her titular role in Krisha from a24 regular, writer/director, Trey Edward Shults. Trey Edward Shults debut feature sees Krisha return for Thanksgiving dinner after ten years away from her family, but past demons threaten to ruin the festivities.

In Woodshock Kristen Dunst plays Theresa a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss and is torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects of a potent cannabinoid drug. The Florida Project is set over one summer, as a precocious six-year-old Moonee courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother,...

Lee is joined by Academy Award winner Guy Nattiv to discuss his A24 film, Skin. Guy talks about how he went from Israel to Hollywood, Skin's origins as an Oscar winning short film, how it then became a feature in the same year and the hurdles the film faced, casting Jamie Bell as white supremacist Bryon Widner, the films place in this current political climate and Guy teases his next project.

Lee and Dallas are joined by Laura Potier from Outtake Magazine to discuss Menashe and Good Time. Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son in Menashe, we also have an interview with its producer and co-writer Alex Lipschultz. The Safdie Brothers sophomore feature Good Time takes place after a botched bank robbery which lands Connie Nika's (Robert...

Lee is joined by the producer and co-writer of The Florida Project, Chris Bergoch. Chris shares with us how he got his break in the industry, the birth of his relationship with Sean Baker, moving from tv to features and his work on Starlet and the critically acclaimed Tangerine, the long development process of The Florida Project, its origins, the casting and locations, it's popularity, working wi...

Lee and Dallas discuss two further A24 films, It Comes At Night and A Ghost Story. Trey Edward Shults follows up Krisha with It Comes At Night. Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorises the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge. A Ghost Story from Davi...

Lee is joined by Adam Pearson, documentarian and actor best known for his performance as 'The Disfigured Man' in the A24 classic Under The Skin. Adam discusses the audition process, developing the character of The Disfigured Man and working with Scarlett Johansson and director Jonathan Glazer to bring it to life, the impact of the film and much more. Adam also speaks with us about his latest show...

Lee and Dallas look at two lesser known A24 films, The Lovers and The Exception. Debra Winger and Tracy Letts play a long-married, dispassionate couple in The Lovers who are both in the midst of serious affairs. But on the brink of calling it quits, a spark between them suddenly reignites, leading them into an impulsive romance. The Exception sees a German soldier try to determine if the Dutch res...

Lee interviews Greg Sestero about his book, The Disaster Artist, which was adapted by James Franco into an award winning feature film. Greg Sestero talks about the origins of the book, his stories from the set of The Room and working with Tommy Wiseau, The Disaster Artist's production and success as a film, becoming a scriptwriter and his work on Best Friends Vol 1 and 2.

Lee and Dallas return to discuss The Blackcoat's Daughter and Free Fire and we have an interview with its director and co-writer Ben Wheatley. In The Blackcoat's Daughter, two Catholic schoolgirls Kat and Rose get left behind at their boarding school over winter break as the other girls leave, where it's rumoured that the nuns are satanists. Brie Larson stars in Free Fire as Justine who has broker...

Lee is joined the writer/director of A24's Into The Forest, Patricia Rozema. Into The Forest sees two sisters after a massive power outage learn to survive on their own in their isolated woodland home. Patricia shares with me about how she went from not watching a movie until she was sixteen to becoming one of Canada's most prominent filmmakers. Patricia talks about the success at Cannes for her d...

Lee and Dallas are joined by Hannah Ryan to discuss 20th Century Women and Trespass Against Us. 20th Century Women is set in 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist...

Lee is joined by composer Richard Vreeland aka Disasterpeace to discuss his work on A24's Under the Silver Lake. Vreeland discusses his early career in video game composing, working on It Follows with David Robert Mitchell and the opportunities that followed, the challenges of scoring and working on Under the Silver Lake, what happened with the release of this film and composing music for a Netfli...