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The A24 Project

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Lee Hutchison and Dallas King tackle every single movie released by A24, one of the most groundbreaking companies distributing some of the industry's most original films. We also bring you interviews with the people behind Eighth Grade, Hereditary, The Florida Project, Midsommar, The Farewell, The Lighthouse, Under The Skin, and much more.

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Aug 30, 2024

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25 - Oasis: Supersonic & The Monster 12.08.2019

Dallas and Lee review A24's second music documentary, Oasis Supersonic and The Monster. Oasis: Supersonic details the history of the Britpop band Oasis during their formative years and the height of their success in the 1990s. Zoe Kazan stars in The Monster, which sees a mother and daughter confront a terrifying monster when they break down on a deserted road. In A24 Hour News we discuss The Light...

24 - Azazel 'The Lovers' Jacobs Interview 05.08.2019

Lee Hutchison speaks with filmmaker Azazel Jacobs, the writer/director of the A24 produced film, The Lovers. Debra Winger and Tracy Letts play a long-married, dispassionate couple 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. Azazel discusses coming from a filmmaking family and hi...

23 - American Honey & Moonlight 29.07.2019

Lee and Dallas are joined by Megan Wilson, writer and podcaster for Screen Queens to breakdown American Honey and the Oscar winning Moonlight. In American Honey, a teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits. Moonlight sees a young Afri...

22 - Jared 'The Ballad of Lefty Brown' Moshe Interview 22.07.2019

Lee speaks with Jared Moshe, the writer/director of A24 western, The Ballad of Lefty Brown starring Bull Pullman in the titular role. Jared discusses his early career as a producer before transitioning to writer-director with his first Western, Dead Man's Burden. The Ballad of Lefty Brown followed and after its premiere at South By South West, A24 acquired the rights to the film. Jared tells us wh...

21 - Morris From America & The Sea of Trees 15.07.2019

Dallas and Lee watch two A24 films for the first time, Morris from America and The Sea of Trees. First up we check out Morris from America, Morris is a 13-year-old African-American who moves to Germany with his dad and falls for a girl at a youth club who encourages him to open up and share his rapping skills. In The Sea of Trees, a suicidal American played by Matthew McConaughey befriends a Japan...

20 - Equals & Into The Forest 01.07.2019

Lee and Dallas watch two A24 movies for the first time, Equals which is set in an emotionless utopia, stars Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart who fall in love when they regain their feelings from a mysterious disease, causing tensions between them and their society and Into The Forest which sees two sisters learn to survive on their own in their isolated woodland home after a massive power outage...

19 - De Palma & Swiss Army Man 17.06.2019

Brian De Palma is the subject of A24's first documentary 'De Palma' as he shares experiences and insight into a career that has spanned over fifty years and in 'Swiss Army Man' Paul Dano is a suicidal young man who encounters a farting corpse played by Daniel Radcliffe in one of their most original films. In A24 Hour News, Dallas and Lee discuss the breaking news that Robert Pattinson is dropping...

18 - Green Room & The Lobster 03.06.2019

What's your desert island band and if you were to be transformed into an animal what would it be? Lee Hutchison and Dallas King look at Green Room, about a punk rock band who are forced to fight for survival after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar. The film stars the late Anton Yelchin who died tragically after the film was released, we celebrate his short but special career. We also...

17 - Krisha & The Adderall Diaries 20.05.2019

Writer/Director Trey Edward Shults make his first appearance in the A24 filmography with the intense family drama Krisha and James Franco returns for the second time following Spring Breakers with The Adderall Diaries. Dallas King and Lee Hutchison also round up the latest A24 news with a look at the trailers for Midsommar and The Farewell.

16 - Lulu 'The Farewell' Wang Interview + The Witch & Remember 06.05.2019

Dallas King and Lee Hutchison are joined by blogger Kim Morrison to discuss one of A24's most famous films, The Witch and one of their most overlooked, Remember starring Christopher Plummer. In A24 Hour News, Missing Frames host Shawn Eastridge interviews writer/director Lulu Wang about her new film The Farewell and we look ahead to a new film from Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Eggers return with T...

15 - Room & Mojave 22.04.2019

A24's last film of 2015, Room, would become their first Best Picture nominated release and a breakout role for Brie Larson. Following the successful Room was Mojave, a straight to streaming release starring Oscar Issac and Mark Wahlberg. Lee Hutchison and Dallas King look at these wildly different films for plaudits and quality. In A24 Hour News, we look at the mysterious case and criticism A24 ha...

14 - Dark Places & Mississippi Grind 08.04.2019

Dark Places brings together some of the most exciting talent in Hollywood featuring Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Chloë Grace Moretz & Gillian Flynn, but does it make for a special movie? After directing Mississippi Grind, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's next feature would be the billion dollar box office hit, Captain Marvel. What was it about this small indie movie that caught Marvel's attention?...

13 - Amy & The End of the Tour 25.03.2019

The incredibly talented Amy Winehouse and David Foster Wallace are the subject of two A24 films this week, Oscar winning documentary Amy and The End of the Tour. Lee Hutchison and Dallas King also round up the latest A24 news including Colin Farrell and Kogonada's sci-fi film, Dev Patel being cast in David Lowery's new film, A24 television and the new Midsommar trailer.

12 - Bo 'Eighth Grade' Burnham Interview + Barely Lethal & Slow West 11.03.2019

Dallas King and Lee Hutchison look at two very diverse A24 movies, Barely Lethal and Slow West. In A24 Hour News, Dallas speaks with Eighth Grade writer/director, Bo Burnham on the red carpet of the Scottish premiere. We also discuss the A24 presence at the Glasgow Film Festival, the Oscars and Independent Spirit awards and look ahead to Ari Aster's new movie, Midsommar.

11 - Cut Bank & Ex Machina 25.02.2019

Dallas King and Lee Hutchison look at another two A24 films, Cut Bank a crime drama starring Liam Hemsworth and one of their most popular releases, Ex Machina. In A24 Hour News, we discuss the next movie from Ari 'Hereditary' Aster and more award success for Eighth Grade.

10 - Milly 'Hereditary' Shapiro Interview 18.02.2019

A24 movies are filled with amazing characters but few have been as iconic as Hereditary’s Charlie played by Milly Shapiro. Lee Hutchison speaks with Milly about what inspired her to pursue a career in acting at a young age. What brought her to Broadway to play Matilda, a role that would win her a Tony award and Grammy nomination. Her creative process and inspiration behind creating a series of con...

09 - Son Of A Gun & While We're Young 11.02.2019

We move into the 2015 A24 releases with Son of a Gun, an Australian crime drama starring Ewan McGregor and Alicia Vikander and While We're Young, director Noah Baumbach tells the story of a New York documentarian and his wife (Ben Stiller & Naomi Watts) who form a friendship with a couple in their 20s (Adam Driver & Amanda Seyfried). In A24 Hour News we look at the releases coming out of the Sunda...

08 - Revenge of the Green Dragons & A Most Violent Year 28.01.2019

Lee Hutchison and Dallas King discuss two very different A24 movies looking at the immigrant experience in New York, Revenge of the Green Dragons & A Most Violent Year. In a bumper A24 Hour News segment, we look at the High Life trailer, MUBI distributing Under The Silver Lake in the UK, Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray reuniting for A24's first iTunes film, Oscar snubs and nominations and the Glasgo...

07 - Tusk & Laggies 14.01.2019

The A24 Project is back with a diverse double bill, Tusk and Laggies / Say When. We discuss Kevin Smith's body horror shocker, Tusk, which was inspired by a gumtree advert and then pitched as movie on Smith's own podcast. Will it be #WalrusYes or #WalrusNo for our hosts? We also review Laggies (Say When for UK audiences) which sees Kiera Knightly in the midst of a quarter-life crisis after her boy...

06 - Life After Beth & The Captive 17.12.2018

Dallas King and Lee Hutchison discuss Life After Beth starring Aubrey Plaza as a zombie looking to rekindle a relationship and The Captive with Ryan Reynolds trying to find his missing daughter in the backwater of Canada. We also look at the latest news from A24 including the latest round of award nominations and the films to come at Sundance.

05 - Obvious Child & The Rover 03.12.2018

Dallas King and Lee Hutchison discuss the "abortion comedy" Obvious Child starring stand-up comic, Jenny Slate and a post-modern Australian western, The Rover with Guy Pierce and Robert Pattinson. We also look at the latest news from A24 including a way to watch all 72 A24 films for for free in America and of course, the candles! If you leave a written review on iTunes for The A24 Project before D...

04 - Under The Skin & Locke 19.11.2018

Dallas King and Lee Hutchison examine the sci-fi masterpiece, Under The Skin starring Scarlett Johansson as an alien praying on unsuspecting Scottish men and Locke featuring Tom Hardy who finds his life falling apart within the confines of his car on a trip to London. We also look at the latest news from A24 in our new feature, A24 Hour News. If you leave a written review on iTunes for The A24 Pro...

03 - The Spectacular Now & Enemy 05.11.2018

Welcome to the third episode of The A24 Project, where we examine and review the movie catalogue of film distribution company A24, two movies at a time. ​ In this episode we're joined by co-host of Owl Post & Aggressive Negotiations, Matt Rushing as we discuss the teenage romance drama, The Spectacular Now starring Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley. Before Blade Runner 2049, there was Denis Villen...

02 - Spring Breakers & The Bling Ring 05.11.2018

Welcome to the second episode of The A24 Project, where we examine and review the movie catalogue of film distribution company A24, two movies at a time. This week we discuss one of the most infamous A24 releases, Spring Breakers starring James Franco and Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring based on the true story of a young group of thieves who stole from Hollywood celebrities.

01 - A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III & Ginger & Rosa 05.11.2018

Welcome to the first episode of The A24 Project, where we examine and review the movie catalogue of film distribution company A24, two movies at a time. We start back in 2013 with A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III starring Charlie Sheen and Bill Murray and then British period drama, Ginger & Rosa starring Elle Fanning. ​

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