Interview

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  Interview Stephen Tobolowsky on his podcast, his non-memoir, and not trusting Vegas

  The actor discusses his intimate audio essays and the "shallow grave" known as celebrity gossip.

  October 16, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Interview Martin McDonagh on the violence and camaraderie of his Seven Psychopaths

  “I almost feel like it’s easier to write a film script… it’s more freeing not to be bound by one set, four or five characters.”

  October 11, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Interview Nashville’s Connie Britton on trusting her voice and the Friday Night Lights movie

  She has the script for the Friday Night Lights spin-off movie—she’s just been too busy to read it.

  October 10, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Interview Famke Janssen on her directorial debut, the X-Men films, and Taken 2

  “What’s the point of independent film if you don’t get to experiment?”

  October 8, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  Interview Metallica’s Kirk Hammett discusses vintage horror and geek bonding

  “For years, I told people this is the other thing I do other than music.”

  October 5, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Interview Amy Schumer

  The rising comedy star talks about her all-time favorite joke, growing up funny, and carrying the flag for female comics.

  October 3, 2012 | 12:16pm -

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  Interview Richard Jenkins on Cabin In The Woods and why he knows nothing about characters off the page

  “If you can’t have fun making movies, gosh, you should do something else.”

  October 3, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Interview Genndy Tartakovsky on helming Hotel Transylvania, plus the Samurai Jack movie

  The creator of Dexter’s Laboratory on taking over a troubled production and trying new things in animation.

  October 1, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  Interview Comedy Showrunners Week: American Dad’s co-creators on the show’s weird evolution

  “Longevity allows you to get more experimental. When people are familiar with the characters, you can take bigger risks.”

  September 28, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Interview Comedy Showrunners Week: Alex Hirsch on the real in the unreal of Gravity Falls

  “It’s been validating to discover that the audience is even crazier than I am.”

  September 28, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Interview Rian Johnson on his writing process and the appeal of alternate-history films

  “[Looper] has to do with violence and the question of approaching the world’s problems by killing the right person vs. by raising our children right.”

  September 27, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  Interview Comedy Showrunners Week: How Up All Night retooled its second season

  The show’s producers talk eliminating the Ava show and focusing on the characters’ home life.

  September 27, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  Interview Shawn Ryan on his new thriller and the possibility of a Terriers movie

  "This [series] takes place all over the world, but… it’s not that different from The Shield, I think.”

  September 27, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Interview Joseph Gordon-Levitt reveling in Looper, hitRECord, and his directing debut, but not fame

  “I love movies, deeply. And it’s not just a job to me. It’s what I love to do.”

  September 26, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  Interview Comedy Showrunners Week continues with Suburgatory’s Emily Kapnek

  Taking a quirky comedy into its second season presents perils and possibilities.

  September 26, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Interview Comedy Showrunners Week: New Girl creator Elizabeth Meriwether laughs at her characters’ pain

  “I think putting the characters through some tough moments yields really good comedy."

  September 25, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Interview Nat Faxon ascends to leading man on Ben And Kate

  The comedic actor and Oscar-winning writer knows when not to improvise all over someone else’s script.

  September 25, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Interview Comedy Showrunners Week: David Caspe & Jonathan Groff on Happy Endings’ underdog appeal

  “It wouldn’t be Happy Endings if it wasn’t walking into an ass-kicking.”

  September 25, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  Interview Justin Kirk on the end of Weeds and the beginning of Animal Practice

  “I’m glad that I’ve gone, in a matter of weeks, from the star of Animal Practice to the human that happens to be in the background.”

  September 25, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Interview Comedy Showrunners Week: Dana Fox on translating her life into Ben And Kate

  “When you look to your own past… it usually feels better to other people because they go, ‘Oh, that feels authentic.’ Because it is.”

  September 24, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Interview Fran Kranz on Dollhouse, Cabin In The Woods, and Much Ado About Nothing

  The Joss Whedon ensemble player talks about Chris Hemsworth’s group boxing lessons and how movie sets turn Whedon into a kid in a candy store.

  September 21, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Interview Nick Cave on Lawless, the sentimentality of sadists, and the war on drugs

  “Once the theme is there, the stories come relatively easy.”

  September 19, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Interview Jeff Tweedy on his privacy, the music industry, and the future of Wilco

  “Everything that’s ever worked out for us is because we’ve kept our heads down and focused on the things we have some control over.”

  September 13, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Interview Brett Gelman on playing Go On’s “smoke monster”

  “He’s like a positive Hannibal Lecter—a Hannibal Lecter who would never hurt anybody.” 

  September 11, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Interview Romola Garai on The Hour and playing a “destination prostitute” 

  “You see sex in period films, and you think, ‘Oh, they’re having sex.’ You never stop to think, ‘But how are they actually doing it? What’s the mechanics of this?’” 

  September 10, 2012 | 1:00pm -

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  Interview Amanda Palmer on being a “social musician” in the crowd-sourcing era 

  “Kickstarter just gave us this legitimized marketplace to do what we were already doing, but with a name and a system everybody can understand.” 

  September 10, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Interview Writer-director Andrew Haigh on whether Weekend is “a gay film” and the other Andrew Haigh

  “In Britain, we think of America as a kind of bastion of excitement. Traveling west and road trips hold a special joy in our hearts.”

  September 7, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Interview Lewis Black on politics, aging, and being the guy who yells

  “For all the shenanigans that go on in the big circus of politics, everybody wakes up and goes to work. The supermarkets are filled with food. Calm the fuck down!” 

  September 7, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Interview Breaking Bad’s Betsy Brandt on the evolution of her character 

  “The eyes are the window to the soul. In our show, it’s the handjob.” 

  August 30, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Interview Harry Shearer talks about his new album and its real-world inspirations 

  “I just keep my eyes and ears open.” 

  August 27, 2012 | 11:00am -