About this podcast
Welcome to the Filmographers Podcast, where we study a director’s entire career, one film at a time. In each episode, we discuss why a single film succeeded or failed and examine it in the context of the Hollywood landscape when it was released.
In our first season, we’re turning the spotlight on Steven Soderbergh, one of the most celebrated, fascinating, and versatile directors in modern American cinema.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 100 episodes
- The Fortune Cookie · 1 h 14 min · Season 2 Episode 7After the box-office failure of Kiss Me, Stupid, Billy Wilder decided to leave sex out of The Fortune Cookie (1966). He went back to the premise that made him an A-list director…
- Kiss Me, Stupid · 1 h 8 min · Season 2 Episode 1When a star singer stops for gas in small-town Nevada, two struggling songwriters hatch a plot that is in no way problematic: they hire a local prostitute to pose as the piano…
- The Social Reckoning Review · 40 min · Episode 78Sixteen years after winning an Oscar for writing “The Social Network,” Aaron Sorkin follows up by writing AND directing “The Social Reckoning.” He claims it’s not a sequel, but…
- Interview with Paul Diamond, son of Billy Wilder’s writing partner, I. A. L. Diamond · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 24Paul Diamond knew Billy Wilder well—his dad was Wilder’s writing partner, I. A. L. Diamond. A novelist, screenwriter, and movie producer himself, Paul spoke to Keir about meeting…
- Irma La Douce · 1 h 5 min · Season 2 Episode 23Billy Wilder’s last film, a savage satire of capitalism, was a flop. With Irma la Douce, he returned to the subject that gave him his greatest successes—sex!—by making a movie…
- Wilder Inspires: Jerry Maguire · 1 h 1 min · Episode 77It's no secret that Billy Wilder was an important inspiration in Cameron Crowe's life and work. Crowe did, after all, write a book on Wilder. But how much of Wilder shows up in…
- It Ends Review · 30 min · Episode 76Part existential road trip, part liminal horror nightmare, It Ends captivated audiences during its festival run and is hoping to build on that success with a theatrical release…
- One, Two, Three · 1 h 6 min · Season 2 Episode 22It's 1961, and Hollywood is changing. Foreign films are wooing critics and audiences alike, and a new wave of filmmakers is starting to emerge. But while movies are taking a step…
- The Samurai and the Prisoner Review · 50 min · Episode 75Kiyoshi Kurosawa's The Samurai and the Prisoner is an equally epic and intimate story of war, nobility, and murder in 16th-century Japan. Mike and Kevin explore its many layers…
- The Apartment · 1 h 34 min · Season 2 Episode 23By 1960, nearly twenty years into his career as a writer/director, Billy Wilder had made one unforgettable film after another. And yet, his latest effort might just be his best…
- Secrets and Lies With Nathan Deming · 1 h 13 min · Episode 74Nathan Deming is one of our favorite up-and-coming filmmakers. We previously discussed his film February, and now he's back with a new movie, Winter Hymns, an epic and wonderful…
- The Odyssey of Christopher Nolan · 35 min · Episode 73A movie as big as The Odyssey cannot be contained to just one episode. Since we've already reviewed Christopher Nolan's masterful epic, we're going to look at how The Odyssey…
- The Odyssey Review · 1 h 15 min · Episode 72Christopher Nolan is back, and he's going epic with an adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey. Does is reach the heights of his Academy Award-winning masterpiece Oppenheimer? Mike and…
- Troma, Lloyd Kaufman, and Billy Wilder · 1 h 34 min · Season 2 Episode 21As the co-founder of Troma Entertainment, Lloyd Kaufman has blazed a singular trail through cinema for over 50 years. He's behind all-time classics such as The Toxic Avenger…
- Some Like It Hot · 1 h 15 min · Season 2 Episode 19With his new writing partner at his side and a parade of hit movies trailing behind him, Billy Wilder was ready to start the next chapter of his career. While he began his latest…
- The Billy Wilder Story So Far · 3 min · Season 2Whether you've been following along with us all season or have only recently joined us, this brief recap will prepare you for our journey into the back half of Wilder's career…
- The Death of Robin Hood Review · 48 min · Episode 71Michael Sarnoski's The Death of Robin Hood is a dark and grim reevaluation of the Robin Hood mythos. But is it just another gritty take on a beloved character, or does the movie…
- The Furious Review · 46 min · Episode 70Keir and Mike may not be martial artists, but they know a good fight when they see one, and The Furious has *a lot* of great fights. But is that enough to carry a movie? Plus…
- Billy Wilder's 10 Rules of Screenwriting—with Pulitzer winner Daniel Kraus · 60 min · Season 2 Episode 19Keir and Mike are joined by a very special guest and friend of the show—Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Kraus!—to dissect Billy Wilder’s 10 Rules for Screenwriting. Which…
- Witness for the Prosecution · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 18Billy Wilder needed a hit, so who could he turn to? A hit-making machine: the one and only Agatha Christie. But change is in the air for Wilder, and his career is about to…
