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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Joanna Hogg and Tilda Swinton, director and actress of the film The Eternal Daughter.

A brief chat with director Joanna Hogg and director Tilda Swinton, who presented The Eternal Daughter in competition at the 79th Venice Film Festival. Together, they talk about their longstanding friendship and collaboration, and the intimate nature of their latest work together.

The Eternal Daughter: In this ghost story from acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg, a middle-aged daughter and her elderly mother must confront long-buried secrets when they return to their former family home, a once-grand manor that has become a nearly vacant hotel brimming with mystery.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci presents Big FRED Venice, FRED Film Radio’s daily and live-streamed show from the 79th Venice Film Festival.

Matt Micucci presents Big FRED Venice, FRED Film Radio’s daily and live-streamed show from the 79th Venice Film Festival. This eighth episode is also Matt’s final show from the Lido di Venezia of this year and finds him joined by Chiara Nicoletti. Together, they talk about some of the day’s top screenings, including Antonio Lukich’s Luxembourg, Luxembourg, and Gianni Amelio’s Lord of the Ants, and more. They also discuss FRED going viral thanks to Harry Styles and Chris Pine, and other drama.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci presents Big FRED Venice, FRED Film Radio’s daily and live-streamed show from the 79th Venice Film Festival.

Matt Micucci presents Big FRED Venice, FRED Film Radio’s daily and live-streamed show from the 79th Venice Film Festival. In this seventh episode, Matt is all alone again and struggling to keep it together after a long and hard day’s work. Nonetheless, there’s always time for film discussions. Films discussed on this daily show include Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter, Victim by Michal Blaško from the Orizzonti section, Spaccaossa from the Venetian Nights strand and more.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Martin McDonagh, director of the film The Banshees of Inisherin.

An interview with filmmaker Martin McDonagh about his new movie, The Banshees of Inisherin. The film was presented in competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. McDonagh talks about returning to County Galway, which inspired so many of his plays early in his career, and blending reality and fiction with the setting of Inisherin and the time of the Irish Civil War. He also talks about working once again with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson for the first time since 2008’s In Bruges and, drawing from one of the driving themes of the movie, he shares his thoughts on whether it is necessary for one to make sacrifices in order to flourish in life, particularly in the arts.

The Banshees of Inisherin: Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, The Banshees of Inisherin follows lifelong friends Padraic and Colm, who find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship. A stunned Padraic, aided by his sister Siobhan and troubled young islander Dominic, endeavours to repair the relationship, refusing to take no for an answer. But Padraic’s repeated efforts only strengthen his former friend’s resolve and when Colm delivers a desperate ultimatum, events swiftly escalate, with shocking consequences.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Guy Davidi, director of the film Innocence.

An interview with Guy Davidi on his new film, Innocence. The documentary was screened in the Orizzonti section of the 79th Venice International Film Festival. The director talks about gathering material for this film, which addresses children and the myth of military force in Israeli society. In this interview, Davidi also shares whether he believes things will change.

Innocence tells the story of children who resisted to be enlisted but capitulated. Their stories were never told as they died during their service. Through a narration based on their haunting diaries, the film depicts their inner turmoil.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, actors of the film The Banshees of Inisherin.

An interview with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, actors in The Banshees of Inisherin, the new film by Martin McDonagh. The film was presented in competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Farrell and Gleeson talk about rekindling their chemistry for the first time on screen since the iconic In Bruges (2008), in a very different film. Drawing from the plot of the movie and one of its driving themes, they also share with us whether they too have had to make sacrifices throughout their artistic journey and whether making those sacrifices is necessary.

The Banshees of Inisherin: Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, The Banshees of Inisherin follows lifelong friends Padraic and Colm, who find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship. A stunned Padraic, aided by his sister Siobhan and troubled young islander Dominic, endeavours to repair the relationship, refusing to take no for an answer. But Padraic’s repeated efforts only strengthen his former friend’s resolve and when Colm delivers a desperate ultimatum, events swiftly escalate, with shocking consequences.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Kerry Condon, actress of the film The Banshees of Inisherin.

An interview with Kerry Condon, actress of The Banshees of Inisherin, the new film by Martin McDonagh. The film was presented in competition at the 79th Venice Film Festival. Condon talks with us about connecting with her characters and identifying with her journey, as well as experiencing the intensity of working on set in a small island off the coast of Ireland.

The Banshees of Inisherin: Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, The Banshees of Inisherin follows lifelong friends Padraic and Colm, who find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship. A stunned Padraic, aided by his sister Siobhan and troubled young islander Dominic, endeavours to repair the relationship, refusing to take no for an answer. But Padraic’s repeated efforts only strengthen his former friend’s resolve and when Colm delivers a desperate ultimatum, events swiftly escalate, with shocking consequences.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci presents Big FRED Venice, FRED Film Radio’s daily and live-streamed show from the 79th Venice Film Festival.

Matt Micucci presents Big FRED Venice, FRED Film Radio’s daily and live-streamed show from the 79th Venice Film Festival. In this sixth episode, Matt is all alone again and talks about some of the big films that have been screening on the Lido recently. Among them, Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, Emanuele Crialese’s Immensity and more, with some banter in between.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Sergei Loznitsa, director of the documentary The Kiev Trial.

Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa joins us to talk about The Kiev Trial, his latest film, constructed entirely out of archive footage of the Kiev Nuremberg Trials of 1946. The film premiered out of competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, out of competition. The director talks about the specific historical moment that the film documents and also talks about how its significance, particularly in light of the ongoing Ukrainian War.

The Kiev Trial, also known as the ‘Kiev Nuremberg’, took place in January of 1946 in the Soviet Union, and was one of the first post-war trials convicting German Nazis and their collaborators. 15 criminals, guilty of atrocities, which were later identified by the Nuremberg trials as “crimes against humanity”, faced justice in case No.1679 “On the atrocities committed by fascist invaders on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.” Using unique, previously unseen, archive footage, Sergei Loznitsa reconstructs key moments of the proceedings, including statements of the defendants and testimonies of the witnesses, survivors of Auschwitz and Babi Yar among them. The film lays bare the ‘banality of evil’ and is devastatingly relevant today, as Ukrainian people are once again being subjected to the violence of barbarian invaders.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Adila Bendimerad and Damien Ounouri, directors of the film The last queen.

An interview with Adila Bendimerad and Damien Ounouri, directors of The last queen. The film premiered at the Giornate degli Autori, the parallel and independent section of the 79th Venice International Film Festival, and Bendimerad also plays the film’s leading role. Together, they talk about defying conventions in Algerian cinema, not least of all by doing a period adventure drama. They also talk about the story behind the myth of Queen Zaphira, and they describe the film a passion project, on which they worked for seven years..

The last queen: Algeria, 1516. The pirate Aroudj Barbarossa frees Algiers from the tyranny of the Spanish and seizes power over the kingdom. Rumor has it he murdered King Salim Toumi, despite their alliance. Against all odds, one woman will stand up to him: Queen Zaphira. Part history, part legend, this woman’s journey tells of a struggle, of personal and political turmoil endured for the sake of Algiers.

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