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In this special bonus episode of I Know That Face, we turn our attention to film festivals. First, co-host Stephen Porzio chats to Mia Sherry about her experience representing Ireland at this year's Venice Film Festival as part of the 27 Times Cinema programme. As well as talking about being on the jury of the event's Giornate Degli Autori strand, she discusses attending the first major film festival to take place in person after Covid-19 and seeing some of Venice's big titles this year including Nomadland, Pieces of a Woman and One Night in Miami. In the second half of the show, Stephen then chats to filmmaker Eoin Harnett about his new short Hypnos which screens at IndieCork Film Festival in cinema and online on October 7.

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Gear up for an eerily pleasant listen as we tackle the career of horror heavyweight Donald Pleasence. In our first of three podcasts on horror icons we examine Pleasence's first forays into horror with an episode of The Twilight Zone and the janky UK anthology film Tales That Witness Madness. Best known as Dr Samuel Loomis - a role he'd play four more times - in John Carpenter's Halloween, Pleasence would work with Carpenter twice more in Escape From New York and Prince of Darkness. Along with Carpenter, Pleasence would collaborate with another icon of 70s and 80s horror in Dario Argento's bizarro sci-fi/giallo slasher Phenomena alongside a chimpanzee and a teenage Jennifer Connolly. Although Pleasence has an unbelievable 238 credits to his name it would be a 90 second Public Service Announcement in 1973 that would cement his reputation as a horror icon especially among children. The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water advised children against playing near dangerous water with Pleasence voicing the titular spirit. It is still spoken of today in hushed tones, half-remembered in nightmares and on cold, misty days the wind seems to whisper the refrain "I'll be back, back, back..." 

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This week the guys are joined by book reviewer and Cold Coffee Press founder James Holohan to talk about the intense performances of Paul Dano. Though still young in white male character actor terms, Dano has amassed an incredible body of work in his two decades in the film industry. His debut in 2002's L.I.E proved to be his breakthrough into indie film and led him to Sundance success in Little Miss Sunshine and a BAFTA nod for Paul Thomas Anderson's oil based western There Will Be Blood. He has worked with the likes of Steve McQueen in 12 Years A Slave, Rian Johnson in Looper, Kelly Reichardt in Meek's Cutoff, Bong Joon-ho in Okja and Denis Villeneuve in Prisoners. In 2018 he directed Wildlife which starred Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan and which Dano co-wrote with his partner Zoe Kazan. In 2021 he will appear as the Riddler in Matt Reeves' The Batman.

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In this special episode of I Know That Face, co-host Stephen Porzio interviews Rob Savage, co-writer and director of Host - a new horror which is one of the best films of 2020 so far. Now streaming on Shudder, Host was made during Covid lockdown and centres on a group of friends who perform a seance over Zoom. Stephen discusses with Rob the unique making of the movie, the filmmaker's influences and some of his other upcoming projects - including a Sam Raimi produced horror.

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Caleb Landry Jones is one-of-a-kind and not just because he's the first redhead we've covered. Beginning his career with a one line part in the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men he was one of several young stars to be launched from Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class. From there Jones took the road less travelled and picked up his first lead in Brandon Cronenberg's 2012 body horror Antiviral. His red hair, pale skin and sharp features secured him roles as disturbed, often sociopathic characters in Heaven Knows What, War on Everyone, Get Out and American Made. He has played successfully against type in Neil Jordan's Byzantium, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and this year's The Outpost. 

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In this special episode of I Know That Face, co-host Stephen Porzio interviews Irish writer-director Paddy Slattery. His brilliant debut feature Broken Law - telling the tale of two brothers on both sides of the law - will be playing in preview screenings from July 31 before a full nationwide cinema release in Ireland on August 14. The pair discuss the movie, the long journey it took to get made, Paddy's influences, as well as the filmmaker's love of some former I Know That Face subjects.

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This week the I Know That Face crew are rejoined by writer, comedian and friend of the podcast Sean Moriarty to talk about the crazy career of South African madman Sharlto Copley. Exploding onto the scene in Neill Blomkamp's 2009 sci-fi apartheid allegory District 9, Copley hasn't slowed down since. Along with his three collaborations with Blomkamp - Elysium and Chappie followed - Copley cemented his Howling Mad reputation in Joe Carnahan's A-Team remake. He varied his choices as the last decade went on in the likes of Spike Lee's Oldboy remake, the POV action film Hardcore Henry, mystery horror Open Grave and as Ron Hollar in John Krasinski's Sundance flop The Hollars. Copley returned to what he does best in Ben Wheatley's Free Fire and was recently seen in Olivier Megaton's The Last Days of American Crime.

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Bonjour mon ami! This week on I Know That Face we indulge our inner Francophiles with a deep dive into the career of Juliette Binoche following a strand being devoted to her on arthouse streaming service Mubi. Beginning with her English language debut in 1988's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, we compare and contrast Binoche's powerhouse status in France with her supporting roles in American and international productions. Up for discussion are The English Patient, Michael Haneke's Caché, Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy, Bruno Dumont's Camille Claudel 1915, Olivier Assayas' Clouds of Sils Maria and Ghost in the Shell.

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This week the I Know That Face crew tackle a titan of Japanese cinema. Ken Watanabe began acting in the late 70s and became widely known throughout Japan for his samurai roles. Beginning with the 1985 classic Tampopo and taking in everything from his work in Tom Cruise's ego project The Last Samurai to Clint Eastwood's sensitive humanistic Letters From Iwo Jima, Watanabe brings a dignified grace to every role he chooses. His presence in western blockbusters like Batman Begins, Inception and both recent Godzilla movies lend an added weight to scenes that would otherwise feel like exposition dumps. With an upcoming role in Michael Mann's Tokyo Vice series Watanabe isn't finished in the spotlight yet. 

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This week we have no choice but to Stan... field. This week's episode of I Know That Face is all about supporting star Lakeith Stanfield. Beginning with Short Term 12 in 2012 Stanfield made a name for himself as a versatile supporting player over the coming decade. 2017 was a banner year for Stanfield with incredible supporting turns in Jordan Peele's masterpiece Get Out, Netflix's Death Note and Donald Glover's anthology Twin Peaks-esque show Atlanta. His first leading role came in Boots Riley's 2018 critically acclaimed satire Sorry to Bother You. More recently he has supported in Knives Out and Uncut Gems. 

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