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Film editing is a huge chunk of work, but the film editor's hustle often goes unrecognised. Chris chats to 'Nymphomaniac Vol. I & II' editor and Academy member Molly Stensgaard about her process and how good film editing is about the opposite of putting a personal stamp on things.

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Is Christopher Nolan's new film a masterpiece or merely a near-masterpiece? Chris reviews Dunkirk and looks at the hype surrounding it and Cillian Murphy and Mark Rylance explain what the auteur is like to work with and the intensity he brings on set.

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HBO's Game of Thrones is an impressive, technically proficient series, but is it a good one? Ahead of season 7, Chris, Jacob and Jack look at how the show has changed, assess the hype surrounding it and lament how it has a tendency to drown in characters.

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Producer Brett Ratner has called Rotten Tomatoes 'the worst thing that we have in today’s movie culture'. An executive at an independent film distributor has branded this argument 'ridiculous', countering: 'F**k you, make a good movie!' Chris, joined by team members Jack and Jacob examine how review aggregation is affecting film consumption and how the role of the film critic is changing.

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A podcast with the godfather of podcasts. Chris and Marc discuss everything from happiness to hand soap, how he's playing 'a piece of shit' in new Netflix show GLOW and how he doesn't want to make a big deal out of his part when the series is all about the women.

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Chris discusses what it was like interviewing Martin Scorsese, Jacob chats to Jessica Chastain about how she thinks about her roles and what she looks for in movies, and we implore you to find time for The Leftovers.

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Financing low-budget found-footage horrors has enabled Jason Blum to produce Oscar-winning indies like Whiplash. We talk to him about what motivates a producer, how directors differ from genre to genre and the enormous success of Get Out.

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At the age of 80, Warren Beatty has just written, directed and co-produced a movie that he also stars in. With a career spanning over 50 years, how does he see the industry having changed, and is he aware of the comparison between himself and his latest subject, Howard Hughes? Also in the episode, Chris catches up with a colleague who's been surveying the scene at Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, Florida.

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The way we consume films and TV shows is fast changing, but is the cinema really doomed? We chew over different viewing experiences and near future possibilities, with help from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and CCO Ted Sarandos.

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What’s it like going from a budget of £6,000 to £6 million? Brit director Ben Wheatley discusses his rise to new single-location action film Free Fire, how it was influenced by video game Counter-Strike, working with Martin Scorsese and a new film about women with shotguns killing giant crabs

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