Prestige Junkie

Katey reunites with her former Little Gold Men co-host Rebecca Ford to recap the highlights of Sunday's Governors Awards, where Oscar hopefuls rubbed elbows and the Quincy Jones tribute had everybody in tears. Then Jesse Eisenberg talks about his inspirations for his film A Real Pain, why he only wants to write characters who are different from him, and when he'll find the time to write a song about South Sudan.

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Katey and Richard Rushfield join forces to pick movies from across movie history that are guaranteed to leave you feeling hopeful, no matter what the news has in store. Then Katey talks to The Piano Lesson star Danielle Deadwyler about everything that goes into her tremendous performances, from her knack for stillness to how she built trust with The Piano Lesson director Malcolm Washington. 

Katey's list of Movies For Hope on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/kateyrich/list/movies-to-give-you-hope/

Richard's list: https://letterboxd.com/rrushfield/list/movies-to-make-you-feel-ok-when-the-world/ 

Tyler Coates joins Katey to talk about why the Oscars and politics are so eternally entwined, and how no matter what happens in Tuesday's election, the impact will be felt throughout the season. The episode also includes a conversation with June Squibb, the 94-year-old star of the summertime hit Thelma, who has a lot of wisdom about tackling physical challenges small and large and putting her trust in a first-time director.

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Katey talks to Civil War star Kirsten Dunst about her powerful work in the Alex Garland thriller, and how she decides when it’s worth taking on a movie when she’s got two young boys demanding her attention at home. The episode also features a conversation with New Yorker staff writer and author Michael Schulman about the big narratives driving this year’s awards season, from the breakout stars to the movie that’s a metaphor for the Oscars themselves.

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Listen in on our live panel event at the Montclair Film Festival, featuring awards season speculation from Chris Murphy and Chris Rosen and true insider insight from Sony Pictures Classics co-president and co-founder Tom Bernard. Then Katey sits down with Stephen Colbert, who hosts some of the most high profile onstage events of the festival, and his wife Evie McGee Colbert, the president of Montclair Film.

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With the best picture race still anyone's game, This Had Oscar Buzz co-host Chris Feil joins Katey to ask the big questions that will determine the race, from how international voters play into it to what Clint Eastwood might have in store. Then, Katey talks to Morgan Neville, the Oscar-winning documentarian whose new film Piece by Piece he's calling a work of "creative nonfiction" than a documentary — though he finds all the rules about that pretty silly anyway.

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Now going toe to toe with Colin Farrell in the HBO series The Penguin, Cristin Milioti has emerged on the other side of the Hollywood strikes knowing more about what she wants from this business — even if she knows it's "crazy-making and bad for us all." 

The episode also includes a conversation with Vanity Fair's Chris Murphy about his recent cover story on Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, and what to expect from an awards season full of musicals, including Emilia Perez, Moana 2, Mufasa and even the ill-fated Joker: Folie á Deux.

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Chris Sanders, the writer and director of The Wild Robot, explains the groundbreaking technology that allows his animated film to look like it's hand-painted — because it is! Plus, Jordan Hoffman joins for a conversation about the New York Film Festival, the buzz around Nickel Boys and what makes this festival unlike any other in the fall schedule.

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The titular stars of the road trip documentary Will & Harper, Will Ferrell and Harper Steele are reuniting to talk about the film with eager audiences around the country— and they’re still busy trying to make each other laugh, too.

The episode also includes a conversation between Katey and The Ankler’s Richard Rushfield about the biggest burning questions of awards season, from whether this is finally Netflix’s year to the relevance of the Golden Globes.

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Elaine Low joins Katey for a dispatch from Emmys weekend parties, and a look at how this year's Emmy results might tell us where Hollywood is headed next. Then Katey catches up with Emilia Perez star Karla Sofia Gascon, who already won a best actress prize at Cannes for her breakthrough role in the film. She's freshly home from Telluride and Toronto and is gearing up for a lot more attention this season — whether or not she's ready for the red carpet fashion that goes with it.

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