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Katey and Chris Rosen regroup to look at the 2026 movies that are already in the Oscar race, how the buzz from this year's Cannes Film Festival will translate to the fall, and what we're already anticipating, including new trailers for fall movies like Digger and The Debut.
00:00 Intro
00:57 The Vibes Are Finally Good
03:30 Project Hail Mary Leads The Pack
07:47 The Optimism Theory
11:23 Can Obsession Go All The Way?
15:18 The Trouble With Michael
17:51 Movies We're Mourning
21:49 The Bride And Pressure's Chances
24:56 Anne Hathaway's Busy Year
28:15 Zendaya And Pattinson's Overdue Oscars
30:50 Toy Story 5 And Taylor Swift
34:48 The Cannes Contenders
40:38 Paper Tiger And Coward
43:06 The Digger Trailer
46:21 Turturro's Best Actor Case
48:25 The Debut And Giamatti's Moment
52:08 Artificial In Limbo
54:11 The Odyssey Outlook
57:20 Coming Up
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With Obsession tearing up the box office, Toy Story reigning supreme and a new Christopher Nolan movie on the way, it’s fervent fanbases driving so much of the excitement in the movie business right now. Film critic Katie Walsh joins Katey to talk about how it happened, how Heated Rivalry predicted all of this, and what might come next.
00:00 Intro
01:06 The New Era Of Niche Fandom
02:55 When Youtubers Take Over The Box Office
06:56 Gen Z And The Indie Filmmaker Revolution
09:02 The New John Carpenters Of Horror
13:18 When Hollywood Takes The Wrong Lessons
17:48 Ai Vs Original Voices
22:02 Original Hits And The Minions Phenomenon
25:10 Superhero Fatigue And What's Next
28:38 The Dark Side Of Stakeholder Fans
35:08 The Rise Of The Director Fandom
39:37 Horror Invades The Oscar Race
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Peter Knegt joins Katey to talk about Stop! That! Train!, Leviticus, and the surge of queer summer movies that we hope is a big new trend. Then, Michael Urie talks to Katey about the thrill of sticking around Shrinking for a new season, the similarities between that show and his breakthrough hit Ugly Betty, and some surprising side-effects of appearing on The $100,000 Pyramid.
00:00 Intro
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Inside Christopher Rosen's live conversation with the creators and cast of Prime Video's ambitious new series Spider-Noir, including stars Jack Huston, Lukas Haas, Karen Rodriguez and Lamorne Morris and co-creator Oren Uziel. And yes, they all have incredible stories about the show's star, Nicolas Cage.
00:00 Intro
02:24 Casting Opposite Nic Cage
03:47 Building On-Screen Chemistry
07:05 Playing The Villains
09:19 Living Inside A Real Noir
11:43 "It's Not A Parody"
13:21 Reinventing Spider-Man Characters
15:16 Cracking The Janet Riddle
20:29 Finding The Melody Of Noir
22:50 How The Cast Shaped The Script
23:50 The Best Nic Cage Stories
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Kathryn van Arendonk joins Katey to talk about the Gotham TV Awards and the shows that could be Emmy sleeper surprises, including Bridgerton and The Hunting Wives. Then Katey talks to Jason Bateman about his work both starring in and directing the first two episodes of Black Rabbit, and why he embraces all the difficult Iogistical challenges of directing TV.
00:00 Intro
01:58 Inside Jimmy Kimmel's Final Chapter
10:49 Do Critics Care About The Emmys?
12:26 Inside The Gotham Nominations
19:38 Why Soaps Get Snubbed
25:19 Other Highlights
27:00 Don't Forget Death By Lightning
29:06 Why Widows Bay Is Breaking Through
33:14 Check Out The Tv Is Good Podcast!
35:34 Next: Jason Bateman
36:58 How Jason Came To Direct Ozark
41:07 Bringing The Ozark Model To Black Rabbit
43:10 How Tv Directing Changed Forever
45:54 Teaching The Audience How To Watch
48:35 The Uncut Gems Influence
52:11 Building The Black Rabbit Restaurant
57:41 The Creative Challenge Of Affecting The Audience
01:02:08 Tapping Into The Audience's Inner Child
01:04:42 Falling In Love With Broken Characters
01:07:13 The Dream Of Directing Every Episode
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The star of Peacock's All Her Fault talks about the surprising storytelling choice that brought her to the Sarah Snook-led show, and how working as a producer alongside her sister Elle is teaching her new things about the business she's been part of almost literally her entire life.
00:00 Intro
02:10 How All Her Fault Came Together
04:04 Lessons From Ripley And Long-Form Tv
06:49 The Jenny And Marissa Friendship
11:10 Why The Show Resonated With Audiences
12:05 Behind The Curtain As A Producer
15:13 Book Adaptations And Spoilers
17:37 Grounding Jenny In A Heightened World
22:05 The Same Dress Scene
23:21 Upcoming Projects And Working With Elle
25:06 Juggling Multiple Projects
27:18 What Producing Taught Her
28:44 The Perfect Double Feature
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The star of Disclosure Day and Michael is also in the Emmy mix for Euphoria and The Four Seasons — and would you believe he's directing television as well? He explains how he does it all in today's special bonus Saturday edition of the Prestige Junkie podcast.
00:00 Intro
02:02 The Madness Of A Busy Year
07:44 Returning To Ali In Euphoria
09:49 Playing Younger Ali
11:49 Directing And Acting In Four Seasons
18:02 Finding The Emotion Under The Comedy
20:48 Lessons From Working With Spielberg
23:18 Why Directing Is Colman's True Calling
25:36 Making Peace With Chaos
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Katey and Chris Rosen talk about some more under the radar summer films they love, including Pressure and Tuner, as well as a few more on the horizon that could join Obsession and Backrooms as summer indie hits. Then hear Katey’s live conversation from Los Angeles with Robin Wright and Laurie Davidson, who created an unconventional, unforgettable mother-son dynamic in Prime Video’s thriller The Girlfriend.
00:00 Intro
01:10 Welcome Back To Summer Movies
01:35 Indies Are Thriving Again
03:53 The Box Office Is Back
06:18 Tuner Is A Real Movie Movie
13:50 Leo Woodall's Breakout
17:10 Pressure And Andrew Scott
20:34 John Carney And Power Ballad
21:22 Olivia Wilde Returns With The Invite
23:53 A24'S The Death Of Robin Hood
25:20 Gail Daughtry And The Celebrity Sex Pass
27:00 Nicholas Winding Refn And Jane Schoenbrun
29:11 Dominic Sessa As Young Bourdain
31:07 Next: The Girlfriend
32:32 Team Laura Vs. Team Cherry
32:55 The Human Condition At The Core
34:43 Writing While Shooting
36:51 The Freedom Of Guerrilla Tv
39:29 Directing While Acting
42:46 Shooting The Hospital Scene
44:16 Trusting The Dp As Director
46:34 Meeting The Euphoria Standard
48:40 Dual Perspectives And Misdirection
51:23 The British Class System
54:18 Why Audiences Switch Sides
55:50 Will There Be A Season Two?
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The creator and two of the stars of the Silicon Valley satire joined us for a special live conversation about how they tackled the tech titans who might destroy us all, and why there’s something so darkly funny about them. Thanks to AMC for making this event possible.
00:00 Intro
02:06 A New Take On Silicon Valley
04:33 Why These Tech Bros?
06:44 Not Your Typical Dramedy
07:37 The Meaning Behind "Audacity"
09:55 All Her Fault - FYC
10:35 Duncan's Humiliations
14:01 Inside Martin's Marriage
16:43 The Trauma Of Being A Prodigy
17:51 Season Two Is Coming
20:01 No Egos On Set
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Chris Feil joins Katey to look over the winners from this year's allegedly "off" Cannes Film Festival, and predict which titles will be a major part of the coming awards season. They also reveal some behind the scenes details from the experience together on Pop Culture Jeopardy, now on Netflix! Then Katey talks to Riz Ahmed about his limited series Bait, which is both semi-autobiographical and wildly inventive, but all from a deeply personal place.
00:00 Intro
01:51 Recapping Pop Culture Jeopardy
07:51 Why We Love The Cannes Awards
11:10 Neon's Seventh Palme D'or
12:26 A Win For Fjord
14:47 Minotaur Wins The Grand Prix
16:42 The Dreamed Adventure Surprise
18:39 The Black Ball
22:11 Why The Ties Worked This Year
24:10 A Man Of His Time
25:31 Polakowski's Divided Response
26:22 The Queer Palm And American Shutout
29:07 Good Cannes Or Bad Cannes?
31:29 Next: Riz Ahmed
33:02 The 10-Year Journey To Make Bait
35:00 Art As Therapy
36:48 Why It Had To Be Tv
38:06 Genre-Flipping Through Character
39:54 How Patrick Stewart Became A Pig's Head
42:33 Likeable Vs Real Characters
45:46 Getting James Bond Approved
49:03 Love Letter To London
51:51 Shutting Down Brick Lane
53:31 The Most Romantic Episode
55:37 Hamlet As A 15-Year Dream
57:22 Why Passion Projects Are The Only Way
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