The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Director Kenneth Branagh discusses his new film, Belfast, with fellow director Christopher Nolan in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles.

The semi-autobiographical tale follows a working-class family and their nine-year-old son during the late 1960s in the Northern Ireland capital, where political and religious clashes turn their world upside down and change their lives forever.

Please note: spoilers are included.

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https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/January2022/Belfast_QnA_1221.aspx

Director Steven Spielberg discusses his new film, West Side Story, with fellow director Damien Chazelle in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles.

The film retells the story of Tony and Maria, two teenagers from different ethnic backgrounds and rival gangs who fall in love in 1950s New York City. But tensions between their respective friends set them on a path toward tragedy.

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https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/January2022/WestSideStory_QnA_1221.aspx

Director Aaron Sorkin discusses his new film, Being the Ricardos, with fellow director David O. Russell in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles.

The film revisits the story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as their complex relationship is threatened by shocking personal accusations, a political smear and cultural taboos during one critical production week of their groundbreaking sitcom I Love Lucy.

Please note: spoilers are included.

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https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/January2022/BeingTheRicardos_QnA_1221.aspx

Director Sean Baker discusses his new film, Red Rocket, with fellow director Lizzie Borden in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles.

The film follows Mikey, who after failing in his adult film career, comes home to a town that doesn’t want him back and clashes with his estranged wife and her family.

Please note: spoilers are included.

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https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/January2022/RedRocket_QnA_122104.aspx

Director Jason Reitman discusses his new film, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, with fellow director Eli Roth in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles.

Set three decades after the original Ghostbusters, the film tells the story of a single mother and her two children who move to a small town in Oklahoma, where they discover their connection to the Ghostbusters and their grandfather’s secret legacy.

Please note: spoilers are included.

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https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/January2022/GhostbustersAL_QnA_1121.aspx

Director Mike Mills discusses his new film, C'mon C'mon, with fellow director Spike Jonze in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. The film tells the story of a man who forms a bond with his sister's son when they are thrown together on a cross-country trip.

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https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/January2022/CmonCmon_QnA_1121.aspx

Director Rawson Marshall Thurber discusses his new film, Red Notice, with fellow director Jaume Collet-Serra in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot, the film follows FBI profiler John Hartley, who is forced to partner with the world's greatest and most notorious art thieves on a daring heist.

Please note: spoilers are included.

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https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/January2022/RedNotice_QnA_1121.aspx

Director Asghar Farhadi discusses his new film, A Hero, with fellow director Ritesh Batra in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. The film tells the story of Rahim, a man imprisoned because of a debt he was unable to repay. When he receives a two-day leave, he is confronted with a crisis he would never have imagined.

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https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/January2022/GCS_AHero_1120.aspx

Director Benjamin Cleary discusses his new film, Swan Song, with fellow director Kari Skogland in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles.

The film follows a man who is diagnosed with a terminal illness as he considers whether to engage in an experimental trial that would allow him to shield his loved ones from grief.

Please note: spoilers are included.

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https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/January2022/SwanSong_QnA_1121.aspx

Director Adam McKay discusses his new film, Don't Look Up, with fellow director Barry Jenkins in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles.

The film tells the story of two Michigan State astronomers who discover a planet-killing comet the size of Mount Everest is hurtling toward the Earth. With only six months until the comet makes impact, they embark on a media tour to try to get the world to take the situation seriously before it's too late.

Please note: spoilers are included.

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https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/January2022/DontLookUp_QnA_1121.aspx