The Timothée Chalamet Podcast

In this episode, Caitlin and Sunee talk about Nomadland, the 2021 Oscar-winning film starring Frances McDormand, adapted by director Chloe Zhao from the Jessica Bruder book of the same name. In addition to this movie and the Zoom Q&A Timmy hosted with Chloe and a few of the Nomadland producers, discussion also expands to Brokeback Mountain, Bones and All, Hamnet, the Barbie movie, A Star is Born, and more.

References

• Conversation with Timothée Chalamet, Chloé Zhao & Filmmakers (Searchlight Pictures)
• Timothée Chalamet Goes Electric (GQ, 2023 profile)
• Nomadland IMDb
• Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder (W.W. Norton book)

In this episode, Caitlin and Jacob discuss The Master, the 2012 Paul Thomas Anderson movie starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams, each of whom received Oscar nominations for their performances. In a conversation with Lucid Motors last year, Timmy named Joaquin Phoenix “the strange GOAT,” and has made no secret of his desire to work with PTA, whom he referred to as one of his “cinematic heroes” in a 2018 awards speech. While Anderson isn’t Caitlin's favorite director, a great discussion was had about The Master’s cinematography, the score, and the thinly veiled similarities between the fictional Lancaster Dodd and the real-world Scientology leader L. Ron Hubbard.

In this episode, Caitlin and Colette are "focused" on Top Gun: Maverick, Joseph Kosinski’s 2022 sequel to the 1986 Tony Scott film starring Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, and many more. Both films are discussed on their own and in relation to each other, as well as why Timmy might like them. Of course, there's a fair number of tangents on the film, theater, and publishing industries, too.

Note: The editing is a little choppy on this one 🫣 Apologies 🙏🏻

References

• "Timothée Chalamet Goes Electric" (GQ)
• Jimmy Kimmel Interview (Dune: Part Two press tour)
• Tom Cruise advocating for Val Kilmer (People)
• Tom Cruise stunt history (THR)
• Timmy meets Tom at ACU screening in London

In this episode, Caitlin talks with Ross about Heat, the 1995 Michael Mann film which Timmy said was his “favorite movie of the year” on a call with Anthony Edwards for the 1st Annual Believe That Awards at the end of 2025 (the one where they crowned him White Boy of the Year). Because Heat left a lot to be desired, there's talk about a bunch of other Pacino and DeNiro performances (The Godfather, Analyze This, Dog Day Afternoon, Insomnia), as well as films like The Graduate, Fargo, As Good As it Gets, this year’s Odyssey (no spoilers) and even Mary Poppins. We also talked about broadcast television, so of course Caitlin had to bring up X-Files.

In short, if you like hearing stories about the film and TV industry over the last 50 years, this episode is for you.

References

• 1st Annual Believe That Awards with Anthony Edwards
• Heat Wikipedia

  • 1st Annual Believe That Awards with Anthony Edwards

  • Heat Wikipedia

  • Heat IMDb

  
  

In this episode, Stefanie and Caitlin talk about Timmy’s affiliations with Adidas, the Knicks, Kalshi, Not Alone, and the 2010 film Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, which Timmy has gone on record to say he loves.

References

• “A collection of Timothée Chalamet’s favourite movies” (Far Out Magazine)
• “Backyard Legends” (Adidas ad)
• “Knicks win first NBA title in 53 years” (CBS News)
• Kalshi ad
• Not Alone announcement
• Screen Slam interview with Ryan and Michelle
• AP interview with Ryan
• Artisan News interview with Ryan

Bonus

• First GQ profile
• Lil Timmy with NBA players (Instagram)
• “Ben Stiller announces Knicks documentary with A24, HBO” (ESPN)
• Timmy and Martha Stewart (Instagram)

In this episode, Bo and Caitlin talk about The Dark Knight, the Christopher Nolan-directed Batman movie that set 12-year-old Timmy on the path to acting greatness. He’s not in the film, but he loves Heath Ledger’s Joker enough that we decided to record an episode on it.

References

• “Timothée Chalamet Reveals How Heath Ledger’s ‘Dark Knight’ Performance Inspired Him To Act” (IndieWire, 2018)

• NYFCC Award Speech

• Heath Ledger IMDb Trivia

• MTV interview clip with Heath Ledger and Josh Horowitz

• Hospital explosion sequence (unscripted moment)

• Money toss oops

• The Dark Knight script

• “Timothée Chalamet Reveals How Heath Ledger’s ‘Dark Knight’ Performance Inspired Him To Act” (IndieWire, 2018)

• NYFCC Award Speech

• Heath Ledger IMDb Trivia

• MTV interview clip with Heath Ledger and Josh Horowitz

• Hospital explosion sequence (unscripted moment)

• Money toss oops

• The Dark Knight script

• “On Batman: Allegories of a faltering empire and the vagaries of an election” (Al Jazeera, original source of Goyer’s comments inaccessible)




Bonus

• “Behind The Scenes of The Dark Knight Trilogy” (WB, full documentary)
• “Christopher Nolan on Directing The Joker” (The Director’s Cut, 10 min.)
• Timmy on Heath with Josh Horowitz
• Timmy on Heath with Christopher Nolan

In this episode, Caitlin talks with Eleanor about Hot Summer Nights, the 2017 indie film about a young man who gets in over his head dealing drugs in Cape Cod in 1991. We dig a lot more into how the movie came to be than Timmy’s acting, but we hope you enjoy what we have to say all the same.

And now that we've finished talking about all of Timmy's movies to date (no we're not counting short films or Homeland or Loving Leah), the second half of this season (until Dune: Part Three of course) will cover films Timothée loves, rather than films he's in.

References

• Interview: Elijah Bynum on Keeping His Cool Making “Hot Summer Nights” (Movable Fest)
• An Afternoon with Filmmaker Elijah Bynum: The Prodigy Behind Hot Summer Nights (Consequence)
• 'Hot Summer Nights': How a Black Listed First-Time Director and Producer 'Figured It Out Together' (No Film School)
• Happy, Sad, Confused with Josh Horowitz and Maika Monroe
• Young Hollywood interview with Timmy, Alex, Maika, and Maia

Bonus

• Variety review
• SXSW's Hot Summer Nights premiere with Timothée Chalamet (Cinelink)
• How Hot Summer Nights Screenwriter Elijah Bynum Got To Direct His First Feature Film (Final Draft)
• 
  Timothée Chalamet for Cash App (co-written by Elijah Bynum)

In this episode Caitlin talks with Kami and Nicole about Miss Stevens, the 2016 indie film starring Lily Rabe, Timothée Chalamet, and Lili Reinhart of Riverdale fame. It’s a movie about a young teacher who chaperones a few high schoolers on a drama trip that spawned Timmy’s viral Death of a Salesman monologue, rivaled only by his off-Broadway performance in Prodigal Son.

Note: We did have some recording issues, so you'll hear a little more cross-talk than usual, and a few pops here and there (apologies).

References

• The monologue
• Interview with Julia Hart & Jordan Horowitz
• SXSW review (Variety)
• Deadline article

In this episode, Caitlin talks with Erin and Ozzie about A Rainy Day in New York, the 2019 Woody Allen rom-com starring Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, Jude Law, and more. We do discuss the problem of Woody Allen in the context of this movie, but also delve into film and character analysis outside of that. And we wander a bit into yapping about the new Dune trailer, Project Hail Mary, Antz, and even our own films, so consider yourself warned.

Reviews

• "‘A Rainy Day in New York’ Drizzles with Disappointment"
• The Film Experience review

Distribution/Controversy

• Woody Allen’s ‘Rainy Day,’ Starring Timothée Chalamet and Selena Gomez, Shelved Indefinitely by Amazon — Report
• Woody Allen’s ‘A Rainy Day In New York’ To Open France’s Deauville American Film Festival
• Actor pledges salary from Woody Allen film to charity after CNN interview

IG Livestreams w/ Timmy & Selena

• 11/04/17
• 11/05/17
• 10/24/20

In this episode, Caitlin and Kourtney discuss One & Two, a 2015 film starring Timothée Chalamet and Kiernan Shipka as teenage siblings with superpowers living in isolation. Although we agree this movie leaves a lot to be desired, comparisons are made to Bones & All as well as M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village, starring Joaquin Phoenix, who Timmy once called “the weird GOAT” when listing his favorite actors of all time.

Watch the movie for FREE on the Roku Channel, Plex, or Philo (likely for a limited time), or stream it on Prime.

References

• SXSW Samsung Interview
• SXSW SparkNotes Interview
• Variety review
• Film Stage review
• Film Independent interview with director
• Directing Actors by Judith Weston
• "Outro" by M83
• "Midnight City" by M83

Extras

• SXSW interview with Kiernan
• ASC interview with director
• Berlinale THR clip with Timmy, Kiernan, and director