THE HOLLYWOOD PODCAST
Welcome to THE HOLLYWOOD PODCAST, hosted by Max Geschwind. THP covers the latest in film, television, streaming and social media while featuring interviews with actors, directors, screenwriters, social media content creators and more to offer a retrospective on their careers…
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Ep. 394 - Lena Khan, Joya Kazi "Best of the Best" (opens the original)
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Writer and director Lena Khan is out with her latest film, Netflix’s Best of the Best, a new comedy-drama set in the world of competitive Indian dance, starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and produced by Hasan Minhaj. Lena has gone from directing her first feature, The Tiger Hunter, to Disney’s Flora & Ulysses, and has also directed episodes of shows including Never Have I Ever. Joya Kazi is a co-choreographer and culture consultant on the film, and even makes a cameo in the film. Joya started her ow
Ep. 393 - Mena Massoud, Elijah Alexander "Daniel and the Fiery Furnace" (opens the original)
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Mena Massoud and Elijah Alexander join us to discuss their new film, Daniel and the Fiery Furnace. Mena is best known for starring as Aladdin in Disney’s live-action Aladdin, and here he plays Daniel — while also serving as a producer on the film. Elijah is best known for his work on The Chosen, and here he takes on the very different role of King Nebuchadnezzar. The film brings the story of Daniel and the fiery furnace to life on a large, epic scale, and it’s coming to theaters September 18.
Ep. 392 - Sadie Frost "Twiggy" (opens the original)
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Actor, producer and director Sadie Frost is out with her latest film Twiggy, a feature documentary about the life and career of Dame Lesley Lawson, better known to the world as Twiggy. The film explores her journey from a working-class childhood in north-west London to becoming one of the defining faces of the 1960s, while also looking at the many chapters of her career beyond modeling. Sadie previously directed the documentary Quant.
Ep. 391 - Tim Kasher "Who's Watching" (opens the original)
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Tim Kasher is a musician, songwriter and filmmaker best known as the frontman of the indie rock band Cursive, but over the years, he’s also been building a career behind the camera. His new film, WHO’S WATCHING, is his second feature as a director—a psychological horror film about surveillance, obsession, and that increasingly blurry line between watching someone and being watched.
Ep. 390 - Valerie Klarich "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe" (opens the original)
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Costume designer Valerie Klarich, whose work you may know from Saturday Night Live, Dicks: The Musical, is now out with HBO’s Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. The series takes the world of The Big Bang Theory and sends it in a pretty wild new direction, with alternate universes, genre shifts, and plenty of familiar characters. The series is now streaming on HBO MAX.
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