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The SchmearCast

Conversations with the best filmmakers and actors in the business

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 29, 2026

    Patrick Radden Keefe (opens the original)

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    Patrick Radden Keefe joins NO NOTES to talk the one note he has on Michael Clayton and dedicate a movie to each of his books, from The Snakehead to London Falling . Plus: how he ended up playing himself in the Industry finale and the line he rewrote on set. We get into Michael Mann 's Miami Vice , Anthony Bourdain 's favorite Boston crime movie, and Lola Petticrew in Furious . And he tells me exactly how he'd investigate me.

  2. Episode · Sep 23, 2026

    John Wilson on "The History of Concrete" (opens the original)

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    John Wilson joins NO NOTES to discuss his new film The History of Concrete. He gives us his NO NOTES pick, reacts to becoming an adjective, and names his favorite How To episodes. We revisit the Avatar support group from How to Remember Your Dreams, his beef with James Cameron over 35mm, and what's been packing the house at Low Cinema. Plus how he gets invited into strangers' homes, how he'd tackle a few film-world How To episodes, his quintessential New York movie, and the directors he thinks s

  3. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

    'Adults' Creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw (opens the original)

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    Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw , the creators of 'Adults,' join NO NOTES during Season 2's release week. They give us their NO NOTES picks, then go around the house and pick one for every character. We get into Rebecca 's lifetime ban from Madame Tussauds, courtesy of Wax Paul Now. Then the origin story — writing for Jimmy Fallon , the note from Nick Kroll that changed how they work, selling the show as 'Snowflakes,' and the search that found their five leads. Plus the season two guests: Raven-

  4. Episode · Aug 31, 2026

    Steve Way Talks 'Furious' (opens the original)

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    Scene-stealing Steve Way joins NO NOTES to talk about 'Furious' and his character Alden. He gets into meeting Creator Liz Meriwether , the first table read with Emmy Rossum , playing opposite Lola Petticrew , plus what bits were improvised. We also go back to Ramy — meeting Ramy Youssef in fifth grade right after 9/11 and bonding as outcasts. We discuss able-bodied performers playing disabled characters and delve into Steve 's thoughts on True Crime. Furious is streaming on Hulu.

  5. Episode · Jul 6, 2026

    John Early on 'Maddie's Secret' (opens the original)

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    John Early joins NO NOTES to talk about MADDIE'S SECRET, his directorial debut, in which he plays food-media dishwasher Maddie Ralph—a woman who goes viral and slowly comes apart. He gets into screening Showgirls for the cast to give everyone permission to reach; why Conner O'Malley is his favorite comedian alive; the sincere-in-a-silly-movie lesson he took from Wet Hot American Summer; and Toni Collette in Muriel's Wedding as his entire theory of acting. Plus, his Metrograph programming series

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