Intimate Talks with Movie Stars

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Screening Reality: How Documentary Filmmakers Reimagined America

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The Sins of Hollywood

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David Wark Griffith: A Brief Sketch of His Career

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David Lynch: The Man from Another Place

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Killing John Wayne: The Making of the Conqueror

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Whatever Happened to Hollywood?

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The Making of Casablanca: Bogart, Bergman, and World War II

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Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood

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Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, Hollywood's Master of Macabre

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I Am Spartacus!: Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist

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Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema

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Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker

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Box Set: Fast, Cheap and Under Control ... and ... Fast, Cheap and Written That Way: Two Classic Filmmaking Books Together In One Box Set.

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The Camera Lies: Acting for Hitchcock

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Fritz Lang: The Life and Legacy of the Influential German-American Film Legend

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Hollywood: Its Morals and Manners

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The Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America

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The Writer's Cave: Why Writers Write What They Do

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Fast, Cheap & Written That Way: Top Screenwriters on Writing for Low-Budget Movies

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Damn Fine Story: Mastering the Tools of a Powerful Narrative

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Tell Them It's A Dream Sequence: And Other Smart Advice from Top Filmmakers

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Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018

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Why Does the Screenwriter Cross the Road?: And Other Screenwriting Secrets

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The Right Way to Do Wrong

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Hollywood Forever

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 038

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Robert Altman and the Elaboration of Hollywood Storytelling

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On Writers & Writing

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Exiles

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The Ego Machine

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Twisted Love

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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

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If He Had Been with Me

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A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive

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The House in the Cerulean Sea

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Divine Rivals: A Novel

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From Blood and Ash

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And Then There Were None

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When No One Is Watching: A Thriller

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Fairy Tale

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The Dead Zone

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The Bell Jar

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Local Woman Missing

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

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The Paris Apartment: A Novel

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

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See You on the Way Down: Catch You on the Way Back Up!

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Series of Unfortunate Events #1 Multi-Voice, A: The Bad Beginning

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Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes

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Later

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The Overstory

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The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

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Nothing to See Here

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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

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In Five Years: A Novel

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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

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Elon Musk

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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

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The Year of Magical Thinking

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The Dutch House: A Novel

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BPS 306: Making Quentin Tarantino's Lost First Feature Film with Andy Rausch: Now, I was scanning the web the other day, and I came across a book about the making of Quentin Tarantino‘s first feature film. Quite fascinated that someone took the time to dig into the unreleased, My Best Friend’s Birthday, which I’ve spoken about...

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How to Write a Novel in One Month with NaNoWriMo's Grant Faulkner: The author, podcaster, and Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (AKA NaNoWriMo), Grant Faulkner, joined me this week to talk about the Fitbit for novelists, how to write a novel in a month (not just in November), why tracking your...

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BPS 321: Inside the Golden Age of Hollywood with George Stevens Jr.: George Stevens, Jr. has achieved an extraordinary creative legacy over a career spanning more than 60 years. He is a writer, director, producer, playwright and author. He has enriched the film and television arts as a filmmaker and is widely credited...

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BPS 309: How I Sold My Project to Netflix with Ferdinando Cito Filomarino: How do you sell a movie to Netflix, this episode will give you a bit of insight. We're getting deep into the weeds on Italian director and screenwriter, Ferdinando Cito Filomarino American cinema debut film, Beckett, which I absolutely enjoyed!...

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8: Follies of 1938, Part 1: Hollywood’s Greatest Year: This micro-episode sets up a topic we’ll be exploring throughout the summer: the films, stars and scandals of 1938. By midway through that year, Hollywood was in such a desperate downswing — and so concerned that Americans were losing...

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BPS 303: How I Wrote a Sundance Film with Chloe Okuno: Today on the show we have writer/director Chloe Okuno.Chloe is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a masters degree from the American Film Institute Conservatory. There she received the Franklin J. Shaffner Fellow Award, and directed the award-winning...

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BPS 299: Hidden Tools of Comedy for Screenwriters with Steve Kaplan: Steve Kaplan is a well-known comedy writer, teacher, and consultant. He is the author of the book "The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny," which is a popular resource for aspiring comedy writers. The book delves into the...

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BPS 308: Lessons Learned Writing Oliver Stone's The Doors with Randall Jahnson: Randall Jahnson is an American screenwriter and film producer. He was born on March 7, 1951, in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Jahnson is best known for his work in the film industry, particularly as a screenwriter.Jahnson's notable credits include...

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BPS 310: Licking My Wounds Writing The Mask of Zorro for Hollywood with Randall Jahnson: Randall Jahnson is a screenwriter known for his work on various films, including "The Mask of Zorro." He co-wrote the screenplay for "The Mask of Zorro" along with Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. The film was released in 1998 and starred Antonio...

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How the Screenwriting Duo of Marvel’s ‘Eternals’ Kaz & Ryan Firpo Write: Award-winning filmmakers and multi-hyphenate screenwriting duo, Kaz and Ryan Firpo, spoke to me about their breakout Hollywood moment, writing Marvel's Eternals, and how to eat a whale. The Firpos are cousins who grew up in Northern California –...

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E3 | Time To Shoot

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E4 | Men Do Kill Nude Women You Know

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BPS 300: How I Wrote Erin Brockovich with Susannah Grant: In the male-dominated world of Hollywood, Susannah Grant has emerged as a powerful force, breaking barriers and reshaping the landscape of screenwriting. With her unique storytelling abilities and uncompromising vision, Grant has become a trailblazer,...

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BPS 332: Screenwriting Secrets from Hollywood with Corey Mandell: Corey Mandell is a screenwriter and screenwriting instructor known for his work in the entertainment industry. He has worked as a screenwriter, script consultant, and writing coach. While he may not be as widely recognized as some Hollywood...

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#26 - Peter Bebergal, Author of Strange Frequencies & Season of the Witch

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BPS 330: Inside the PIXAR Story Brain Trust with Rob Edwards: Rob Edwards has written two classic animated films for WALT DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION, the Academy Award-nominated Treasure Planet and the Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated The Princess and the Frog. He also consulted on Tangled, Wreck-it Ralph,...

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BPS 326: Horror Filmmaking Masterclass with Danny Draven: Danny Draven is an award-winning director and producer of genre films. After receiving his film degree in Boston, he moved to Hollywood and worked his way up through the ranks until he began producing and directing sci-fi/horror films for genre studio...

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BPS 323: How to Raise Your Filmmaker IQ with John Hess: Today on the show we have director, Youtuber, and founder of the legendary Filmmaker IQ John Hess. I have been a huge fan of John's for quite some time. The videos he creates for Filmmaker IQ are, by far, some of the best and most informative film...

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Save the Cat!® Podcast: Blake Snyder Explains His Story Beats – Part Two: Fun & Games and the Midpoint

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Jerry Stahl Was Mistaken for ‘Kramer’ While at Auschwitz: Author Jerry Stahl didn’t know what his experience visiting Auschwitz would be like, but taking selfies with teenage strangers who had mistaken him for actor Michael Richards, who played Cosmo ‘Kramer’ on Seinfeld, was definitely not on the list.&n...

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BPS 307: How I Wrote Birdman with Oscar® Winner Alexander Dinelaris: Alexander Dinelaris is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning screenwriter for "Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)", a co-producer on the three time Academy Award® winning film "The Revenant", and the book writer for the Broadway...

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BPS 311: How to Raise $325 Million in Film Financing with Wayne Godfrey: I promise the title of today’s episode is not clickbait. Our guest, Wayne Godfrey is a British film producer, CEO of Fintech platform, Purely Capital, and expert film financier who’ve raised nearly $325 million for more than 120 independent feature...

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Workshop 23: Judy Blume: Anyone who's ever been an awkward adolescent knows that for decades now, dog-eared copies of Judy Blume's books have been passed around school playgrounds like secrets, or read under the covers after lights out. Her best known books - Are You There God...

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Challenges on the Writer's Journey with Prominent Book Editor Peter Guzzardi: Part One: Prominent book editor-turned-author, Peter Guzzardi, spent some time with me this week to discuss how he pulled back the curtain on the writer's life, finding courage in front of the blank screen, and important lessons from the Yellow Brick Road for...

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BONUS EPISODE: The Art of the $9000 Micro Budget Indie Film with Edward Burns: We have made it to 450 episodes of the Indie Film Hustle Podcast. The IFH Tribe has given me 450 opportunities to serve them and for that I am humbled. Thank you all for allowing me to do what I love to do so much. With that said I wanted to bring you...

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Kid Congo Powers - You're Booked: Kid Congo Powers - You're Booked

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On Writing: with Lucy Brydon, Jess Jones & Edward Cripps: In the first episode of Short Hand, we’re asking ‘what is story’? And how can you tell a brilliant one with your short film script? Our guests are filmmaker and lecturer Lucy Brydon, script editor Jess Jones and screenwriter Edward Cripps.  Topics covere...

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Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman: Simon Garfield, author of The Wrestling, The Nati…

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Circle Gets A Square with Bruce Vilanch: Interview with Bruce Vilanch

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032: The Wind May Be Gone, but Mickey Kuhn is Still Here: One of Hollywood's staple of child actors during the 30s and 40s, Mickey Kuhn appeared alongside many top Hollywood stars including John Wayne, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart and many more. Born in 1932, Mickey began to add to the family...