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Julia Marchese is a filmmaker, actor, podcaster, cinephile and film programmer living in Hollywood, California. Her first film was the award-winning documentary Out of Print, about the importance of revival cinema and 35 mm exhibition to culture, and she is currently the co-host of the popular horror podcast Horror Movie Survival Guide. She recently crowdfunded on <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/i-know-what-you-need-a-stephen-king-adaptation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IndieGoGo</a> for her forthcoming Dollar Baby short film I Know What You Need, based on Stephen King&#8217;s story of the same name from Night Shift. You can find her on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @juliacmarchese.

Julia Marchese

Film

The Mind-Crawling Horror of a Perpetual Christmas

Greta Morgan is a songwriter, storyteller, and multi-instrumentalist who began her career at age 16 and has performed worldwide since. Her first book, The Lost Voice, is out now on Harper One. She fronted Springtime Carnivore, Gold Motel, The Hush Sound, was a touring member of Vampire Weekend, and has performed with Jenny Lewis. She lives in the Hudson Valley where she has been known to watch golden leaves float downstream on creeks for hours and say that every meal is the best meal of her life.
(Photo credit: Lenae Day)

Greta Morgan

Music

Best of 2025: Hannah Cohen’s New Record is Greta Morgan’s Most Beloved of the Year

Podcast

277 | Scriptnotes Hosts John August & Craig Mazin: The Craft Lessons That Matter Most

Park Chan-wook’s latest film, the dark comedic thriller <a href="https://www.neonrated.com/film/no-other-choice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">No Other Choice</a>, hits theaters on Christmas Day. A South Korean film director, screenwriter and producer who is among the most acclaimed auteurs in the world, he is perhaps best known for his “Vengeance Trilogy,” consisting of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. His other acclaimed films include the vampire drama Thirst (2009); Stoker (2013), his Hollywood debut; the psychological thriller The Handmaiden (2016); and the Hitchcockian Decision To Leave (2022), for which he won Best Director at Cannes. He also directed and executive produced the BAFTA-winning series The Little Drummer Girl (2018), and was the co-showrunner of The Sympathizer (2024), an HBO Series starring Robert Downey Jr., based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name.

Park Chan-wook

Best of 2025: Park Chan-wook (No Other Choice) on Discovering Yasujirō Ozu’s Tokyo Twilight and Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Neighboring Sounds

705: The Year in Los Angeles Restaurants with Jenn Harris of the Los Angeles Times & Jordan Okun and Max Shapiro of Air Jordan

886. – Chris & Jason

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Kaouther Ben Hania constantly explores the boundaries between fiction and documentary; her sixth film,<a href="https://www.thevoiceofhindrajabfilm.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The Voice of Hind Rajab</a>, is now in theaters. As a filmmaker, she constantly explores the boundaries between fiction and documentary. Her previous film, Four Daughters, was nominated for the Best Documentary Academy Awards 2024, after being presented in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The film received numerous prestigious awards and was sold in over 40 territories. Her 2021 film, The Man Who Sold His Skin, was also nominated at the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film in 2021, representing Tunisia. All her other films have premiered at prestigious festivals including: Cannes, Venice, AFI, Los Angeles, Locarno, IDFA, Hot Docs Toronto. (Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo.)

Kaouther Ben Hania

Best of 2025: Kaouther Ben Hania (The Voice of Hind Rajab) on The President’s Cake and The Penguin

Ryan Weinstein/Coffin Prick is a multi-instrumentalist currently living in Los Angeles, CA.

Coffin Prick

Best of 2025: Coffin Prick Hears a Lot of LA in Repetition Repetition

704: The Year in NYC Restaurants with Alan Sytsma of New York Magazine &  Mahira Rivers of the New York Times

885. – Chris & Jason

aron! is a multi-instrumentalist jazz musician. His new record cozy you (and other nice songs) is out now on Verve.

aron!

aron! and Hohnen Ford Want to be Your Friends This Holiday Season

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