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Writer-director Edgar Wright&#8216;s latest film, the documentary <a href="https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-sparks-brothers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Sparks Brothers</a>, is in theaters through Focus Features from June 18. Wright first made his mark in the late 1990s with the British TV comedy series Spaced, written by Jessica Hynes and Simon Pegg, and starring Hynes, Pegg and Nick Frost. Wright reteamed with Pegg and Frost on his 2004 breakthrough feature, the international smash hit zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead, and also on the two subsequent parts of the “Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy,” Hot Fuzz (2007) and The World&#8217;s End (2013), both of which were also big hits. Wright co-wrote and directed the star-studded Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), based on the graphic novels by Bryan Lee O&#8217;Malley, and wrote and directed the 2017 critical and commercial hit, Baby Driver, an action thriller starring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx. He lives in Los Angeles. (Photo by Adrienne Pitts.)

Edgar Wright

Your favorite musicians, filmmakers, and other creative minds one-on-one. No moderator, no script, no typical questions. The Talkhouse Podcast offers unique insights into creative work from all genres and generations. <a href="https://pod.link/Talkhouse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe now</a>, and explore more illuminating shows on the <a href="https://talkhouse.com/category/podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Talkhouse Podcast Network.</a>

Talkhouse Podcast

Podcast

Edgar Wright Talks with Ron and Russell Mael (Sparks) on the Talkhouse Podcast

Nicole Riegel’s latest feature, <a href="https://www.ifcfilms.com/films/dandelion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dandelion</a>, starring KiKi Layne and Thomas Doherty, is out now in theaters and on VOD. Her debut feature, Holler starring Jessica Barden, was a Film Independent Spirit Award nominee for Best First Feature and was named one of the Top 10 Independent Films of 2021 by National Board of Review. She was named one of Variety&#8216;s 10 Directors to Watch in 2020. She served in the military prior to filmmaking and graduated from UCLA’s MFA writing program. She was named one of Filmmaker magazine’s 25 Faces of Independent Film. In addition to her work as a filmmaker, Nicole served as a co-writer on many of Dandelion’s songs in collaboration with Aaron and Bryce Dessner, including “The Ghost of Cincinnati,” an original song for Dandelion, which was released as a single from Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Big Red Machine album on August 27, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Ana Lucia Espinosa.)

Nicole Riegel

Film

On the Economic Realities of Telling My Story

Brandon LaGanke is half of the directing duo Ghost + Cow (along with John Carlucci) whose feature debut is the new movie <a href="https://www.drunkbusmovie.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drunk Bus</a>, out now through FilmRise. Ghost + Cow has had global viral success with several projects. Drone Boning, a comedic and voyeuristic look at sex and drone surveillance, has 11 million views on Vimeo, made world news, garnered the attention of late-night hosts such as Stephen Colbert, Conan O&#8217;Brien and Seth Meyers and was posted on Banksy&#8217;s YouTube page. Their music videos for Big Data&#8217;s “Dangerous” and Joywave&#8217;s “It’s A Trip” also went viral and continue to have a massive fan following. Some of Ghost + Cow’s other short films include Playhouse, Bunny Boy and Infinity Tree, which was created with Fox Digital. (Image courtesy Brandon LaGanke.)

Brandon LaGanke

The Story of Drunk Bus and the Real Pineapple Tangaroa

Michael Koresky is a film critic and filmmaker, and editorial director at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image. He has held staff editorial positions for Film at Lincoln Center and The Criterion Collection, where he continues to work as a freelance programmer. He has been named one of the “100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture” by Brooklyn Magazine. His book<a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/films-of-endearment-michael-koresky?variant=39307419254818" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Films of Endearment: A Mother, a Son and the &#8217;80s Films That Defined Us</a> is out now through Hanover Square Press.

Michael Koresky

Exclusive Book Extract: Home Movies

Jessica Watkins is a stand-up comedian, actress and producer born and raised in East Nashville, Tennessee. She graduated from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles in 2005 and has been living and performing in New York City for over a decade. Her first film, <a href="https://www.specialishdoc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jessica Watkins: SPECIALish</a>, is now available on-demand and on all digital platforms. (Photo by Jesse Paul.)

Jessica Watkins

Unscared

Dustin O’Halloran is an American pianist and composer with four acclaimed solo albums under his own name, and is a member of the band A Winged Victory for the Sullen with Adam Wiltzie. His latest record,<a href="https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/silfur-dustin-ohalloran-12303" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Silfur</a>, is out June 11 through Deutsche Grammophon. O’Halloran’s film career began with Sofia Coppola’s 2006 Marie Antoinette, and since then he’s worked on multiple films, including Like Crazy, Breathe In, Puzzle and The Hate U Give. He won a 2015 Emmy Award for his main title theme to Transparent, and was nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and a Critics Choice Award for his score to Lion (2016), written in collaboration with Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka). He also collaborated with Bertelmann on scores for A Christmas Carol, Ammonite and The Old Guard. O’Halloran lives in Los Angeles and Reykjavik.

Dustin O’Halloran

Three Great Things: Dustin O’Halloran

Morgan Ingari is a Brooklyn-based queer writer/director, originally from Boston. Her debut feature, <a href="https://www.milkwaterfilm.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milkwater</a>, about a directionless twenty-something who rashly decides to become a surrogate and egg donor for an older gay man she meets in a bar, is out now on digital to rent or to buy. It stars Molly Bernard, Patrick Breen and Robin de Jesús. Morgan graduated from Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film &amp; Television in 2013 and served as head writer for a political satire site called Runt of the Web. She has directed over 30 pieces of short-form content, and a short she wrote in 2017 called Tell Me Twice played a multiple short film festivals.

Morgan Ingari

Queer Enough?

Anthony Giacchino is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning filmmaker living in Brooklyn, NY. His new documentary, <a href="https://www.colettedoc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Colette</a>, won Best Documentary Short Subject at the 2021 Academy Awards, and tells a story about one of the last surviving members of the French Resistance. His previous film, The Giant’s Dream (Warner Bros.), is about the making of Academy Award-winning director Brad Bird’s first feature film, The Iron Giant. His first feature-length doc, The Camden 28, aired on the PBS series POV, and was nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen. Giacchino is a former Fulbright Scholar at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg, Germany.

Anthony Giacchino

Let’s Go to the Tape

Mena Suvari currently stars in the romantic drama Grace and Grit, starring Stuart Townsend and Frances Fisher, which is out now in theaters, on digital and on-demand through Quiver Distribution. Suvari made her film debut in Gregg Araki’s 1997 cult movie Nowhere, which was followed in 1999 by the back-to-back blockbuster successes of American Pie and American Beauty. Among her other notable film credits are Rob Reiner’s Rumor Has It, Tony Scott’s Domino, Amy Heckerling’s Loser and Jonas Åkerlund’s cult-classic Spun. On TV, she reteamed with American Beauty screenwriter Alan Ball on his show Six Feet Under, played the Black Dahlia in Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story and appeared on the hit show Chicago Fire. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA and is an active face of PETA and ardent supporter of animals.

Mena Suvari

Three Great Things: Mena Suvari

<div>Anna Roisman is a comedian, host, writer and actor in NYC. Anna is known for hosting <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hq-trivia/id1232278996" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hq-trivia/id1232278996&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608134181960000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH9YAQx744TYeWHz8yK0Wk_gzgKQQ">HQ Trivia</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knTPd4Xj7Tw" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DknTPd4Xj7Tw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608134181961000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH2eIGLjVqgZSoksxB4hnL7iax-eg">HQ Words</a> on the Emmy-Nominated app. She is a regular comedian on the Buzzfeed series, &#8220;Did You See This?&#8221; Anna’s work has been featured in the Tribeca Film Festival, New York TV Festival, Just For Laughs in Montreal, People magazine, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Vulture, Huffington Post, Funny Or Die, Elite Daily, and more. She is the creator and host of the podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unemployed-with-anna-roisman/id1489650462" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unemployed-with-anna-roisman/id1489650462&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608134181961000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHSiqdfisEICLEew_TJ5rJX2dl9og">Unemployed With Anna Roisman</a>, and co-producer and host of <a href="http://www.quickiefest.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.quickiefest.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608134181961000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHNY-eLhJkHX0AEO1cFbHje2_TaNQ">Quickie Fest: The One Minute Movie Festival</a> in NYC. She writes a bad movie column called <a href="https://talkhouse.com/tag/am-i-the-only-one-who-loves/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Am I The Only One Who Loves&#8230;&#8221;</a> for Talkhouse. She also likes good movies too! Anna performs standup comedy and sings all over. For comedy videos, reels, and press, check out <a href="http://www.annaroisman.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.annaroisman.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1608134181961000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG0c3bq5yZQli14Bq6ID3gvmfcjqQ">AnnaRoisman.com</a>.</div>

Anna Roisman

Am I The Only One Who Loves … Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo?

Talia Lugacy is a New York City-based writer, director, actress and teacher. Her second feature, <a href="http://www.thisisnotawarstory.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This Is Not a War Story</a>, about a ragtag group of combat veterans in New York who face their PTSD through art and community, is now playing on the festival circuit. It will screen next in narrative competition at the <a href="https://www.woodsholefilmfestival.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Woods Hole Film Festival</a>, between July 31  and August 7; tickets go on sale July 1. Lugacy made her feature debut as writer-director in 2007 with the New York Times Critics&#8217; Pick Descent, starring Rosario Dawson. A graduate of NYU&#8217;s Tisch School of the Arts and member of the Actors Studio Directors Unit, she has taught at the School of Visual Arts and is now a faculty member at the New School.

Talia Lugacy

Reflections on the Making of a Hybrid Film: This Is Not a War Story

Comedian Julia Scotti is the subject of the new documentary <a href="https://geni.us/JuliaScottiFilm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Julia Scotti: Funny That Way</a>, which is available on digital platforms on June 1. Since 1980, Julia has been honing her craft in clubs and theaters throughout the United States and Canada, performing for the first 20 years as Rick Scotti, and now, after a life-changing hiatus, returning as Julia Scotti. Since coming back to comedy in 2011, she has been named one of the Top Five Transgender Comedians in the Country by The Advocate, has performed at LGBTQ events across the country, and was one of the winners of the Laughlin Laugh Festival in Nevada. Simon Cowell said, “You genuinely made me laugh,” as she introduced herself to a national audience on Season 11 of America’s Got Talent. She was the first transgender comedian to appear on national television and was a quarter-finalist on the show. In 2017, Julia released her first, best-selling comedy CD, Hello Boys I’m Back!, and is gearing up to record her second one. In 2020, she was featured on the Showtime special More Funny Women of a Certain Age.