The two British directors (and Twitter friends) talk on Skype about awkward intros, musicals, stunts, real gunfights and much, much more.

Gareth Evans (The Raid 2) Talks with Ben Wheatley (A Field in England) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

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Julia Marchese is a filmmaker, writer, actor, podcaster, film programmer, VHS Vixen &amp; film critic. She’s known for directing the award-winning feature documentary Out of Print, an acclaimed exploration of repertory cinema culture and film preservation. She also adapted Stephen King’s short story I Know What You Need into an award-winning short film. Julia co-hosts the podcasts Horror Movie Survival Guide, The Loser’s Club and JodoWOWsky, reviews a VHS from her rainbow wall every day on her social media channels and writes about cinema for Talkhouse. Her work frequently explores nostalgia, genre cinema, physical media culture, and the communal power of moviegoing. She is @juliacmarchese on all platforms.

Julia Marchese

Film

Richies & Rebels: On Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Pretty in Pink at 40

Nick Dawson talks with filmmakers, musicians and comedians whose work he loves, avoiding the mundane, predictable questions they&#8217;ve heard numerous times and instead asking substantive, thoughtful questions that get to the heart of who they are.

Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That

Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That: Avalon Fast

Tamara Yajia is an Argentine writer, comedian and former child star who is the author of the memoir <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/cry-for-me-argentina-9781639733910/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cry for Me, Argentina</a>, which is out now in paperback through Bloomsbury. She has written for ClickHole, Funny Or Die, and several TV series, including Acapulco, This Fool and the upcoming Netflix animated series Strip Law. Tamara has performed on The Moth and was featured on NPR&#8217;s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and her dog, Odie.

Tamara Yajia

Evita, Ballet and How I Became “The Girl Who Broke Her Pussy”

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Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That: Nicolas Winding Refn

Jana Naomi Smith is the writer-director behind the two-time Ambie and Tribeca Film Festival award-winning audio drama, <a href="https://www.redforrevolution.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Red for Revolution,</a> a six-part series exploring love and liberation starring Danny Glover, Jennifer Beals, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vanessa E. Williams and more. Previously, Jana wrote the podcast <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1uS3Rie3yo&amp;t=11s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Built to Last</a>, hosted by Elaine Welteroth and featuring Issa Rae and Kimberly Drew, and is the creator of the meditation series <a href="https://www.jnsmeditations.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Relax, Relate, Release</a>, featuring insights from Dr. Maya Angelou, Ruby Dee, Dr. Angela Davis and others. In 2024, she launched <a href="https://patreon.com/relativelyconscious?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Relatively Conscious</a>, a multimedia space inspired by the words of James Baldwin, which hosts bi-monthly in-person and virtual events. She is a recipient of the Ida B. Wells Disrupting the Master Narrative Award for her short film Baptême, and is currently participating in the Chicago International Film Festival Lab, bringing to life her debut narrative feature film.

Jana Naomi Smith

Finding the Revolution Within

Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That: Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay Goldstein

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821: Carla Lalli Stopped Performing and Started Cooking for Herself

982. – Whitmer Thomas

Benny Bock is a musician from El Cerrito, California. He graduated from Berkeley High and Oberlin Conservatory. Currently, he is working as a pianist, producer, songwriter, arranger, and sound designer in Los Angeles.

Benny Bock

Nora Stanley is multi-instrumentalist composer, improviser, and songwriter based in Brooklyn who primarily works with saxophone, clarinet, and flute. Her latest record, Glass, is out now. 
(Photo Credit: Rachel Andes)

Nora Stanley

Music

Nora Stanley and Benny Bock Have Extreme Views on Banter

Born and raised in Wales, Gareth Evans is a writer-director currently based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He made his debut in 2009 with Merantau, and broke through internationally with the acclaimed martial arts thrillers The Raid: Redemption (2011) and The Raid 2 (2014), both of which were released by Sony Pictures Classics. You can follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/ghuwevans" target="_blank">@ghuwevans</a>.

Gareth Evans

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