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264: A conversation with actor Jamie Dornan, 'Belfast'! Feb 01, 2022

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This week on Pop Culture Confidential, actor Jamie Dornan, star of ‘Belfast' the critically acclaimed and semi autobiographical film by Kenneth Branagh! Dornan joins us to talk about returning to him hometown for this movie, playing Branagh’s father, his intense year, Bond rumors and much more.

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253: Joachim Trier, director/co-writer 'The Worst Person in the World' Feb 01, 2022

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Director & co-writer Joachim Trier ( ‘Reprise’, ‘Oslo, 31 August’ ) joins us to talk about his critically acclaimed new feature “The Worst Person in the World”, life, love and rom coms!

“The Worst Person in the World” is Norways Oscar submission 2021 & actor Renate Reinsve won the award for Best Actress at Cannes this for her performance as Julie.

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263: The Sundance 2022 edition! With critic, host & writer Ryan McQuade Jan 26, 2022

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This week we are at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival! We are excited to be joined by Ryan McQuade, editor at InSessionFilm, host of the Chasing The Gold podcast and covering Sundance for AwardsWatch.com! We are a little more than half way through the virtual festival, Christina & Ryan sit down to talk about some the incredibly interesting movies at this years' fest. The most about buzzed films, which films they loved and which ones they just can’t wrap their heads around!

Twitter @ryanmcquade77

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262: Creator/Showrunner Patrick Somerville & EP Jessica Rhoades ("Station Eleven") on making a post apocalyptic show about joy and healing. Jan 20, 2022

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We are thrilled to be joined by EP Jessica Rhoades (Sharp Objects, The Affair) and creator, showrunner & EP Patrick Somerville (The Leftovers, Maniac) to talk about their groundbreaking series “Station Eleven”. On making a post apocalyptic show about joy and healing during an actual pandemic. On themes of grief and living in the now. And so much more.

“Station Eleven” is streaming on HBOMax.

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261: Most anticipated new TV shows of 2022! with NPR TV critic Eric Deggans Jan 09, 2022

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Thrilled to welcome NPR TV critic Eric Deggans back to the show for a new year of television! In this episode we talk about some of the most anticipated new shows coming the first half of 2022. Notorious scandals like the story of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s stolen sex tape in the upcoming Hulu series 'Pam & Tommy’, Julia Garner as con artist Anna Delvey in ‘Inventing Anna’ (Netflix) created by Shonda Rhimes, Amanda Seyfried as disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in ‘The Dropout’ (Hulu). Plus Jason Katims' (Friday Night Lights) new show ‘As We See It’ a comedy-drama series about living on the autism spectrum (Amazon Prime), ‘House of Dragon’ (HBOMax), ‘The Gilded Age’ (HBOMax) and much more! Eric Deggans talks about his favorites, some disappointments and what to expect coming your way! Listen now.

Twitter: @Deggans

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260: The good, the bad & the complicated. Motherhood in film & TV this season. With critic Thelma Adams Jan 04, 2022

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Critic & author Thelma Adams joins us for an in-depth conversation on the many incredibly interesting portraits of motherhood in film & TV this season, from The Lost Daughter to Succession to Spencer and many more!

Thelma Adams recent article in Variety is “Screenplay Contenders From ‘Lost Daughter’ to ‘Spencer’ Grapple With Messy Emotions of Motherhood”

Twittter @thelmadams

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259: Jazz Tangcay, Senior Artisans Editor at Variety, on the year in movies! Dec 21, 2021

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We are so happy to have Jazz Tangcay, Senior Artisans Editor at Variety, back on the show! We take a look at some of the incredible achievements behind the scenes, this tumultuous year in cinema. 2021 has been an incredible year at the movies, from giant blockbusters like Dune and Spider-Man to the haunting cinematography of The Power of the Dog, make up transformations and tragedy on set. Listen now. And Happy Holidays!

Jazz Tangcay Twitter: @jazzt

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258: We are joined by Erik Anderson (AwardsWatch). We talk controversial Golden Globes, awards season news & a 'Succession' finale deep dive! Dec 15, 2021

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Editor in Chief of AwardsWatch Erik Anderson is back! We analyze the controversial Hollywood Foreign Press Association and their Golden Globe nominations. We talk about the state of the Oscar awards race. Give our thoughts on West Side Story, Don’t Look Up and more. Plus we discuss this incredible season finale of Succession!

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257: We revisit our interview with Jeremy Strong 'Succession'! Dec 03, 2021

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This week we revisit our 2019 interview with the great Jeremy Strong!

Jeremy Strong talked to us while on location filming season two. We talked about researching media-moguls for the role, the relationship between Kendall and his father Logan, Succession in the age of Trump, filming the very powerful last scene of season 1 and how it almost made him quit acting, what's in store for Kendall in season two and so much more

Season 3 of Succession is on HBO MAX now

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256: A special episode! Kirsten Dunst & Benedict Cumberbatch 'The Power Of The Dog' Nov 25, 2021

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Happy Holidays to all celebrating Thanksgiving this week! As a holiday treat here is is a special episode of Pop Culture Confidential: Kirsten Dunst & Benedict Cumberbatch speak to us about their incredible performances in Jane Campions’ The Power of The Dog (Netflix)

Interviews were done by Christina on location at the Venice Film Festival for a segment originally aired on SVT, Swedish National Television.

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