All Episodes

Elliot Tuttle, Kieron Moore and Reed Birney on vulnerability and vision in 'Blue Film'

Nicole Bazuin on claiming agency through form in 'Modern Whore'

We Need to Talk About Emmy #31: Alexandra Brodski shapes psychological grip in 'Half Man'

Madison Young faces her younger selves in 'By the Roots'

Chandler Levack on distance, exposure, and doubling down in 'Mile End Kicks' and 'Roommates'

Katarina Zhu and Daisy Zhou on seeing and being seen in ‘Bunnylovr’

BriTANicK is turning from sketches to features

Matthew Shear explores the personal and cultural in 'Fantasy Life'

Aisha Evelyna lives between roles in 'Seahorse'

Will Ropp and Matthew Pothier on anxiety, authenticity, and the harder path in 'Brian'

Brian Tetsuro Ivie on faith, celluloid, and the leap into ‘Anima’

Emily Robinson on the art of breaking down in 'Ugly Cry'

Millicent Hailes on what it took to make ‘Perfect’

We Need to Talk About Emmy #30: ‘Bridgerton’ every step of the way, with Tom Verica and Jeffrey Jur

Jessica Barr and Sarah Whelden on making a film with no way out in ‘The Plan’

Lucy Sandler and Mechi Lakatos embrace spontaneity in 'Danny Is My Boyfriend'

Autumn Best on what ‘Woman of the Hour’ unlocked and what ‘BRB’ called for

Revenge on Repeat: Kevin & Matthew McManus on grief, obsession, and working with family in ‘Redux Redux’

Patrick Jones on blurring the line between subject and object in 'By Design'

We Need to Talk About Emmy #29: Ashley Barron ACS navigates tone and character in 'How to Get to Heaven from Belfast'

James Whitaker captures man versus machine in 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die'

Breathing new life into horror, with 'Whistle' director Corin Hardy

Sook-Yin Lee revisits a shared past in ‘Paying for It’

We Need to Talk About Sundance #5: Georgia Bernstein on caregiving and obsession in 'Night Nurse'

We Need to Talk About Sundance #4: Family as canvas, with ‘TheyDream’ director William D. Caballero

Nurturing a vision into being, with the director and producers of ‘Blue Sun Palace’

Mascha Schilinski and Fabian Gamper peer through time in ‘Sound of Falling’

Albert Birney merges pixels and reality in 'OBEX'

Not falling too fast, with ‘The Baltimorons’ actress Liz Larsen

Submerged storytelling, with ‘The Plague’ director Charlie Polinger and DP Steven Breckon

Julia Jackman and Xenia Patricia build a world of desire in '100 Nights of Hero'

Filming the divine, with ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ cinematographer William Rexer

Bringing back the dead, with ‘Influencers’ director Kurtis David Harder

Finding the man behind the lyrics, with ‘Blue Moon’ writer Robert Kaplow

Shih-Ching Tsou reclaims the devil's hand in 'Left-Handed Girl'

Clint Bentley and Adolpho Veloso on collaborating with nature in 'Train Dreams'

From secrets to sequels: Simon Cellan Jones on 'The Family Plan 2'

‘There Was, There Was Not’ director Emily Mkrtichian in the warzone of erasure

Seamus McGarvey on reshaping light and vision in 'Die My Love'

We Need to Talk About Emmy #28: Mike Makowsky on the irony of tragic events in ‘Death by Lightning’

Cherien Dabis bears witness across generations in 'All That's Left of You'

John-Michael Powell sculpts violence in 'Violent Ends'

Sailing towards compassion, with the co-directors of 'Largo'

We Need to Talk About Emmy #27: Cooper Raiff is a kid at heart in ‘Hal & Harper’

‘Anino’ director M.G. Evangelista on genre and identity

We Need to Talk About Emmy #26: Mattias Nyberg on the subjectivity of 'The Girlfriend'

Mercedes Bryce Morgan & Nick Matthews navigate the twisted waters of 'Bone Lake'

Alexander Dynan on visualizing sound and time in 'The History of Sound'

Building bridges in Brooklyn, with ‘All God’s Children’ director Ondi Timoner

Policing Your Feelings: Carmen Emmi on the emotional depth of ‘Plainclothes’

The soundscape of the supernatural, with 'Rabbit Trap' director Bryn Chainey

Shaking up the future, with 'Happyend' cinematographer Bill Kirstein

Anu Valia on the many layers of 'We Strangers’

Director Oliver Hermanus on how music shapes the story in ‘The History of Sound’

We Need to Talk About Emmy #25: Alex Disenhof on the art of character-driven action in 'Task'

Yeo Siew Hua wants you to see through ‘Stranger Eyes’

Improv Magic: How Sam Davis and Co redefined short film storytelling on 'The Singers'

We Need to Talk About Emmy #24: Christophe Nuyens on navigating the galaxy in 'Andor'

We Need to Talk About Emmy #23: Ante Cheng takes us across the seasons and generations of 'Pachinko'

We Need to Talk About Emmy #22: Kalina Ivanov’s designs bring color to the world of ‘The Penguin’

Visual storytelling and cultural roots: James J. Robinson on 'First Light'

Sibling Synergy: Ramon Zürcher takes us inside the making of 'The Sparrow in the Chimney'

Interpreting the Unfamiliar, with 'Familiar Touch' director Sarah Friedland

Fawzia Mirza transforms personal truth into 'The Queen of My Dreams'

From free flights to creative freedom: The trio behind 'The Travel Companion'

Back in the Driver’s Seat with Sarah Adler, star of ‘Dead Language’

Flying High: The Journey of 'Kites' and its director Walter Thompson-Hernández

Cabin Fever: Nora Kirkpatrick on exploring relationships in 'A Tree Fell in the Woods'

Scented memories, with 'Fior Di Latte' director Charlotte Ercoli

Galloping through life, with 'Horsegirls' director Lauren Meyering and star Lillian Carrier

A mother-daughter tale of light and dark, with 'Honeyjoon' director Lilian T. Mehrel

Fighting for Love: Gianna Toboni on families vs government in 'Just Kids'

Old school rebels and new age challenges, with 'A Bright Future' director Lucía Garibaldi

'We Are Pat' director Rowan Haber on how a 90s character mirrors today's gender conversations

Navigating Love and Miscommunication: The Making of 'I Don't Understand You'

Out of place but in control: John Maclean and Robbie Ryan on 'Tornado'

Back for More: Julia Max and Ian McDonald talk 'The Surrender'

The Sonic Bridge: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan on Nature, Sound, and Storytelling

Unlocking Verona: Tim Bogart on modernizing Shakespeare's masterpiece

We Need to Talk About Emmy #21: Jo Willems breaks down the visuals of 'Black Mirror S7 - Plaything' from the 90s to 2032

From Stage to Screen - Lovell Holder on the journey of 'Lavender Men'

Rolling with 70 Cameras: Eugene Kotlyarenko and Barton Cortright on the wild metaverse of 'The Code'

Dea Kulumbegashvili & Arseni Khachaturan on framing the unseen in 'April'

From Film Critic to Author: Marya E. Gates on her new book - 'Cinema Her Way'

We Need to Talk About Emmy #20: ‘No1 Happy Family USA’ Co-Creator Pam Brady on crafting stories that resonate

We Need to Talk About Emmy #19: 'The Eastern Gate' star Lena Góra on language, emotion, and expectations

We Need to Talk About Emmy #18: 'Call Me Ted' - A journey through the life of a media icon

No rest for the independent, with ‘Gazer’ DP Matheus Bastos

'Audrey's Children' director Ami Canaan Mann on the timelessness of the gender gap

Magic in the Mundane: How 'Some Nights I Feel Like Walking' Captures Queer Intimacy

Framing fear, with 'Control Freak' cinematographer Scott Siracusano

From Paintbrush to Camera: Bebe Dierken's cinematic focus through the ranks

We Need to Talk About Emmy #17: Peter Craig adapts ‘Dope Thief’

Julia Max summons Colby Minifie for ‘The Surrender’

Cam Banfield’s directorial debut makes you question ‘How Was Your Weekend?’

Exploring family and chaos, with 'Riff Raff' director Dito Montiel

Brace yourselves for 'Lockjaw'

Lured into injustice, with the co-director and cinematographer of ‘A Lien’

Jarin Blaschke brings color to the world of 'Nosferatu'

Maria Bakalova reconciles with grief in ‘O Horizon’

‘Magic Hour’ captures actors Miriam Shor and Josh Stamberg in a different light

Drew Hancock realizes AI in 'Companion'

Vera Drew revisits the early days of 'The People's Joker'

We Need to Talk About Sundance #3: The unintentional intentions in ’Rains Over Babel’

We Need to Talk About Sundance #2: The search for ‘LUZ’

We Need to Talk About Sundance #1: One of a kind 'By Design'

Chris Sullivan visits Soderbergh’s Hollywood in ‘Presence’

Ed Lachman and a cinematographer’s spatial awareness

'September 5' director Tim Fehlbaum on the weight of history

Shea Whigham breaks out of character

How ‘The Brutalist’ cinematographer Lol Crawley moved what's immobile

How DoP Jomo Fray’s camera joined the act in ‘Nickel Boys’

Rina Yang fights the battle of perception in ‘The Fire Inside’

The brutal art of indie filmmaking with Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, co-directors of 'Los Frikis'

Exploring emotions through the lens of cinematographer Cambio in 'Daughters'

We Need to Talk About Emmy #16: The cinematography of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’

Inside the Control Room of 'September 5'

Directing and portraying the cross-generational tragedy of 'Nickel Boys'

Co-writer Clint Bentley on exploring the reality of ‘Sing Sing’

Rodrigo Prieto takes the stand in the director’s chair

Ray Fisher goes from stage to screen in 'The Piano Lesson'

DoP Benjamin Kračun on concocting ‘The Substance’

When everything falls into its right place, with 'Anora' cinematographer Drew Daniels

Genre dynamics, with ‘Don’t Move’ co-directors Adam Schindler and Brian Netto

A memory to live by, with the Director of ‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’

College life on 'The Line', with director Ethan Berger

Fiction in truth, with 'Woman of the Hour' writer Ian McDonald

Timeless timelines, with 'Caddo Lake' co-directors Celine Held & Logan George, plus cinematographer Lowell A. Meyer

An out-of-body (swap) experience, with 'It's What's Inside' director Greg Jardin and actor David Thompson

Familiar grief and familial dynamics, with 'His Three Daughters' writer-director Azazel Jacobs

Rewind #1: Director (of Photography) Paul Cameron goes back in time

We Need to Talk About Emmy #15: The fever dream - like tragedy of ‘Lady in the Lake’

We Need to Talk About Emmy #14: Immersed in the world of 'Shōgun', with DP Sam McCurdy

Finding freedom within a system, with editor Parker Laramie

Indie, studio film, and the middle ground, with director Michael Sarnoski

We Need to Talk About Emmy #13: The timeless tragedy of 'Under the Bridge', with star Vritika Gupta and director Kevin Phillips

We Need to Talk About Emmy #12: Production designer Tommaso Ortino on how limitations turned into an advantage for 'Fantasmas'

Capturing humanity on different budgets, with cinematographer Pat Scola

We Need to Talk About Emmy #11: Cinematographer Sam Levy on becoming the eyes of Julio Torres for 'Fantasmas'

Setting up a film to be shot solely in a taxi, with 'Daddio' production designer Kristi Zea

We Need to Talk About Emmy #10: Florian Hoffmeister on the cinematography of 'True Detective: Night Country'

Unpacking 'Jazzy': Inspiration, emotion and execution

Is there an 'Antidote' to all this?

How the night changes over 'The Weekend'

The Rich Tale of a Director Who Decided to Give His Film a Long Title

We Need to Talk About Emmy #9: Weronika Tofilska and Krzysztof Trojnar, the director and cinematographer of 'Baby Reindeer' Eps. 1-4

We Need to Talk About Emmy #8: Showrunner Steven Knight on how the lies prevail over the truth in 'The Veil'

We Need to Talk About Emmy #7: Marty Beller on scoring S2 of 'American Rust'

Production designer Jess Gonchor on stepping into John Krasinski’s imagination for 'IF'

The idea of a score with Sidd Koshla, composer of ‘The Idea of You’

We Need to Talk About Emmy #6: Editor Viks Patel on his collaboration with Park Chan-wook for “The Sympathizer”

'Monkey Man' composer Jed Kurzel

We Need to Talk About Emmy #5: Barry Ackroyd BSC on lensing “The Sympathizer” Ep4

We Need to Talk About Emmy #4: ‘Shōgun’ Ep1&2, with director Jonathan van Tulleken and cinematographer Christopher Ross

Inside the visuals of ‘Immaculate’, with cinematographer Elisha Christian and production designer Adam Reamer

We Need to Talk About Emmy #3: The craftsmanship behind HBO’s ‘The Regime’

We Need to Talk About Emmy #2: The music of ‘RIPLEY’ and ‘Fargo’ S5, with composer Jeff Russo

‘Immaculate’ editor Christian Masini on creating the horror atmosphere that will punch you in the face

How composer Will Bates used an out of tune 19th century piano to heighten the eerie atmosphere of 'Immaculate'

We Need to Talk About Emmy #1: ‘The Gentlemen’ series through the lens of cinematographer Callan Green

‘Spaceman’ screenwriter Colby Day on creating a meaningful relationship drama in a science-fiction setting

How music can embody feelings, with the composers of ‘Orion and the Dark’

How to honor, yet bring something new to earlier soundtracks, with 'May December' composer Marcelo Zarvos

The parallel between gangsters and Julianne Moore's Gracie, with 'May December' screenwriter Samy Burch

How ‘The Holdovers’ achieved its ‘70s look both behind and in front of the camera, with Eigil Bryld and Ryan Warren Smith

Yorgos Mavropsaridis on bringing order into the wonderful chaos of 'Poor Things' through the art of editing

How Godwin Baxter's looks were inspired by the Guinea Pig Club, with 'Poor Things' prosthetic makeup artist Josh Weston

Sound mixer Steve Morrow on 'Maestro'

Kevin Tent on editing 'The Holdovers'