Episodes
Jan. 29, 2021
210: Director Edoardo Ponti on 'The Life Ahead', directing his mother Sophia Loren and more
An intimate conversation with writer/director Edoardo Ponti about his critically acclaimed new movie ‘The Life Ahead’. On the directing his mother, screen legend Sophia Loren, his parents influence, award season buzz and so much more ‘The Life Ahead’ is available on Netflix
Jan. 26, 2021
209: Our Sundance Film Festival preview special! With Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch
Welcome to our Sundance Film Festival 2021 previe…
Jan. 24, 2021
208: Jessica Bruder Journalist/Author 'Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
Our guest this week is journalist and Columbia Journalism School Professor Jessica Bruder. She is the author of ‘Nomadland’, now a major motion picture and Oscar frontrunner starring Frances McDormand, directed by Chloé Zhao. The book, and the movie, explores the subculture of older American worker…
Jan. 10, 2021
207: Actor Paul Raci 'Sound of Metal'
Join us for an intimate conversation with this seasons' breakout star Paul Raci. Mr Raci is already garnering awards buzz for his role as Joe, a deaf Vietnam veteran and leader of a rehab for the deaf, in the critical acclaimed feature SOUND OF METAL. Mr Raci talks to us about how the role in many …
Jan. 3, 2021
Epi 206 Happy New Year! Christina & Erik's/AwardsWatch most anticipated 2021 films/shows/award news.
Epi 206 Happy New Year! Christina & Erik's/Awards…
Dec. 21, 2020
Epi 205: Director/writer/Pixar chief Pete Docter & Producer Dana Murray of Pixar/Disney's "Soul"
Happy Holidays listeners! Such a great Christmas special for you this week. A conversation with Pixar’s Pete Docter (co-writer, co-director & Pixar Chief Creative Officer) and Dana Murray (Producer) about SOUL, the new critically acclaimed feature starring Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey. We talk about the…
Dec. 9, 2020
Episode 204: Actor Glynn Turman "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
Iconic, Emmy winning actor Glynn Turman (Cooley High, The Wire, In Treatment, Fargo) joins us this week! We talk about his role as Toledo in the new Netflix movie ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’, working with Chadwick Boseman on his last film, Ingmar Bergman, Aretha Franklin and how this movie resonates…
Nov. 24, 2020
203:Erik Anderson (AwardsWatch) is back! Film/industry &awards, WW84, Mank, Hopkins, Boseman & more!
It’s time for one of our regular chats with the g…
Nov. 13, 2020
Episode 202: Arliss Howard ("Mank")
Don’t miss this exclusive and compelling conversation with actor/writer/director Arliss Howard (Full Metal Jacket, Natural Born Killers, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Amistad, Moneyball, Manhunt) A journey into his process, his brilliant performance as MGM’s Louis B Mayer in David Fincher’s new ep…
Nov. 11, 2020
Episode 201: Emerald Fennell (Camilla "The Crown")
My guest this week is the multi-talented Emerald Fennell (actor, novelist, writer and director). She stars in Netflix ‘The Crown’ as Camilla Shand, one part of what might be the worlds most famous ménage-à-trois. Fennell has starred in the BBC series ‘Call the Midwife’. She took over the reins from…
Oct. 29, 2020
Episode 200: Viggo Mortensen ('Falling')
Welcome to the 200th episode of Pop Culture Confidential and we are thrilled to have actor/writer/director Viggo Mortensen with us! The Danish/American, three time Oscar nominee is known from such diverse films as The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, A History Of Violence, The Road and Green Book and mor…
Oct. 21, 2020
199 'Everything is changing...forever' Future of movies/the industry. w/ Erik Anderson/AwardsWatch
It’s a difficult year at the movies but also full…
Oct. 15, 2020
Ep 198 David Litt fmr Obama speechwriter(Democracy In One Book Or Less) on the 2020 election & more.
David Litt, former speechwriter to President Obama, is our guest this week. The author of the book ‘Democracy in One Book or Less’ talks to us about the 2020 election, Trumps messaging these last 20 days, the Amy Coney Barrett hearings, threats to the democracy, voter suppression and more. In 2011,…
Oct. 7, 2020
Episode 197: Kirsten Johnson "Dick Johnson is Dead"
Our favorite! Director, filmmaker and cinematographer Kirsten Johnson (Cameraperson) joins Pop Culture Confidential again to talk about her brilliant new documentary ‘Dick Johnson is Dead’ (Netflix). The very personal, funny and thought-provoking film is about coping with her fathers dementia and h…
Sept. 21, 2020
Epi 196 Alicia Vikander 'The Glorias', playing icon Gloria Steinem & finding her own voice (Replay)
“I thought a lot about growing up, about finding your own voice, who you are, what you want to do and the struggle of getting there!” We are replaying our interview with actor Alicia Vikander, from this spring, ahead of the premiere of her new film ‘The Glorias’ on Sep 30th (Amazon Prime) We are th…
Sept. 15, 2020
Epi 195 Madonna's biopic! Film festivals! Oscar race! Movies are back!(w/ Erik Anderson AwardsWatch)
Erik Anderson of AwardsWatch.com is back to fill …
Sept. 10, 2020
Episode 194: Our HUGE 2020 Emmy predictions show! With critic Thelma Adams
Critic Thelma Adams (The NY Times, Variety, expe…
Sept. 3, 2020
Episode 193: Cynthia Nixon ('Ratched')
So happy to have actor and activist Cynthia Nixon back with us on Pop Culture Confidential! Since we last spoke Ms Nixon has run for Governor of New York and is now starring in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming Netflix show ‘Ratched’. Here Nixon plays opposite Sarah Paulson in the series which tells the origi…
Aug. 28, 2020
Episode 192: It's the HUGE 'Tenet' discussion episode! Guest: film critic John Bleasdale
Film writer and critic John Bleasdale (The Guardi…
Aug. 17, 2020
Epi 191: Professor Lilly Goren on Senator Kamala Harris, historic VP pic and pop culture +politics .
“I want to be the last voice in the room” A partn…
Aug. 11, 2020
190: Mulan to Disney+, Venice line up,Netflix Oscar buzz.Industry news w/ AwardsWatch Erik Anderson!
Erik Anderson, editor-in-chief at AwardsWatch joi…
Aug. 5, 2020
Episode 189: Danny Trejo 'Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo'
DANNY TREJO, the legend, on Pop Culture Confidential! Mr Trejo talks to us about his story, from a life of crime to hard prison time at San Quentin and Folsom prisons. How he turned his life around and how a promise to always help others led him to his massive Hollywood career with over 350 credits…
July 22, 2020
Epi 188: Tenet! #FreeBritney.Great docs 2020. All the latest news! (with Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch)
We love it when Erik Anderson (Editor-in-Chief of…
July 13, 2020
Episode 187: Brian Cox "Succession"
An exclusive hour with actor Brian Cox! Mr Cox joins us to talk about his incredible portrayal of Logan Roy on HBO’s Succession, who he jokingly calls his “evil twin”. We go deep into the making of the show, his thoughts on Logans motivations, emotional scenes with Jeremy Strong and much more. Plus…