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The A24 Project

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Lee Hutchison and Dallas King tackle every single movie released by A24, one of the most groundbreaking companies distributing some of the industry's most original films. We also bring you interviews with the people behind Eighth Grade, Hereditary, The Florida Project, Midsommar, The Farewell, The Lighthouse, Under The Skin, and much more.
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Episodes

140 - Everything Everywhere All At Once

Katie Smith-Wong joins Lee and Dallas to review 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' which follows an aging Chinese immigrant who is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.

May 09, 20221 hr 13 min

139 -Brittney 'Red Rocket' Rodriguez Interview

Lee welcomes actor Brittney Rodriguez who plays June in Sean Baker's Red Rocket. Mikey Saber (Simon Rex) returns home to Texas City after 17-year absence and gets himself a gig as a dealer with a weed business run by Leondria and her daughter June who also acts as an enforcer.

Apr 18, 202239 min

138 - Bree 'Red Rocket' Elrod Interview

Lee welcomes actor Bree Elrod that plays Lexi, who is reunited with her estranged husband Mikey Saber (Simon Rex) after he returns home to Texas City after 17-year absence in Sean Baker's Red Rocket.

Apr 01, 20221 hr 2 min

137 - X

Dallas and Lee return to 1979, where a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in a secluded farmhouse in rural Texas. Their reclusive, elderly hosts take a special interest in their young guests and, as night falls in, the couple’s leering interest takes a violent turn.

Mar 21, 202241 min

136 - Red Rocket & Interviews

Dallas and Lee travel to Texas City, Texas where a down and out ex-porn star Mikey Saber decides to crawl back to his hometown, where his estranged wife and mother-in-law are living. Just as this dysfunctional family seems to be making things work, Mikey meets a young woman named Strawberry working the cash register at a local doughnut shop. We also preview some upcoming interviews with Bree 'Lexi' Elrod and Brittney 'June' Rodriguez and dive into our interviews archive with the films co-writer ...

Mar 14, 202258 min

134 - After Yang

Dallas and Lee travel to the near future where a family reckons with questions of love, connection, and loss after their A.I. helper unexpectedly breaks down.

Mar 04, 202239 min

133 - The Souvenir, Part II

Dallas and Lee review A24's first sequel, Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir, Part II. In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.

Feb 28, 202241 min

132 - The Sky Is Everywhere

Dallas and Lee review Josephine Decker's adaptation of The Sky Is Everywhere which follows Lennie a teen musical prodigy who is grieving the death of her sister when she finds herself caught between a new guy at school and her sister’s devastated boyfriend. Through her vivid imagination and conflicted heart, Lennie navigates first love and first loss.

Feb 21, 202230 min

131 - Emilie 'The Green Knight' Hetland Interview

In the latest of our series of interviews from The Green Knight we welcome Emilie Hetland who is part of the trio of thieves and scavengers alongside actors Barry Keoghan and Anthony Morris who attack Sir Gawain in the forest as he searches for the green chapel.

Feb 14, 202240 min

130 - Ernest 'Zola' Emmanuel Peeples Interview

Lee welcomes Ernest Emmanuel Peeples who played Hee in Janicza Bravo's Zola. Zola, A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, Stefani, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club. However, their arrival in Tampa brings them into a potential conflict with Hee, a Tampa based sex and drug pusher

Jan 31, 20221 hr

129 - The Tragedy of Macbeth

Two Scots Dallas and Lee review the latest adaptation of the Scottish play, The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

Jan 24, 202237 min

128 - Val

Dallas and Lee look at Val Kilmer's career which has spanned over 40 years. He is one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors who has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. However In 2015, Kilmer lost his voice during treatment for throat cancer, effectiv...

Jan 17, 202232 min

127 - A24's Streaming Deals Explained

Lee welcomes critic and writer Douglas Laman who recently wrote an excellent article for Collider which broke down A24's range of deals with streaming services like Apple TV + and DirecTV and he joins us today to explain how these have benefited A24 over the past decade. www.looper.com/author/douglaslaman/ https://thespool.net/author/douglas-laman/ https://collider.com/author/dlaman/...

Jan 10, 202255 min

126 - The Humans

Dallas and Lee celebrate the holiday season with the Blake family as they gather to celebrate Thanksgiving in New York. As darkness falls outside the crumbling building, mysterious things start to go bump in the night and family tensions reach a boiling point.

Dec 27, 202126 min

125 - Bel 'The Green Knight' Friósi Interview

"What is it like to be a giant in David Lowery's The Green Knight?" Lee is joined by Bel Friósi who she shares with us the process that went into physically transforming into a giant and her experience working on the set of The Green Knight to create one of the films most memorable moments.

Dec 20, 202137 min

124 - C'mon C'mon

Dallas welcomes writer, filmmaker and co-host of The Annapurna-verse podcast Billie Melissa to review C'mon C'mon the latest movie from Mike Mills. Joaquin Phoenix stars as a documentary filmmaker whose latest project involves gifted children bonds with his smart-yet-sensitive nephew, whose father struggles with bipolar disorder and is in the grips of a manic episode.

Dec 06, 202147 min

122 - Anaïs 'The Green Knight' Rizzo Interview

What is Helen of Troy and Paris from Greek mythology doing in an English medieval fantasy story about Sir Gawain and the Green Knight? Anaïs Rizzo who plays Helen of Troy takes us behind the scenes on the mystery of this historical figure out of time and place in David Lowery's adaptation of 'The Green Knight'.

Nov 08, 202151 min

121 - Lamb

Lee and Dallas review A24's latest movie Lamb about a couple who discover a mysterious half-lamb/half-human newborn on their farm in Iceland. The unexpected prospect of family life brings them much joy, before ultimately destroying them.

Oct 18, 202128 min

120 - Tony 'Zola' Demil Interview

Lee welcomes Tony Demil who has appeared in one of Succession's most popular episodes and recently in Janicza Bravo's Zola. Zola, A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, Stefani, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club. Zola finds herself blindside when Stefani and her pimp X add their profiles to a website that arranges sexual encounters. One of those encounters is with Joe played by to...

Oct 04, 202149 min

119 - Mitchell 'First Cow' Saddleback Interview

In the latest of our series of interviews with the cast of Kelly Reichardt's 'First Cow' Lee Hutchison welcomes Mitchell Saddleback a member of the Ermineskin/Samson Cree Nation who plays the Chief Factor's servant.

Sep 20, 202156 min

118 - Kaye 'Minari' Brownlee-France Interview

Lee welcomes Minari's Kaye Brownlee-France who plays a lab tech in the movie that meets the Yi family during a tense afternoon as they visit the hospital. Kaye takes us behind the scenes on she came to be cast in Minari, her experience on set and shares her insight into the unique and growing Oklahoma film scene and community.

Sep 06, 20211 hr 9 min

117 - The Green Knight & David Lowery Interview

The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur’s reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men. Dallas and Lee review one of the latest movies from A24 and dive into our archives to bring you interviews with the writer/director David Lowery, title designer Teddy Blanks and the man behind The Green Knight board game Timm Woods

Aug 23, 20211 hr 28 min

116 - Zola & Janicza Bravo Interview

We review 'Zola' based on the infamous twitter thread about a waitress who agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club. Dallas and Lee also are joined by Janicza Bravo the co-writer and director of 'Zola' to discuss the making of the movie.

Aug 06, 202158 min

115 - Jared 'First Cow' Kasowski Interview

Lee Hutchison welcomes Jared Kasowski who made his big screen debut in Kelly Reichardt's First Cow as Thomas, a junior fur company guard whose journey is tied to that of Cookie and King-Lu in a shocking manner.

Jul 26, 202154 min

114 - Orion 'First Cow' Lee Interview

Lee Hutchison welcomes Orion Lee from Kelly Reichardt's acclaimed First Cow. Orion plays King Lu a Chinese immigrant who is on the run in the Pacific North West in the 1820s who forms a relationship with Cookie, a quiet travelling chef and they begin a business selling oily cakes but things threaten to spiral as they are forced into stealing milk from the local Chief Factor's prized cow.

Jul 12, 202157 min

113 - False Positive

Lee and Dallas review the latest film from A24 'False Positive' which arrived on Hulu last week and screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy and Adrian finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle. But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle’s gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him, and her own “birth story.”...

Jun 28, 202124 min

112 - Esther 'Minari' Moon Interview

Lee welcomes Minari's Esther Moon who plays Mrs. Oh that works alongside Steven Yeun and Han Ye-ri's Jacob and Monica in the chicken sexing factory but has her own mysterious past that has brought her to Arkansas. Esther shares how she went from helping with the auditions to being cast in the Academy Award winning movie, her emotional experience on set and her reaction to the success of the film as a Korean American, and much more.

Jun 21, 20211 hr 1 min

111 - Ted 'Moonbase 8' Parker Interview

Lee is joined by actor Ted Parker to discuss his appearance on Moonbase 8's acclaimed third episode 'Quarantine'. In 'Quarantine' Cap and Skip each have vastly different quarantine experiences while sick. Ted plays Darren who while on a family trip comes into contact with John C Reilly's Cap who has got lost in the desert.

Jun 15, 202126 min
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