Lively banter about entertainment industry news and in-depth interviews with directors, producers, writers and actors, hosted by award-winning journalist Kim Masters of The Hollywood Reporter.
Documentarian Matthew Heineman on making ‘American Symphony’
Filmmaker Matthew Heineman shares how he made the Jon Batiste doc ‘American Symphony’ with credit cards, stealth Grammy footage, and notes from President Obama.
What Tom Cruise’s Warner Bros. deal means for ‘Mission: Impossible’ and ‘Top Gun’ franchises
Warner Brothers has announced a strategic partnership with Tom Cruise that will bring the star’s production company to the studio lot this year. What does this deal actually mean?
Jon Batiste on how ‘American Symphony’ went from ‘boring’ music doc to a portrait of intimacy
When singer-songwriter Jon Batiste set out to make what he now calls a “boring process documentary” about composing a symphony, he and director Matthew Heineman couldn’t have predicted…
The story of ‘Past Lives,’ from personal story, to script, to award circuit darling
“Past Lives” writer-director Celine Song and producer Christine Vachon discuss Song’s foray into filmmaking, their partnership, and the journey of the awards circuit.
SAG-AFTRA members ratify contract. Was nearly 80% voting enough?
SAG-AFTRA members ratify a three-year contract with studios. Plus, actors promote work post-strike, studios license content, and streamers bundle services.
Encore: Norman Lear, 'Even This I Get to Experience'
When Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton invaded America’s living rooms as the bigoted Archie Bunker and his sainted wife Edith, television was changed forever.
Sara Bareilles brings ‘Waitress’ to a (movie) theater near you
The producers behind BroadwayHD discuss the popular theater streamer. Plus, Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson dish on “Waitress: The Musical” in movie theaters.
