Show Notes
Kyle Buchanan joins Katey and Chris Rosen to look at what the major streamers have in store for this year's Oscar race, how Amazon MGM is equipped to push a major contender like Project Hail Mary, and why Kyle has been so high on Netfilx's La Bola Negra ever since its Cannes premiere. Then Katey talks to David Harbour about the years he spent trying to get DTF: St. Louis into production, what he learned about the business in the process, and how it felt to dance in his underwear in front of the same Atlanta crew that had seen him fight creatures as the heroic Hopper on Stranger Things.
00:00 Intro
00:19 Coming Up...
02:07 Can Streamers Compete This Year?
03:49 Apple's Thin Two-Film Slate
06:56 Why Best Actress Is Wide Open
09:45 The Ingenue Pendulum Swings Back
12:58 Tenzing And Genden Phuntsok
14:26 Digger Skips Venice
16:10 Project Hail Mary Vs. Dune 3
19:19 Is Anything Stopping The Odyssey?
24:55 Lord And Miller's Director Shot
25:29 Sandra HÜLler's Shot
26:28 Anne Hathaway: Lead Or Supporting?
27:15 Amazon's 'Dudes Rock' Slate
30:13 What A Tiff Premiere Really Means
32:11 Verity And Anne Hathaway's Year
34:19 Netflix And La Bola Negra
36:47 Was Roma Really Divisive?
39:20 Penelope Cruz's Second Oscar?
42:10 Netflix's Number Two Priority
44:20 The Cliff Booth Question Mark
47:10 Possible Love And A Thin Venice
50:45 Next: David Harbour
51:53 The Origin Of Dtf St. Louis
53:30 Making Tv He Actually Wants To Watch
56:24 The Sweetness Beneath The Sadness
58:47 Avoiding The Flyover State Trap
01:02:07 Lessons From First-Time Producing
01:04:47 The Argument He Lost With Steve Conrad
01:07:48 Walking The Tonal Tightrope
01:11:26 Is Dtf Actually Heartwarming?
01:12:40 The Male Loneliness Epidemic
01:13:57 What Harbour Is Building Next
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