Prestige Junkie

You Can See Everything and Festival Hype, Plus Alden Ehrenreich on His Very Big Year

Prestige Junkie

Show Notes

David Canfield joins Katey and Chris to recap the biggest hits of the Montclair and Middleburg film festivals, plus the endless buzz around the new releases You Can See Everything and La Bola Negra. Then Katey talks to Alden Ehrenreich about jumping into his new film A Talent for Murder, how he wound up running an independent playhouse in Los Angeles, and how he’s grown since he started his career as a teenager.

00:00 Intro

01:36 'You Can See Everything' Breaks Containment

06:56 Will The Doc Branch Snub It?

11:02 Can A24 Land Four Best Picture Slots?

15:25 Netflix Reports Box Office For 'La Bola Negra'

20:37 Is Guitarricadelafuente A Real Acting Contender?

22:19 Taylor Swift Works The Academy Museum Gala

25:36 Inside Montclair Film Festival

28:54 'Wicker' Is The Surprise Crowd Pleaser

33:15 Middleburg Gossip And What's Next

36:41 Next: Alden Ehrenreich

36:50 The Movie That Came Back

37:59 Letting Go Of What You Can't Control

38:37 When The Edit Doesn't Track The Performance

41:26 Why Open A Theater

43:48 Starting Out With Coppola

46:17 Who Do You Actually Listen To?

48:46 The Risk Of La Theater

52:26 Rotten Tomatoes And Star Meters

53:59 How He Picks Directors

56:00 After Oppenheimer

58:40 The Ripley We Can't Name

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