Best of Movies and Television in 2022
[REBROADCAST FROM APRIL 20TH, 2022] Academy Award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren stars in the new film, "The Duke," a true story about a heist of a precious painting by an elderly man in London. She's with us to discuss her role in the film as well as what's next in her career.
[REBROADCAST FROM JULY 11TH, 2022] “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” is a quirky, charming new film based on a series of YouTube shorts about a talking shell in search of his long-lost family. We speak to its director, Dean Fleischer Camp, and Jenny Slate, who is the voice of Marcel.
[REBROADCAST FROM OCTOBER 18TH, 2022] In the summer of 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered while visiting his cousins in Mississippi for allegedly offending a white woman. A new film, "Till," focuses on his mother Mamie Till-Mobley's dogged pursuit for justice for her son and for the country to reckon with its racism. Director Chinonye Chukwu joins to discuss.
[REBROADCAST FROM FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022] Pamela Adlon is the creator, writer, director and star of "Better Things," which tells the story of Sam Fox (played by Adlon), a single mother and working actress, as she raises her three daughters Max, Frankie, and Duke. Adlon joins us to discuss the fifth and final season of the much-loved comedy series, which IndieWire dubbed "an experience like nothing else on television."
[REBROADCAST FROM SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022] Creators of the hit shows "The Good Wife" and its spinoff "The Good Fight" Robert & Michelle King join to speak on the final season of "The Good Fight" and share their thoughts on the future of television.
[REBROADCAST FROM FEBRUARY 10, 2022] Actor David Oyelowo joins us to discuss his latest role in the HBO Max miniseries, "The Girl Before," which tells the story of a woman who falls for a mysterious architect (Oyelowo) and becomes suspicious of him when she learns another woman has died in his house. Oyelowo will also tell us a bit about his upcoming projects, and his directorial debut, 2020's "The Water Man."
