DP/30: Splinterheads, actors Lea Thompson, Thomas MiddleditchDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2024-10-21 | DP/30: Splinterheads, actors Lea Thompson, Thomas MiddleditchDP/30: Transformers One, Josh CooleyDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2024-09-28 | In nearly 2 decades at Pixar, Josh Cooley's credits include the screenplay for Inside Out and directing Toy Story 4. His latest is for Paramount, telling the first part of the Transformers origin story with humor, action, and humanely-animated intimacy. Josh took an hour to chat with David Poland about his old history with Pixar and his new history with Transformers... and beyond!
Shot via Zoom, September 2024
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Noomi Rapace, ConstellationDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2024-06-14 | She's been a part of the American and world consciousness for about 13 years since she was the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. She's made a remarkable run of movies from some of the top directors in the world in the years since. And in 2023, she starred in Constellation, a limited series for AppleTV+. Noomi took some time to talk to David Poland.
Shot via Zoom, June 2024 Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? Its Me, Margaret.DP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2023-12-06 | Kelly Fremon Craig is a great success story, becoming a writer/director on just her second film, the cult hit The Edge of Seventeen. This year, she talked Judy Blume into letting her adapt Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. for the first time. The staple book for young women became a staple movie for young women. Kelly took a moment to chat with David Poland about the film.
Shot via Zoom, December 2023
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Chad Stahlelski, John Wick Chapter 4DP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2023-12-06 | He was Keanu's stunt guy (and worked on a ton of other famous movies), but he has been the master of the John Wick franchise from the start, having directed all 4 films. Meet Chad Stahlelski, a clear voice in an industry that gets pretty blurry. He took some time to chat with David Poland.
Shot via Zoom, November 2023
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30 Junket: Rustin, Colman DomingoDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2023-11-28 | He is the classic 30-year overnight success story. But in the last decade, Colman Domingo's ascension has been relentless. The Butler, Selma, The Knick... Beale Street, Zola, and Ma Rainey... then Euphoria and Fear The Walking Dead. And this holiday season, Rustin and The Color Purple. He took a few minutes (on a junket day) to chat with David Poland about his work.
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30 Junket: Rustin, George C WolfeDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2023-11-28 | During his 20-year-run leading The Public Theater in New York, George C. Wolfe remained a prolific writer and director on stage. When he left that role in the early 2000s, he took on film directing. Rustin is his 6th feature behind the camera, tackling the often-forgotten history of the March on Washington that led to Martin Luther King, Jr's legendary speech. He talked to David Poland about his work.
Shot in Washington, DC, November 2023
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Errol Morris, The Pigeon TunnelDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2023-11-16 | Errol Morris is a living legend of documentary, though with so many of his films being so widely embraced, only one has been Oscar nominated. (It won.) It would take a mind like John LeCarre to figure out why. But this documentary about David Cornwell, whose pen-name was LeCarre, is about the man behind the pseudonym and what creates an artist... interviewed by a similarly prolific artist who usually stays in the shadows.
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Invisible Beauty, Bethann Hardison & Frédéric TchengDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2023-10-31 | Bethann Hardison is one of the groundbreakers in the fashion world, from modelling to managing to leading others towards a more open working environment. Frédéric Tcheng has become one of the very best documentarians covering fashion icons in unexpected ways in his docs. Together, the make Invisible Beauty one of the must-see films of 2023.
Shot via Zoom, October 2023
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Greg Marcus, CEO of Marcus Theaters (Pt 2 of 2)DP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2023-08-10 | Marcus Theaters is the 4th biggest movie theater chain in America with just over 1000 screens in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Ohio.
It's early August 2023, heading into the 4th weekend of Barbenheimer... the Hollywood strikes go on... there are rumors about movies shifting out of the fall/holiday window... how's this theater chain in the heartland of America doing?
This is the 2nd half of Greg's chat with David Poland, having some tech issues in the earlier part, zooming drom a moving car in Southern Wisconsin.
Shot via Zoom, August 2023
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Boyd Holbrook, Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny/Justified: Primeval CityDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2023-07-12 | You know his face, even if you don't know his name by heart yet. He's become a directors' favorite in a very short time, working for James Mangold on multiple films, Gus Van Sant, Steven Soderbergh, David Fincher and others. He took some time to chat with David Poland shortly after the opening of his latest, Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny.
Shot via Zoom, July 2023
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: A Man Called Otto, David MageeDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2023-05-22 | Right now, he is one of the top adapting screenwriters in the game, from Finding Neverland to Life of Pi to last year's Lady Chatterley's Lover and A Man Called Otto to 2023's The Little Mermaid, he is a go-to guy. He took some time to chat with David Poland just before Otto went wide earlier this year.
Shot via Zoom, January 2023
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Shrinking, Christa MillerDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2023-05-05 | You know her from The Drew Carey Show and Scrubs... and now, she is the hippest next door neighbor ever in Shrinking on AppleTV+. She took some time to chat about her show and her career with David Poland.
Shot via Zoom, April 2023
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: The Last of Us, Craig MazinDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2023-04-28 | From RocketMan to Scary Movie(s) to The Hangover(s) in comedy to the dramas Chernobyl and now, The Last of Us, Craig Mazin is a 25-year-veteran of the business, as honest about himself as he is in his screenplays. He took a moment to chat with David Poland.
Shot April 2023 via Zoom
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: RRR, Ram CharanDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2023-01-12 | Ram Charan is a major movie star in India and a budding one here in Hollywood. RRR is a phenomenon here in the America and while here for The Golden Globes, Ram took some time to chat with David Poland about his work, the film, and his life.
Shot via Zoom, January 2023
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1AUDIO DP/30: Interview with Damien Chazelle after a Babylon screeningDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2023-01-05 | A 45 minute post-screening Q&A with Damien Chazelle about his film, Babylon.DP/30: Retrograde, Matthew HeinemanDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-12-21 | One of America's premiere documentarians, Matthew Heineman makes documentaries that make people uncomfortable. Last year, his The First Wave, covered the first months of the COVID wave in New York... and even some of his friends can't bring themselves to watch it. This film, Retrograde, started as an embed with the Green Berets and evolved when Joe Biden decided to leave the country unexpectedly. Matthew took some time to chat with David Poland about the film.
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Sam & Kate, Darren Le GalloDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-12-15 | He's been around the business for a long time, but he finally has made his first feature film and kicking off with Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek is doing it in style. Darren took some time to chat with David Poland about his new film, Sam & Kate, and his road to the director's chair.
Shot via Zoom, November 2022
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Causeway, Lila NeugebauerDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-11-11 | Causeway is an intimate film, now on AppleTV+, about a woman trying to recover from her time in the military and the physical & emotional toll it took on her. It's Lila Neugebauer's first feature film after a remarkable (and ongoing) career in the theater in New York. She took some time to discuss her journey and her new film with David Poland
Shot via Zoom, November 2022
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1A Hot Button HalloweenDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-10-31 | My (pretty much) daily newsletter, The Hot Button, can be found here - https://davidpoland.substack.com.
Today, for Halloween, a very unimportant video message.
Enjoy or ignore. Who knows? Maybe an interview will turn up!DP/30: Andrew Rossi, The Andy Warhol DiariesDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-08-21 | You may know his formidable work as a documentarian, showing us the NYT newsroom (Page One) or explaining what's gone wrong with college life (Ivory Tower), but this time Andrew takes on Andy and doesn't just bring the diaries to life, but brings us a level of intimacy that were not in the diaries. He took some time to chat with David Poland.
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: NATO Comm Chief Patrick CorcoranDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-08-05 | The return to movie theaters continues and National Association of Theater Owners' Patrick Corcoran took some time to chat with David Poland about how exhibitors are seeing things at this point.
Shot via Zoom, July 2022
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Reservation Dogs, Devery JacobsDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-08-01 | An overnight sensation 15 years into her career as an actress, Devery Jacobs not only delivers with her character of Elora on Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu), but you get the sense this is only the beginning. Devery took a moment while shooting the new series for Disney+, Echo, to chat with David Poland about her life and work.
Shot via Zoom, July 2022
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Cathy Schulman, The First LadyDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-06-28 | She won an Oscar for Crash, has The Woman King coming in the fall, and is producing and writing on the Showtime series, The First Lady. Meet Cathy Schulman, who spends some time with David Poland discussing it all.
Shot in Los Angeles, June 2022
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Sasha Lane, Conversations with FriendsDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-06-27 | The remarkable, magnetic Sasha Lane broke out instantly in Andrea Arnold's American Honey. She hasn't stopped working since. Her latest is the limited series, Conversations with Friends. She took a moment to chat with David Poland.
Shot in Los Angeles, June 2022
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4YDP/30 Emmy 2022: Josh Charles, We Own This CityDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-06-23 | Hairspray, Dead Poet's Society, Threesome... Sports Night, SWAT, Four Brothers... Masters of Sex, The Good Wife, Law and Order. You know Josh Charles like a neighbor, across his long and wide-ranging career. This year, he co-starred in the remarkable We Own This City on HBO for showrunners David Simon and George Pelecanos. He took some time to chat with David Poland about all of it. (Poland talks way too much in the last 20 minutes... but such is life.)
Shot via Zoom, June 2022
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30 Emmys 2022: We Own This City, Jon BernthalDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-06-22 | You probably first saw him on The Walking Dead. But Jon Bernthal has shown his versatility in movies from The Wolf of Wall Street to King Richard to Baby Driver to Lee Iacocca in Ford vs Ferrari. This year, he took on the real-life role of Sgt. Wayne Jenkins in We Own This City on HBO. He took some time to chat with David Poland.
Shot via Zoom, June 2022
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30 Emmys 2022: Imogen Poots, Outer Range (31:13)DP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-06-15 | She has had a gloriously eclectic 15 year film and tv career, with titles from 28 Weeks Later to Me and Orson Welles to Fright Night to Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping to I Know This Much Is True and French Exit.
This year, she is co-starring in Outer Range on Amazon opposite Josh Brolin, Lili Taylor, and a cast of rising stars. And she will keep you guessing throughout.
Imogen took some time to chat with David Poland about work and movies and life.
Shot via Zoom, May 2022
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30 Emmys 2022: Ben Schwartz, The Afterparty, Sonic 2DP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-06-06 | He's spreading the funny all over. As Sonic, as the musical episode star of The Afterparty, on Space Force, on Fairfax, soon to be heard in DC Superpets, and as a Ninja Turtle. Often known as the greatest talk show guess in the game, the one the only Ben Schwartz.
Shot via Zoom, May 2022Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Dune, Jon SpaihtsDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-03-19 | In the last decade, Jon Spaihts has been the credited writer on The Darkest Hour, Prometheus, Passengers, Doctor Strange, The Mummy (2017), and now, Dune. As he prepares for Oscar night and the start of production on Dune 2 in July, he took a moment to chat with David Poland about Dune and his remarkable career.
Shot via Zoom, March 2022
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Sundown, Tim RothDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-02-13 | He is one of the great character actors of his generation. In his latest collaboration with writer/director Michel Franco, Sundown, he explores a moment in a man's life who is mining a certain, if unclear, peace. He took a moment to chat with David Poland about the film and his career.
Shot via Zoom, January 2022
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Sundown, Michel FrancoDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-02-11 | Michel Franco is one of the new era of Mexican filmmakers, pushing hard against expectations and the comfort of the establishment. After Lucia is a brutal masterpiece on bullying. Chronic is the story of a home care nurse who deals with terminal patients. New Order brings the revolution of the poor right into the home of a wealthy family on a wedding day. Now, Sundown... which you should see before you watch this interview. He spoke to David Poland about his latest.
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the WorldDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-01-30 | She is the sensation in the sensation The Worst Person in the World. She's only 34, but she's lived a pretty full life so far. She took some time to chat with David Poland about the film and her work.
Shot via Zoom, January 2022
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Rebecca Hall, Passing (2022)DP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-01-28 | She first broke through in America with Vicky Cristina Barcelona. But even then, she was thinking about directing. 25 movies as an actress later and she finally arrived with her debut as a writer/director. Passing has been haunting audiences thoughts since it landed at the New York Film Festival. And now, Rebecca has been nominated for Best First Time Director of 2021 by the Director’s Guild of America. Rebecca chatted with David Poland about the film and her career.
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Mike Mills, Cmon CmonDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-01-24 | Mike Mills' 4th feature film, C'Mon C'mon tells the story of a man, his 9-year-old nephew, his sister and what they all discover together (and apart) through a month of their lives. He took some time to chat with David Poland about the effort.
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Steven Knight, SpencerDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2022-01-06 | He has been one our most busy and popular screenwriters for 20 years, starting back with Steven Frears' Dirty Pretty Things, then Cronenberg's Eastern Promises, and the TV series Taboo and Peaky Blinder... and now, he is the writer of Pablo Larrain's look at Diana, Princess of Wales... Spencer. He took some time to chat with David Poland about the film and his career.
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Alex Wolff, PigDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2021-12-31 | He became famous as part of The Naked Brothers Band on TV, but by the time he hit 18, he showed he was willing to risk his career to make interesting choices by playing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Patriots Day. Since, it has been a steady mix of the commercial and cutting edge. Jumanji and Hereditary. Bad Education and Human Capital. And this year, Pig and Old. Alex took a moment to chat with David Poland about the films and the career and other stuff.
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Nina Arianda, Being The RicardosDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2021-12-29 | You know the face from a wide range of movies and tv shows and you like her every time... time to learn the name... Nina Arianda. She's had a remarkable career at just 37 and she is now blowing up awards noise for her version of Vivian Vance in Being The Ricardos. She took some time to chat about it all with David Poland.
Shot via Zoom, December 2021
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Ruth Negga, PassingDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2021-12-23 | She exploded into the American film world with her Oscar-nominated turn in Loving, but Ruth Negga is no overnight sensation. On stage and film, she is one of the most respected actresses in England and now, across the globe. Her 2021 film, Passing, deals with two women of color who are able to pass in the white world... for better or worse. It's an intense conversation and talking to Ruth, which David Poland got to do here, is always a fascinating journey into the mind of a serious, passionate person.
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Flee, Jonas Poher RasmussenDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2021-12-13 | Jonas Poher Rasmussen knows Amin, who fled to Afghanistan to live in Denmark. Jonas tells the story in the only way he could, still protecting Amin's identity... with animation. This remarkable film has been one of the most popular films at festivals for over a year during COVID. Jonas took some time to chat with David Poland outside (in the wind) about the film and his work.
Shot in Los Angeles, November 2021
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: George Chakiris, Not To Forget, 1961s West Side StoryDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2021-12-12 | He won an Oscar for his portrayal of Bernardo in 1961's West Side Story at the age of 26. He did a wide range of work over the decades since and in 2021, after not being in a film for 25 years, he decided to do a day on an indie called Not To Forget. He took some time to chat with David Poland about his life, his work, and yes, the West Side Story issues of then and now.
Shot via Zoom, December 2021
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: The First Wave, Matthew HeinemanDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2021-12-10 | It is the first great American documentary on the COVID crisis. Heineman focuses on the people more than the politics. And it is devastating. He took some time to chat about it with David Poland.
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: No Straight Lines, Vivian Kleiman, Alison BechdelDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2021-12-09 | Vivian Kleiman's documentary looks at LGBTQ+ comics, their creators, and their social impact from back in the 60s through today. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home is one of the groundbreakers and she joins Vivian in this chat with David Poland.
Shot via Zoom, November 2020
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Procession, Robert GreeneDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2021-12-09 | Documentarian Robert Greene has been working in an unusual doc form since 2011’s Fake It So Real, which was followed by Actress (2014), Kate Plays Christine (2016), and Bisbee '17 (2018), all leading to Procession, which he made for Netflix. Greene took some time to chat with David Poland for DP/30 (the audio version can be found at davidpoland.substack.com/p/dp30-audiopod-procession-director).
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Thanks, DavidDP/30: The Rescue, Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai VasarhelyiDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2021-11-18 | The Oscar-winning duo behind Free Solo are back with a very different tale... how to save a group of young men from a cave that has been made inaccessible by water and where they will soon die if they are not rescued. The duo took some time to chat with David Poland about making the film.
Shot in Beverly Hills, October 2021
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: A Cop Movie, Alonso RuizpalaciosDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2021-11-15 | When is a movie a doc and when is it a fiction? Alonso Ruizpalacios crosses back and forth over that line to bring the real story of living the life of a policeperson in Mexico City to the screen. He took some time to chat with David Poland about the process and intent.
Shot via Zoom, October 2020
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Beckett, Ferdinando Cito FilomarinoDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2021-08-19 | Ferdinando Cito Filomarino has spent a decade making movies. But he has become best known for his work with director Luca Guadagnino. Beckett (on Netflix) should be his breakout film as a writer/director. Ferdinando took some time to chat with David Poland about his new film and his work and passions in cinema.
Shot on Zoom, August 2021
Subscribe to DP/30 for more interviews: http://bit.ly/17Xg4Y1DP/30: Jena Malone, LoreleiDP/30: The Oral History Of Hollywood2021-08-13 | She has been a famous actress since Bastard Out Of Carolina in 1996, when she was just 12. With a few years off for good behavior, she has worked consistently and at a high level ever since. Her latest, Lorelei, is another turn for her work, as her real-life parenting and a remarkable, informed on-screen performance meet. She took some time to chat with David Poland about her work on this film, her career, and her still unquenchable passions.