INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE with Greg Laemmle & Raphael Sbarge

GREG LAEMMLE and RAPHAEL SBARGE
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The people, films, and ideas keeping independent cinema alive. INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE is a weekly film podcast and video series exploring independent film, international cinema, theatrical exhibition, and the creative process behind the movies that stay with us. Hosted by Greg Laemmle, president of Laemmle Theatres, and Emmy Award-winning actor and director Raphael Sbarge, the show goes behind the screen with the filmmakers, actors, writers, producers, distributors, programmers, and theater owners shaping cinema today. From new arthouse releases and Oscar contenders to repertory classics and the changing business of film distribution, each episode offers thoughtful, insider conversations about cinematic craft, film culture, and why seeing movies together still matters. Whether you’re a dedicated cinephile, an emerging filmmaker, an industry professional, or simply looking for your next unforgettable film, INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE invites you into a worldwide community that believes cinema is more than content—it is one of our most vital art forms. New episodes weekly. Subscribe and join the conversation.

  1. vor 5 Tagen

    Maite Alberdi on A CHILD OF MY OWN: A Lie, a Baby, and Nine Months of Deception

    Why would a woman pretend to be pregnant for nine months — and how do you tell her story without reducing her to either a victim or a villain? Two-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Maite Alberdi joins INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE to discuss A CHILD OF MY OWN, her provocative new Netflix documentary about Alejandra, a woman whose desperate desire to become a mother leads her to construct an elaborate lie — and ultimately cross an irreversible line. Alberdi takes us inside the film's striking creative process, including its blend of documentary testimony, casting sessions, stylized dramatic reconstruction, and conflicting accounts of what actually happened. She discusses the enormous social pressure placed on women to become mothers, the difficulty of separating truth from self-created narrative, and her determination to understand Alejandra without excusing her actions. The conversation also explores the ethical responsibility of documentary filmmakers, the relationship between performance and reality, and why Alberdi wants audiences to question their own judgments as the story unfolds. CHAPTERS 00:00 A Story That Defies Belief 01:18 INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE 02:05 Maite Alberdi Joins the Conversation 06:15 Entering Alejandra's Elaborate Lie 08:09 The Pressure to Become a Mother 11:15 Understanding Without Excusing 13:30 Where Documentary Meets Fiction 17:20 Contradictory Stories and Elusive Truth 20:06 Listening to Everyone Who Lived It 22:02 Casting, Performance and Reconstruction 24:27 The Filmmaker's Ethical Responsibility 27:04 Challenging the Audience's Judgment 29:49 Finding Humanity Inside a Dark Story 31:16 Final Thoughts Join us for a thoughtful and revealing conversation with one of contemporary documentary cinema's most distinctive filmmakers. Follow: @laemmle, @OfficialRaphaelSbarge, @Netflix #AChildOfMyOwn #MaiteAlberdi #InsideTheArthouse Please subscribe to INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE for more in-depth conversations with the filmmakers shaping independent, international, and arthouse cinema. Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. 5. Aug.

    Kent Jones on LATE FAME, Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee & Lost New York

    What happens when recognition arrives decades after you’ve stopped waiting for it? Director Kent Jones joins INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE to discuss LATE FAME, starring Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee, and Edmund Donovan. Dafoe plays Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet who abandoned his literary ambitions for a steady job at the post office. When an enthusiastic young admirer appears at his door, Ed is welcomed into a circle of twenty-something artists who proclaim him a rediscovered genius. Suddenly celebrated again—and drawn to Gloria, a magnetic but precariously situated actress and singer played by Greta Lee—Ed begins to wonder whether this unexpected second act might be real. Directed by Jones from a screenplay by Oscar-nominated MAY DECEMBER writer Samy Burch, LATE FAME is funny, tender, and quietly piercing: a film about artistic ambition, flattery, belonging, lost time, and the elusive question of what makes a life in art authentic. Jones discusses adapting Arthur Schnitzler’s novella for contemporary New York, Willem Dafoe’s deeply lived-in performance, Greta Lee’s transformation into the flamboyant and vulnerable Gloria, and the film’s unforgettable use of the Brecht-Weill song “Surabaya Johnny.” He also reflects on capturing present-day New York while allowing the ghosts of its artistic past to remain visible beneath the surface—a city of poets, performers, dreamers, and would-be geniuses searching for a place to belong. Kent Jones is the director of DIANE and HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT, as well as A LETTER TO ELIA, which he co-directed with Martin Scorsese. A celebrated film critic and former director of the New York Film Festival, Jones brings a lifetime of thinking about cinema to this deeply humane portrait of artists and their illusions. Episode timestamps: 00:00 What Happens When Fame Comes Too Late?01:40 Introducing LATE FAME and Kent Jones02:30 How Samy Burch’s Screenplay Reached Kent Jones04:50 New York’s Past Living Inside the Present09:00 Fame, Flattery and the Need to Belong12:10 LATE FAME Trailer14:30 Willem Dafoe as Forgotten Poet Ed Saxberger17:00 Greta Lee’s Transformation into Gloria18:50 Authenticity, Ambition and Living a Life in Art22:20 Why Poetry Matters in LATE FAME25:40 Capturing the Ghosts of Downtown New York28:00 From Film Critic to Filmmaker31:00 Kent Jones on Directing Actors34:20 Art, Illusion and the Search for Recognition38:20 What Kent Jones Hopes Audiences Take Away40:20 Closing LATE FAME is distributed by Magnolia Pictures. Subscribe to INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. Watch the complete filmed conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwB-ioi_dD-Lr8PUjdkBWyw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. 29. Juli

    THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS: Rustin Thompson on Saving Small-Town Cinemas

    Ten states, 10,825 miles, and 123 theaters. Director Rustin Thompson joins Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge to discuss THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS and the people keeping America’s small-town cinemas alive. Independent movie theaters, small-town cinemas, and the fight to preserve theatrical moviegoing are at the heart of THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS, a new documentary from filmmaker Rustin Thompson. Ten states. 10,825 miles. 123 theaters. Thompson traveled across the American West searching for what remained of a once-essential center of small-town life: the local movie theater. He encountered abandoned cinemas, theaters struggling to survive, and devoted owners working against extraordinary odds to keep their screens—and their communities—alive. What began as an elegy for a disappearing American institution became something more hopeful: a story of resilience, connection, and the people who still believe that gathering together to watch a movie matters. The documentary draws inspiration from Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 classic THE LAST PICTURE SHOW—singular—while THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS—plural—turns its attention to the real movie houses confronting streaming, consolidation, changing audience habits, and the lingering effects of the pandemic. Join Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge for a conversation with director Rustin Thompson about his 10,825-mile journey, the future of independent movie theaters, and the people determined to keep the lights on. CHAPTERS 00:00 What Happens When the Last Theater Goes Dark?01:30 THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS02:00 Meet Director Rustin Thompson05:30 Journeying Through America’s Cinema Deserts09:25 The People Keeping Theaters Alive12:55 From an Elegy to a Story of Hope16:25 Finding 123 Small-Town Movie Theaters19:55 Why These Theaters Matter to Their Communities26:20 The Struggle to Keep the Lights On29:20 Abandoned Theaters and Vanishing History33:20 Streaming and the Future of Moviegoing35:00 Ten States, 10,825 Miles, 123 Theaters36:35 Why the Big-Screen Experience Still Matters39:05 Closing Thoughts Follow @laemmle and @OfficialRaphaelSbarge. Subscribe to INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE for more conversations with the filmmakers, artists, and exhibitors keeping independent cinema alive. Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. 22. Juli

    Luis Valdez, ZOOT SUIT & LA BAMBA: Inside AMERICAN PACHUCO

    Luis Valdez, LA BAMBA, ZOOT SUIT, Chicano cinema, and El Teatro Campesino take center stage in AMERICAN PACHUCO: THE LEGEND OF LUIS VALDEZ, director David Alvarado's documentary about a groundbreaking American artist. From performing on flatbed trucks for farmworkers with El Teatro Campesino to bringing ZOOT SUIT to Broadway and directing LA BAMBA, Luis Valdez transformed American theater and cinema — creating space for Chicano stories, history, humor, and identity. In this episode of INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, hosts Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge speak with David Alvarado about making AMERICAN PACHUCO, tracing Valdez's extraordinary career, and examining the cultural movement that grew alongside his work. It is more than the story of one pioneering artist. It is the story of who gets to be seen, who gets to belong, and whose experiences become part of the American canon. Find screenings and learn more about AMERICAN PACHUCO: https://www.americanpachuco.com/ CHAPTERS 00:00 From Farmworkers to American Cinema 01:09 INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE Introduction 02:13 Meet Director David Alvarado 05:18 Discovering the Story of Luis Valdez 09:02 El Teatro Campesino and the Farmworker Movement 13:07 Bringing ZOOT SUIT to Broadway 17:12 The Story Behind LA BAMBA 21:04 Chicano Identity and American Culture 25:02 Preserving Luis Valdez's History 28:17 The Legacy of a Cultural Pioneer 30:17 Closing Thoughts Follow the film and filmmakers on Instagram: AMERICAN PACHUCO: @luisvaldezdoc Insignia Films: @insigniafilms El Teatro Campesino: @elteatrocampesino Hosts: @laemmle and @OfficialRaphaelSbarge Please subscribe to INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE for more in-depth conversations with the filmmakers shaping independent, international, and documentary cinema. Like, comment, and share — and find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. #AmericanPachuco #LuisValdez #ChicanoCinema Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. 13. Juli

    Inside the Minds of France’s Most Provocative Contemporary Filmmakers | Bastille Day Special

    Celebrate Bastille Day with highlights from four filmmaker conversations featuring Rebecca Zlotowski, François Ozon, Louise Courvoisier, and Laura Piani—and the films A Private Life, The Stranger, Holy Cow, and Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. To mark Bastille Day, we’re revisiting four conversations from the INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE archive—highlights from interviews with the filmmakers behind some of the most compelling contemporary French films. Director Rebecca Zlotowski discusses family, memory, identity, and the mysteries hidden within our closest relationships in A Private Life, starring Jodie Foster. Director François Ozon reflects on reimagining Albert Camus’ L’Étranger for a new generation in The Stranger. Director Louise Courvoisier explores the warmth, humor, and lived-in authenticity of rural France in Holy Cow. Director Laura Piani discusses love, literature, creative ambition, and writing a heroine whose aspirations matter as much as her romances in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. Four films. Four distinctive voices. One enduring tradition: French cinema’s appetite for stories that are bold, intimate, provocative, and deeply human. Celebrate Bastille Day with this special selection from the INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE library of filmmaker conversations. Follow INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and please leave us a rating and review. It helps other film lovers discover the show. CHAPTERS 00:00 Celebrating Contemporary French Cinema01:24 A Private Life — Director Rebecca Zlotowski on Memory, Mystery & Identity10:14 The Stranger — Director François Ozon Reimagines Albert Camus19:10 Holy Cow — Director Louise Courvoisier on Rural France, Family & Authenticity24:28 Jane Austen Wrecked My Life — Director Laura Piani on Love, Literature & Self-Discovery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. 8. Juli

    David Wain on Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

    David Wain joins us to talk about his new comedy, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass — a Sundance 2026 Official Selection starring Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, and John Slattery, from Sony Pictures Classics. The premise is deliberately, gloriously absurd: a Midwestern bride-to-be discovers her fiancé has used his "celebrity pass" to cheat — and sets off for Los Angeles to even the score with her own pass, Jon Hamm. What follows is a full-tilt Hollywood comedy that never apologizes for being exactly what it is. We talk with Wain about writing the film with longtime collaborator Ken Marino, assembling a cast that spans three generations of comedy, shooting an original comedy entirely on location in Los Angeles, and why comedy for comedy's sake has become an increasingly rare thing to see on screen. Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass is directed by David Wain, written by Ken Marino & David Wain, and releases in theaters July 10, 2026, from Sony Pictures Classics. 0:00 Intro: David Wain on Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass 0:52 Clip: The Hollywood Journey Begins 1:45 Meet David Wain 2:25 Why Make a Pure Comedy Now? 5:10 The Celebrity Pass Premise 8:42 Clip: The Joke Gets Complicated 9:28 Casting Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm & John Slattery 12:40 From The State to Wet Hot American Summer 16:05 Why This Comedy Refuses to Apologize 20:15 Shooting an Original Comedy in Los Angeles 23:30 Building Ensemble Chaos 26:40 Clip Breakdown: Absurdity and Emotion 27:50 Why Comedy Belongs in Theaters 31:05 Audience Reactions and Festival Buzz 34:30 What David Wain Hopes Viewers Feel 36:50 Closing Thoughts INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE is an in-depth conversation series with filmmakers across independent and arthouse cinema. Hosted by Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge in partnership with Laemmle Theatres. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. 30. Juni

    5 Films. 1 Independent Spirit. | American Independents!

    Documentary filmmaking, indie films, and arthouse movies take center stage in this special Fourth of July episode of Inside the Arthouse — a film podcast dedicated to independent film, indie cinema, and the voices that define American storytelling. While much of the industry turns to reboots, sequels, franchises, and superheroes, we're turning to a different kind of American story — films driven by voice, risk, authenticity, and the courage to see the world differently. In this special edition, we revisit a curated selection from our library of more than 100 filmmaker interviews — five films that remind us why independent film remains essential to American film culture. These are the films that don't just entertain us. They ask us to look closer, feel more deeply, and think beyond the familiar. From arthouse movies rooted in character and place to indie films powered by pure creative vision, this is the American cinema that matters. As America marks its 250th birthday, we celebrate the documentary and independent storytellers who prove that American cinema is at its best when it dares to be independent. Join us for this special Fourth of July edition of Inside the Arthouse: American Independents. 0:00 Introduction: American Independence in Cinema 1:17 Eephus — Carson Lund on Baseball, Mortality & Cannes 7:37 Sponsor: Carsey-Wolf Center 8:51 Northern Lights — Rob Nilsson on Prairie Populism & Independent Film 15:57 La Cocina — Alonso Ruizpalacios on New York & Immigrant Stories 19:49 If You See Something — Oday Rasheed on Asylum, Belonging & America 27:04 The American Southwest — Ben Masters on the Colorado River & Conservation Inside the Arthouse is a digital series featuring in-depth conversations with filmmakers across independent and arthouse cinema. Hosted by Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge in partnership with Laemmle Theatres, the series explores film distribution, the creative process, and the evolving landscape of cinema. Find Inside the Arthouse on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. 24. Juni

    The Secret She Wasn’t Supposed to Find: Carla Simón on ROMERÍA

    Carla Simón’s new film ROMERÍA follows Marina, a young woman who travels to Galicia in search of the truth about the parents she never really knew. What begins as a practical errand becomes something harder to name — an excavation of memory, silence, and the stories families carry across generations. In this conversation, Simón reflects on the autobiographical roots of the film, the challenge of transforming private history into cinema, working with young performers, and the delicate balance between grief, imagination, and discovery. Following the international success of SUMMER 1993 and ALCARRÀS, ROMERÍA may be her most personal film yet. INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE is hosted by Greg Laemmle and Raphael Sbarge in partnership with Laemmle Theatres. New episodes every week — follow wherever you listen. Episode Guide: 0:00 Introduction: The Inspiration Behind ROMERÍA2:17 Exploring Personal Grief and Memory5:51 Historical Memory and the Heroin Crisis in Spain7:09 Connecting with Biological Roots8:34 Clip: Investigating the Past11:34 The Mystery of Memory and Family Secrets14:01 Using Personal Letters as Narrative Tools15:51 The Casting Process: Mixing Non-Actors and Professionals18:01 The Benefit of Three-Month Rehearsals26:01 Trailer Analysis and Cinematic Approach30:05 Defining the Title: ROMERÍA as Pilgrimage and Celebration33:04 Cinema as Personal Therapy34:03 Audience Reception and Future Projects Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The people, films, and ideas keeping independent cinema alive. INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE is a weekly film podcast and video series exploring independent film, international cinema, theatrical exhibition, and the creative process behind the movies that stay with us. Hosted by Greg Laemmle, president of Laemmle Theatres, and Emmy Award-winning actor and director Raphael Sbarge, the show goes behind the screen with the filmmakers, actors, writers, producers, distributors, programmers, and theater owners shaping cinema today. From new arthouse releases and Oscar contenders to repertory classics and the changing business of film distribution, each episode offers thoughtful, insider conversations about cinematic craft, film culture, and why seeing movies together still matters. Whether you’re a dedicated cinephile, an emerging filmmaker, an industry professional, or simply looking for your next unforgettable film, INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE invites you into a worldwide community that believes cinema is more than content—it is one of our most vital art forms. New episodes weekly. Subscribe and join the conversation.

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    GREG LAEMMLE and RAPHAEL SBARGE
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