The NO NOTES Podcast

Schmear
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  • TV & Film
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Conversations with the best filmmakers and actors in the business

  1. 5d ago

    'Adults' Creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw

    Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, the creators of 'Adults,' join NO NOTES during Season 2's release week. They give us their NO NOTES picks, then go around the house and pick one for every character. We get into Rebecca's lifetime ban from Madame Tussauds, courtesy of Wax Paul Now. Then the origin story — writing for Jimmy Fallon, the note from Nick Kroll that changed how they work, selling the show as 'Snowflakes,' and the search that found their five leads. Plus the season two guests: Raven-Symoné, Susie Essman, Jake Shane, and Zosia Mamet. Adults S2 is streaming on Hulu.

  2. Aug 31

    Steve Way Talks 'Furious'

    Scene-stealing Steve Way joins NO NOTES to talk about 'Furious' and his character Alden.He gets into meeting Creator Liz Meriwether, the first table read with Emmy Rossum, playing opposite Lola Petticrew, plus what bits were improvised.We also go back to Ramy — meeting Ramy Youssef in fifth grade right after 9/11 and bonding as outcasts. We discuss able-bodied performers playing disabled characters and delve into Steve's thoughts on True Crime.Furious is streaming on Hulu.

  3. Jul 6

    John Early on 'Maddie's Secret'

    John Early joins NO NOTES to talk about MADDIE'S SECRET, his directorial debut, in which he plays food-media dishwasher Maddie Ralph—a woman who goes viral and slowly comes apart. He gets into screening Showgirls for the cast to give everyone permission to reach; why Conner O'Malley is his favorite comedian alive; the sincere-in-a-silly-movie lesson he took from Wet Hot American Summer; and Toni Collette in Muriel's Wedding as his entire theory of acting. Plus, his Metrograph programming series and why Nashville earns a "No Notes." MADDIE'S SECRET is in theaters now.

  4. Jul 5

    'Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie' with Creators Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol

    Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol join NO NOTES to talk about NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE—the comedy they made with barely a script, writing backwards from whatever actually happened when they took a camera into the streets of Toronto (yes, they really got up the CN Tower). They get into why they'd never leave Canada, a tribute to the late Catherine O'Hara, and some details about 'Tony,' Matt's Anthony Bourdain movie for A24 with Dominic Sessa. NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE is out now.

  5. Jun 20

    'Leviticus' Director Adrian Chiarella

    Adrian Chiarella joins Schmear to talk Leviticus, his debut queer horror feature out of Australia. We get into the origin of that biblical title and the sermon scene he cut, why he refused to cast 25-year-olds as teenagers, and how he found his two leads, Joe Bird and Stacey Clausen, including the dual role that meant building a horror entity from scratch. Adrian breaks down the films in the DNA of Leviticus (The Thing, Onibaba) and pushes back on the "Heated Rivalry meets It Follows" pitch. Plus, the bootleg VHS childhood that made him a cinephile (Red Sorghum, early Wong Kar-wai with no subtitles); why Cure rewired his brain; his NO NOTES pick, his love of Picnic at Hanging Rock; queer horror from A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 to I Saw the TV Glow; and why the genre is having a moment.

  6. Jun 20

    Director Michael Sarnoski on 'The Death of Robin Hood'

    Michael Sarnoski—director of Pig and A Quiet Place: Day One—sits down with No Notes to talk about The Death of Robin Hood, in theaters now. We get into the centuries-old ballad he first read as a ten-year-old, handed to him by a family friend after his father passed, and how that quiet, mortal ending of an "immortal" folk hero never let him go. Plus: casting Hugh Jackman as a Robin who weaponizes storytelling; reuniting with Jodie Comer; why he keeps accidentally subverting the revenge film; his Death Stranding adaptation (with Hideo Kojima's blessing); the one perfect NYC slice; and the Sam Raimi Spider-Man moment that taught a self-taught kid from Wisconsin what a director actually does.

  7. Jun 17

    'Widow's Bay' Director Hiro Murai

    Hiro Murai sat down with us, and we still can't believe it. The director behind Atlanta, This Is America, Station Eleven, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and now Apple TV+'s Widow's Bay joins Schmear and Sena to get into all of it. We talk about the cozy-and-terrifying tone of Widow's Bay, working with Matthew Rhys and creator Katie Dippold, and why Hiro chases the feeling of "Is this even going to work?" on every project instead of the slam dunk. Then we go deep on the catalog: Teddy Perkins, Alligator Man, the crawlspace clown, the chaos of shooting This Is America in two days, and the foundational weirdness of Clapping for the Wrong Reasons. He gives us his NO NOTES picks, casts NO NOTES movies for the Widow's Bay characters, and refuses to tell us what's behind the show's closed door.

  8. May 15

    'Obsession' with Director Curry Barker

    Curry Barker is the director of OBSESSION — the wickedly funny, deeply unsettling horror film that had us screaming with joy at South by Southwest. Sena and Gabriel sit down with him to talk wishes gone wrong, the comedy-to-horror pipeline, and the breakout performance from Inde Navarrette. Curry walks us through how a story about a couple obsessed with each other curdled into a meditation on masculinity, consent, and the gap between wanting something and deserving it. He gets into the audition take that told him the movie was going to work, design the One Wish Willow talisman with his mom, makes the talisman's signature sound on his phone, and ranks the classic wish-gone-wrong talismans from the Monkey's Paw to the Midas Touch to the Faustian bargain. OBSESSION is in theaters May 15.

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Conversations with the best filmmakers and actors in the business

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  • Creator
    Schmear
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    139
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Schmear
  • Show Website
    The NO NOTES Podcast

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