The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast
Brought to you by the Directors Guild of America, ”The Director’s Cut” will bring you the behind-the-scenes stories of today’s most talked about films. Each episode features a different director interviewed by one of their peers, leading to revealing conversations about the grueling, but rewarding process of bringing their films to life.
Episodes

Friday Nov 17, 2017
Molly’s Game with Aaron Sorkin and John Gatins (Ep. 112)
Friday Nov 17, 2017
Friday Nov 17, 2017
Director Aaron Sorkin discusses his new film, Molly's Game, with fellow Director John Gatins. The film tells the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier, who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade for such players as Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans, and finally, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob.

Friday Nov 17, 2017
Lady Bird with Greta Gerwig and Spike Jonze (Ep. 111)
Friday Nov 17, 2017
Friday Nov 17, 2017
Director Greta Gerwig discusses her new film, Lady Bird, with fellow Director Spike Jonze. The film follows Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson and her relationship with her wildly loving, strong-willed mother, who works tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father loses his job. The film looks at both the humor and pathos in the turbulent bond between mother and daughter.

Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Last Flag Flying with Richard Linklater and Andrew Davis (Ep. 110)
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Director Richard Linklater discusses his new film, Last Flag Flying, with fellow Director Andrew Davis. The film tells the story of former Navy Corps medic Richard "Doc" Shepherd, who enlists his war buddies from three decades ago to go on a road trip to bury his son. As they travel up the East Coast to Shepherd's home in New Hampshire, they try to come to terms with the shared memories of the war that continues to shape their lives.

Friday Nov 10, 2017
Thank You for Your Service with Jason Hall and Bradley Cooper (Ep. 109)
Friday Nov 10, 2017
Friday Nov 10, 2017
Director Jason Hall discusses his new film, Thank You for Your Service, with fellow Director Bradley Cooper. The film tells the story of four U.S. soldiers who try to cope with their return stateside after a tour in Iraq. As they struggle to readjust to civilian life, lingering memories and wounds sustained in the war threaten to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.

Friday Nov 10, 2017
Friday Nov 10, 2017
Director The Man From Earth: Holocene discusses his new film, The Man From Earth: Holocene, with fellow Director Larry Brand. The sequel to his 2007 feature The Man From Earth, the film continues the story of John Oldman, a 14,000 year-old being comfortably hiding in plain sight as a college professor in northern California. When four students discover his secret, his existence comes crashing down, putting his life in grave danger and potentially shaking the foundations of humankind.

Thursday Nov 09, 2017
The Foreigner with Martin Campbell and Michael Apted (Ep. 106)
Thursday Nov 09, 2017
Thursday Nov 09, 2017
Director Martin Campbell discusses his new film, The Foreigner, with fellow Director Michael Apted. The film stars Jackie Chan as a London businessman who embarks on a revenge-fueled vendetta after his teenage daughter is killed in a terrorist attack.

Thursday Nov 09, 2017
Thursday Nov 09, 2017
Director Martin McDonagh discusses his new film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, with fellow Director Niki Caro. The film stars Frances McDormand as Mildred Hayes, a woman frustrated by the fact that months after her daughter's violent murder, no progress has been made in the case. Infuriated by the lackluster effort by the local police, she commissions three billboards leading into her town with messages aimed at Ebbing's revered chief of police thereby setting off a battle of wills with the police force and the local community.

Wednesday Nov 08, 2017
So B. It with Stephen Gyllenhaal and Michael Apted (Ep. 105)
Wednesday Nov 08, 2017
Wednesday Nov 08, 2017
Director Stephen Gyllenhaal discusses his new film, So B. It, with fellow Director Michael Apted. The film tells the story of Heidi, a precocious 12 year-old whose mother has only 22 words in her entire vocabulary. But when a new word pops out of her mother's mouth, Heidi is propelled on a solo journey to discover who she is and where she and her childlike mother came from.

Friday Nov 03, 2017
Goodbye Christopher Robin with Simon Curtis and Bob Balaban (Ep. 104)
Friday Nov 03, 2017
Friday Nov 03, 2017
Director Simon Curtis discusses his new film, Goodbye Christopher Robin, with fellow Director Bob Balaban. The film offers a glimpse into the relationship between children's author A.A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the Winnie the Pooh stories. As the books became an international success in England after the First World War, Milne's family grapples with the cost of fame.

Thursday Nov 02, 2017
Marshall with Reginald Hudlin and Jeff Byrd (Ep. 103)
Thursday Nov 02, 2017
Thursday Nov 02, 2017
Director Reginald Hudlin discusses his new film, Marshall, with fellow Director Jeff Byrd. The film tells the story of a young Thurgood Marshall as he faces one of his greatest challenges as a lawyer for the NAACP: defending a black chauffer accused of assault and attempted murder by a white socialite.

Wednesday Nov 01, 2017
Wonderstruck with Todd Haynes and Dan Gilroy (Ep. 102)
Wednesday Nov 01, 2017
Wednesday Nov 01, 2017
Director Todd Haynes discusses his new film, Wonderstruck, with fellow Director Dan Gilroy. The film tells the dual stories of Ben and Rose, two children living 50 years apart who both feel something missing from their lives. As each sets out on their separate quests, their stories unfold with mesmerizing symmetry.

Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
The Meyerowitz Stories with Noah Baumbach and Brian De Palma (Ep. 101)
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
Tuesday Oct 31, 2017
Director Noah Baumbach discusses his new film, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), with fellow Director Brian de Palma. Starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, and Elizabeth Marvel, the film tells the emotional tale of three adult siblings who converge in New York to attend an event dedicated to their strong-willed artist father. While there, they must deal with both his fading legacy and the long shadow he has cast over their lives.

Thursday Oct 26, 2017
Breathe with Andy Serkis and Matt Reeves (Ep. 100)
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
Director Andy Serkis discusses his new film, Breathe, with fellow Director Matt Reeves. The film tells the inspiring true story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, who are determined to live their lives to the fullest after Robin is confined to a hospital bed by polio at the age of 28 and given only a few months to live.

Tuesday Oct 24, 2017
Episode 99: Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 with John Ridley and Sam Pollard
Tuesday Oct 24, 2017
Tuesday Oct 24, 2017
Director John Ridley discusses his new film, Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992, with fellow Director Sam Pollard. In a reexamination of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the film traces the roots of the uprising back to a decade before the first match was lit. Weaving in first-hand accounts from Los Angeles residents of all ethnic backgrounds and classes, the film covers the explosion of anger and the fear in the streets during the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict from the perspectives of the witnesses.

Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Episode 98: The Florida Project with Sean Baker and Paul Schrader
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Director Sean Baker discusses his new film, The Florida Project, with fellow Director Paul Schrader. Set in a downtrodden hotel complex on the outskirts of Disney World, the film tracks one summer in the life of the precocious six-year-old Moonee, who finds mischief and adventure with her playmates as they spend their days nearly unfettered by adult supervision.

Tuesday Oct 17, 2017
Tuesday Oct 17, 2017
Director Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton discusses his new film, Battle of the Sexes, with fellow Director Nicole Holofcener. Set against the backdrop of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women's movement, the film tells the story of the historic 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.

Friday Oct 13, 2017
Episode 96: Brad’s Status with Mike White and Miguel Arteta
Friday Oct 13, 2017
Friday Oct 13, 2017
Director Mike White discusses his new film, Brad's Status, with fellow Director Miguel Arteta. Starring Ben Stiller, the comedic drama tells the story of Brad, whose comfortable life in suburban California isn't quite what he imagined during his glory days in college.

Thursday Oct 12, 2017
Episode 95: Blade Runner 2049 with Denis Villeneuve and Rian Johnson
Thursday Oct 12, 2017
Thursday Oct 12, 2017
Director Denis Villeneuve discusses his new film, Blade Runner 2049, with fellow Director Rian Johnson. Picking up thirty years after the events of Ridley Scott's classic Blade Runner, the film follows K, an LAPD officer, who discovers a long-buried secret that could plunge what is left of society into chaos.

Friday Oct 06, 2017
Episode 94: First They Killed My Father with Angelina Jolie and Jeremy Kagan
Friday Oct 06, 2017
Friday Oct 06, 2017
Director Angelina Jolie discusses her new film, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, with fellow Director Jeremy Kagan. Based on a memoir by human rights activist Loung Ung, the film recounts the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s through the eyes of a five-year-old girl as she embarks on a harrowing quest for survival during the Khmer Rouge's four-year reign terror.

Thursday Oct 05, 2017
Episode 93: Rebel In the Rye with Danny Strong and Richard Shepard
Thursday Oct 05, 2017
Thursday Oct 05, 2017
Director Danny Strong discusses his new film, Rebel in the Rye, with fellow Director Richard Shepard. The film shines a light on the life of legendary author J.D. Salinger, detailing his relationship with socialite Oona O'Neill, his experiences in World War II, and the writing process for his best-known novel, The Catcher in the Rye.

The Director's Cut
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