The NO NOTES Podcast

Kyle Buchanan, host of The Kyle Buchanan Show and former New York Times awards reporter, joins NO NOTES to talk about his NO NOTES movie, Mad Max: Fury Road, and his book Blood, Sweat & Chrome.He picks the best LA movie and shares the secret to his Oscar predictions.He also takes us inside the Times' 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century list and weighs in on AI in filmmaking and how to fix the Oscars ceremony.Then he breaks down this year's awards race and finishes with a lightning round.

Director James Watkins joins NO NOTES to talk about his new film, Clayface.He shares why Once Upon a Time in the West is his NO NOTES movie and how seeing Psycho way too young stuck with him.He breaks down the body horror that inspired Clayface, how the script evolved, casting Tom Rhys Harries, and why DC let him tell a self-contained story.He also explains why practical effects still matter in the age of AI, and in the rapid fire round he picks his go-to Martin Scorsese movie and says what role James McAvoy would play in this world.

Director Kitao Sakurai joins NO NOTES to talk about his new film, Street Fighter.He shares why Akira is his NO NOTES movie and how Robert Altman and Ghost in the Shell shaped him as a filmmaker.He explains what "nostalgic stank" means, what makes Eric Andre so special, and how he kept good vibes with a stacked cast.In the rapid fire round, he guesses Eric Andre's NO NOTES movie, reveals Callina Liang's Chun-Li workout, and picks Drunken Master II as the fight scene that inspires him most.

𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻, director of 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦, joins NO NOTES at TIFF to talk her NO NOTES perfect movies and the romances that shaped her.She breaks down her cast: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆, 𝗔𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲, 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼 and 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘇𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿.We get into working with 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻 and 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗕. 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻, and the notes 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 gave her as producer.Plus what she learned shooting 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 and the films whose cinematography still inspires her.

𝗔𝗷𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵, the writer of 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, joins NO NOTES to talk 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘺 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 and watching 𝘛𝘰 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 with his mom.He breaks down how a script nobody would read landed 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 and 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗺. We get into the five-day rewrite that turned Rob from producer to star.Plus 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻's NO NOTES movie and what the show says about us today.

Patrick Radden Keefe joins NO NOTES to talk the one note he has on Michael Clayton and dedicate a movie to each of his books, from The Snakehead to London Falling.Plus: how he ended up playing himself in the Industry finale and the line he rewrote on set.We get into Michael Mann's Miami Vice, Anthony Bourdain's favorite Boston crime movie, and Lola Petticrew in Furious.And he tells me exactly how he'd investigate me.

John Wilson joins NO NOTES to discuss his new film The History of Concrete.He gives us his NO NOTES pick, reacts to becoming an adjective, and names his favorite How To episodes. We revisit the Avatar support group from How to Remember Your Dreams, his beef with James Cameron over 35mm, and what's been packing the house at Low Cinema.Plus how he gets invited into strangers' homes, how he'd tackle a few film-world How To episodes, his quintessential New York movie, and the directors he thinks see the little things best.The History of Concrete is in theaters now from Magnolia Pictures.

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.

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.

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.