I talk w/ makeup department head Leo Satkovich & special makeup effects designer Jason Collins about creating iconic Aunt Gladys in Weapons! From Cindy Sherman inspo to THAT potato peeler + imagining a young Gladys prequel. Now on Pop Culture Confidential open.spotify.com/episode/6Zmo...

Some of my favorite podcasts are: @femalegazefilmpod.bsky.social @watchwithjen.bsky.social @christinabirro.bsky.social 's #PopCultureConfidential #Hollywoodography #TheMadeForTVMayhemShow @cinehistorians.bsky.social @madefortvmayhem.bsky.social 's Trap-Cast #InternationalPodcastDay

New episode! I talk with Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, the breakout star of Joachim Trier’s #sentimentalvalue (with Skarsgård, Reinsve & Fanning). She’s outstanding as Agnes! We talk family, identity & that one unforgettable scene. Listen! popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify

All New Pop Culture Confidential! 🎬 A Modern Masterpiece! I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social of AwardsWatch for a deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Urgent, bold, unforgettable. Don’t miss. Listen now. open.spotify.com/episode/2oWg...

All New Pop Culture Confidential! 🎬 A Modern Masterpiece! I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social of AwardsWatch for a deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Urgent, bold, unforgettable. Don’t miss. Listen now. open.spotify.com/episode/2oWg...

New on Pop Culture Confidential! I sat down with writer/director Joachim Trier to dive into his beautiful #SentimentalValue starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård & Elle Fanning. We talked about its themes and the deeply personal ideas at its heart. open.spotify.com/episode/6fuz...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another isn’t just timely it feels like a defining film of our era. Edge of your seat thrilling. Teyana Taylor and Sean Penn at their very best and a brilliant cast all around. A bold masterpiece. #OneBattleAfterAnother

And the Emmy Goes To…? On an all new Pop Culture Confidential @tylermdoster.bsky.social (AwardsWatch.com) & I discuss our #Emmys predictions. From #thepitt and #severance to #thestudio and #adolescence — who’s taking home Emmy gold this Sunday? www.popcultureconfidential.com

New on Pop Culture Confidential! I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social for a deep dive into #brucespringsteen on film — from the Malick-inspired Nebraska to iconic soundtrack moments, & a look ahead at the upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere. Now popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify

All new Pop Culture Confidential! Weapons – Review & Deep Dive with my guest @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social We dive into the phenomenon of Zach Cregger’s hit #Weapons — breaking down our reactions: the scares, the themes, the filmmaking, & more. Now on popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify

Darkness Visible: The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer is still available. You can get it direct from the publisher if you're in the UK or US and from any other internet bookshop in the rest of the world Let me know what you think and leave reviews etc. stickingplacebooks.com/darkness-vis...

🎧 Some Sunday listening! On Pop Culture Confidential you can hear my conversations with: ✨ Stellan Skarsgård ✨ Tony Gilroy ✨ Alexej Manvelov ✨ Sean Fennessey (The Ringer) Perfect weekend company 🌟 www.popcultureconfidential.com

Thrilled to talk with the very talented Alexej Manvelov — aka Akram in Netflix’s Dept. Q! We discussed building the fan-favorite character, behind-the-scenes moments, and his incredible personal journey. 🎧 Episode out now! www.popcultureconfidential.com #DeptQ #alexejmanvelov

I was delighted to talk to @christinabirro.bsky.social for her superb Pop Culture Confidential podcast. We talk Darkness Visible and Jonathan Glazer as well as the lineup for the Venice Film Festival open.spotify.com/episode/0TeW...

Honored to have the great @seanfennessey.bsky.social of The Big Picture join me for a wonderful, wide‑ranging convo on the state of cinema, Weapons, Nolan fever, Telluride & more 🎬. Listen now! Pop Culture Confidential open.spotify.com/episode/1Ci3...

Honored to have the great @seanfennessey.bsky.social of The Big Picture join me for a wonderful, wide‑ranging convo on the state of cinema, Weapons, Nolan fever, Telluride & more 🎬. Listen now! Pop Culture Confidential open.spotify.com/episode/1Ci3...

🎬 Wrote about some of the exciting fall festival films for @awfjorg.bsky.social. Festival season is here! awfj.org/blog/2025/07...

🎬 NEW EPISODE I talk to author & critic @www.johnbleasdale.com about his book Darkness Visible – The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer. Plus Venice Film Festival 2025 Highlights! 🎧 Listen now Pop Culture Confidential open.spotify.com/episode/0TeW...

Pop Culture Confidential. I have been listening to this podcast for some time. I love Pop Culture Confidential. @christinabirro.bsky.social 's conversations with her guests are fantastic. Pop Culture Confidential is definitely one of my favorite podcasts.

Thank you @gdhenry.bsky.social !

The industry was rocked by the news that CBS is cancelling Colbert. I'm joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social to unpack Colbert’s exit. We also dive into Emmy noms, TIFF & Venice lineups, reactions to the 'Avatar' trailer & 'The Fantastic Four'. A jam-packed epi! open.spotify.com/episode/39sX...

🎧 Summer Encore! With Emmy buzz in the air, we revisit a standout convo: #TaylorDearden on her breakout in #ThePitt On medical boot camp, how ADHD shaped her performance, Noah Wyle & more. 🎙️ Listen now open.spotify.com/episode/3D7I...

🎬 New episode! @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social joins to talk movie news & Nolan’s #TheOdyssey Reviews of #28YearsLater #JurassicWorldRebirth #f1 #Eddington and more. 🎧 Now on Pop Culture Confidential open.spotify.com/episode/7Knm...

My picks. Could change…

Thrilled to talk with the very talented Alexej Manvelov — aka Akram in Netflix’s Dept. Q! We discussed building the fan-favorite character, behind-the-scenes moments, and his incredible personal journey. 🎧 Episode out now! www.popcultureconfidential.com #DeptQ #alexejmanvelov

Horror thrives in the heat! From Jaws to 28 Years Later, @eoindaily.bsky.social joins me as we dig into why summer is the scariest season — and what’s coming in 2025: M3GAN 2.0, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Weapons + more 👻 Listen now Pop Culture Confidential open.spotify.com/episode/6gCc...

Thank you very much!

I just finished listening to this episode of Pop Culture Confidential. I loved the episode. I really enjoyed @christinabirro.bsky.social and @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social 's discussion of the best films of the 2020s. Their conversation is terrific. This is one of my favorite episodes of the podcast.

🎙️ NEW episode! Best Films of the Decade (So Far!) w/ @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social We rank our favorites from 2020–2024: tough calls, surprises & plenty of movie love. 🎬 Listen now open.spotify.com/episode/1Zxn...

Honored to talk with Andor creator #tonygilroy About the show, the incredible second season— and the big questions at its center… and in life. Found family, fascism, sacrifice, moral complexity. 🎧 Listen now Pop Culture Confidential #andor #StarWars open.spotify.com/episode/2CKS...

Good talk between @christinabirro.bsky.social and Tony Gilroy about Andor and other things. PS. I also want a Kleya spin-off!

Honored to talk with Andor creator #tonygilroy About the show, the incredible second season— and the big questions at its center… and in life. Found family, fascism, sacrifice, moral complexity. 🎧 Listen now Pop Culture Confidential #andor #StarWars open.spotify.com/episode/2CKS...

Had a great time chatting with John Bleasdale, wrapping up Cannes 2025 on his excellent podcast Writers on Film. Give it a listen!

🎬 New episode!
Cannes 2025 wrap-up with @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social 🎥
Palme d’Or winners, Neon & MUBI deals, Trier, Spike, The Secret Agent, The History of Sound & more.
Listen Pop Culture Confidential 
#Cannes2025 open.spotify.com/episode/1xRv...

🎬 Dispatch 5 from Cannes 2025!
I sat down with Stellan Skarsgård, star of Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value—a Palme d’Or frontrunner and a film I truly adored. open.spotify.com/episode/0XkI...

🎬 Dispatch 3 from Cannes I'm joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social for a new dispatch from the Croisette. We dive into some of the festival’s buzziest titles so far, Ari Aster’s Eddington, The Plague, Sound of Falling and more! www.popcultureconfidential.com/463-dispatch...

462: Dispatch 2 from Cannes 2025 with @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social ! – On Tom Cruise & McQuarrie, Neon’s Cannes Reign & De Niro www.popcultureconfidential.com/462-dispatch...

Listen now! open.spotify.com/episode/6IkE...

Thrilled to Join the AwardsWatch Podcast for a Cannes 2025 Preview! @awardswatch.bsky.social @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social @sophiacim.bsky.social AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 287 - 78th Cannes Film Festival Preview with Special Guest Christina Birro awardswatch.com/awardswatch-...

✨ NEW EPISODE! 🎙️ Countdown to Cannes & the Mission: Impossible premiere! Tom Cruise & the legacy of the franchise — I talk with @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social 🎧 Listen now! Pop Culture Confidential open.spotify.com/episode/1HLb...

Don’t miss my conversation with the exceptionally talented Barbie Ferreira. We dive into her new film Bob Trevino Likes It and how the story resonated with her personally. Also #Euphoria and much more. Listen! Pop Culture Confidential #barbieferreira open.spotify.com/episode/4UO9...