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kernels

How do films make you feel? We get personal about cinema and TV with actors, directors, cinematographers and other people from the continually evolving world of "content". A podcast from film critic C... Read more

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#21: James and Dave Franco on The Disaster Artist

#21: James and Dave Franco on The Disaster Artist

The Disaster Artist, a Warner Bros film about a relatively obscure indie drama gone wrong had no right to work. And yet ... Read more

22 Nov 2017

18mins

Ranked #2

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#24: Jake Gyllenhaal

#24: Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal is a quiet but powerful actor who's explored some different types of characters in reason years. Jacob w... Read more

3 Jan 2018

21mins

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Ranked #3

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#20: Mindhunter director Asif Kapadia on Ed Kemper and learning David Fincher's style

#20: Mindhunter director Asif Kapadia on Ed Kemper and learning David Fincher's style

Netflix's new original series Mindhunter has enrapt a legion of viewers with its smart, reserved style. Chris Hooton sit... Read more

6 Nov 2017

33mins

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#27: Chris finishes his first film + why do acting Oscars keep going to biopic roles?

#27: Chris finishes his first film + why do acting Oscars keep going to biopic roles?

In something of a meta pod, the Kernels team review and discuss host Christopher Hooton's just-completed first feature f... Read more

28 Feb 2018

48mins

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#28: Lena Waithe on Master of None's future, Ready Player One and Spielberg's soul

#28: Lena Waithe on Master of None's future, Ready Player One and Spielberg's soul

After breaking through as Denise in Netflix's 'Master of None', Lena Waithe has found herself doing motion capture in St... Read more

23 Mar 2018

17mins

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#25: 'American films would rather have someone explode than say cunt' - Martin McDonagh

#25: 'American films would rather have someone explode than say cunt' - Martin McDonagh

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths director Martin McDonagh talks working with th... Read more

15 Jan 2018

29mins

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#23: The Last Jedi backlash - what the hell's happening?

#23: The Last Jedi backlash - what the hell's happening?

You know the drill. Critics publish scathing or just lukewarm reviews of blockbuster franchise films, fans go in droves ... Read more

22 Dec 2017

31mins

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#22: Charlie Brooker

#22: Charlie Brooker

The Black Mirror creator discusses his sudden rise from columnist to award-winning screenwriter, how he owes everything ... Read more

4 Dec 2017

23mins

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#17: Ethan Hawke

#17: Ethan Hawke

An actor you'll never see in a cape, Ethan Hawke is more interested in humanist roles. He chats to Kernels' Jacob Stolwo... Read more

25 Sep 2017

25mins

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#19: Willem Dafoe

#19: Willem Dafoe

"I'm not supposed to be in this movie." A character actor with an extraordinary filmography, Willem Dafoe sits down to d... Read more

23 Oct 2017

38mins

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#26: Right nominees, wrong winners? Who'll win the 2018 Oscars and who should

#26: Right nominees, wrong winners? Who'll win the 2018 Oscars and who should

The Oscar nominations are out and for once there's barely a ripple of outrage - the list is good and we can broadly say ... Read more

30 Jan 2018

55mins

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#18: The mad brilliance of Blade Runner 2049 and the rise of Denis Villeneuve

#18: The mad brilliance of Blade Runner 2049 and the rise of Denis Villeneuve

Blade Runner 2049 is an audacious proposition: a $185 million film that doesn't patronise the audience or feel made by c... Read more

9 Oct 2017

30mins

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#16: Steven Soderbergh

#16: Steven Soderbergh

The incredibly versatile and efficient director (Ocean's trilogy, Logan Lucky and more) talks to host Christopher Hooton... Read more

11 Sep 2017

30mins

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#15: Adam Driver

#15: Adam Driver

In spite of Star Wars swallowing up most of his time, Adam Driver has still managed to fire out some great indies the pa... Read more

28 Aug 2017

26mins

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#14: David Lowery

#14: David Lowery

After completing Disney animation 'Pete's Dragon', director David Lowery took a real left turn, heading to Texas with fr... Read more

14 Aug 2017

27mins

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