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Welcome to the Filmographers Podcast, where we study a director’s entire career, one film at a time. In each episode, we discuss why a single film succeeded or failed and examine it in the context of the Hollywood landscape when it was released. We’re the academic, but fun, movie podcast! In our first season, we’re turning the spotlight on Steven Soderbergh, one of the most celebrated, fascinating, and versatile directors in modern American cinema.
Episodes
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
For the second time this year, Mike and Keir saw a new Soderbergh release on the big screen! BLACK BAG is a slick spy flick with an all-star cast, but does it deliver the intrigue of an espionage thriller? Listen to our spoiler-free conversation to find out!
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Website:
https://filmographerspodcast.com/
Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Gompson, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
While they wait for Soderbergh’s next film to drop, Mike and Keir look back and rank their five favorite films from the second half of Soderbergh’s career. As usual, they agree on some—but their top picks may surprise you!
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Instagram @thefilmographers
Bluesky: @thefilmographers.bsky.social
Letterboxd @filmographers
YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast
Website:
https://filmographerspodcast.com/
Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Gompson, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Steven Soderbergh’s ghost story, “Presence” (2025), is a groundbreaking experiment in first-person POV filmmaking. Mike and Keir dive deep into how it was made, whether it succeeds, and what the ending is supposed to mean.
Social media
Instagram @thefilmographers
Bluesky: @thefilmographers.bsky.social
Letterboxd @filmographers
YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast
Website:
https://filmographerspodcast.com/
Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Gompson, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Tuesday Feb 25, 2025
Mike and Keir interview Blake Howard, whose obsessive Michael Mann podcast, “One Heat Minute,” spurred him to create a jaw-dropping number of similar shows. Hear all about how Blake started, why “Erin Brockovich” is his favorite Soderbergh film, and why he's into “process p*rn.”
Visit www.oneheatminute.com to learn more about Blake Howard and his podcasting empire.
Social media
Instagram @thefilmographers
Bluesky: @thefilmographers.bsky.social
Letterboxd @filmographers
YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast
Website:
https://filmographerspodcast.com/
Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Gompson, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Combine the king of horror fiction (Stephen King), a master of horror movies (James Wan), and a red-hot horror director coming off one of 2024's biggest hits (LONGLEGS, Osgood Perkins), and you get THE MONKEY, a movie about an evil monkey that loves to kill. It's funny, it's gory, it's all about death, but do all these pieces work together?*
Social media
Instagram @thefilmographers
Bluesky: @thefilmographers.bsky.social
Letterboxd @filmographers
YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast
Website:
https://filmographerspodcast.com/
Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Gompson, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
(*For those only listening, at the 16:48 mark, Mike puts on a Creature mask, something you can't see in audio!)
Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Sequels are hard, franchises are harder, and Magic Mike, and this point, is very much a franchise. Join the Filmographers—Magical Michael Moreci and Keir Graff—as they identify what went wrong with Soderbergh’s trilogy-ending “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” (2023).
Social media
Instagram @thefilmographers
Bluesky: @thefilmographers.bsky.social
Letterboxd @filmographers
YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast
Website:
https://filmographerspodcast.com/
Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Gompson, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
The Oscar nominations were announced over two weeks ago, and the Filmographers are still stewing over one major snub: the complete shut-out of “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” After all, “Fury Road” got ten nominations and won six! So what gives?
Social media
Instagram @thefilmographers
Twitter/X @filmographerpod
Letterboxd @filmographers
YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast
Website:
https://filmographerspodcast.com/
Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Gompson, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Steven Soderbergh isn’t just a prolific director with 35 feature-length films to his credit—he also finds time to make TV shows, too! In today’s episode, Keir and Mike discuss his work on “Fallen Angels,” “K Street,” “The Knick,” “Mosaic,” “Full Circle,” and “Command Z.”
Social media
Instagram @thefilmographers
Twitter/X @filmographerpod
Letterboxd @filmographers
YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast
Website:
https://filmographerspodcast.com/
Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Gompson, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
About the Hosts
Hosts Michael Moreci and Keir Graff are film obsessives and working writers. Moreci is a screenwriter, film director, and bestselling author of such comics as Star Wars, Stranger Things, Barbaric, and many more. Graff is a prolific author, editor, and ghostwriter whose collaborators include James Patterson and Linda Joffe Hull (writing as Linda Keir). Like Riggs and Murtaugh, or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, they are best when together, especially when hosting The Filmographers Podcast.