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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.
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4 days ago
4 days ago
It's safe to say Mike and Keir have become obsessed with The Good German. Yes, it flopped. Yes, Soderbergh says it's his most reviled film. But we love this movie--so much so that we recorded a commentary track for it. We're giving you a free preview here; for the entire commentary visit our Patreon.
Pick up the newly released 4K, download our full commentary, and your evening is booked.
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Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Gompson, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Based on a short film made nearly two decades ago, The Ballad of Wallis Island is, in many ways, a throwback to the type of movie still being made at that time: intimate, quirky, and big on character. But did this movie about a folk singer needing to connect with an audience of one pull on our heartstrings in the right ways? Listen to find out!
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YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast
Website:
https://filmographerspodcast.com/
Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Gompson, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
After over a year of studying Steven Soderbergh, our inaugural season is coming to an end. But it wouldn’t be Hollywood, or movies, if we didn’t pair our year-in-review with an awards show. The Filmographers Podcast presents the first, and surely only, Soderbergh Awards! (Or as Keir calls them, The Sodies.)
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YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast
Website:
https://filmographerspodcast.com/
Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Gompson, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
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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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 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.
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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 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!)
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.