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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
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Stephen Soderbergh is having the best year of his career. “Erin Brockovich,” released in March, has been raking in the cash and is predicted to do well in awards season. But he’s about to upstage himself with ANOTHER film at the end of December: the sprawling war-on-drugs drama “Traffic.”
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Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Gompson, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Steven Soderbergh is on an artistic and critical winning streak, and now, as the new millennium begins, he’s about to finally find box-office success again . . . and maybe win an Oscar, too. (If only he can beat that pesky Steven Soderbergh for Best Director.)
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Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Gompson, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
Tuesday May 07, 2024
Tuesday May 07, 2024
In 1999, as many of his peers take Hollywood by storm, Steven Soderbergh returns to his low-budget indie roots with “The Limey.” Will he maintain his career momentum or succumb to the malaise that defined most of his 1990s efforts? The answer is . . . complicated.
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Instagram @thefilmographers
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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 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
“Out of Sight” (1998) was Soderbergh’s seventh theatrical feature and his first great film. Keir and Mike are excited. Are YOU excited? You’d better be. Because there are few perfect movies in this world . . . and this is one of them.
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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 Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
In 1997, Steven Soderbergh released not one but TWO films that failed to find an audience. The first was Schizopolis, which we covered in last week's episode.
Gray’s Anatomy, a kind of concert film for monologuist Spalding Gray, was the second. Despite their lack of commercial success, both movies were extremely important to the filmmaker’s growth. But, alas, only one showcases Spalding Gray zestfully saying "macular pucker" more times than anyone probably needs to hear.
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Do you have a fun fact, piercing insight, or psychic prediction about what Steven Soderbergh will do next? Email us: thefilmographerspodcast@gmail.com
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Credits:
- Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
- Kevin Lau, producer
- Gompson, theme music
- Cosmo Graff, graphic design
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Generic greeting! Short informational introduction including facts such as name and release year of movie (Schizopolis, 1996) and its director (Steven Soderbergh). Labored joke and exhortation to listen!
All meta kidding aside, we’ve arrived at one of the most crucial films in Soderbergh’s long career—it’s the movie no one wanted, but the one he needed. Turns out, it’s pretty good.
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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 Apr 09, 2024
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
While many of his peers are finding their footing, Steven Soderbergh seems to be losing his grip. Some directors never get a second chance, much less a third or a fourth. With “The Underneath” (1995), is time running out?
Social media
Instagram @thefilmographers
Twitter/X @filmographerpod
Letterboxd @filmographers
YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast
Website:
https://filmographerspodcast.com/
Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Avram Gleitsman, theme music
Cosmo Graff, graphic design
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Soderbergh’s sophomore effort was a critical and commercial dud that made the producers’ money disappear as if by magic. Will the 30-year-old director bounce back with 1993’s “King of the Hill”? Well . . . it’s complicated.
Social media
Instagram @thefilmographers
Twitter/X @filmographerpod
Letterboxd @filmographers
YouTube @TheFilmographersPodcast
Website:
https://filmographerspodcast.com/
Credits
Keir Graff & Michael Moreci, hosts
Kevin Lau, producer
Avram Gleitsman, 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.