About this episode
On the June 4, 2025 episode of /Film Weekly, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by a bunch of people to talk about the latest film and TV news and present interviews with a bunch of directors, including the filmmakers behind Bring Her Back, the director of the Tim Robinson comedy Friendship, Kevin Smith, and legendary director Ridley Scott.In The News: (~01:10)Stranger Things 5 | Date Announcement | Netflixhttps://deadline.com/2025/05/cillian-murphy-daniel-craig-damien-chazelle-movie-1236406062/https://deadline.com/2025/05/hershey-movie-alan-ruck-richard-kind-david-costabile-1236412338/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/luca-guadagnino-to-direct-openai-movie-1236236357/https://deadline.com/2025/05/ariana-grande-meet-the-parents-movie-1236413786/https://deadline.com/2025/06/skydance-ryan-coogler-aneesh-chaganty-doppelganger-1236422221/https://www.slashfilm.com/1876101/james-cameron-horror-movie-the-devils-avatar-4-director-question/Bring Her Back (~19:53)How it compares to Talk to Me (~20:18)Sally Hawkins’ performance, and way the film handles grief (23:30)The movie’s violence/gore (~30:40)Interview with Danny and Michael Philippou (~38:40)Friendship (~54:16)Paul Rudd’s I Love You, Man connection (~59:23)Some of our favorite moments (~01:03:42)Interview with writer/director Andrew DeYoung (~01:08:53)Dogma (~01:26:13)Where does Dogma stand in Kevin Smith’s filmography? (~01:28:41)Jason Mewes’ performance (~01:32:37)The Wild, Complete Story Behind Kevi
