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The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood

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  • Let the Oscar Race Begin!

    October 9, 2026 · 54 min

    On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by Katey Rich and Christopher Rosen, the Prestige Junkies over at The Ankler, to talk about the early days of the Oscar campaign. It’s finally heating up now that we’re hitting awards season and the…

  • Paramount’s Done Deal, Federal Tax Credits, and More

    October 2, 2026 · 47 min

    On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by Sean McNulty of The Ankler’s excellent morning newsletter, The Wakeup, to discuss some of the big stories in the news. We start with the Paramount-Skydance/Warner Bros. deal going through its final…

  • How ‘V for Vendetta’ Perfectly Explains Our Age

    September 25, 2026 · 46 min

    On this week’s episode, I’m joined by V for Vendetta director James McTeigue, whose film is returning to theaters on the first and fifth of November (“Remember, remember!”) via Saga Arts and Fathom Entertainment. We had a really…

  • Chris McKenna on co-writing Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the highest-grossing film in domestic history.

    September 18, 2026 · 56 min

    On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by the one and only Chris McKenna who, alongside writing partner Erik Sommers, cowrote the highest-grossing film of all time, domestically: Spider-Man: Brand New Day. He broke down the thought process…

  • A Witness to Film History

    September 4, 2026 · 50 min

    This week I’m joined by Godfrey Cheshire to discuss his new book, Cheshire on Film: Life & Writings. Cheshire is a long-time critic—in addition to writing for Variety and RogerEbert.com, among many other outlets, his stint at the New York…

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  • How Copyright Law Is Being Used to Squelch Speech

    August 28, 2026 · 31 min

    This week I’m joined by Puck’s Eriq Gardner to discuss his fascinating piece on Warner Bros. efforts to keep a lid on spoilers for their new show, Lanterns, including some potential abuse of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s ability…

  • Life Is a Highway: The Terror of ‘It Ends’

    August 21, 2026 · 39 min

    This week’s episode is a real treat: I’m joined by Alex Ullom, the 28-year-old writer/director of It Ends, and he provided a real window into the process of getting a low-budget indie movie made. His story has everything: fundraising from…

  • How the FCC Is Trying to Silence Trump Critics

    August 14, 2026 · 50 min

    This week, I’m joined by Robert Corn-Revere. Currently the chief counsel at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Corn-Revere also served as the chief counsel to the Federal Communications Commission chair in 1993 and as a…

  • 'Sugar' Examines a Different Side of Los Angeles

    July 31, 2026 · 43 min

    This week, I’m joined by Sugar showrunner Sam Catlin to discuss the second season of Apple TV’s under-appreciated gem. If you haven’t watched the show, you should; season one is available in full and the penultimate episode of season two…

  • Which Directors Have the Most Hollywood Juice?

    July 24, 2026 · 50 min

    On this week’s episode, I’m joined by Nate Jones of Vulture to discuss his monumental effort to rank the 100 most powerful directors in Hollywood. We discussed how the audience has shifted from stars to IP to maybe, now, directors, and…

  • Can Subsidies Bring Film Production Back to the USA?

    July 17, 2026 · 60 min

    On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by Chris Fenton to discuss efforts to pass a federal tax credit that would help reshore American film production and his own made-in-America film, Bad Counselors, which hits theaters next week. Things…

  • How the Screen Has Changed Us

    July 10, 2026 · 45 min

    On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by renowned critic and film historian David Thomson to discuss his new book, A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies. It’s a bracing tome, given its thesis: That the film screen has…

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About the show

Sonny Bunch hosts The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, a new podcast featuring interviews with folks who have their finger on the pulse of the entertainment industry during this dynamic—and difficult—time.