The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

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• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother with Bassam Tariq and Walter Thompson-Hernandez (Ep. 629)

  October 30, 2026 · 31 min

  Director Bassam Tariq discusses his new film, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, with fellow Director Walter Thompson-Hernandez in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses drawing on his own experiences…

• Fjord with Cristian Mungiu and Ira Sachs (Ep. 628)

  October 26, 2026 · 38 min

  Director Cristian Mungiu discusses his new film, Fjord, with fellow Director Ira Sachs in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses drawing inspiration for the plot from real-world events, casting Actors…

• Primetime with Lance Oppenheim and Molly Gordon (Ep. 627)

  October 23, 2026 · 32 min

  Director Lance Oppenheim discusses his new film, Primetime, with fellow Director Molly Gordon in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses how he slowly enticed Actor Robert Pattinson to get involved and play…

• Digger with Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Denis Villeneuve (Ep. 626)

  October 21, 2026 · 32 min

  Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu discusses his new film, Digger, with fellow Director Denis Villeneuve in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses using theater as a meta layer to reflect the truth of…

• A Break in the Rain with Don Scardino and Laura Belsey (Ep. 625)

  October 20, 2026 · 24 min

  Director Don Scardino discusses his new film, A Break in the Rain, with fellow Director Laura Belsey in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses working with Actor Elizabeth Davis when writing the songs of…

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