(Writer: Netflix’s Trigger Warning; podcast producer: The Movies That Made Me; Bronzeville)

“Andrew Dominik’s always interesting, and I’m really looking forward to his Marilyn Monroe movie, Blonde. Robert Machoian’s a terrific up-and-coming filmmaker whose The Killing Of Two Lovers was one of my favorites from 2020. He’s got The Integrity Of Joseph Chambers coming out this year, with Clayne Crawford again. I get the sense that their collaboration is only just beginning to cook, and expect many great things from them. My introduction to British comic David Earl was in Ricky Gervais’ wonderful Afterlife; he’s got a dark robot comedy coming out this year, Brian And Charles, and it looks unique and twisted, and I can’t wait to check it out. Also Riley Stearns, who did the amazing The Art Of Self-Defense in 2019, is back with a dystopian cloning movie, Dual.

On the doc front, there’s a lot headed our way, but the one I’m looking forward to most is Kathryn Ferguson’s Nothing Compares, about one of the greatest, most compelling and bravest singers alive, Sinead O’Connor. And from the big guns, the two I’m most excited about are Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon—a thriller about the dark and murderous underbelly of capitalism; and maybe more than any of them, the incredible Baz Luhrman’s Elvis. My expectations for that are insanely high, and he’s never let me down.”