The Empire Film Podcast
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The Empire Film Podcast is the official podcast of Empire, the world's biggest and best movie magazine. We bring you all the latest movie news and nonsense, as well as reviews of the week's new films, an assortment of irreverent, film-related chat and interviews with some of Hollywood's best and brightest. New episodes every Friday.
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For our famous deep dives into specific movies, subscribe to the Empire Spoiler Special Podcast at https://empire.supportingcast.fm/
Love TV? Subscribe to our sister show, The Pilot TV Podcast, which covers every quality show landing on the small screen — because you can't watch *everything*. https://podfollow.com/pilot-tv-podcast/
Episodes
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Nov 22, 2013 • 1h 34min
#88: Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks, Francis Lawrence - November 22, 2013
Though you can read her wise words here and watch her talk "super snoods" here, Jennifer Lawrence isn't on this week's Empire Podcast, but her good friend and favourite music video director, Francis Lawrence (who just so happened to have helmed The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), is, joined as he is by Stanley Tucci and Elizabeth Banks.
Nov 18, 2013 • 42min
George A. Romero Special
The living legend that is George A. Romero was in London recently for the BFI's Gothic season, and inbetween giving talks and introducing special screenings of his films, GAR - as nobody calls him - popped into the Empire Podcast booth talk to us about zombies, Knightriders and the projects that almost came to be...
Nov 15, 2013 • 1h 48min
#87: Forest Whitaker, Allen Leech - November 15, 2013
Forest Whitaker is the Oscar-winning actor who's played pool sharks, samurai warriors and dictators in his time, but this week you can see him as a butler in The White House in, um, The Butler. Allen Leech, meanwhile, is the star of Downton Abbey who's not scaring you witless in In Fear, also out today.
Nov 8, 2013 • 1h 33min
#86: Jude Law, Alfonso Cuarón - November 8, 2013
It's Alfonso Cuarón appreciation week on the Empire Podcast, and what makes this so perfect is that Alfonso Cuarón is on this week's Empire Podcast. It's all in honour of Gravity - out now - and, of course, Hermione's right hook to Draco's face in The Prisoner Of Azkaban. Then there's Jude Law, in the podbooth for Dom Hemingway - out next week - who talks about Breaking Bad, Sherlock Holmes 3 and "cock socks".
Nov 1, 2013 • 1h 43min
#85: Tom Hiddleston, Kevin Feige, Alan Taylor, Mark Kermode - November 1, 2013
It's a great weekend to be a cinemagoer in the UK. Two five-star films and a certain Thor: The Dark World are showing at your local multiplex - with any luck, anyway - and this is just the podcast to celebrate that fact. Look forward to trailer tantrums, London falling down and spaceships crashing to earth (in a manner of speaking, anyway).
Oct 25, 2013 • 1h 44min
#84: Harrison Ford, Stephen Merchant, Shane Meadows - October 25, 2013
There's a killer triple-bill of interviewees on this week's Empire Podcast, with Harrison Ford, Stephen Merchant and Shane Meadows all stopping by, one for Ender's Game, one for Hello Ladies and the other for Made Of Stone's DVD release (we'll let you work out which matches up with which). Elsewhere, the team talk witches, almost perfect film endings and what Sir Ben Kingsley is keeping under his hat...
Oct 18, 2013 • 1h 42min
#83: Paul Greengrass, David Gordon Green, Don Mancini - October 18, 2013
Three directors drop by the Empire Podcast booth this week, one for Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass), another for Prince Avalance (David Gordon Green) and the last for The Curse Of Chucky (Don Mancini). Elsewhere, the team use the words "Tactical Chunder" when talking about Pacific Rim 2, and somehow Enough Said involves Stan Lee hiding under someone's bed.
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Oct 14, 2013 • 42min
Tony Gilroy Screenwriting Special
Tony Gilroy, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter known for the Bourne films and Michael Clayton, shares insights into his creative process. He openly discusses battling writer's block and the importance of idea selection in filmmaking. Gilroy critiques Hollywood's current landscape, emphasizing the divide between blockbusters and indie films, and laments the decline of mid-budget projects. He reflects on the stunning filmmaking era of the late '60s to early '80s, his unique experiences growing up in a writer's household, and the challenges of adapting real-life figures for the screen.
Oct 11, 2013 • 1h 34min
#82: Hayley Atwell, Gareth Evans, Douglas Booth - October 11, 2013
A triple-bill of interviews for you this week, from Agent Carter herself, Hayley Atwell, to your latest Romeo, Douglas Booth. In the middle is the director of The Raid - and, as you'd expect, The Raid 2 - Gareth Evans, who was in town to talk about his contribution to V/H/S/2.
Oct 4, 2013 • 1h 5min
#81: James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan - October 4, 2013
It's an Atonement reunion on this week's Empire Podcast, with James McAvoy here for Filth and Saoirse Ronan dropping by in honour of How I Live Now. Look forward to the former talking about his "hairy mutant you-know-whats" and the latter explaining how to swing a lightsaber. Elsewhere, the Podcast Team tackle TV finales, tie-in theme park rides and the return of Narnia...
