Mother Mary and Madonna Emerges with Ellen Burstyn and Kyle Buchanan

About this episode

Louis Virtel discusses Coachella highlights and the film 'Mother Mary' with Kyle Buchanan and interviews Ellen Burstyn about her career.

Louis Virtel is joined by New York Times pop culture reporter, Kyle Buchanan, to recap the highlights of Coachella weekend 2 particularly performances by Slayyyter, Madonna's guest appearance with Sabrina Carpenter and Karol G. They also discuss the divisive new film "Mother Mary" starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel before Louis welcomes the fabulous Ellen Burstyn for a conversation about acting, poetry and what she's watching now that excites her.

People in this episode

Host: Louis Virtel

Guests: Kyle Buchanan, Ellen Burstyn

Topics covered

• Coachella
• film discussion
• pop culture
• acting
• performance highlights

Keywords

• Coachella
• Mother Mary
• Ellen Burstyn
• Kyle Buchanan
• pop culture
• Madonna
• film

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times

Books & works: Mother Mary

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