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524: Dispatch 10: Final Cannes Report & The Award Winners! Guest, Ryan McQuade
May 25, 2026
52m 06s
523: Cannes Dispatch 9. Club Kid, Coward, The Man I Love & Jim Queen. Guest:Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch.
May 22, 2026
34m 29s
522: A Conversation with Sean Fennessey ('The Big Picture') at Cannes 2026
May 21, 2026
41m 12s
521: Cannes Dispatch 7. Cannes Unfiltered! Sales, Palme Buzz, the Palm Dog & Reviews! Guest Wendy Mitchell, Screen International
May 20, 2026
27m 00s
520: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 6. Reviews Koreeda, Gray & Dupieux (Guest: John Bleasdale
May 18, 2026
25m 22s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/25/26 |  524: Dispatch 10: Final Cannes Report & The Award Winners! Guest, Ryan McQuade | 524: Dispatch 10: Final Cannes Report! Guest Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 52m 06s | ||||||
| 5/22/26 |  523: Cannes Dispatch 9. Club Kid, Coward, The Man I Love & Jim Queen. Guest:Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch. | Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 9. Club Kid, Coward, The Man I Love & Jim Queen with guest: Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch. https://awardswatch.com Video Anton Isiukov https://www.antonisiukov.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 34m 29s | ||||||
| 5/21/26 |  522: A Conversation with Sean Fennessey ('The Big Picture') at Cannes 2026 | Cannes Film Festival 2026 Dispatch nr 8. A Conversation with Sean Fennessey. Guest: Sean Fennessey https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/the-big-picture https://substack.com/@seanfennessey Video: Anton Isiukov http://antonisiukov.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 41m 12s | ||||||
| 5/20/26 |  521: Cannes Dispatch 7. Cannes Unfiltered! Sales, Palme Buzz, the Palm Dog & Reviews! Guest Wendy Mitchell, Screen International | Guest Wendy Mitchell Contributing Editor for Screen International and ScreenDaily.com https://www.filmwendy.com/writing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 27m 00s | ||||||
| 5/18/26 |  520: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 6. Reviews Koreeda, Gray & Dupieux (Guest: John Bleasdale | Guest, author and film critic John Bleasdale https://www.johnbleasdale.com Video by Anton Isiukov https://www.antonisiukov.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 25m 22s | ||||||
| 5/17/26 |  519: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 5! Review Paweł Pawlikowski's 'Fatherland' (Guest Sophia Ciminello – AwardsWatch) | Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 5: Review Paweł Pawlikowski 's 'Fatherland' (Guest Sophia Ciminello – AwardsWatch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 24m 12s | ||||||
| 5/17/26 |  518: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 4. Gustaf Skarsgård & Peter Birro ('The Cannibal') | On a special episode from Cannes 2026, Christina interviews (her husband:), screenwriter Peter Birro, and director Gustaf Skarsgård about their upcoming film. They are at the festival to introduce The Cannibal, a psychological horror film about a screenwriter who goes to the island of Fårö to write a movie about Bergman, but soon encounters a demonic presence. Production starts in 2026. Audio & Video Video by Anton Isiukov https://www.antonisiukov.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 22m 20s | ||||||
| 5/15/26 |  517: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 3. Review "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" (Guest Ryan McQuade) | Review! We are excited about Jane Schoenbrun's ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. Guest Ryan McQuade AwardsWatch.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 14m 50s | ||||||
| 5/13/26 |  516: Cannes Film Festival 2026. Dispatch 2 (Guest: Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch) | Ryan McQuade of AwardsWatch joins Christina live from the Cannes Film Festival 2026 to discuss this year’s jury, predictions, and some of the fests biggest stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 18m 46s | ||||||
| 5/12/26 |  515: Cannes Film Festival 2026! Dispatch 1, a quick hello from Christina! | What to expect from Pop Culture Confidential at the Cannes Film Festival 2026. Join us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 6m 41s | ||||||
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| 5/7/26 |  515: TV Talk! Hacks, Beef, Half Man, The Pitt, Emmy predictions & more (Guest: Eoin Daly)✨ | Emmy predictionsTV shows+5 | Eoin Daly | HacksBeef+2 | — | Emmy seasonHacks+5 | — | 51m 15s | |
| 5/6/26 |  Special Episode! AwardsWatch Podcast: New Oscar Rules and Preview of the 79th Cannes Film Festival with Special Guest Christina Birro✨ | Oscar rulesCannes Film Festival+3 | Erik AndersonSophia Ciminello+1 | Academy | — | Oscar rulesCannes Film Festival+5 | — | 1h 06m 46s | |
| 4/27/26 |  514: Our First Ever Summer Movie Draft! (Guests Jay Ledbetter & Ryan McQuade)✨ | summer movie draftfilm+5 | Jay LedbetterRyan McQuade | Toy Story 5Backrooms | — | summer movie draftfilm selection+5 | — | 1h 47m 27s | |
| 4/20/26 |  513: A Conversation About Lena Dunham's New Memoir 'Famesick' (Guest: Sophia Ciminello)✨ | memoirLena Dunham+3 | Sophia Ciminello | AwardsWatchOscar Wilde podcast | — | FamesickLena Dunham+3 | — | 48m 24s | |
| 4/14/26 |  512: Cannes Film Festival 2026 Preview (Guest: Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch)✨ | Cannes Film Festivalfilm preview+3 | Ryan McQuade | AwardsWatchCannes Film Festival | — | Cannes Film Festival2026+3 | — | 1h 00m 08s | |
| 4/6/26 |  511: A Conversation With Writer/Director Mary Bronstein ('If I Had Legs I'd Kick You')✨ | motherhoodfilm+3 | Mary Bronstein | If I Had Legs I'd Kick You | — | Mary BronsteinIf I Had Legs I'd Kick You+5 | — | 23m 09s | |
| 4/1/26 |  510: 'The Drama,' the Oscars Move, Scorsese & More. A Grab Bag Episode (Guest: Ryan McQuade)✨ | Oscarsfilm adaptations+3 | Ryan McQuade | Project Hail MaryThe Drama+3 | — | OscarsScorsese+6 | — | 1h 10m 52s | |
| 3/27/26 |  509: Director Weronika Tofilska. Exploring Existential Themes, 'Baby Reindeer', and Netflix’s 'Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen'.✨ | existential storytellinghorror series+3 | Weronika Tofilska | NetflixDuffer Brothers+2 | — | Weronika TofilskaBaby Reindeer+6 | — | 26m 43s | |
| 3/16/26 |  508: We Recap the 2026 Academy Awards! (With Guest Ryan McQuade)✨ | Academy Awardsfilm recap+3 | Ryan McQuade | One Battle After AnotherSinners | — | Academy Awards2026+6 | — | 1h 19m 53s | |
| 3/10/26 |  507: Our 2026 Oscar Predictions! Guest Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch✨ | Oscar predictionsfilm analysis+3 | Erik Anderson | AwardsWatchAwardsWatch.com | — | Oscar predictions2026 Oscars+3 | — | 1h 29m 24s | |
| 3/3/26 |  506: The State of the Oscar Race. BAFTAs, PGAs & the Actor Awards with Ryan McQuade | The race is alive! We’re just about ten days away from the Oscars, and things are heating up on the precursor front. The BAFTAs were last weekend, and this weekend brought the PGAs and the Actor Awards (the awards formerly known as the SAG Awards). Ryan McQuade of AwardsWatch joins Christina to break down what it all means for Oscar night! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 21m 37s | ||||||
| 2/20/26 |  505: Oscar Nominated Costume Designer Malgosia Turzanska on Designing Hamnet | Christina is joined by 2026 Oscar nominated costume designer Malgosia Turzanska, celebrated for her extraordinary work on Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet. Known for her unforgettable costumes in Train Dreams, Stranger Things, The Green Knight, X, Pearl, and more, Malgosia takes us deep into her art and the creative journey behind one of the year’s most talked-about films. They discuss the rich research behind Elizabethan clothing, the intimate storytelling within the Shakespeare family, and her concept of “emotional dressing,” where every detail carries meaning. From Agnes’ striking reds in Jessie Buckley’s Oscar nominated performance, to the protective padding worn by Shakespeare’s mother, portrayed by Emily Watson, to Will Shakespeare’s (Paul Mescal) ink-stained fingers, and much more. Plus, what Malgosia herself will be wearing to the Oscars! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 27m 35s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 |  504. Inside Train Dreams: A Conversation with Writer-Director Clint Bentley | Writer and director Clint Bentley joins Christina to discuss his acclaimed film Train Dreams, one of the most beautiful and celebrated films of the season! Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture, the film recently earned Bentley Best Director and Best Feature at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. The conversation explores how Train Dreams came together, the character of Robert Grainier (brought to life through a deeply anchored performance by Joel Edgerton ) as well as Nick Cave’s influence, themes of grief and memory, what it means to be a tender man in a changing world, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 18m 41s | ||||||
| 2/13/26 |  503: Arian Moayed Returns! On Working with Malala, 'Wonder Man', the 'Succession' Family & the Urgency of Art | The endlessly inspiring Arian Moayed is back on the show and it is, as always, an absolute blast. The actor, director, and producer joins Christina to talk about his exciting new Marvel series Wonder Man and co-producing the documentary Champions of the Golden Valley with Malala Yousafzai. They also talk NYC Mayor Mamdani and keeping up with his “Succession family.” Who really wins the Succession group text chain? Arian opens up about making art accessible to everyone, the mission behind his work with Waterwell, and how storytelling can create real change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 38m 00s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 |  502: Revisit! Alexander Skarsgård on Pillion, Career Highlights & Creative Risks (Live from Stockholm Film Festival) | Encore episode! Alexander Skarsgård talks Pillion, career, and more. With Pillion now premiering widely (the wonderful, warm, and emotional BDSM rom-com co starring Harry Melling) we revisit Christina’s wide ranging conversation with Alexander Skarsgård, recorded at the Stockholm International Film Festival in November 2026. They talk Pillion, the research behind the role, highlights from his career, campaigning at the same time as his father Stellan Skarsgård, fashion, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 28m 59s | ||||||
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