Remember the name Oscar Isaac. As the star of the Coen brothers' latest, "Inside Llewelyn Davis," you'll soon be hearing a lot about him. He spoke with the Daily Buzz about the film and how he landed the part.

Cannes: Hot Topics Roundtable #1

May 22nd, 2013 11m 47s

Michael Philips of the Chicago Tribune, Logan Hill of the New York Times, and Adam Cook of Mubi discuss their overall impressions, favorite films, and most striking movie moments from the first half of the Cannes Film Festival.

Cannes: Alain Guiraudie's "Stranger by the Lake"

May 21st, 2013 11m 30s

A light-hearted story of gay cruising that morphs into a much darker tale is a surprise hit in Cannes this week. Alain Guiraudie discusses his "Stranger by the Lake," which screened in the Un Certain Regard section to audience and critical prai

Cannes: Valeria Golino's "Miele"

May 18th, 2013 10m 52s

Italian actor-turned-director Valeria Golino talks about her form-first approach to filmmaking, portraying a contemporary female character in a cinematic way, and the American directors who influenced her work in our podcast from Cannes.

Cannes: Amat Escalante's "Heli"

May 17th, 2013 14m 49s

In the first of our podcast interviews from the 66th Cannes Film Festival, Amat Escalante discusses his Palme d'Or competitor, being a spokesperson for his native Mexico, and why he thinks the brutal depiction of violence in "Heli" is more resp

SXSW: Episode 7

Mar 16th, 2013 50m 6s

Penny Lane and Brian Frye discuss their fascinating found-footage documentary "Our Nixon," which will close New Directors/New Films on March 31, in the final installment of our Daily Buzz podcast from SXSW.

SXSW: Episode 6

Mar 14th, 2013 47m 36s

On our penultimate podcast from SXSW, Eugene Hernandez talks with the filmmakers behind "Maladies," "The Retrieval," and "Good Ol' Freda," as well as Tim League of Austin's Alamo Drafthouse theaters.

SXSW: Episode 5

Mar 13th, 2013 50m 21s

Jeffrey Schwarz talks about his new doc "I Am Divine," about John Waters's muse and collaborator, plus interviews with the filmmakers behind "The Bounceback" and "Los Wild Ones" and SXSW Film head honcho Janet Pierson reflects on the fest (so f

SXSW: Episode 4

Mar 12th, 2013 51m 49s

"I want to create in the way I want to create. I want to move as fast as I can think." Harmony Korine talks filmmaking and "Spring Breakers," plus interviews with John Sayles and Edward James Olmos about their new film "Go for Sisters."

SXSW: Episode 3

Mar 11th, 2013 50m 52s

Interviews with the filmmakers behind docs "Continental," "Before You Know It," and "Getting Back to Abnormal," plus a critical recap of the first weekend of SXSW Film and an amusing story about being in a band with Jim Jarmusch.

SXSW: Episode 2

Mar 10th, 2013 52m 15s

On day two at SXSW, Shane Carruth stopped by the Daily Buzz studio in the Stateside Theater to discuss his highly anticipated new film "Upstream Color." Perhaps surprisingly, he described it as an essentially romantic tale.

SXSW: Episode 1

Mar 9th, 2013 50m 50s

Television, digital content distribution, and piracy were hot topics on day one of Film Society's Daily Buzz with Eugene Hernandez podcast from SXSW, plus interviews with the filmmakers behind "TINY," "TPB AFK," and "Sake-Bomb."

Sundance: Episode 8

Jan 25th, 2013 1h 20m

We cap off our Sundance podcasts with an interview with David Lowery, who had his hand in three of the most talked-about features at this year's festival: he wrote and directed Ain't Them Bodies Saints, co-wrote Yen Tan's Pit Stop, and co-edite

Sundance: Episode 7

Jan 24th, 2013 1h 2m

Actors Josh Radnor and Kathryn Hahn discuss Jill Soloway's Afternoon Delight and the relationship between television and indie film, plus RJ Cutler on The World According to Dick Cheney and Josh Braun on Submarine.

Sundance: Episode 6

Jan 23rd, 2013 1h 17m

Today's podcast brings the heat with a fast-paced wrap-up of the best so far and the best yet to come at Sundance, plus the true story of the hunt for bin Laden in Greg Barker’s doc Manhunt and Albert Maysles on his approach to nonfiction filmm

Sundance: Episode 5

Jan 22nd, 2013 1h 5m

In today's podcast, we talk with Andrew Bujalski about the meaning of intelligence and his film Computer Chess, Randy Moore about shooting Escape from Tomorrow guerrilla-style in Walt Disney World, and Martha Shane and Lana Wilson about their c

Sundance: Episode 4

Jan 21st, 2013 1h

Befitting Inauguration Day, today's podcast from Sundance gets political with interviews with the teams behind docs "Inequality for All," about the growing wealth gap in America, and "Citizen Koch," about conservative movements funded by the Ko

Sundance: Episode 3

Jan 20th, 2013 1h 1m

1st Segment - RoundtableAnne Thompson - Thompson on HollywoodDavid Poland - Movie City NewsMarjorie Baumgarten - Austin ChronicleMark Rabinowitz - Festival Veteran2nd Segment - Two Mothers Anne Fontaine - DirectorNaomi Watts - Star3rd

Sundance: Episode 2

Jan 19th, 2013 58m 45s

Each year in Utah, the Sundance Film Festival offers an introduction to new crop of young filmmakers. In the case of Ryan Coogler, the festival has found a director with quite a backstory. The man behind "Fruitvale," Coogler is a former college

Sundance: Episode 1

Jan 18th, 2013 1h 19m

The Sundance Film Festival typically begins with a question. Which film on this year's slate will achieve the level of success found by one of last year's hits. And so, Sundance 2013 begins with festival goers asking: "What will be this year's

SXSW: The Best of the Fest

Mar 14th, 2012 1h 2m

Director Adam Leon and the stars of SXSW Narrative Feature Grand Prize winner (and official New Directors/New Films selection!) "Gimme the Loot" sat down to discuss their film. Other guests included filmmakers from "Starlet," "Tchoutipoulas," "

SXSW: Innovators Gonna Innovate

Mar 12th, 2012 1h 2m

Morgan Spurlock, the filmmakers behind festival entries "Decoding Deepak," "Jeff," and "Gayby," Tim League of the Alamo Drafthouse, and a roundtable of critics from the LA Times, L Magazine and Hammer to Nail make up today's edition of the Dail

SXSW: Are Festivals Old-Fashioned?

Mar 11th, 2012 1h 2m

On the first sunny day of SXSW, thousands of like-minded attendees ventured out to any number of festival venues in search of something. Some are here to find each other, while others are looking for something new.