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Host of @talkeasypod . Motion pictures here and there.

Los Angeles
Joined August 2009
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@SamFragoso
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It's been quite a year for podcasting, but am grateful to have had these conversations on the show.
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@TalkEasyPod
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Coming up this month!
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RIP to RBG. Unmatched fortitude, boundless compassion. A true national treasure. Thank you for everything.
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Frank Ocean, humane and profound, writes a little about what he hears before and after Orlando.
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Seeing lots of Noam Chomsky talk and yet nothing about how he still has my microphone and keeps using it for others interviews
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Spoke to @edgarwright for @Playboy . Apparently I said “Peckinpah never had to tweet” in this interview.
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@SamFragoso
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Shoutout to @NaomiAKlein , who came on @TalkEasyPod despite being sick with a virus. She is truly a fearless reporter and activist in these scary times. (And yes– she is, thankfully, doing much better now.)
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LA LA LAND: A dreamlike affair that remains in the honeymoon phase till the end. Pure bliss. #TIFF16
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@zeitchikWaPo Respectfully, you are a reporter with a platform. You should ask those questions privately to the parties with answers; not to Twitter three hours after someone has been killed.
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@SamFragoso
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5 years
Working on new project. Favorite movies about making movies? (Off the beaten path picks preferred here.)
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6 years
There's like seven movies a year that you need to see in theaters and WILDLIFE is one of them. Every frame is a painting. We worked especially hard on this episode with Paul.
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10 years
Anyway, after three days of movies at #TIFF14 , the one performance that has stuck with me is Kristen Stewart in CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA.
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Back in February I got together with Josh & Ben to direct this music video. Today it feels like a celebration of everything we're missing right now.
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@SamFragoso
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2 years
Still recovering.
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Cate Blanchett joins us Sunday!
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@SamFragoso
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I’ve been attending @ebertfest since I was 17. To have a movie I directed playing this festival feels... beyond surreal. Thank you @ChazEbert for the boundless generosity.
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@SamFragoso
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9 years
So some life-changing news: I'm moving back to San Francisco to become the new Creative Director at The Roxie. http://t.co/hyp2Bf9bQP
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This Sunday on @TalkEasyPod with @britmarling !
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@SamFragoso
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Had a conversation with Werner Herzog for @TalkEasyPod this week. Some highlights: meeting God as a child, moving to America with nothing but a toothbrush, 20 years of marriage, posterity, and how he's maintained his creative vision for 50+ years.
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@SamFragoso
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4 years
This is what Mitch McConnell said in 2016 and it's what we need to say in 2020.
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So this is scary to share (especially in 2018 America)… but here’s the poster for “Sebastian”, the first of a few films I made this year. It’s my grandfather’s story of emigrating here from Mexico. We'll release it online later this week, before the election.
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@SamFragoso
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My grandfather left Mexico for America in the 1940s, working on farms up and down California. A decade later @DoloresHuerta would begin improving the untenable conditions he worked in. At 90– she's still fighting.
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Good god what is this "Women can be completely strange about movies. They just want to see what they want to see."
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@SamFragoso
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If you want to spend an hour listening to @pbwolf talk @stonesthrow , J Dilla, Madlib, and '90s hip-hop, here ya go:
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Hanks!
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This Sunday, Tom Hanks!
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10 years
The greatest email I've ever received. Like @mattzollerseitz , Roger sent this out of the blue. http://t.co/l3s9IDMygv http://t.co/DPEttAKpwM
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“For every problem that we face we know of solutions. The question is will enough young people find the ability, commitment, and dedication to implement the kinds of solutions we know are possible.” Noam Chomsky, wise as ever, on this moment of ours.
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@braveadventures @SarahKSilverman And by the way, even if the Police *were* defunded—which they aren’t—this is exactly the kind of call they wouldn’t receive any more.
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For months I've debated whether to publish this conversation with Ben Mendelsohn. And now it's out there. http://t.co/4COOOUtqSk
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I can't stop laughing, and crying. http://t.co/KjUYAw3CVq
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@SamFragoso
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6 years
On an upcoming episode of @TalkEasyPod ...
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4 years
Admittedly biased, but the ZOLA screening was as fun and vibrant as any I’ve experienced. Love this film and the family that made it. I hope you will, too. #sundance2020
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This was a real, “Do your best to keep up“ kind of podcast. With @ScottAukerman .
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Steven Yeun on @TalkEasyPod this Sunday!
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Photographed by Julius Chiu
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Glad to have you back!
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@SamFragoso
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Taking a first stab at my Top Ten of 2018: 1) The Rider 2) The Rider 3) The Rider 4) The Rider 5) The Rider 6) The Rider 7) The Rider 8) The Rider 9) The Rider 10) I guess...Burning?
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7 years
The packaging of Maddow's program tonight is exactly why the "we don't trust the media" contingent is growing.
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7 years
Both before and after the election, @zoeinthecities has been a true inspiration. Hope you enjoy this @TalkEasyPod :
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@SamFragoso
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4 years
Even my mother was like, “Really? How'd you get @LauraDern to come on the show?” I'm still not sure, but here's our talk for your hearts and ears.
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This is the one that gets me. Maybe it's because I've been watching too many Nicolas Roeg movies, but the idea that a scene must “explain something”... I'm lost.
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Spent a good bulk of my CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA review praising Kristin Stewart's layered, brilliant performance. #TIFF http://t.co/NxY7T80ier
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Zadie!
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This Sunday, we're with author Zadie Smith.
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@Variety You can just delete the other tweet now. Also: the headline should include quotations, since 'best and final' are ostensibly the AMPTP's words not yours.
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Most unsettling about Iñárritu winning (again)? The wave of young filmmakers he’ll inevitably inspire, and the movies we’ll have to watch.
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Spoke to Olivier Assayas about CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA, film criticism, and the talents of Kristen Stewart for @VICE . http://t.co/gB08PZVoL9
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"Figuring out how to live is something everyone is doing all the time." Kelly Reichardt came on @TalkEasyPod .
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The recent outpouring of love for K. Stewart is unsurprising. She's aces in CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA and AMERICAN ULTRA. http://t.co/BlqGZLBrZx
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Imagine having the courage to tweet something like this to a stranger whose voice you didn't like. Deeply envious of your confidence Rebel Rebel!
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tried listening to @britmarling interview but couldn't get passed Sam's voice. went to the web to see why talkradio hosts speak with that "out of breath, barely had the energy to drag themselves out of bed that morning" tone. #notjustme @SamFragoso 😴🤔
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Hey, MILES AHEAD opens nationwide today! Go see it! Here’s my interview with @DonCheadle :
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Some news:
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We're excited to announce we're joining @pushkinpods —home of shows like @Gladwell 's #RevisionistHistory and @RickRubin 's @BrokenRecord ! Read more about our new partnership here. @iHeartMedia
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Never knew I needed this description of @TalkEasyPod until now.
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Joyce Carol Oates
2 years
very nice conversation with Sam Fragoso, a unique interviewer-- really, an inspired conversationalist, who subtly leads the conversation like guiding a goose with a wand so that the goose is scarcely aware of the wand.
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Questions asked during this Florida family wedding: 1. Do you have a girlfriend? 2. Are you going to cut your hair? 3. What's a podcast?
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Most shuttered because... well, a lot of reasons. But these heroes are still standing: @BWDR @cleojournal @NotebookMUBI @CriterionDaily @TheFilmStage @ebertvoices
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Under the wire, my favorite moving images of 2017. So much goodness this year. 1) Phantom Thread 2) Finding Frances 3) Get Out 4) The Florida Project 5) Call Me By Your Name 6) Shadow Play 7) Dina 8) Killing of a Sacred Deer 9) Nocturama 10) Lemon
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Hello Los Angeles. I'll be hosting the conversations tomorrow night with Carey Mulligan. She's incredible, WILDLIFE is incredible, and I'm alright so come on out.
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“★★★★. Don’t miss the blaze that Carey Mulligan ignites in WILDLIFE. One word: wow.” — Peter Travers, @RollingStone Join @WildlifeTheFilm star Carey Mulligan for LA Q&As at @arclightcinemas Hollywood and @LandmarkLTC West LA this weekend! Tix:
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Dressed up for @LauraDern because how could you not
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Coming to a podcast near you
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Much love, Roger. Thank you for changing my damn life.
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Save the dates.
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3.) I should have known. ANN will ride again! Always indomitable - Ann Richards was a woman for all seasons, whose voice lifts and inspires us still - again. It is my honor to have one last shot at getting it right and making her laugh like Hell, in Heaven.
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In case you need a reminder of what we're up against, see this comment section. Good god.
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"We are not going to rest until our vision for a better tomorrow is actualized." Our talk with trailblazing Congresswoman @IlhanMN .
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Here's what @TalkEasyPod will look like this fall. S/O to @KarolineRibak for making this happen. Aside from the entire cast of SUCCESSION, who we missing? (Suggestions are welcome.)
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This kind of film would've meant everything to me at 16. First three students (high school/college) that want to see WILDLIFE this weekend but can't afford it, hit me up & I'll Venmo you. DMs are open.
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WILDLIFE is in theaters now in LA & NYC. Tickets (& schedule to play other cities) available here: . Movies like this are hard to get made right now. You can help change that. So: if you see our movie & like it, please tell a friend. Pass it on. 🖤
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Under the wire, my favorites from 2022: All The Beauty And The Bloodshed Catherine Called Birdy Confess, Fletch Decision to Leave Tár Saint Omer The Banshees of Inisherin The Fabelmans The Last Movie Stars Triangle of Sadness
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If you only listen to a couple of these a year, make it this one. With Chris Elliott. He’s as honest about depression as anyone I’ve ever talked to, on or off microphone.
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Great art inspiring more great art.
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Watched SECONDS last night. Shook to the core. Also: may be the best argument for/against New Year's resolutions.
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I have no idea whether "Sebastian" will alleviate or exacerbate post-election blues, but here it is. Much love to all the friends who helped tell my grandfather's story.
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“When you’re a kid older people say, ‘You know, this is all going to whip by and you’re going to be old soon, enjoy.’ I didn’t know I was going to wake up one day and miss my childhood.”
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Sam Fragoso
3 years
Respectfully, you are a reporter with a platform. You should ask those questions privately to the parties with answers; not to Twitter three hours after someone has been killed.
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Steven Zeitchik
3 years
One question I have right off the bat about the Alec Baldwin shooting is the D.P. and director as victims. If it was in context of filming the scene presumably he would have been aiming it at another actor. Unless it wasn’t in the context of filming a scene?
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Passing the baton. It’s been a good run on @TalkEasyPod , but my time has come to a close. Meet your new host.
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Immensely proud of this coming month.
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October on the show!
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Dad on the phone five minutes ago: "I can't believe this!" Neither can I. I grew up reading @mattzollerseitz in awe, so this is beyond surreal.
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No cigarettes or coffee, but we did four hours yesterday for next week's @TalkEasyPod . Stories upon stories.
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Alan Alda agreed to come on @TalkEasyPod and now I can die (mostly) happy.
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For the last year we've worked hard to make @TalkEasyPod something different. To celebrate the anniversary, here's our April lineup.
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Not sure if anyone has made this nuanced comparison yet, but Edge of Tomorrow really reminded me of that Groundhog Day movie.
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damn
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Johan Lenox
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fuck
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We’re using a platform where people feel more comfortable sharing something they don’t like than something they enjoyed. Can’t figure out if this is a system failure or human failure.
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@SamFragoso
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Terence and Malik are two of my favorite artists working. And since we can't play basketball together anymore, we did a podcast.
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“Homeless people don't vote for awards”
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Steven Weintraub
3 years
Just got this amazing delivery from @searchlightpics for the premiere of #Nomadland tonight. Wish I could tweet the smell in my kitchen because it's awesome. Saw 'Nomadland' at #tiff2020 and was incredible. One of the best films of 2020. In select theaters and @hulu tomorrow.
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Hey, all. @DonnieTrumpet - skilled trumpeter, promoter of optimism, A+ human being - is on this week's @TalkEasyPod .
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