The NO NOTES Podcast

Director James Watkins joins NO NOTES to talk about his new film, Clayface.
He shares why Once Upon a Time in the West is his NO NOTES movie and how seeing Psycho way too young stuck with him.He breaks down the body horror that inspired Clayface, how the script evolved, casting Tom Rhys Harries, and why DC let him tell a self-contained story.
He also explains why practical effects still matter in the age of AI, and in the rapid fire round he picks his go-to Martin Scorsese movie and says what role James McAvoy would play in this world.

Director Kitao Sakurai joins NO NOTES to talk about his new film, Street Fighter.
He shares why Akira is his NO NOTES movie and how Robert Altman and Ghost in the Shell shaped him as a filmmaker.
He explains what "nostalgic stank" means, what makes Eric Andre so special, and how he kept good vibes with a stacked cast.
In the rapid fire round, he guesses Eric Andre's NO NOTES movie, reveals Callina Liang's Chun-Li workout, and picks Drunken Master II as the fight scene that inspires him most.

𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻, director of 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦, joins NO NOTES at TIFF to talk her NO NOTES perfect movies and the romances that shaped her.
She breaks down her cast: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆, 𝗔𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲, 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼 and 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘇𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿.
We get into working with 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻 and 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗕. 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻, and the notes 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 gave her as producer.
Plus what she learned shooting 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 and the films whose cinematography still inspires her.

𝗔𝗷𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵, the writer of 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, joins NO NOTES to talk 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘚𝘦𝘹𝘺 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 and watching 𝘛𝘰 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 with his mom.
He breaks down how a script nobody would read landed 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 and 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗺. We get into the five-day rewrite that turned Rob from producer to star.
Plus 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻's NO NOTES movie and what the show says about us today.

Patrick Radden Keefe joins NO NOTES to talk the one note he has on Michael Clayton and dedicate a movie to each of his books, from The Snakehead to London Falling.
Plus: how he ended up playing himself in the Industry finale and the line he rewrote on set.
We get into Michael Mann's Miami Vice, Anthony Bourdain's favorite Boston crime movie, and Lola Petticrew in Furious.
And he tells me exactly how he'd investigate me.