Carrie Courogen on the Genius of Elaine May

08/07/24 • 67 min

This week, Izzy interviews author Carrie Courogen about her book, Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius. With this biography, Courogen achieved the seemingly impossible task of creating an intimate portrait of a woman who desperately does not want to be known, but very much deserves to be. From the origins of improv comedy to the funniest movies of the 1970s to the notorious legal battles that hovered over May’s career, Courogen gets into all of it with exquisite detail and conversational charm. Follow Carrie on social media for more: @carriecourogen

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The Queen of My Dreams and a Fall Film Season Preview

This week Murtada interviews writer and director Fawzia Mirza about The Queen of My Dreams. Mirza discusses her film, a mother/ daughter drama inspired by both Bollywood musicals and Mirza's own life as a queer Pakistani Muslim, and how she wanted to make a hopeful narrative and how she collaborated with her actors to ground its fantastical elements in reality. Before that Izzy and murtada discuss the fall film festival announcements and which films they are excited to see (Lady Gaga! Pedro Almodovar! Amy Adams!).

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Filmmaker Robert Kolodny on his boxing drama "The Featherweight"

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