It's another jam-packed episode of the Empire Podcast this week, folks. First, Chris Hewitt sits down on Zoom with ace composer and musician, Jon Batiste, and Matthew Heineman, about their new documentary, American Symphony; then he battles an uncooperative microphone stand and emerges with an enormously fun interview with Napoleon stars, Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby; and lastly two walking Disney encyclopaedias meet, as our Ben Travis sits down with Jennifer Lee, the writer of this week's Wish and Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios. On either side of all of those is a fun episode in which Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara and James Dyer to discuss the actor whose back catalogue they would choose to watch for the rest of their lives; natter about the week's movie news; and review Napoleon, Bradley Cooper's Maestro, George C. Wolfe's Rustin, and Wish. And yes, Chris does know he misquoted Dodgeball. First the Attack of the Clones review, now this: Film Twitter will find his resignation on their desk first thing tomorrow. As for this episode: enjoy.
RUNNING ORDER (all timings approx.)
INTRO/LISTENERS QUESTION: 0:00.00 - 20:13.00
JON BATISTE
MOVIE NEWS: 38:33.00 - 1:01:14.00
JOAQUIN PHOENIX & VANESSA KIRBY
REVIEWS: 1:19:03.00 - 1:43:45.00
JENNIFER LEE & OUTRO
#490 — Paul Andrew Williams, Rob Delaney & Ellie Kemper, Mike Leigh & David Thewlis
#489 — Salma Hayek and Kumail Nanjiani, Kristen Stewart
#488 Part Two — Zack Snyder and Matthias Schweighöfer, Jonathan Majors, Andy Serkis
#488 Part One — Edgar Wright & Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Huey Lewis
#487 — Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, James Marsden
The Very Best Of What If...? ft. A.C Bradley and Bryan Andrews
#486 — Jamie Lee Curtis, Jim Cummings, Todd Haynes
The Phantom Of The Open: An Empire Podcast London Film Festival Special
#485 — Rebecca Hall
#484 — Daniel Craig, Rami Malek
#483 —Sophia Di Martino, Alessandro Nivola, Destin Daniel Cretton and Dave Callaham
#482 — Karen Gillan, Mark Cousins
#481 — Phyllida Lloyd and Clare Dunne, Nia DaCosta
The Greatest Timeloop Movies: An Empire Podcast Special
Celebrate Our Cinemas Episode 6: Elijah Wood
#480 — Lisa Joy, Simu Liu
Celebrate Our Cinemas Episode 5: Sparks
#479 — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jude Law, Farewell Terri White
Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer Breakdown Special
Celebrate Our Cinemas Episode 4: Simon Pegg
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