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
#464 — Mike Rianda, Alexandre Aja, Darius Marder
#463 — Doug Liman, Emily Mortimer
#462 — Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan
Back To Back To The Future: An Alan Silvestri Interview Special
#461 — Aubrey Plaza
#460 — Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart, Steve Guttenberg
#459 — Riz Ahmed and Darius Marder
Revisiting WandaVision ft. Jac Schaeffer
#458 — Kemp Powers, Francis Lee, Orlando Bloom
#457 — Kate Winslet, Eddie Izzard
The Falcon And The Winter Soldier Interview Special ft. Kari Skogland and Malcolm Spellman
#456 — Liam Neeson and Micheal Richardson, John Lee Hancock
#455 — Joe Manganiello, Shaka King
#454 — Eddie Murphy, Matthew Modine
#453 — Wesley Snipes, Alex Winter
#452 -- Hugh Bonneville, Rosamund Pike
#451 — George C. Wolfe, Juno Temple
#450 — Kevin Macdonald, Paul Greengrass
A Celebration Of Cinema: Edgar Wright And Quentin Tarantino In Conversation
#449 — Edgar Wright
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