by James Rocchi | Jan 7, 2014 | Interviews, Podcast
Eric Singer, the co-writer of American Hustle (alongside director David O. Russell) joins The Lunch Podcast this week; after dining at Hugo’s in West Hollywood, Singer and host James Rocchi discussed everything from his childhood cinema ‘gateway...
by James Rocchi | Dec 31, 2013 | Interviews, Podcast
Todd Gilchrist, freelance film journalist and reviewer for The Wrap and Forbes, joins us this week on The Lunch Podcast to contrast and compare his Top Ten with James’ and finish up the year; the conversation also includes notes on Only God Forgives vs. Drive,...
by James Rocchi | Dec 19, 2013 | Interviews, Podcast, What's Hot
Jonás Cuarón joins this episode of The Lunch Podcast from the Chateau Marmont in L.A. to talk about – among other things — Gravity, the film he wrote with his father Alfonso Cuarón. Growing up, the son of the director of Children of Men and Y tu Mama...
by James Rocchi | Dec 9, 2013 | Interviews, Podcast
In a special The Lunch Podcast recorded literally right after Sunday’s L.A. Film Critic’s Awards Voting Meeting, James is joined by fellow LAFCA members Alonso Duralde (The Wrap), Amy Nicholson (L.A. Weekly and Karina Longworth (Freelance) to talk not only about the...
by James Rocchi | Dec 6, 2013 | Interviews, Podcast, What's Hot
Justin Chang is the chief film critic for the venerable but lively trade publication Variety; this week on The Lunch, Justin joins regular host and fellow critic James Rocchi to talk about three films of 2013 that any serious film-lover should see before the...
by James Rocchi | Nov 28, 2013 | Interviews, Podcast
Shaul Schwartz was a photojournalist who spent decades covering global hotspots — but after covering the drug war in Mexico, he made the jump to documentary filmmaking with his new film, Narco Cultura. Contrasting the work of a CSI police officer in Juarez,...