This week’s Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt, Helen O’Hara and James Dyer pay tribute to two cinematic greats who left us this week: the legendary Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton, and Drew Struzan, the artist who defined posters — and people’s walls — for decades. Struzan’s work also inspires this week’s listener question, which asks our trio to identify the greatest movie poster of all time.
Elsewhere in the show, the gang discuss the week’s movie news, including the return of Sam Raimi with castaway thrillerSend Help and Jim Carrey’s potential Jetsons live-action movie; review Roofman, After The Hunt, and Black Phone 2; and briefly discuss Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and Edward Berger’s Ballad Of A Small Player. Guest-wise, our cup overfloweth yet again, as Chris sits down on Zoom (sorry about his audio track, he didn’t have access to his microphone) with Rebecca Miller, director of the excellent Apple TV documentary about Martin Scorsese, Mr. Scorsese, [25:26 — 40:19 approx.] and in person with the delightful stars of Roofman, Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst. [1:04:01 — 1:19:13 approx] And Sophie Butcher has a lovely chat with Black Phone 2 stars Mason Thames (who, contrary to what Chris thinks, does not pronounce his name like the river) and Madeleine McGraw. [1:43:07 — 1:58:08 approx.] As ever, please do enjoy!
You can listen to this week’s episode (which, if you’re counting, is #689) on the pod app of your choice.
