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Pop Culture Confidential
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Conversations at the intersection of movies, television, and pop culture.
Hosted by Christina Jeurling Birro, this podcast delivers candid interviews with filmmakers, actors, creators, and cultural tastemakers, plus festival and awards-season coverage, reviews, and in-depth explorations of the stories shaping what we watch and why it matters.
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526: Brittany Allen on Her Powerful Performance as Roxie on 'The Pitt'
1w ago00:24:29Tap to summarizeActor Brittany Allen (The Boys, Dexter: Original Sin, Jigsaw) joins the show to discuss her Emmy-buzzed performance as Roxie Hamler, a terminal cancer patient on HBO’s The Pitt. We dive into the research behind her role, her collaboration with Noah Wyle and the cast and crew of the medical drama, the emotional weight of the storylines, how the team unwinds after intense days on set, and so much more.
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525: Backrooms, Obsession & The YouTube Creators Filling Cinemas! (Guest: Ryan McQuade)
1w ago01:07:44Tap to summarizeRyan McQuade of AwardsWatch.com joins Christina to discuss the mega-hits Obsession (directed by 26-year-old Curry Barker) and Backrooms (by 20-year-old Kane Parsons), the rise of YouTube content creators in cinema and more! Plus they talk basketball! :) Don’t miss it
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524: Dispatch 10: Final Cannes Report & The Award Winners! Guest, Ryan McQuade
3w ago00:50:36Tap to summarize524: Dispatch 10: Final Cannes Report! Guest Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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523: Cannes Dispatch 9. Club Kid, Coward, The Man I Love & Jim Queen. Guest:Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch.
3w ago00:32:59Tap to summarizeCannes Film Festival Dispatch 9. Club Kid, Coward, The Man I Love & Jim Queen with guest: Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch. https://awardswatch.comVideo Anton Isiukovhttps://www.antonisiukov.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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522: A Conversation with Sean Fennessey ('The Big Picture') at Cannes 2026
4w ago00:39:42Tap to summarizeCannes Film Festival 2026 Dispatch nr 8. A Conversation with Sean Fennessey.Guest: Sean Fennesseyhttps://www.theringer.com/podcasts/the-big-picturehttps://substack.com/@seanfennesseyVideo: Anton Isiukovhttp://antonisiukov.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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521: Cannes Dispatch 7. Cannes Unfiltered! Sales, Palme Buzz, the Palm Dog & Reviews! Guest Wendy Mitchell, Screen International
4w ago00:25:31Tap to summarizeGuest Wendy Mitchell Contributing Editor for Screen International and ScreenDaily.comhttps://www.filmwendy.com/writing
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520: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 6. Reviews Koreeda, Gray & Dupieux (Guest: John Bleasdale
4w ago00:23:52Tap to summarizeGuest, author and film critic John Bleasdalehttps://www.johnbleasdale.comVideo by Anton Isiukovhttps://www.antonisiukov.com
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519: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 5! Review Paweł Pawlikowski's 'Fatherland' (Guest Sophia Ciminello – AwardsWatch)
4w ago00:22:42Tap to summarizeCannes Film Festival Dispatch 5: Review Paweł Pawlikowski 's 'Fatherland' (Guest Sophia Ciminello – AwardsWatch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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518: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 4. Gustaf Skarsgård & Peter Birro ('The Cannibal')
4w ago00:20:50Tap to summarizeOn a special episode from Cannes 2026, Christina interviews (her husband:), screenwriter Peter Birro, and director Gustaf Skarsgård about their upcoming film. They are at the festival to introduce The Cannibal, a psychological horror film about a screenwriter who goes to the island of Fårö to write a movie about Bergman, but soon encounters a demonic presence. Production starts in 2026. Audio & Video Video by Anton Isiukov https://www.antonisiukov.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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517: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 3. Review "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" (Guest Ryan McQuade)
May 1500:13:20Tap to summarizeReview! We are excited about Jane Schoenbrun's ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. Guest Ryan McQuade AwardsWatch.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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