ON OUR RADAR / FRAME / LINE
Five podcasts, selected clips and a reading list from other creators, kept on the radar for the questions they ask.
Interviews and reporting by their original creators. No sponsorship.
01 / Puck / The Ringer
A fast read on the dealmaking, leadership and platform decisions that set Hollywood’s agenda. Listen for the industry stakes behind the headline, then check the source of any claim.
02 / KCRW
Interviews with the people who make and sell entertainment, with room for the practical side of how projects get made. A useful counterpoint to a release-only view of the industry.
03 / IndieWire
A festival and awards conversation that follows films as they enter the critical and commercial conversation. Pair its reactions with reported sales coverage to see what happens next.
04 / The Ankler
A trade conversation on studio strategy, streaming and Hollywood’s shifting business model. A useful listen when the story is the company behind the film as much as the film itself.
05 / John August and Craig Mazin
Primarily a screenwriting show, not a distribution podcast. It earns a place here for the working-writer perspective on development and the choices made before a project reaches a buyer.
Availability and episode lists can change. These are show links, not endorsements of every guest or claim.
THE READING ROOM ↗ Further reading on how films find their audience.
RESOURCES ↗ Casting signups, crew directories, volunteering and more. Links to independent organisations, gathered in one place.
DATES WORTH KNOWING ↗ Festival dates, entry deadlines and the next calls to watch.
Selected clips by their original interviewers. Not conducted by Frame / Line.
Variety profiled Duke and his approach to the film junket: old viewing journals, location photographs and questions that begin with a real encounter with the work. His short interviews show how a personal question can get past the standard press-tour answer. The clips below come from his published Stepping Through Film account.
01 / STEPPING THROUGH FILM
To be the audience on set.Christopher Nolan
Duke asks how a production as large as The Odyssey fits together. A short, first-hand answer from the filmmaker on the work behind the finished image.
02 / STEPPING THROUGH FILM
You can be calm and quiet but still get your message across.Thomas Duke, on Close Encounters
On how films can make us more understanding of other people, in a conversation around Disclosure Day. The useful part is the question about what cinema does to an audience, beyond a film's opening weekend.
03 / STEPPING THROUGH FILM
I don’t have to, but I have to understand it.Emily Blunt
A short question on whether her acting has changed across fifteen years. A craft-led interview that gives a familiar film-star conversation a more revealing starting point.
04 / STEPPING THROUGH FILM
An audience knows what’s real and what’s not.Matt Damon
With The Odyssey as the occasion, Duke asks how earlier performances remain visible in the actors they are now. It is about careers as much as one release.
Edwards is a books creator, not a film trade reporter. His Guardian profile and his own interviews put the book-to-screen connection in focus. The useful question for this outlet is how a reader community and a film's cast meet around an adaptation.
05 / JACK EDWARDS
I always feel like when it’s over, like I didn’t learn enough.Ryan Gosling
In Project Hail Mary publicity, Edwards asks Gosling about a favourite book and makes a personal recommendation. A small example of how a film adaptation can speak to readers through a creator they know.
These links lead to the creators' own clips or shows, not Frame / Line interviews. Follow them for the full platform context.
Trade pieces worth the reading time. Pointers, not reviews; the reporting belongs to its original outlets and all pieces are in English.
01 / VARIETY
A beat-by-beat account of how Lionsgate built a nostalgic, fan-centric campaign and turned Michael into a blockbuster.
02 / VARIETY
A distributor-side turnaround: Pathé rescued a struggling release with a push from the YouTuber Inoxtag, a French case of creator-led marketing.
03 / VARIETY
Utopia's distribution team on fandom and eventification: how young cinephiles are changing the indie release playbook.
04 / INDIEWIRE
How an audience platform became an unlikely route to release, and what that pipeline asks of a film.
05 / INDIEWIRE
When no conventional distributor shows up, some films take themselves on the road. IndieWire looks at the roadshow comeback.
06 / VARIETY
Ten takeaways from San Sebastian's Creative Investors' Conference, where film financing meets the festival calendar.
07 / SOUNDS AND COLOURS
What happens to Latin American films after the festival room: the paths that carry them to wider audiences.
12 Angry Men · 1957
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Severance · Adam Scott · 2025
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Zendaya · 2019
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