How Would Lubitsch Do It? Podcast
1) S5E10 - Cluny Brown [1946] and our Grand Finale with Tim Brayton
[Due to our last-minute addition of two episodes, the podcast feed mistakenly had S5E09a queued here for a few hours this morning - it should now be fixed!] How Would Lubitsch Do It comes to a close w...Show More
2) S5E09b - Cahiers du Cinéma deputy editor Charlotte Garson
Cahiers du Cinéma deputy editor Charlotte Garson joins us for a wide-ranging discussion that takes a look back at the past five seasons of the podcast and our subject’s career: among other things, we ...Show More
3) S5E09a - Lubitsch and Poland with Mateusz Pacewicz [Feat. David Neary]
Screenwriter Mateusz Pacewicz (Corpus Christi, The Hater) joins us to discuss the films of Lubitsch from a Polish perspective. We coverTo Be Or Not To Be’s depiction of Warsaw, the history of Lubitsch...Show More
4) S5E8.75 - Wes Anderson and The Grand Budapest Hotel [2014] with Matt Severson
Matt Severson returns to discuss Wes Anderson and The Grand Budapest Hotel. We discuss Lubitsch’s clear influence on the film, Anderson’s use of fabulist distancing techniques, common attitudes about ...Show More
S5E8.75 - Wes Anderson and The Grand Budapest Hotel [2014] with Matt Severson
58:58 | Oct 1st, 2024
5) S5E8.5- Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three [1961] with Noah Isenberg
Author Noah Isenberg joins us to discuss Billy Wilder and his 1961 comedic epic One, Two, Three. We cover Wilder’s early life as a reporter, a dancer-for-hire, and publicist; his lifelong ability to a...Show More
6) S5E08.25 - Freundschaft by Samson Raphaelson
A reading of Samson Raphaelson’s Freundschaft, as published on May 11, 1981, in The New Yorker. We have a Discord! Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify NEXT WEEK: Noah Isenberg joins us to discuss Bill...Show More
7) S5E08 - Dragonwyck, A Royal Scandal, That Lady In Ermine, and the Death of Ernst Lubitsch with David Cairns
David Cairns returns to discuss the end of Ernst Lubitsch’s career and life: a period in which, after a heart attack left him debilitated, he produced a series of films directed by the likes of Joseph...Show More
8) S5E07.5 - Otto Preminger's Laura [1944] with Eloise Ross
Writer and film historian Eloise Ross joins us to discuss noted Lubitsch disciple Otto Preminger and his 1944 noir Laura. We cover Preminger’s past and parallels with Lubitsch, the tumultuous story of...Show More
9) S5E07 - Heaven Can Wait [1943] with Willa Ross
Willa Ross returns for a lively discussion about Heaven Can Wait. We cover Lubitsch and Raphaelson’s opposing views on the film’s unusual protagonist, its counterintuitive structure and elisions, the ...Show More
10) S5E06b - To Be Or Not To Be [1942] with Peter Labuza
Peter Labuza returns for the second of two episodes on To Be Or Not To Be. We discuss the film’s production history, the way in which the film both fulfills and frustrates conventions of comedic struc...Show More