Playwright David Mamet (‘Glengarry Glen Ross’) on being kicked out of the left, his full-throated embrace of Donald Trump, and why he writes.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Director Ari Aster (‘Eddington’) on making a modern western, collaborating with Joaquin Phoenix, and how AI will alter the future of film.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Playwright Annie Baker (“The Flick”) on her film directorial debut “Janet Planet,” her pivot from stage to screen, and a formative elegy.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Author Zadie Smith (“The Fraud”) on the power of writing, her relationship to humanism, and the ‘monstrosity’ at the heart of her new novel.| Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso