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And this one, he took 10 years to develop.

The Wailing was in 2016, so I was ready for this, especially after I heard friends of the show like Ryan McQuaid, etc., see this in Cannes, and they're like, this is one of my favorite movies we saw in Cannes.

I just wonder, Michael, with the, let's just say, prestige lineup at Cannes.

This may just stick out because it's so different, right? If you saw this movie in the middle of the day, it's a nice breakup with all the cancer films and whatnot.

We've just driven down the mountain from Telluride.

I'm here with Ryan McQuaid and Jay Ledbetter, better known from the Director's Watch podcast.

But you're here now on Pop Culture Confidential.

We are here from beautiful Montrose.

Mm-hmm.

Shout out to Ryan McQuaid.

Shout out to Ryan McQuaid for that.

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And maybe we go on a few unrelated tangents along the way.

I'm Ryan McQuaid, the executive editor here at AwardsWatch.

And joining me, as always, is Bronco Henry's mentor, my co-host, Jay Letbetter.

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Hello, listeners and readers of awardswatch.com.

This is executive editor Ryan McQuaid, and I'm so excited to be sharing my conversation with Onslaught director Adam Wingard.

Wingard, who broke onto the scene with Your Next and The Guest for the last decade, has been making films within the studio system.

He returns to form, though, with Onslaught, which is a film set right back into the world of The Guest and his best movie in nearly

[upbeat music] Hello everyone and welcome back to Director Watch, an Awards Watch podcast that tends to get inside the mind of cinema's greatest auteurs, explore what drives them, and maybe we go on a few unrelated tangents along the way.

I'm Ryan McQuaid, executive editor here at Awards Watch, and joining me as always is my poet who didn't know it, my co-host, Jay Lebender.

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This is AwardsWatch Podcast Episode 360.

And I'm your host, Ryan McQuaid, Executive Editor here at AwardsWatch.

And joining me today is Eric Anderson.

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Hello, listeners and readers of awardswatch.com.

This is Awards Watch executive editor Ryan McQuaid, and I'm so excited to be sharing my in-depth conversation with writer-director Andrew Patterson for his latest film.

Patterson is one of the most unique, talented young voices that we have in independent cinema, with his first film, The Vast of Night, being a streaming sensation and one of the best films of 2020, and his latest film being a festival darling in 2025 at South by Southwest.

I sat down with Patterson for an extensive conversation over the film's themes, the long-awaited journey for this film to get into theaters, his collaboration with star Matthew McConaughey, his discovery in Angelina Looking Glass, and what he hopes to make in the future with his upcoming films.