This week's episode of the Empire Podcast invites you to settle into a pair of cracking interviews — first, Ben Travis has a sit-down [22:48 - 42:49 approx] with Richard Linklater, director of the excellent Hit Man (now on Netflix), then Chris Hewitt has a bonny time with the wonderfully loquacious Stephen Fry, star of

Richard Linklater’s latest film “Hit Man,” starring Glen Powell and Adria Arjona, is now available to stream on Netflix, and the legendary writer-director sat down with us to discuss the making of his (sort of based on a true story) film, and his career. We dive into his process of working with actors, finding chemistr

We recently welcomed back director Richard Linklater for the U.S. premiere of Hit Man, a Spotlight selection in this year’s festival, for a post-screening Q&A with NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim. Richard Linklater’s peppy sunlit neo-noir is a continually surprising delight. Glen Powell, in a wily and charismatic sta

Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, Slacker, School of Rock) takes you back to the space race era with his film, “Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood.” It's an animated period piece that's steeped in ‘60s nostalgia, but also speaks to our world today. He joined Tom when the film first came out to talk about growing up

WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Richard Linklater to mark 20 years since he began filming "Boyhood" in 2002, filming scenes every year for 12 years for a literal coming-of-age story that's become a masterpiece of American cinema. They spoke during the film's release in 2014 en route to six Academy A

Richard Linklater is on the pod to talk about his career in film making and his new movie Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood We also talk about Peter Bogdanovich, Caveh Zahedi, Robert Rodriguez, Scott Rudin, Trees Lounge (1996), Generation X and Henry David Thoreau