Back To One

Updated: 21 Oct 2025 • 365 episodes
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The no nonsense, in-depth, actors-on-acting podcast from Filmmaker Magazine. Hosted by Peter Rinaldi. One working actor every episode doing a deep dive into their approach to the craft. No small talk, no celebrity stories, no inane banter—just the work.

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21 Oct 2025 • EN

Cooper Raiff Returns

Cooper Raiff returns to the podcast (first time was Ep. 128) to discuss his latest project, the eight-episode, independently-made, decades-spanning series “Hal & Harper.” He picks up right where we left off in the first interview, 5 years ago, taking us through the process of getting “Cha Cha Real Smooth” made, and how

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17 Oct 2025 • EN

Crispin Glover Part 2

This is the second part of my interview with Crispin Glover where we dive deep into his latest film “No! You’re Wrong or Spooky Action At A Distance,” which he spent the better part of the last 18 years making, completely independently. He touches on many of the technical aspects of the film, such as shooting ratio, co

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09 Oct 2025 • EN

Crispin Glover

Crispin Glover is best known for playing George McFly in “Back To The Future,” but for the past three decades he’s been very thoughtful, patient, and selective about his acting roles and even more thoughtful and patient as a true independent filmmaker, self-financing and self-distributing three films — “What is it?”, “

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30 Sep 2025 • EN

Catherine LeFrere

Catherine LeFrere plays Isabella Blow in the inventive off-Broadway production “House of McQueen" at The Mansion At Hudson Yards in New York City. The play depicts the life of the brilliant fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who was discovered by Blow. On this episode, LeFrere takes us on a deep dive into the creation

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Josh Pais returns to the podcast (first time was Ep. 77). Aside from being one of the most respected actors in the game, with over 150 credits in film and TV, Pais is the founder of “Committed Impulse,” a groundbreaking training born from his own acting process that has since become a “secret weapon” for thousands of t

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16 Sep 2025 • EN

Ruby Cruz

Watching Ruby Cruz’s remarkable and seemingly effortless performance in her latest film, “The Threesome,” I got a hunch that she was engaging with the work on some kind of intuitive level where connection was paramount. I also sensed that this might not be easy to talk about. In one sense I was right, the gifted young

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