This week, The Lunch is joined by Chief Film Critic for the L.A. Weekly Amy Nicholson, also the author of the upcoming Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor from Phaidon/Cahiers du Cinema. After dining at Pepy's Galley -- a The Lunch Podcast favorite that's ...

This week, The Lunch is joined by director William Eubank (Left, with Beau Knapp) of the Focus Features scifi brain-bender The Signal; over coffee at Olive and Thyme in Burbank, Mr. Eubank and I discussed low budgets, big ideas,

This week, The Lunch is joined by director and writer Gillian Robespierre of the film Obvious Child, which stars Jenny Slate as a NYC stand-up with a stalled career, deep insecurities .. and an unwanted pregnancy. Ms.

This week, The Lunch is joined by Grantland.com staff writer Alex Pappademas; after dining at Guisado's on Sunset, Alex and I talked all things X-Men: Days of Future Past -- from plot holes to soap operatics, representation and vertical flying-styles,

This week, The Lunch is joined by actor AJ Bowen, star of the now-on-VOD The Sacrament, as well as indie faves like You're Next and The House of the Devil. After lunch at Evenleigh on Sunset, AJ and I discussed his work as a VICE reporter who stumbles ...

This week, The Lunch is joined by Sean O'Connell, Movies Content Director of the lively news-and-reviews site CinemaBlend.com. Speaking via Skype, Sean and I discussed our opposing takes on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 -- he a fan,

This week, The Lunch is joined by Germain Lussier, senior writer for the notorious and well-read Slashfilm.com; after we dined at The Grill in the Hollywood and Highland complex, Germain and I talked about that Star Wars photo,

Blue Ruin may be one of the strongest American independent films of 2014: It's a revenge saga, but it isn't; the hero isn't a terse one-man army but instead a shy, silent man driven to desperate, dangerous acts; it isn't about swift,

A film-lover's dream documentary, Jodorowsky's Dune is a chronicle of magnificence, obsession, impracticality and excess, all culminating in one of the greatest films that never existed. Chronicling the attempts by noted director Alejandro Jodorowski t...

Alison Willmore is the newly-hired Film Critic for BuzzFeed -- and the first time that mighty site has created a position with "Critic" in the title. After dining at Golden State, on Fairfax, Ms. Wilmore and I talked about her new position,