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			<title>AI comes to Hollywood</title>
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			<title>Leaving Las Vegas part 2: Nick Cage, Sting, and filming in a city that doesn’t want you</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[The “F#@k off" that led to Leaving Las Vegas]]></title>
			<itunes:title><![CDATA[The “F#@k off" that led to Leaving Las Vegas]]></itunes:title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Walter Murch on the Art of Editing, part 2</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:55:12 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Walter Murch on the Art of Editing</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Megalopolis Diaries: Wrangling the Beast</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>In our third and final installment of Mike’s reflections from the set of Megalopolis, he talks to writer Josh Karp about what goes into editing a massive project like MEGADOC. He shares stories about how he learned to edit, his sometimes tense relationship with other editors on Hollywood projects, and insights on how the documentary industry has changed the craft.</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>Megalopolis diaries: Aubrey Plaza, Adam Driver, and the Coppola Chaos</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Mike dives deeper into life on the set of Francis Ford Coppola’s <em>Megalopolis</em>, this time turning his lens on the cast. From Coppola’s fiery love/hate dynamic with Shia LaBeouf, to unexpected moments of connection with Aubrey Plaza, to the quiet mystery of Adam Driver, Mike shares candid stories of how these larger-than-life personalities collide. Together, they reveal how Coppola’s unruly ensemble fuels the director’s anarchic vision.</p><br><p>Writer Josh Karp joins Mike him once again.</p><br><p>MEGADOC, the documentary about the making of Megalopolis, is in theatres.</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>Megalopolis diaries: Coppola’s chaos</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Francis Ford Coppola spent over $100 million of his own money to make Megalopolis, an epic film set in an alternate future with a cast full of stars. When the movie came out, it was met with polarizing reviews. Some saw a master experimenting with form, and others saw an incoherent film jam-packed with competing ideas and styles.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Mike was invited on set to make a documentary about the movie, and got extensive access to Coppola, the cast and the crew. He’s joined by writer Josh Karp to talk about watching Coppola make this passion project.&nbsp;</p><br><p>MEGADOC, the documentary about the making of Megalopolis, is in theatres September 19.</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>Introducing Unfiltered: The Mike Figgis Podcast</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Legendary filmmaker Mike Figgis pulls back the curtain on his life and work in <em>Unfiltered: The Mike Figgis Podcast</em>, a new series full of untold stories from a life in cinema. From behind-the-scenes access to his <em>Megalopolis</em> documentary to raw memories of <em>Leaving Las Vegas</em> and <em>Timecode</em>, Figgis offers rare insight into his creative world. With never-before-heard interviews and candid conversations, the podcast is part memoir, part masterclass, and wholly unfiltered.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>Episode 12</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 16:12:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Episode 11</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:03:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Season 2 of The Mike Figgis Podcast kicks off with Mike and Ali discussing Coppola's Megalopolis, Mike's making-of documentary of the film, his dearly departed friend Julian Sands, departed legends Jean-Luc Godard and Jeff Beck, long form TV today, new K-Dramas and intimacy in film.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>Episode 10</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 21:43:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mike's musical background, his fascination with audio and the GK4; the band members, the music and the joy of spontaneous playing.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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			<title>Episode 9</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 21:40:50 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Episode 8</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 21:38:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mike and Ali talk Cannes Film Festival: Mike's several visits through the years, being on the red carpet, the politics of festivals, encounters with stars, trying to sell one's film and the evolution of the festival scene as a whole.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Mike and Ali talk Cannes Film Festival: Mike's several visits through the years, being on the red carpet, the politics of festivals, encounters with stars, trying to sell one's film and the evolution of the festival scene as a whole.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>Episode 7</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:33:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:31:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:28:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:23:33 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Episode 3</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:16:12 GMT</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 14:41:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Mike talks K-Drama, its tropes, what he loves about K-Drama, the recent boon of long form television, Chinatown and great films. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 14:36:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Mike Figgis's first Podcast.</p><p>Mike and Ali talk about Mike's Soho Photo Series, the evolution of street photography, documentaries today, the film business, Jean-Luc Godard and David Lynch's Inland Empire. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
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