The NO NOTES Podcast

Conversations with the best filmmakers and actors in the business

The NO NOTES Podcast is a tv podcast hosted by Schmear, with 139 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Schmear hosts The NO NOTES Podcast, a tv show with 139 episodes published.

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  'Adults' Creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw

  Sep 9, 202636 min

  Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw , the creators of 'Adults,' join NO NOTES during Season 2's release week. They give us their NO NOTES picks, then go around the house and pick one for every character. We get into Rebecca 's lifetime ban from Madame Tussauds, courtesy of Wax Paul Now. Then the origin story — writing for Jimmy Fallon , the note from Nick Kroll that changed how they work, selling the show as 'Snowflakes,' and the search that found their five leads. Plus the season two guests: Raven-Symoné , Susie Essman , Jake Shane , and Zosia Mamet . Adults S2 is streaming on Hulu.

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  Steve Way Talks 'Furious'

  Aug 31, 202631 min

  Scene-stealing Steve Way joins NO NOTES to talk about 'Furious' and his character Alden. He gets into meeting Creator Liz Meriwether , the first table read with Emmy Rossum , playing opposite Lola Petticrew , plus what bits were improvised. We also go back to Ramy — meeting Ramy Youssef in fifth grade right after 9/11 and bonding as outcasts. We discuss able-bodied performers playing disabled characters and delve into Steve 's thoughts on True Crime. Furious is streaming on Hulu.

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  John Early on 'Maddie's Secret'

  Jul 6, 202621 min

  John Early joins NO NOTES to talk about MADDIE'S SECRET, his directorial debut, in which he plays food-media dishwasher Maddie Ralph—a woman who goes viral and slowly comes apart. He gets into screening Showgirls for the cast to give everyone permission to reach; why Conner O'Malley is his favorite comedian alive; the sincere-in-a-silly-movie lesson he took from Wet Hot American Summer; and Toni Collette in Muriel's Wedding as his entire theory of acting. Plus, his Metrograph programming series and why Nashville earns a "No Notes." MADDIE'S SECRET is in theaters now.

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  'Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie' with Creators Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol

  Jul 5, 202620 min

  Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol join NO NOTES to talk about NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE—the comedy they made with barely a script, writing backwards from whatever actually happened when they took a camera into the streets of Toronto (yes, they really got up the CN Tower). They get into why they'd never leave Canada, a tribute to the late Catherine O'Hara, and some details about 'Tony,' Matt 's Anthony Bourdain movie for A24 with Dominic Sessa . NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE is out now.

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  'Leviticus' Director Adrian Chiarella

  Jun 20, 202620 min

  Adrian Chiarella joins Schmear to talk Leviticus , his debut queer horror feature out of Australia. We get into the origin of that biblical title and the sermon scene he cut, why he refused to cast 25-year-olds as teenagers, and how he found his two leads, Joe Bird and Stacey Clausen , including the dual role that meant building a horror entity from scratch. Adrian breaks down the films in the DNA of Leviticus ( The Thing , Onibaba ) and pushes back on the " Heated Rivalry meets It Follows " pitch. Plus, the bootleg VHS childhood that made him a cinephile ( Red Sorghum , early Wong Kar-wai with no subtitles); why Cure rewired his brain; his NO NOTES pick, his love of Picnic at Hanging Rock; queer horror from A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 to I Saw the TV Glow; and why the genre is having a moment.

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