HMSG Interview Becky D'Anna & Jon Laubinger - "Presence"

We are so excited to celebrate spooky season with our friends, Becky D'Anna & Jon Laubinger, as they launch their new show - DIRECTOR'S TAKE: A SONY PICTURES PODCAST! We got to chat with them about one of their favorite films of this last year, Steven Soderbergh's, PRESENCE (2024). 

Be sure to check out their New Podcast! 

Director’s Take brings today’s most acclaimed filmmakers into conversation with the films that shaped them. Each episode spotlights a director exploring a work they didn’t make—but deeply admire—revealing how these stories continue to inspire new generations of artists and audiences. With fresh perspectives and cultural context, Director’s Take reintroduces landmark titles as works worth rediscovering.

Becky D’Anna has worked in the film industry for over two decades. She contributed to event marketing campaigns ranging from the X-Men franchise at Twentieth Century Fox to the Spider-Man franchise at Sony Pictures. Becky most recently worked on the third-party partnership campaigns for the Oscar-winning animated film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and Sony Picture’s highest grossing film in its history, Spider-Man: No Way Home. When not at Sony, Becky loves sharing her film knowledge by writing and podcasting about her favorite movies, TV shows, and filmmakers. In addition, Becky is a guest instructor on film history and appreciation. She most recently taught a 6-hour lecture on the films of Ingmar Bergman at UC Riverside as part of their two week "Contemporary Approaches to Filmmaking" program, and was a guest panelist on the “Horror and the Inevitable Remake" panel at San Diego Comic Con 2022.

Website: https://beckydanna.com/

Jonathan Laubinger is an avid movie lover and podcaster. He created, hosted, edited, and produced the Film Baby Film podcast, which primarily focused on deep-dive episodes of beloved art house film classics. Jonathan has also appeared on several other podcasts including WrongReel, Criterion Reflections, and others. He has appeared on multiple game shows, winning almost $90,000. For his day job, he is an executive at a start-up in the specialty insurance industry. Jonathan is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and has his JD/MBA from Boston College. 

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6H16LiwpgrEPQ8uhHE3FRU?si=5hilMRDWQHioGht6V29gVQ&nd=1&dlsi=7dd3dcf875154dd4
• Apple Podcasts:
• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/zach-cregger-adaptation/id1840753945?i=1000729183843
• Amazon Music / Audible: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/08c227b8-ce1f-4817-9241-b11defb40a4c/directors-take
• Pandora - https://pandora.app.link/Qs77bumo4Wb
• TuneIn - http://tun.in/pxVVW

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