Interviews: Sir Ridley Scott, Kevin Smith, Bring Her Back Writer/Directors, and Friendship Writer/Director + Stranger Things 5, Ariana Grande's Next Movie & More

On the June 4, 2025 episode of /Film Weekly, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by a bunch of people to talk about the latest film and TV news and present interviews with a bunch of directors, including the filmmakers behind Bring Her Back, the director of the Tim Robinson comedy Friendship, Kevin Smith, and legendary director Ridley Scott.

In The News: (~01:10)

• Stranger Things 5 | Date Announcement | Netflix
• https://deadline.com/2025/05/cillian-murphy-daniel-craig-damien-chazelle-movie-1236406062/
• https://deadline.com/2025/05/hershey-movie-alan-ruck-richard-kind-david-costabile-1236412338/
• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/luca-guadagnino-to-direct-openai-movie-1236236357/
• https://deadline.com/2025/05/ariana-grande-meet-the-parents-movie-1236413786/
• https://deadline.com/2025/06/skydance-ryan-coogler-aneesh-chaganty-doppelganger-1236422221/
• https://www.slashfilm.com/1876101/james-cameron-horror-movie-the-devils-avatar-4-director-question/

Bring Her Back (~19:53)

How it compares to Talk to Me (~20:18)

Sally Hawkins’ performance, and way the film handles grief (23:30)

The movie’s violence/gore (~30:40)

Interview with Danny and Michael Philippou (~38:40)

Friendship (~54:16)

Paul Rudd’s I Love You, Man connection (~59:23)

Some of our favorite moments (~01:03:42)

Interview with writer/director Andrew DeYoung (~01:08:53)

Dogma (~01:26:13)

Where does Dogma stand in Kevin Smith’s filmography? (~01:28:41)

Jason Mewes’ performance (~01:32:37)

The Wild, Complete Story Behind Kevin Smith Reclaiming Dogma For Re-Release

Why Kevin Smith Paid Tribute To John Hughes In Dogma But Still Dumped On Home Alone

Interview with Kevin Smith (~01:33:45)

Kingdom of Heaven (~01:41:15)

Is this Ridley Scott’s best movie? (~01:50:26)

Ridley Scott interview (~01:53:00)

All the other stuff you need to know:

• You can find more about some of the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked in the show notes.
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