Interview With "Black Rabbit" Director Ben Semanoff

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

"Black Rabbit" is an American crime thriller television miniseries created by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman for Netflix, starring Jude Law and Jason Bateman. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released on Netflix on September 18th. It tells the story of the owner of a New York City hotspot (Law) who allows his chaotic brother (Bateman) back in his life, opening the door to escalating dangers that threaten to bring down everything he's built. Director Ben Semanoff (Episodes 5 and 6) was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about his work on the series, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the series, which is now available to stream in full on Netflix. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Giovanni Lago's interview with one of the directors of the Netflix show Black Rabbit. Ben Seminoff.
0:10.0	Brother, I sure fucking told you. I know.
0:15.0	He said to my face you'd squirted it.
0:19.0	I thought I could pay these guys back.
0:21.6	I had a sure thing.
0:24.6	How much do you owe him, Vince?
0:26.6	Big number.
0:27.6	What do you think happens?
0:30.6	You don't pay back a loan for three years.
0:33.6	It's such a big number for you, big deals.
0:35.6	Here's the black rabbit.
0:38.3	Everything's falling apart.
0:40.3	My family.
0:41.3	The restaurant?
0:43.3	I'm holding on by the skin of my teeth.
0:45.3	I didn't budget for you.
0:51.3	Your brother has a real problem.
0:53.3	You understand what this all means, right?
0:56.0	It means it's on me.
0:58.0	20 grand a week until we're square.
1:00.0	But if you're late, one single day, that's it.
1:03.0	The restaurant, it's ours.
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