Interview With "I Used To Be Funny" Director/Writer Ally Pankiw

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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"I Used To Be Funny" had its world premiere at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, where it received strong reviews for its story, writing, and lead performance from Rachel Sennott. Writer and Director Ally Pankiw was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about her feature directorial debut, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from Utopia. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Project Hail Mary is an extraordinary cinematic experience.
0:03.9	You're a great scientist, Dr. Grace.
0:05.6	The world is counting on you.
0:07.0	Starring Ryan Gosling.
0:08.3	So I met an alien.
0:09.8	Two worlds, one impossible mission.
0:12.3	We're going to save the stars.
0:13.8	Project Hail Mary.
0:14.9	Amaze, amaze, amaze.
0:16.1	See it first March 14th and 15th in Cinemas Everywhere, March 19th.
0:19.9	You are listening to the Next Best Picture Podcast,
0:23.1	and this is Emma Sassick's interview
0:25.1	with the director and writer for I used to be funny,
0:29.3	Ali Pankute.
0:30.7	Okay, what do you actually tell jokes about?
0:32.8	I do the classics, you know, my period,
0:34.9	the mall, skin care.
0:41.3	Right, which is all derivative of Ruth Buzzy. Who is Ruth Buzzy?
0:43.3	I was in O'Pair for two years.
0:46.3	I'm also a comedian.
0:48.3	Hell yeah.
0:49.3	So I spend most of my time with overgrown children.
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