Interviews With "The Menu" Writers Seth Reiss, Will Tracy, Director Mark Mylod & Star Hong Chau

The Next Best Picture Podcast

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4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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"The Menu" had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and is now playing in theaters from Searchlight Pictures. The film stars an ensemble cast of characters played by Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Janet McTeer, Judith Light, and John Leguizamo, among others, who dine at the fine cuisine restaurant of world-renowned chef Julian Slowik, played by Ralph Fiennes. The evening takes a deadly turn for the worse, and the mind games from Chef and his right-hand woman, Elsa, played by Hong Chau, continue in a torturous evening for the guests. Hong Chau was kind enough to spend some time talking with me about her work in the film along with what the last year has been like, also working on Darren Aronofsky's "The Whale" and Kelly Reichardt's "Showing Up." I also had the pleasure of speaking with the screenwriters Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, plus director Mark Mylod. Each conversation reveals another layer to the brilliant inner workings of what makes "The Menu" such a full-course meal, but please be warned, SPOILERS are ahead. Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT 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,
0:23.0	and these are my interviews,
0:24.5	with the screenwriters for the menu.
0:26.7	Seth Reese and Will Tracy,
0:28.8	director Mark Milaud,
0:30.5	and star Hong Chow.
0:32.7	Is that going to fit everyone?
0:34.0	Easily. 12 customers total.
0:35.8	How do they turn a profit?
0:37.1	1250 ahead, that's how.
0:39.3	What are we eating a Rolex?
0:41.3	It's one of his classics.
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