From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

Writer director Sarah Polly had a lot of success as a child actor, but that didn't help her when she wanted to become a filmmaker.

At that point, the idea of an actress making a movie was kind of scoffed out. Of course, now we've seen so many awesome female actors make films. So, you know, coming back to making films,

I don't feel like I'm this alien anymore.

But at that time, that was a real uphill battle

just to get people to take me seriously.

She dispelled all doubts when she wrote and directed

the critically acclaimed 2006 film away from her.

15 years later, her latest film, Women Talking,

is an Oscar nominee for Best Picture.

Sarah Polly talks about her traumatic experiences as a child actor, including on the set of

Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and her frustrating correspondence with

Gilliam as an adult. She also talks about the delights and challenges of making women talking. But first we banter,

stick around. It's the business from KCRW. I am joined by my partner in banter. Matt Bellany. Hello,

Matt. Hi there. So I want to catch up on a story that broke a few days ago. Netflix announced that Reed Hastings, one of the founders

of the company, would become executive chairman, and Ted Sarandos, who had been the co-CEO of the company,

will now have a partner in Greg Peters, who is more on the tech side, and meanwhile, Bella Bajaria,

who has been doing the streaming shows, not the movies, has

become chief content officer and it appears to the world.

Other Netflix hasn't been so forthcoming about it that Scott Stuber, who's been in charge

of the Netflix movies, reports to Bella Bajaria.

And that is a wrinkle.

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