Feeling Seen

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Jordan sits down with the one and only Matthew Lillard, an actor who looms large in the hearts of any Millennial horror lover, and whose fruitful career is still going strong -- right now he can be seen in CROSS Season 2, SCREAM 7, and FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2. But you might be surprised to learn that he devoted a decade of his life to getting one particular movie made: his directorial debut, FAT KID RULES THE WORLD, starring Jacob Wysocki. He shares that creative journey with Jordan -- from falling in love with an audiobook he was narrating to winning the Audience Award at SXSW -- on today's episode.

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Writer, film critic, and educator Walter Chaw has been writing and thinking about cinema since he was a teenager -- when he discovered how it could make him feel understood, and that saved his life. Now, he's a critic whose unapologetically personal takes on cinema makes some folks love his work, and really pisses some other folks off. Despite his artist's temperament and his expertise, Walter wants to stay in touch with the common man...just like BARTON FINK, from the Coen Brothers' classic 1991 anti-ode to the Studio System.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about some exciting June Squibb News.

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Feeling Seen is hosted by Jordan Crucchiola and is a production of Maximum Fun.
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This interview originally aired in January 2023, and we've updated it with a fresh opening and "One Quick Thing." 
Comedian Gianmarco Soresi is brutally honest with us this week: he deeply relates to Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham!) in Milos Forman’s 1984 classical classic, Amadeus. But while Gianmarco can own his Salieri-like insecurities, he can’t let it keep him from pursuing virtuosity.
Then, Jordan has one quick thing about an exciting new action film from master Yuen Woo-Ping, Blades of the Guardians.
Gianmarco's latest special is Thief of Joy.

Feeling Seen is hosted by Jordan Crucchiola and is a production of Maximum Fun.
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This episode originally aired in May 2024.
Drag superstar Latrice Royale has been in the game since before Ru Paul’s Drag Race was a phenomenon. She won Miss Congeniality on her season of that show, and went on to appear on All-Stars and Drag U. An actor and performer, Latrice leads Season 4 of HBO’s drag docuseries We’re Here. And if you know anything about Latrice, just a few moments with Della Reese’s character, Vera Walker, in the Eddie Murphy-directed dramedy Harlem Nights  will show you how Latrice’s persona may have been shaped by Vera’s no-nonsense power and heart of gold.
Then, Jordan has one quick think about Humane, directed by Caitlin Cronenberg.

Feeling Seen is hosted by Jordan Crucchiola and is a production of Maximum Fun.
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We're thrilled to be adding the delightful Sophie Nélisse to the list of YELLOWJACKETS stars we've spoken with on the show; you'll recognize her as young Shauna Shipman from that series (or perhaps from her role in the beyond-buzzy HEATED RIVALRY). Now she's starring in the fun and freaky cursed-object horror movie WHISTLE, out in theaters this weekend (February 6, 2026). Now 25, Sophie's been acting since she was 11, and all that has taught her a thing or two about her emotions -- naming them, trying to control them, and knowing when they just can't be reined in. We are talking about all of that through the lens of Pixar's INSIDE OUT 2 on today's show!
Then, speaking of emotions, Jordan has one quick thing about the transcendent Catherine O'Hara.
 

Feeling Seen is hosted by Jordan Crucchiola and is a production of Maximum Fun.
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