The Empire Film Podcast is the official podcast of Empire, the world's biggest and best movie magazine. We bring you all the latest movie news and nonsense, as well as reviews of the week's new films, an assortment of irreverent, film-related chat and interviews with some of Hollywood's best and brightest. New episodes every Friday. For our famous deep dives into specific movies, subscribe to the Empire Spoiler Special Podcast at https://empire.supportingcast.fm/ Love TV? Subscribe to our sister show, The Pilot TV Podcast, which covers every quality show landing on the small screen — because you can't watch *ev...
Latest episodes
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1 h 35
A Guy In A Bath? (ft. Simon Farnaby, Mathew Baynton & Kiell Smith-Bynoe)
This week's Empire Podcast sees Simon Farnaby, Mathew Baynton, and Kiell Smith-Bynoe, three members of the gargantuan cast of Ghosts: The Possession Of Button House, the big-screen…
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44 min
The Interviews (ft. Tom Rhys Harries, Taika Waititi, Peyton Elizabeth Lee & Jacob Tremblay)
Another cracking episode of The Interviews this week, folks, as Chris Hewitt sits down on Zoom with Tom Rhys Harries, who plays the title role in Clayface as a hotshot actor who go…
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48 min
Laika And The Road To Wildwood: An Empire Podcast Special, In Association With Wildwood
Travis Knight's Wildwood is the latest film from Laika, the Portland-based stop-motion animation studio behind the likes of Coraline, The Boxtrolls, and Kubo And The Two Strings. A…
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1 h 34
Name That Stath! (ft. Tom Hiddleston & Genden Phuntsok)
This week's Empire Podcast sees Tom Hiddleston return once again as our star guest (for what we are guessing is a record — let us know if that's the case, we don't keep records!) t…
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37 min
The Interviews (ft. Austin Abrams & Josh Brolin; Kitao Sakurai & Andrew Koji)
This week's episode of The Interviews sees two dynamic duos drop in for lovely cinema-connected chats. First, Chris Hewitt comes face-to-face with Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin, th…
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47 min
The Empire Podcast On Little Shop Of Horrors, In Association With Warner Home Video
"Suddenly Empire is standing beside you/talking about Frank Oz for hours on end/Suddenly Empire is here to provide you/Sweet understanding..." of Oz' classic 1986 movie musical Lit…
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33 min
VisionQuest: An Empire Podcast Preview Special (ft. Paul Bettany and James Spader)
VisionQuest, the latest MCU show to hit Disney+, launches tomorrow with a two-episode salvo which reintroduces us to Paul Bettany's Vision, or the latest version thereof. Last seen…
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1 h 00
The Interviews (ft. Aaron Sorkin; Paul Greengrass; John Cena & Jessica Biel)
Blimey, do we have a bumper edition of The Interviews for you, folks, as Chris Hewitt sits down in person with Aaron Sorkin to talk about the writer-director's return to the world…
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37 min
25 Years Of S.S. Rajamouli: An Empire Podcast Interview Special
Today — October 10 — is a pretty special day for S.S. Rajamouli, the groundbreaking Indian director behind epics like the Baahubali films, Eega, and 2022's Oscar-winning breakout h…
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1 h 29
Paul Blart, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (ft. Andrew Garfield)
This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Andrew Garfield, star of Paul Greengrass' hard-hitting period epic, The Uprising, stop by the podbooth for a fun chat with Chris Hewi…
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36 min
A BFI London Film Festival Directors Roundtable (ft. Andrew Haigh, Ashley Walters, Carol Morley, Mark Cousins)
It's time, folks. No, not time to watch the magic pumpkin — that's a few weeks away — but instead to glory in the majesty of the BFI London Film Festival, which kicks off today in,…
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1 h 21
Keep Loving Movies, And Hopefully They'll Love You Back (ft. Ethan Hawke)
The title of this week's episode of the Empire Podcast is a delightful phrase that comes from none other than our star guest, Ethan Hawke, who tells Jamie Graham all about his new…
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46 min
The Interviews (ft. David Kittredge on Boorman And The Devil; Padraic McKinley on The Weight)
This week's episode of The Interviews is all about editors-turned-directors. First, we have an extended interview between Chris Hewitt and David Kittredge, the director behind the…
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1 h 36
Stark-Spangled Banner (ft. guest, David Ayer)
This week's episode of the Empire Podcast is all about birthdays, folks. Partially because Chris Hewitt just had one, but also because this week's listener question asks our Three…
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1 h 31
Witches, Leave (ft. guests, Zach Cregger & Austin Abrams)
Which witch is which? And more importantly, which witch is best? That's the big question on the lips of the Empire Podcast team this week, as Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, and James…
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34 min
The Interviews (ft. Jarvis Cocker, Susanne Bier)
This week's episode of The Interviews is different class, folks. First up, Chris Hewitt has a lovely Zoom with Jarvis Cocker — yes, THE Jarvis Cocker — as the Pulp frontman and all…
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31 min
The Shameless Plug: Digging Deep On Digger
With the latest issue of Empire magazine in shops for just another week or so, it's time for Chris Hewitt and Empire editor Nick de Semlyen to slide into the podbooth and dig deep…
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1 h 28
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Next Generation (ft. guests Stockard Channing & Dianne Wiest)
Happy birthday, Star Trek! Gene Roddenberry's groundbreaking sci-fi show turned 60 this week, and the Empire Podcast is celebrating in style this week. Helen O'Hara broke a world r…
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55 min
The Interviews (ft. Steven Knight, Camille Cottin, Corin Hardy)
It's another jam-packed edition of The Interviews this week, folks. First, Chris Hewitt sits down with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight as he tackles another project about comp…
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49 min
The Interviews (ft. Willem Dafoe; Jujubee & Ginger Minj; Jane Schoenbrun)
The latest episode of The Interviews is a barnstormer, folks, in which the legendary Willem Dafoe talks to Alex Godfrey about his new movie, Late Fame, running a farm, and not cele…