Paul Feig’s Adventures in Moviegoing

Paul Feig’s Adventures in Moviegoing

11 Episodes

The director of BRIDESMAIDS, SPY, and GHOSTBUSTERS sat down with author Sam Wasson to explore the movies that have shaped his approach to filmmaking.

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Paul Feig’s Adventures in Moviegoing
  • Paul Feig in Conversation

    Episode 1

    The director of BRIDESMAIDS on a lifetime of moviegoing

  • Paul Feig on RASHOMON

    Episode 2

  • Rashomon

    Episode 3

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1950 • Japan
    Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori

    A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, RASHOMON is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people give different accou...

  • Paul Feig on 8½

    Episode 4

  • Episode 5

    Directed by Federico Fellini • 1963 • Italy

    Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 (Otto e mezzo) turns one man's artistic crisis into a grand e...

  • Paul Feig on PLAYTIME

    Episode 6

  • PlayTime

    Episode 7

    Directed by Jacques Tati • 1967 • France
    Starring Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Georges Montant

    Jacques Tati’s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PLAYTIME. For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-y...

  • Paul Feig on STRANGER THAN PARADISE

    Episode 8

  • Stranger Than Paradise

    Episode 9

    Directed by Jim Jarmusch • 1984 • United States, Germany
    Starring John Lurie, Richard Edson, Eszter Balint

    With this breakout film, Jim Jarmusch established himself as one of the most exciting voices in the burgeoning independent-film scene, a road-movie poet with an affinity for Americana at it...

  • Paul Feig on WITHNAIL AND I

    Episode 10

  • Withnail and I

    Episode 11

    Directed by Bruce Robinson • 1986 • United Kingdom
    Starring Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths

    London. The 1960s. Two unemployed actors—acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and the anxiety-ridden “I” (Paul McGann)—drown their frustrations in booze, pills, and light...