Christina Birro
@christinabirro.bsky.social
Journalist/Critic. Host of Pop Culture Confidential Podcast
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Member @CriticsChoice @awfj
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Member @CriticsChoice @awfj
All new Pop Culture Confidential. The one and only @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social joins me to preview the biggest films still to come in 2025. Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Wicked: For Good, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Train Dreams, Wake Up Dead Man, and more!
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November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
All new Pop Culture Confidential. The one and only @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social joins me to preview the biggest films still to come in 2025. Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Wicked: For Good, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Train Dreams, Wake Up Dead Man, and more!
Listen now popcultureconfidential.com
Listen now popcultureconfidential.com
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Filmmaker Rebecca Miller joined me to talk about "Mr. Scorsese" her brilliant new doc series abt the legendary director.
Had a wonderful time talking with her abt the people, stories, & themes that shaped Scorsese’s life & art
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#appletv #MrScorsese
Had a wonderful time talking with her abt the people, stories, & themes that shaped Scorsese’s life & art
Listen! popcultureconfidential.com
#appletv #MrScorsese
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Filmmaker Rebecca Miller joined me to talk about "Mr. Scorsese" her brilliant new doc series abt the legendary director.
Had a wonderful time talking with her abt the people, stories, & themes that shaped Scorsese’s life & art
Listen! popcultureconfidential.com
#appletv #MrScorsese
Had a wonderful time talking with her abt the people, stories, & themes that shaped Scorsese’s life & art
Listen! popcultureconfidential.com
#appletv #MrScorsese
Filmmaker Rebecca Miller joined me to talk about "Mr. Scorsese" her brilliant new doc series abt the legendary director.
Had a wonderful time talking with her abt the people, stories, & themes that shaped Scorsese’s life & art
Listen! popcultureconfidential.com
#appletv #MrScorsese
Had a wonderful time talking with her abt the people, stories, & themes that shaped Scorsese’s life & art
Listen! popcultureconfidential.com
#appletv #MrScorsese
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Filmmaker Rebecca Miller joined me to talk about "Mr. Scorsese" her brilliant new doc series abt the legendary director.
Had a wonderful time talking with her abt the people, stories, & themes that shaped Scorsese’s life & art
Listen! popcultureconfidential.com
#appletv #MrScorsese
Had a wonderful time talking with her abt the people, stories, & themes that shaped Scorsese’s life & art
Listen! popcultureconfidential.com
#appletv #MrScorsese
Get ready for Halloween! Aunt Gladys Halloween tips straight from the brilliant makeup and makeup FX team who created her...
Don’t miss my full interview with Leo Satkovich and Jason Collins
Pop Culture Confidential @spotify #weaponsmovie
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Don’t miss my full interview with Leo Satkovich and Jason Collins
Pop Culture Confidential @spotify #weaponsmovie
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October 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Get ready for Halloween! Aunt Gladys Halloween tips straight from the brilliant makeup and makeup FX team who created her...
Don’t miss my full interview with Leo Satkovich and Jason Collins
Pop Culture Confidential @spotify #weaponsmovie
www.popcultureconfidential.com
Don’t miss my full interview with Leo Satkovich and Jason Collins
Pop Culture Confidential @spotify #weaponsmovie
www.popcultureconfidential.com
Awards Season Heats Up! 🎬
@ryanmcquade77.bsky.social joins me to talk contenders, predictions & the race so far.
Plus: we discuss Rebecca Miller’s Mr. Scorsese, a new 5-part doc on the legend himself.
Don't miss. Great talk! spotify.link/QDkmFPUDuXb
@ryanmcquade77.bsky.social joins me to talk contenders, predictions & the race so far.
Plus: we discuss Rebecca Miller’s Mr. Scorsese, a new 5-part doc on the legend himself.
Don't miss. Great talk! spotify.link/QDkmFPUDuXb
485: Awards Season Heats Up: Contenders & Predictions / Plus: Rebecca Miller’s Mr. Scorsese (Guest: Ryan McQuade)
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October 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Awards Season Heats Up! 🎬
@ryanmcquade77.bsky.social joins me to talk contenders, predictions & the race so far.
Plus: we discuss Rebecca Miller’s Mr. Scorsese, a new 5-part doc on the legend himself.
Don't miss. Great talk! spotify.link/QDkmFPUDuXb
@ryanmcquade77.bsky.social joins me to talk contenders, predictions & the race so far.
Plus: we discuss Rebecca Miller’s Mr. Scorsese, a new 5-part doc on the legend himself.
Don't miss. Great talk! spotify.link/QDkmFPUDuXb
2025’s biggest movie theme? Parents. 🎥
@jdonbirnam.bsky.social
and I unpack guilt, legacy, and love on screen this year.
Now on Pop Culture Confidential
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@jdonbirnam.bsky.social
and I unpack guilt, legacy, and love on screen this year.
Now on Pop Culture Confidential
open.spotify.com/episode/7cQh...
484: From One Battle After Another and Hamnet to Sentimental Value and Weapons - The 2025 Cinematic Trend: Parenthood on Film (Guest: Critic J. Don Birnam)
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October 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
2025’s biggest movie theme? Parents. 🎥
@jdonbirnam.bsky.social
and I unpack guilt, legacy, and love on screen this year.
Now on Pop Culture Confidential
open.spotify.com/episode/7cQh...
@jdonbirnam.bsky.social
and I unpack guilt, legacy, and love on screen this year.
Now on Pop Culture Confidential
open.spotify.com/episode/7cQh...
From One Battle After Another & Hamnet to Sentimental Value & Weapons, 2025’s big cinematic trend is parenthood on film.With critic @jdonbirnam.bsky.social
we unpack guilt, legacy& love on screen.Great convo, don't miss! Now on Pop Culture Confidential www.popcultureconfidential.com/484-from-one...
we unpack guilt, legacy& love on screen.Great convo, don't miss! Now on Pop Culture Confidential www.popcultureconfidential.com/484-from-one...
484: From One Battle After Another and Hamnet to Sentimental Value and Weapons - The 2025 Cinematic Trend: Parenthood on Film (Guest: Critic J. Don Birnam)
From One Battle After Another, Jay Kelly, Hamnet, and Weapons, to Sentimental Value and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You and more, filmmakers this year can’t seem to esca…
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October 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
From One Battle After Another & Hamnet to Sentimental Value & Weapons, 2025’s big cinematic trend is parenthood on film.With critic @jdonbirnam.bsky.social
we unpack guilt, legacy& love on screen.Great convo, don't miss! Now on Pop Culture Confidential www.popcultureconfidential.com/484-from-one...
we unpack guilt, legacy& love on screen.Great convo, don't miss! Now on Pop Culture Confidential www.popcultureconfidential.com/484-from-one...
I talk w/ makeup department head Leo Satkovich & special makeup effects designer Jason Collins about creating iconic Aunt Gladys in Weapons!
From Cindy Sherman inspo to THAT potato peeler + imagining a young Gladys prequel. Now on Pop Culture Confidential
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From Cindy Sherman inspo to THAT potato peeler + imagining a young Gladys prequel. Now on Pop Culture Confidential
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483: Becoming Aunt Gladys: The Makeup & Special Effects Behind Weapons (Guests: Artisans Leo Satkovich & Jason Collins)
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October 4, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I talk w/ makeup department head Leo Satkovich & special makeup effects designer Jason Collins about creating iconic Aunt Gladys in Weapons!
From Cindy Sherman inspo to THAT potato peeler + imagining a young Gladys prequel. Now on Pop Culture Confidential
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From Cindy Sherman inspo to THAT potato peeler + imagining a young Gladys prequel. Now on Pop Culture Confidential
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Some of my favorite podcasts are:
@femalegazefilmpod.bsky.social
@watchwithjen.bsky.social
@christinabirro.bsky.social 's #PopCultureConfidential
#Hollywoodography
#TheMadeForTVMayhemShow
@cinehistorians.bsky.social
@madefortvmayhem.bsky.social 's Trap-Cast
#InternationalPodcastDay
@femalegazefilmpod.bsky.social
@watchwithjen.bsky.social
@christinabirro.bsky.social 's #PopCultureConfidential
#Hollywoodography
#TheMadeForTVMayhemShow
@cinehistorians.bsky.social
@madefortvmayhem.bsky.social 's Trap-Cast
#InternationalPodcastDay
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
New episode! I talk with Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, the breakout star of Joachim Trier’s #sentimentalvalue (with Skarsgård, Reinsve & Fanning).
She’s outstanding as Agnes! We talk family, identity & that one unforgettable scene. Listen! popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify
She’s outstanding as Agnes! We talk family, identity & that one unforgettable scene. Listen! popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify
September 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
New episode! I talk with Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, the breakout star of Joachim Trier’s #sentimentalvalue (with Skarsgård, Reinsve & Fanning).
She’s outstanding as Agnes! We talk family, identity & that one unforgettable scene. Listen! popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify
She’s outstanding as Agnes! We talk family, identity & that one unforgettable scene. Listen! popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify
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All New Pop Culture Confidential!
🎬 A Modern Masterpiece! I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social of AwardsWatch for a deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Urgent, bold, unforgettable. Don’t miss. Listen now.
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🎬 A Modern Masterpiece! I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social of AwardsWatch for a deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Urgent, bold, unforgettable. Don’t miss. Listen now.
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481: “One Battle After Another” — Paul Thomas Anderson’s Cinematic Knockout (with Guest Ryan McQuade)
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September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
All New Pop Culture Confidential!
🎬 A Modern Masterpiece! I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social of AwardsWatch for a deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Urgent, bold, unforgettable. Don’t miss. Listen now.
open.spotify.com/episode/2oWg...
🎬 A Modern Masterpiece! I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social of AwardsWatch for a deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Urgent, bold, unforgettable. Don’t miss. Listen now.
open.spotify.com/episode/2oWg...
All New Pop Culture Confidential!
🎬 A Modern Masterpiece! I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social of AwardsWatch for a deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Urgent, bold, unforgettable. Don’t miss. Listen now.
open.spotify.com/episode/2oWg...
🎬 A Modern Masterpiece! I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social of AwardsWatch for a deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Urgent, bold, unforgettable. Don’t miss. Listen now.
open.spotify.com/episode/2oWg...
481: “One Battle After Another” — Paul Thomas Anderson’s Cinematic Knockout (with Guest Ryan McQuade)
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September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
All New Pop Culture Confidential!
🎬 A Modern Masterpiece! I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social of AwardsWatch for a deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Urgent, bold, unforgettable. Don’t miss. Listen now.
open.spotify.com/episode/2oWg...
🎬 A Modern Masterpiece! I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social of AwardsWatch for a deep dive into Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Urgent, bold, unforgettable. Don’t miss. Listen now.
open.spotify.com/episode/2oWg...
New on Pop Culture Confidential!
I sat down with writer/director Joachim Trier to dive into his beautiful #SentimentalValue starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård & Elle Fanning.
We talked about its themes and the deeply personal ideas at its heart.
open.spotify.com/episode/6fuz...
I sat down with writer/director Joachim Trier to dive into his beautiful #SentimentalValue starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård & Elle Fanning.
We talked about its themes and the deeply personal ideas at its heart.
open.spotify.com/episode/6fuz...
480: A Conversation with Writer-Director Joachim Trier, 'Sentimental Value', Family & Relationships
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September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New on Pop Culture Confidential!
I sat down with writer/director Joachim Trier to dive into his beautiful #SentimentalValue starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård & Elle Fanning.
We talked about its themes and the deeply personal ideas at its heart.
open.spotify.com/episode/6fuz...
I sat down with writer/director Joachim Trier to dive into his beautiful #SentimentalValue starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård & Elle Fanning.
We talked about its themes and the deeply personal ideas at its heart.
open.spotify.com/episode/6fuz...
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another isn’t just timely it feels like a defining film of our era. Edge of your seat thrilling. Teyana Taylor and Sean Penn at their very best and a brilliant cast all around. A bold masterpiece. #OneBattleAfterAnother
September 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another isn’t just timely it feels like a defining film of our era. Edge of your seat thrilling. Teyana Taylor and Sean Penn at their very best and a brilliant cast all around. A bold masterpiece. #OneBattleAfterAnother
And the Emmy Goes To…? On an all new Pop Culture Confidential @tylermdoster.bsky.social (AwardsWatch.com) & I discuss our #Emmys predictions.
From #thepitt and #severance to #thestudio and #adolescence — who’s taking home Emmy gold this Sunday?
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From #thepitt and #severance to #thestudio and #adolescence — who’s taking home Emmy gold this Sunday?
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September 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
And the Emmy Goes To…? On an all new Pop Culture Confidential @tylermdoster.bsky.social (AwardsWatch.com) & I discuss our #Emmys predictions.
From #thepitt and #severance to #thestudio and #adolescence — who’s taking home Emmy gold this Sunday?
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From #thepitt and #severance to #thestudio and #adolescence — who’s taking home Emmy gold this Sunday?
www.popcultureconfidential.com
New on Pop Culture Confidential!
I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social for a deep dive into #brucespringsteen on film — from the Malick-inspired Nebraska to iconic soundtrack moments, & a look ahead at the upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere. Now popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify
I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social for a deep dive into #brucespringsteen on film — from the Malick-inspired Nebraska to iconic soundtrack moments, & a look ahead at the upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere. Now popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify
August 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
New on Pop Culture Confidential!
I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social for a deep dive into #brucespringsteen on film — from the Malick-inspired Nebraska to iconic soundtrack moments, & a look ahead at the upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere. Now popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify
I’m joined by @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social for a deep dive into #brucespringsteen on film — from the Malick-inspired Nebraska to iconic soundtrack moments, & a look ahead at the upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere. Now popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify
All new Pop Culture Confidential!
Weapons – Review & Deep Dive with my guest @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social We dive into the phenomenon of Zach Cregger’s hit #Weapons — breaking down our reactions: the scares, the themes, the filmmaking, & more. Now on popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify
Weapons – Review & Deep Dive with my guest @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social We dive into the phenomenon of Zach Cregger’s hit #Weapons — breaking down our reactions: the scares, the themes, the filmmaking, & more. Now on popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify
August 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
All new Pop Culture Confidential!
Weapons – Review & Deep Dive with my guest @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social We dive into the phenomenon of Zach Cregger’s hit #Weapons — breaking down our reactions: the scares, the themes, the filmmaking, & more. Now on popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify
Weapons – Review & Deep Dive with my guest @ryanmcquade77.bsky.social We dive into the phenomenon of Zach Cregger’s hit #Weapons — breaking down our reactions: the scares, the themes, the filmmaking, & more. Now on popcultureconfidential.com @Spotify
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Darkness Visible: The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer is still available.
You can get it direct from the publisher if you're in the UK or US and from any other internet bookshop in the rest of the world
Let me know what you think and leave reviews etc.
stickingplacebooks.com/darkness-vis...
You can get it direct from the publisher if you're in the UK or US and from any other internet bookshop in the rest of the world
Let me know what you think and leave reviews etc.
stickingplacebooks.com/darkness-vis...
Darkness Visible: The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer - Sticking Place Books
John Bleasdale Jonathan Glazer has created some of the most unforgettable images in twenty-first-century cinema. From the dreamlike menace of Sexy Beast to the haunting abstractions of Under the Skin ...
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August 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Darkness Visible: The Cinema of Jonathan Glazer is still available.
You can get it direct from the publisher if you're in the UK or US and from any other internet bookshop in the rest of the world
Let me know what you think and leave reviews etc.
stickingplacebooks.com/darkness-vis...
You can get it direct from the publisher if you're in the UK or US and from any other internet bookshop in the rest of the world
Let me know what you think and leave reviews etc.
stickingplacebooks.com/darkness-vis...
🎧 Some Sunday listening!
On Pop Culture Confidential you can hear my conversations with:
✨ Stellan Skarsgård
✨ Tony Gilroy
✨ Alexej Manvelov
✨ Sean Fennessey (The Ringer)
Perfect weekend company 🌟
www.popcultureconfidential.com
On Pop Culture Confidential you can hear my conversations with:
✨ Stellan Skarsgård
✨ Tony Gilroy
✨ Alexej Manvelov
✨ Sean Fennessey (The Ringer)
Perfect weekend company 🌟
www.popcultureconfidential.com
August 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🎧 Some Sunday listening!
On Pop Culture Confidential you can hear my conversations with:
✨ Stellan Skarsgård
✨ Tony Gilroy
✨ Alexej Manvelov
✨ Sean Fennessey (The Ringer)
Perfect weekend company 🌟
www.popcultureconfidential.com
On Pop Culture Confidential you can hear my conversations with:
✨ Stellan Skarsgård
✨ Tony Gilroy
✨ Alexej Manvelov
✨ Sean Fennessey (The Ringer)
Perfect weekend company 🌟
www.popcultureconfidential.com
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Thrilled to talk with the very talented Alexej Manvelov — aka Akram in Netflix’s Dept. Q!
We discussed building the fan-favorite character, behind-the-scenes moments, and his incredible personal journey.
🎧 Episode out now!
www.popcultureconfidential.com
#DeptQ #alexejmanvelov
We discussed building the fan-favorite character, behind-the-scenes moments, and his incredible personal journey.
🎧 Episode out now!
www.popcultureconfidential.com
#DeptQ #alexejmanvelov
June 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Thrilled to talk with the very talented Alexej Manvelov — aka Akram in Netflix’s Dept. Q!
We discussed building the fan-favorite character, behind-the-scenes moments, and his incredible personal journey.
🎧 Episode out now!
www.popcultureconfidential.com
#DeptQ #alexejmanvelov
We discussed building the fan-favorite character, behind-the-scenes moments, and his incredible personal journey.
🎧 Episode out now!
www.popcultureconfidential.com
#DeptQ #alexejmanvelov