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Podcast: A Reaction to the Shorts Shortlist with ShortStick’s Brandon MacMurray
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Alma Har’el On Finding Balance in the Adaptation of ‘Lady in the Lake’
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Cooper Koch On Trusting Himself to Tell Erik Menendez’s Story for ‘Monsters’
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Moses Ingram On Cleo’s Sacrifice of Her Dreams for ‘Lady in the Lake’
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