Pop Culture Confidential
Conversations at the intersection of movies, television, and pop culture.
Hosted by Christina Jeurling Birro, this podcast delivers candid interviews with filmmakers, actors, creators, and cultural tastemakers, plus festival and awards-season coverage, reviews, and in-depth explorations of the stories shaping what we watch and why it matters.
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May 21, 2026
523: Cannes Dispatch 9. Club Kid, Coward, The Man I Love & Jim Queen.…
Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 9. Club Kid, Coward, The Man I Love & Jim Queen with guest: Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch. https://awardswatch.com Video Anton Isiukov https://www.antonisiukov.com Learn more about your ad choices....
May 20, 2026
522: A Conversation with Sean Fennessey ('The Big Picture') at Cannes…
Cannes Film Festival 2026 Dispatch nr 8. A Conversation with Sean Fennessey. Guest: Sean Fennessey https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/the-big-picture https://substack.com/@seanfennessey Video: Anton Isiukov http://antonisiuk...
May 19, 2026
521: Cannes Dispatch 7. Cannes Unfiltered! Sales, Palme Buzz, the P…
Guest Wendy Mitchell Contributing Editor for Screen International and ScreenDaily.com https://www.filmwendy.com/writing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2026
520: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 6. Reviews Koreeda, Gray & Dupieux…
Guest, author and film critic John Bleasdale https://www.johnbleasdale.com Video by Anton Isiukov https://www.antonisiukov.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 17, 2026
518: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 4. Gustaf Skarsgård & Peter Birro …
In a special episode from Cannes 2026, Christina interviews (her husband:), screenwriter Peter Birro, and director Gustaf Skarsgård about their upcoming film. They are at the festival to introduce The Cannibal , a psychologic...
May 17, 2026
519: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 5! Review Paweł Pawlikowski's 'Fat…
Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 5: Review Paweł Pawlikowski's 'Fatherland' (Guest Sophia Ciminello – AwardsWatch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan. 20, 2026
Christina’s 2026 Oscar Nomination PredictionsWith Oscar nominations landing Thursday, here are my final predictions! Best Picture: One Battle After AnotherSinnersHamnetMarty SupremeSentimental ValueThe …