Adult Film NYC Pod
Ryan Czerwonko and David Garelik discuss theater, acting, carpentry, relationships, spirituality, and other topics. The podcast is planned to have only 52 episodes.
Episodes
Ep. 23 With Peter Rinaldi
We present: Peter Rinaldi, our most prepared guest to date.Peter — filmmaker, sometimes actor, and host of the @backtoonepodcast — came with a list of questions, critiques, and concerns.Once he’s done grilling us, it turns into one of our most acting-process-heavy episode ever.Is the smoke in the basement immersive or obnoxious? What is the difference between an actor imagining vs pretending? And
Ep 22. Talking process and the AF community w/ Creative Risk
Mike and Josh from Creative Risk really got us talking. About acting process, and building a community at AF, and so many other things we dont necessarily get to talk about when its just us. This is a good one.
Ep 21. Cards on the Table
We commemorate the legendary Dame Maggie Smith. Ryan draws a wild artistic parallel between Maggie Smith and Carrie Coon. Honestly, he’s got something. We talk acting styles, outlooks on life, and the 4 year period they both took of playing great roles in great plays without any possibility of acclaim or exposure. Also. Ryan saw Carrie Coon at Steppenwolf in ‘The March’ and ‘Three Sisters’ lo
Ep 20. I healed my trauma on the AF Pod
We present the testiest episode in the AF Pod’s history!
W/ our friend Cynthia Robinson.
Hear David get very defensive while proclaiming his lack of defensiveness! Is he afraid of his own sensitivity? Is his accent shtick a layer of defensiveness?
Hear Ryan defend his strong opinions, intensity of his texting style, and gnawing need for validation.
Who’s at fault for the pods inconsistency
Ep 19. With Austin Pendleton
We had a surreal conversation with the legendary Austin Pendleton.
Austin’s credits would never fit in a caption. He’s been in over 250 movies and worked with Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Elia Kazan.
His recent Broadway credits include acting in Choir Boy in 2016 and The Minutes in 2022, and directing Between Riverside and Crazy, also in 2022.
We talked Williamstown, receiving reviews
Ep 18. Closing Night
We got a little drunk, and discussed two of the most iconic actors to have ever walked this earth. 😔
Gena Rowlands was Ryan’s greatest acting inspiration. What’s made her work mean so much to him? And what’s he learned from watching her that he’s worked to integrate into his own work. We discuss ‘Opening Night’ and the rawness of it. As well as the evolution of independent film as a result of h
Ep 17. Done Fadeaway
We’re talking all things Faye Dunaway. The ‘Faye’ documentary just came out on HBO MAX and boy is it a crazy one.
We get into her iconic performances in ‘Chinatown’, ‘Network’, ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ and the context around them. And also her widely perceived misfire of ‘Mommie Dearest’. Was it her performance, or the script, or what? We get into it.
Why are there so many Faye Dunaway memes, a
Ep 16. Say hello to our little feelings 🔫
We breakdown the Brian De Palma classic... 'Scarface' and then a whole lot of acting process talk.
Is Al Pacino's performance as Tony Montana a masterclass in transformational acting or... demonic? Who's to say? Us. thats who.
We break down this iconic movie-film and many of the performances.
Ryan just took Lindy Davies workshop. We get into lessons learned, Ryan's take aways
Ep 15. Expectations
Warning: High drama very personal big stakes episode!!Great week for us seeing theater…We both saw PRE-EXISTING CONDITION Now up at The Connelly, directed by Maria Dizzia and written by Marin Ireland. It’s a wild play. We Discuss.Ryan saw Joey Merlo’s MIDNIGHT COLESLAW running at The Tank till June 23rd, and David saw INVASIVE SPECIES at The Vineyard. We get into it baby.Then…David works throug
Ep 14. with Ross Shenker
Ross Shenker!! Ross is an incredible New York Casting director, Chekhov teacher, scholar, writer and big friend of AF. And he’s definitely gonna get mad at me for calling him a scholar. But it’s true!
We discuss Joanna Arrow’s ‘The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something has Passed’. It’s a fucking wild ride. See it while it’s still in theaters.
Ross and David have both scene Adult Film’
Ep 13. With Tina Satter
We had a very open, VERY AF conversation with the incredible Tina Satter.
Tina’s an Obie and Drama desk winning playwright and director, and (sometimes) teacher at Adult Film. Her Broadway produced play ‘Is This a Room’, was adapted into the critically acclaimed feature film ‘Reality’ with Sydney Sweeney.
We go in depth on Tina’s writing, and directing process. Finding a personal connectio
Ep 12. Panic in the basement
Will he or wont he???? Have a panic attack as we’re recording that is ;)
It’s a fun, slutty lil episode. You’ll see.
Small business ownership is hard and some people are mean. What do we do about it?
Adult Film was featured in the @gothamist… but not everyone’s happy about it.
Alotta psychology talk. About our responses to people talking shit, and where those responses were formed.
Rya
Ep 11. Deadline
“Hollywood Contraction: Actors Struggle To Find Jobs As TV Castings Dry Up” declares deadline. We get into it.
Are we all fucked? Should we find another profession? Or is everyone playing a different game?
We talk the TV revolution, Pilot Season’s last sighting, and who exactly is to blame for the near extinction of 22 episode seasons?
Also. Acting in NY vs LA, investing time/energy into
Ep 10. SEXY "redacted" BEAST
Cynthia Robinson came on the pod and completely shifted Ryan and David's dynamic. This is good. Very unhinged episode. I think this is excellent for us.
We broke down Jonathan Glazer's "Sexy Beast", and our slutty reasoning behind picking it to review. Ryan tells us his biggest acting/career related regret of his 20's, and we talk about the roots of our deepest egoic desi
Ep 9. Yes, and?
Happy New Year!! Wanna hear us say stuff we might regret? Great.
We talk some of the new movies of the year, Ryan’s experience on Ariana Grande’s video for ‘Yes, And?’. AND the original ‘Rocky’, which turns out is 95% incredible indie drama and 5% boxing movie.
There are some spicy takes, cringy confessions and a day of Intermittent Fasting broken with 4 glasses of red wine.
Oh. And we
Ep 8. With Maria Dizzia
We sat down with Maria Dizzia!! Maria is a Tony and Drama Desk nominated actor/Ryan’s acting teacher and mentor. Her film and TV work includes ‘Martha Mary May Marlene’, ‘While We’re Young’, ‘Christine’, and ’13 Reasons Why’.
We talk acting process in detail, feeling numb on stage and working through blocks, using imagination vs drawing from your own life, “giving it all up” in performances, an
Ep 7. Talking 'Opening Night', Gena Rowlands, Bette Davis, and our favorite modern actors with SHEILA O'MALLEY!!
Our very first guest! Sheila O’Malley is an incredible actor-focused film critic (Roger Ebert, film comment) and cultural essayist. Her work has had a huge impact on Ryan. If you love film, if you love acting… this episode will make you happy.We talk Gena Rowlands, Bette Davis, and our favorite modern actors. We discuss John Cassavetes’ ‘Opening Night’, Streetcar named Desire at Williamstown, an
Ep 6. Christian Petzold's 'Afire', breaking into the industry and a whole lot more.
This week we discuss Christian Petzold’s ‘Afire’.
The performances of the incredible leads, unlikeable main characters, and the German version of a “Summer Blockbuster”.
We make a quick detour to psychoanalyze Franz Rogowski and to debate happiness vs. meaning.
Then we get into all things career related.
Development as an actor, when to focus on getting an agent, how to actually get good
Ep. 5 Chekhov Retreat and Reading Reviews
Wild one for you today!!! Apologies for the reverb. Maybe listen on 1.3/1.5 speed if it bothers you.
Ryan goes on a retreat with Adult Film, David finishes the run of his play and reads the reviews.
The guys both auditioned for Danny and The Deep Blue Sea, and then watched each other's tapes. Oh! And Ryan just did a reading at New York Theater Workshop.
We've got acting lessons and ev
Episode 4. The Piano Teacher: The female 'Taxi Driver'?
We break down Isabelle Huppert's and Robert De Niro's performances in 'The Piano Teacher' and 'Taxi Driver.' We discuss themes, and similarities/differences in character drives. Ryan gets Jungian.
Then we discuss our own trajectories in the industry and in NY, and our lowest points. We get nice and personal :)
And we also briefly debate whether or not everyone under the ag
Episode 3. The American emphasis on transformational acting
The guys debate America's fascination with character acting. We respond to Ira Sach's comment on our last pod!
Oh, and we discuss Phantom Thread in depth, and the differences in acting style between Daniel Day Lewis and Vicky Krieps.
Also... The stylistic differences in what Ryan and David look for in performances.
And the most revealing topic of discussion...how would we each go about p
Episode 2/52 Passages, After the Rehearsal, Franz Rogowski, and are actors really just society's bisexuals?
We discuss the new film 'Passages' by Ira Sachs. We geek out a little/a lot about Franz Rogowski and all the performances, the differences between European and American movies. Then we do a little analysis of Ingmar Bergmans 'After the Rehearsal'.
Then we get into the real meat of the episode...
Do actors play the role of societies designated bisexuals? And do all leading men need
Adult Film NYC Pod Episode 1.
Ryan Czerwonko tells us about his juvenile delinquency and his intro to theater.
David Garelik asks a lot of questions. what a curious guy.
The guys discuss what they would do if they moved to NYC in their mid 20's with no credits and no reps. Then they talk about auditioning, and recovering from rejections that hurt particularly badly.
Somewhere in there they discuss and disagree on auditio
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