Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions

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Not just another bad movie podcast, Blank Check reviews directors' complete filmographies episode to episode. Specifically, the auteurs whose early successes afforded them the rare ‘blank check’ from Hollywood to produce passion projects. Each new miniseries, hosts Griffin Newman and David Sims delve into the works of film’s most outsized personalities in painstakingly hilarious detail. Produced by Ben Hosley.

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Notable Guests

Paul Thomas Anderson

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Richard Chamberlain

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Linda Hunt1×RRachel Roberts1×

Mel Gibson1×PPeter Carey1×

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Episodes (611)

New York, New York with Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Taxi Driver with Tracy Letts

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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore with Katey Rich

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Mean Streets with Miriam Bale

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Who's That Knocking at My Door / Boxcar Bertha

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A Conversation with Andrew Stanton

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Toy Story 5

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In the Blink of an Eye with Joey Sims

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The Odyssey

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Finding Dory with Zach Cherry

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John Carter with Matt Singer

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WALL-E with David Ehrlich

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Finding Nemo with Rebecca Alter

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Disclosure Day

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The Way Back with Alex Ross Perry

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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman

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The Mandalorian and Grogu with Chris Gethard

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The Truman Show with J.D. Amato

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Fearless with Timothy Simons

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Green Card with Esther Zuckerman

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Dead Poets Society with Nia DaCosta

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The Mosquito Coast with Sean Fennessey

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Witness with Amanda Dobbins

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The Year of Living Dangerously with Tracy Letts

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Gallipoli with Jennifer Kent

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The Last Wave with BenDavid Grabinski

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Critical Darlings: The 2026 Oscars Ceremony with Griffin Newman

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Picnic at Hanging Rock with Jane Schoenbrun

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Critical Darlings: One Battle After Another And Oscar Predictions with David Sim...

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The Cars That Ate Paris

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Critical Darlings: Sinners And The Academy’s Growing Genre Acceptance with Sam S...

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The Eleventh Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid

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Critical Darlings: Sentimental Value and Belated Oscar Breakthroughs with Joe Re...

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Die My Love with Alison Willmore

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Critical Darlings: The Secret Agent And The Increasingly International Academy

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You Were Never Really Here with Sean Clements

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Critical Darlings: Frankenstein And The Craft Category Juggernauts with Bilge Eb...

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We Need To Talk About Kevin with Jia Tolentino

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Critical Darlings: Bugonia And The (Oscar) Favourites with Marie Bardi-Salinas

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Send Help

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Critical Darlings: Train Dreams, And Netflix’s Quest For Best Picture

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Morvern Callar with Emily Yoshida

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Critical Darlings: The Oscar Nominations Recap (And Also Some Talk About F1)

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Ratcatcher

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Critical Darlings: Hamnet And The History Of Oscar Villains with David Sims

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No Other Choice

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Critical Darlings: Marty Supreme And The Precursor Circuit with Griffin Newman

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Is This Thing On?

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Introducing Critical Darlings

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Avatar: Fire and Ash

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