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episode 5214: Benedict Cumberbatch / Film Composer Jonny Greenwood
Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Jane Campion's Western The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank, a hyper-masculine cattle rancher living on the plains of Montana in the 1920s. We talk about how body odor helped him channel the character, toxic masculinity, and filming on location in breathtaking landscapes of New Zealand. He's nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor.
Jonny Greenwood plays guitar and keyboard in Radiohead, but in 2007 director Paul Thomas Anderson enlisted him to score his film There Will Be Blood. Since then, Greenwood has scored such films as Spencer and Phantom Thread. He's nominated for Best Original Score for The Power of the Dog.
TV critic David Bianculli reviews Winning Time on HBO, about the 1980s Lakers.