# 489: Benny Safdie. Live Interview from the Stockholm International Film Festival

An episode of [Pop Culture Confidential](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/986166282), 20 Nov 2025, 37 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/1130e65f0/podcast/play/120602780/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-27%2F424970264-44100-2-0574c0fa5f84c2c8.mp3

This week’s episode is a special one: Christina’s interview with writer and director Benny Safdie at the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 2025), where he was also honored with the Stockholm Visionary Award. They discuss his filmmaking process, his obsessive characters, The Smashing Machine, working with Paul Thomas Anderson and Christopher Nolan, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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