Episode #29: Maggie Betts of "Novitiate"

Lass is More with Josh Lasser

English - October 31, 2017 12:00 - 20 minutes - 23.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
TV & Film Arts Visual Arts movies film media television Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Meanderings #99: "Dreamgirls," "Spider-Man," & Fame I Don't Want

Next Episode: Meanderings #100: "Cars 3" is no "The Glass Castle"

Maggie Betts joins the podcast this week to talk about her film, "Novitiate," which is currently out in select theaters. The film focuses on nuns, and those studying to be nuns, as the Vatican II talks take place. Betts, the writer and director of the film, was at Sundance this year with "Novitiate," where she won the Director Breakthrough Award, and it later screened at TIFF as well.

Here she tells us what went into crafting the story and how much changed when she was on set.