Isaac Butler

New York

Author of THE METHOD: HOW THE 20TH CENTURY LEARNED TO ACT, winner of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. Easiest contact = DMs

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Articles

I’m Still Here best picture

1 month ago | slate.com | Bill Kramer |Dana Stevens |Isaac Butler |Julia Turner

This week, the hosts discuss I’m Still Here, Trump’s disruptions at the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center, and an exclusive interview with Oscars CEO Bill Kramer. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a 10-digit phone number.
After 31 Years of Great Performances, He’s Set to Get His First Oscar Nomination. What Took So Long?

Jan 18, 2025 | slate.com | Isaac Butler

Wide Angle Guy Pearce enters The Brutalist like a guard dog warning off an unsuspecting intruder. During his opening monologue—a profanity-laden burst of invective in which he banishes two men he believes have broken into his house to play a bizarre prank on him—he snarls, he barks, he growls, he rages, he does everything but drool. The cords of his neck bulge out, complementing the crystal goblet bone structure of his jaw and cheeks.
What Is Brady Corbet Trying to Say with The Brutalist?

Jan 7, 2025 | slate.com | Dana Stevens |Isaac Butler |Julia Turner

This week, the hosts discuss The Brutalist, Carry-On, and Slate’s ‘24 Movie Club. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a 10-digit phone number.
Can a book adaptation ever surpass the original text? With Say Nothing, the answer may be ‘yes.’

Nov 20, 2024 | slate.com | Charles Baxter |Isaac Butler |Julia Turner |Stephen Metcalf

This week, the hosts discuss Say Nothing, Emilia Pérez on Netflix, and a new biography of Johnny Carson. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a 10-digit phone number.
DreamWorks’ The Wild Robot has a big heart

Oct 8, 2024 | slate.com | Dana Stevens |Isaac Butler |Stephen Metcalf

This week, the hosts discuss The Wild Robot, Netflix’s Nobody Wants This, and Criterion Closet Picks. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a 10-digit phone number.
Dennis Quaid Was One of Our Greatest Movie Stars. Now He’s the Star of Reagan. What Happened?

Sep 5, 2024 | slate.com | Isaac Butler

Skip to the content Wide Angle Dennis Quaid anchors Reagan, the new biopic of his favorite president, in exactly the same way concrete boots anchor a mob witness thrown into the Gowanus Canal. The conventions of biopic acting—the vocal impersonation, the weird prosthetics, the CGI de-aging—make Quaid’s work into a series of mannerisms. He looks uncertain throughout, working so hard that the work is all that’s visible.
How a First-Time Author Learned to Handle the Publicity Cycle

Aug 7, 2024 | slate.com | June Thomas |Isaac Butler

Skip to the content The hosts do a postmortem on the roll-out of June Thomas’ new book. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a 10-digit phone number.
Stand up comedian Dina Hashem on writing jokes, the Daily Show, and her changing sense of humor.

Aug 4, 2024 | slate.com | Isaac Butler

Comic and Daily Show writer Dina Hashem explains why it’s getting harder and harder to make herself laugh. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a 10-digit phone number.
How to get back into books

Jun 26, 2024 | slate.com | Isaac Butler |Ronald Young Jr.

The hosts are joined by Eisa Gabbert for a discussion on reading as an adult. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a 10-digit phone number.
How HBO’s Ren Faire Nails Late-Stage Capitalism

Jun 25, 2024 | slate.com | Elisa Gabbert |Dana Stevens |Isaac Butler |Stephen Metcalf

This week, the hosts discuss Ren Faire on HBO, Janet Planet, and Donald Sutherland’s legacy. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish setting up your feed. Please enter a 10-digit phone number.