How I Got Greenlit
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How I Got Greenlit is a podcast about how movies are made, who makes them, and what these stories mean. Each week, Alex Keledjian, creator of HBO’s hit indie filmmaking reality series "Project Greenlight," is joined by co-host and fellow film fanatic Sam Levine to discuss both new releases and must-see classics, and how these movies both shape and are shaped by our world.
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This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his movie nerd co-host Sam Levine hold nothing back while shredding the shamelessly self-congratulatory nature of the 2026 Oscars. And they make their picks for the only movies worthy of praise.
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This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his movie nerd co-host Sam Levine offer their picks for flicks that feel like a warm blanket and/or a breath of fresh air: "Licorice Pizza" (2021) and "Lethal Weapon" (1987). And they pair them with the appropriate comfort food.
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This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his movie nerd co-host Sam Levine acknowledge the redemption of Yorgos Lanthimos in their eyes after watching "Bugonia" (2025). And they love to see the little guy win for once.
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This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his movie nerd co-host Sam Levine find very few, but still some glaring faults in Josh Safdie's "Marty Supreme" (2025). And they anoint the first true movie star in a generation.
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This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his movie nerd co-host Sam Levine are joined by medical drama "atmosphere consultant" Dr. Agnes Scoville, MD. And they problems TV shows like "The Pitt" create in parsing out fact from fiction in modern healthcare.
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This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his movie nerd co-host Sam Levine compare the wildly divergent human experiences on display in "Jay Kelly" & "Train Dreams" (2025). And they come to the conclusion that you can't have the beautiful timelessness of one without the tone deaf narcissism of the other.
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This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his movie nerd co-host Sam Levine try to cut through the confusion around what exactly "The Running Man" (2025) is trying to achieve. And they lament all the under-utilizing of great casting.
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This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his movie nerd co-host Sam Levine come back from the brink of cinematic void that is modern Hollywood. And they pray "Death By Lightning" leads to more of its kind.
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This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his movie nerd co-host weigh the original versus the latest installment in the franchise with a review of "Predator: Badlands." And they hope for future versions of this crab-faced creature that are still rated R.
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This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his movie nerd co-host Sam Levine ponder how you can get such a classic story so wrong. And the extol the virtues of Mary Shelley's 1818 masterpiece.
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This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his movie nerd co-host Sam Levine are joined by illustrious horror movie franchise producer Craig Perry. And they tie to the roots of Halloween history to the modern media landscape.
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This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his movie nerd co-host Sam Levine admit that they love all three Tron movies possibly way more than they deserve. And they ponder the cyclical nature of the crises of late-stage capitalism.
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This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his movie nerd co-host Sam Levine poke holes through the fairly thin substance of the Shane Black picture "Play Dirty" (2025). And they march back through the relatively short history of the "action comedy" subgenre.
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Is there anything more cringe than shameless attempts at winning awards?
This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his film nerd co-host Sam Levine struggle to find much to like about "The Smashing Machine (2025). And they speculate on how it may fare come award season.
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Is there anything Paul Thomas Anderson can't do?
This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his film nerd co-host Sam Levine stand in awe of the talent on display in One Battle After Another (2025). And they look back over one of the most impeccable careers in filmmaking history.
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Is this proof that midbudget movies with something on their mind still get made?
This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his film nerd co-host Sam Levine find hope for the future of filmmaking in the fact that Black Bag (2025) is sleek and sexy, while also being substantive. And they ponder what it takes to make genre movies right.
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How global has our collective storytelling become?
This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his film nerd co-host Sam Levine let the wild wave of wish fullfillment that is K Pop Demon Hunters (2025) wash over them. And they take in a broad view of the kids' content continuum spanning the past few decades.
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Is our nostalgia for past eras an unhealthy obsession or an expression of what our culture really needs right now?
This week on the show, Project Greenlight creator Alex Keledjian and his film nerd co-host Sam Levine marvel at the well-crafted throwback that is "Caught Stealing" (2025). And they break down how an anachronistic drama like this film gets made at a time when IP-driven genre fiction is king.
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In the current era of prestige horror movies, does anyone really have anything to say?
This week on the show, Alex Keledjian, creator of the hit filmmaking reality series Project Greenlight, and his cohost Sam Levine review the genre-bending supernatural thriller "Weapons" (2025). And they ponder how much the news of the day really belongs in movies that are supposed to scare us as allegory, not real life.
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Is slapstick making its way back into big budget studio movies? This week on the show, Alex Keledjian, creator of the hit filmmaking reality series Project Greenlight, and his cohost Sam Levine review the latest installment in a classic comedy franchise that reboots the series: The Naked Gun (2025)!
Does the success of The Naked Gun mark a return to the silly comedy genre? Are audiences demanding lighter comedies? Listen and find out!
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