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Film director Stephen Daldry discusses his film Extremely Loud and Extremely Close 2011 which follows a nine year old boy navigating his way through his grief when suddenly losing his father in the 9/11 terrorist attack. Daldry passionately feels there needs to be greater conservation about this dramatic content - which divides audiences and critics in America. What does unite the film and the audience however is the core theme of loss and the human condition, it's a very powerful message. Daldry discusses working with the child actor Thomas Horn and praises him for his phenomenal performance throughout. He details the methods used to gently pull the performance out of him. Billy Elliot 2000 was a hugely successful film that he later transferred to the stage in London's West End and New York's Broadway. Daldry had no idea the film and stage production would be become so successful. The Reader 2008 Daldry directed the film spending two joyful years in Germany preparing and shooting. He was delighted Europe and in particular Germany liked it so much. Daldry goes on to discuss his love and appreciation for Warner Brothers and Harvey Weinstein who had been exceptionally supportive of him and his films. Daldry further reflects on the stage version of Billy Elliot and in particular 'opening night' on Broadway. Also within this episode is Movie Talk with film critic Todd McCarthy discusses the importance of film critics and the ever increasing number of people in this field. Now there has been such a rapid expansion of multi-media platforms, McCarthy feels their stature has diminished slightly but still believes the need for critical film reviewing is wholly important. McCarthy discusses how back in the 1970's for there would only have been a notable few, the most well known being Pauline Kael who used to terrify film directors and producers, with her powerful reach and influence. McCarthy then offers an insight to his approach and his ability to critique different films across the spectrum.

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