Warfare Is Unlike Any War Film We've Ever Seen + Interviews with Directors Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza
/Film Daily
SlashFilm.com
4.6 • 930 Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
On the April 11, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Jacob Hall and staff writers Jeremy Mathai and Bill Bria to talk about the new movie Warfare and present an interview with the movie’s two directors, Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland.
In Our Feature Presentation: Warfare Review: A Disturbing, Riveting Nightmare That Redefines 'War Movie'
- Interview with Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
All the other stuff you need to know:
- You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes.
- /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.
- You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
- Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at [email protected]. Make sure to leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.
- Don’t forget to take a minute to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show!
- Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to Slash Film Daily. |
| 0:01.8 | Today is Friday, April 11, 2025. |
| 0:04.4 | On today's episode of the show, we're going to be talking about the new movie Warfare |
| 0:07.5 | and we'll present an interview with the film's two directors, Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland. |
| 0:12.6 | My name is Ben Pearson. |
| 0:13.6 | I'm an editor at SlashFilm.com, and I'm joined on today's episode by Slash Film Editor Jacob Hall. |
| 0:18.5 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:20.0 | And staff writers Jeremy Mathai. |
| 0:22.4 | Hey folks. Thanks for having me. |
| 0:24.5 | And Bill Brea. |
| 0:26.1 | Greetings, Earthlings. |
| 0:27.7 | All right. |
| 0:28.4 | So, guys, I have not seen warfare yet. |
| 0:31.1 | As we record this, we're recording a little bit early, but as people are listening to this, I'm |
| 0:35.3 | traveling or I'm in Los Angeles already. But Jacob, I know you saw this movie, you wrote the review for Slash Film, so I want |
| 0:42.6 | to start with you. What did you think about this film? Then we'll just have kind of a free-flowing |
| 0:46.0 | conversation about it. I mean, I think it's safe to say that it really is unlike any war film I've |
| 0:51.4 | ever seen before. I think to explain the reason that you need to understand the origin of it, which is |
| 0:56.4 | that Alex Garland, director of annihilation and other films that you've probably seen and |
| 1:01.9 | enjoyed, he was directing Civil War, and his military advisor on the set, Ray Mendoza, |
| 1:10.0 | was impressing him. |
| 1:11.7 | So he literally asked him, this is in the interview you hear later in this episode. |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 21 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from SlashFilm.com, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of SlashFilm.com and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.