Joey and Kate Talk About the New York Film Festival, Potential 'Digger' Audience Reactions, and More - #310

<p>For episode 310, I’m joined once again by Kate Schroeder as this week’s co-host, with producer Steve Prusakowski working behind the scenes and, of course, handling TV Topics. This episode features, in large part, Kate and I talking about the New York Film Festival. We compare NYFF to other festivals, as well as discuss what we&#39;ve seen this year. For me, I get into <em><strong>Bucking Fastard</strong></em> (reviewed <a href="https://awardsradar.com/2026/09/25/nyff-film-review-kate-and-rooney-mara-are-an-hypnotic-novelty-in-the-otherwise-too-thinly-drawn-bucking-fastard/">here</a>), <em><strong>Godzilla Minus Zero</strong></em> (reviewed <a href="https://awardsradar.com/2026/09/27/nyff-film-review-godzilla-minus-zero-is-a-sequel-thats-bigger-and-often-better-in-nearly-every-way/">here</a>), <em><strong>Misty Green</strong></em> (reviewed <a href="https://awardsradar.com/2026/09/28/nyff-film-review-misty-green-is-an-imperfect-yet-compelling-character-study-from-chris-rock-with-a-breakthrough-star-turn-from-rosalind-eleazar/">here</a>) <em><strong>NAZA</strong></em> (reviewed <a href="https://awardsradar.com/2026/10/01/nyff-film-review-naza-is-a-chilling-account-of-investigative-journalism-during-wartime/">here</a>), and <em><strong>Paper Tiger</strong></em> (reviewed <a href="https://awardsradar.com/2026/09/26/nyff-film-review-paper-tiger-is-a-james-gray-masterpiece-with-phenomenal-turns-from-adam-driver-scarlett-johansson-and-miles-teller/">here</a>). Kate talks <em><strong>Making Marie Antoinette</strong></em> (reviewed <a href="https://awardsradar.com/2026/09/29/nyff-film-review-eleanor-coppola-is-a-masterful-observer-in-the-layered-documentary-making-marie-antoinette/">here</a>) and <em><strong>Rose</strong></em> (reviewed <a href="https://awardsradar.com/2026/09/22/nyff-film-review-sandra-huller-soldiers-on-in-the-riveting-rose/">here</a>). I also chime in on <em><strong>Primetime</strong></em> (reviewed <a href="https://awardsradar.com/2026/09/23/film-review-primetime-features-an-electric-robert-pattinson-channeling-the-grotesqueries-of-chris-hansen-and-to-catch-a-predator/">here</a>) as well as talk more about <em><strong>Digger</strong></em> (reviewed <a href="https://awardsradar.com/2026/09/29/film-review-tom-cruise-and-alejandro-g-inarritu-swing-for-the-fences-with-the-fascinating-misfire-digger/">here</a>). The <em>Digger</em> conversation is largely about potential audience reactions, leading to some CinemaScore chatter. Throw in some of yo