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Artwork for The Artists: Arts, Culture, and Cinema with Suchita Bhhatia

The Artists: Arts, Culture, and Cinema with Suchita Bhhatia

Metaphysical Lab
Mental Health
Orson Welles
Satyajit Ray
Visual Literacy
Design Thinking
David Lynch
Agnès Varda
Audience Engagement
Depression
Filmmaking
Media Landscape
Shakespeare
Community Support
OTT Platforms
AGATSU Foundation
Content Creation
Alfred Hitchcock
Raj Khosla
Loneliness
Eraserhead

The Artists is a podcast exploring the minds, methods, and inner lives of artists across cinema, culture, and ideas. Hosted by filmmaker Suchita, the show brings conversations with filmmakers, thinkers, cultural voices to ask one central question: How do Great Artists think? Through conversations spanning storytelling, cinema, design, psychology, technology, and the future of art, The Artists move... more

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Artwork for The Artists: Arts, Culture, and Cinema with Suchita Bhhatia

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There were, in many ways, two Kubricks: the pre-Spartacus Kubrick and the post-Spartacus Kubrick.

The common belief is that once Kubrick became Stanley Kubrick, success followed effortlessly.

The reality was very different.

Despite becoming one of... more

Was Stanley Kubrick simply a genius—or did he train himself to become one?

In this episode of The Artists, filmmaker Suchita Bhhatia sits down with renowned Kubrick scholar Professor Nathan Abrams to explore the inner life, creative process, habits,... more

How did Stanley Kubrick become one of the greatest storytellers in cinema?

It wasn't just talent.

It was a lifetime of training his mind—through photography, reading, chess, music, relentless curiosity, and learning how to truly observe the world. more

In celebration of the birth anniversary and enduring legacy of Agnès Varda, we are revisiting one of our favourite conversations on The Artists Podcast.

Joining us is acclaimed film critic Carrie Rickey, former chief film critic of The Philadelphia ... more

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Nathan Abrams
Professor of Film at Bangor University; Kubrick scholar
Bangor University
Episode: Stanley Kubrick: How Did Kubrick Think? | Ft: Nathan Abrams | The Artists Podcast with Suchita #174
Ranjani Mazumdar
Film scholar providing scholarly context on Satyajit Ray
Episode: SATYAJIT RAY & HIS WORLD | Ft: Ranjani Mazumdar | The Artists with Suchita #CLIP #theartistspodcast
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Film critic and writer, editor of This Is Orson Welles book project
Independent/Scholar
Episode: On Orson Welles l Ft: Jonathan Rosenbaum l The Artists w/Suchita
Amborish R. Choudhury
National award–winning author and film critic
Author of a Raj Khosla biography
Episode: The Cinema of Raj Khosla I Amborish R Choudhury I The Artists with Suchita Ep 167
David Desser
Film scholar guest providing analysis on Kurosawa and Ozu
University of California, Berkeley (scholarship on Japanese cinema)
Episode: 🎬 Kurosawa & Ozu | ft. David Desser #CLIP
Amanda Brock
CEO/Founder of OpenUK; advocate for open technology and AI openness
OpenUK
Episode: AI & The Future of Artists | Ft: Amanda Brock | The Artists with Suchita #170
Renuka Shahane
Actor, Director of Loop Line
Loop Line / Indian cinema
Episode: Being An Artist l Ft: Renuka Shahane l The Artists with Suchita l #168
Annette Insdorf
Film scholar and author known for work on Hitchcock and Truffaut
Columbia University
Episode: Truffaut & Hitchcock | Ft: Annette Insdorf | The Artists with Suchita 171
Suhel Seth
Advertising executive, author, and filmmaker
Independent (Advertising and Cultural Thought Leader)
Episode: What is Shaping the taste of India? Ft: Suhel Seth | The Artists with Suchita | Ep. 166

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Suchita Bhhatia
Host of The Artists Podcast

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3.7 out of 5 stars from 36 ratings
  • Informative and valuable!

    Suchita has a great interviewing style and her first interviews here so far are very compelling and have covered very interesting aspects of filmmaking. As an aspiring filmmaker, I find this podcast to be just great. I’m always on the look out for something like this. I’m excited to see what she comes out with next!

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    United States7 years ago

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How did Kubrick think? | Ft: Nathan Abrams | The Artists with Suchita
Q: How did he develop his taste, Nathan, as a storyteller? Did he have any rigorous everyday practices?
Nathan Abrams explains that Kubrick developed taste through disciplined, repeatable practices—such as analyzing chess for long-term strategy and psychological insight, treating creative work as a rigorous daily discipline, and drawing on a broad spectrum of influences from music to literature to television—yielding a unique, comprehensive approach to storytelling.
Kurosawa vs Ozu | ft. David Desser| The Artists with Suchita #172
Q: What aspects of upbringing and life experiences shaped their cinema?
Ozu's lifelong bachelorhood, domestic life, and stable studio environment contrasted with Kurosawa's family background, samurai lineage, and more turbulent path, which together contributed to their distinct narrative and visual sensibilities.
Kurosawa vs Ozu | ft. David Desser| The Artists with Suchita #172
Q: What would there be in a word that describes the difference between Kurosawa and Ozu?
Two words: Kurosawa is interested in heroism and Westernized tension, while Ozu focuses on dailiness and the quiet domestic life, highlighting a fundamental stylistic and thematic split between them.
🎬 Kurosawa & Ozu | ft. David Desser #CLIP
Q: How does an artist form their way of seeing the world?
The guest explains that it's a blend of external cultural influences and inner psychology, with an artist exercising a kind of free will to inject their desires and unique styles into their work, resulting in a distinctive vision.
AI & The Future of Artists | Ft: Amanda Brock | The Artists with Suchita #170
Q: Right now, what stage of AI openness do we have in terms of policy and structure, especially for India?
There is a shift toward open source in policy discussions, with India showing progress and open-source models like SAVRAM being released under open licenses, signaling a move toward accessible AI infrastructure.

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