Would you do anything for your child? That’s at the heart of “The Weight,” a new movie from Padraic McKinley starring Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe and Julia Jones.

In this episode, co-host Bruce Miller talks with McKinley about his first big directing opportunity, working with Hawke, whose film company is producing the movie, and Crowe. Miller then speaks with Hawke and Jones.

Co-host Terry Lipshetz also discusses the end of the third season of the Hulu post-apocalyptic drama series “Silo,” as well as the new Netflix documentary “Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool” on 1980s icon Mr. T.

About the show

Streamed & Screened is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller, a longtime entertainment reporter who is the retired editor of the Sioux City Journal in Iowa and Terry Lipshetz, managing editor of the National Newsroom for Lee Enterprises based in Madison, Wisconsin. The show was named Best Podcast in the 2025 Iowa Better Newspaper Contest.

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