Ep1060: Outside the Cathouse, Inside the Arthouse: An Interview with Actor/Filmmaker Raphael Sbarge!

Kicking the Seat

We're closing out 2024 with a returning special guest whose career touches on everything that makes movies special!

Raphael Sbarge joins Ian for a wide-ranging conversation about growing up in the New York theatre scene; being one of the original Sesame Street kids; stepping into fame with the Risky Business cast; and carving a wholly new path as an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker--which led to his co-creating the Inside the Arthouse podcast with arthouse theater royalty, Greg Laemmle!

The guys also talk about the evolution of Risky Business; its mirror-universe relationship to The Graduate; and why it's just as relevant 41 years later! If you've ever wondered what it's like to put a documentary together, navigate a dinner with Sean Penn at his most Method, or trust Tom Cruise with your life while driving at top speed down Michigan Avenue, this is the show for you!

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Show Links:

• Watch the Risky Business (1983) trailer.

• Order Criterion's recent 4K release of Risky Business!

• Catch up with (and subscribe to) Raphael's great new podcast, Inside the Arthouse, with Greg Laemmle!

• Watch Ian and Sujewa's conversation with Raphael and Greg, in promotion of the doc that started it all, Only in Theaters!

• As mentioned in the show, Ian and Cole Rush reviewed Risky Business a few years ago, for their "Late Screening" series. Give a listen!