Dycee Wildman is a writer and director with a penchant for the spooky and mysterious, as well as co-founder of DEFY Film Festival, a gathering of filmmakers focused on bold and cinematic works. As such, she’s the perfect guest to join host Jason Caviness for a chat about Paul Thomas Anderson’s third film, and accidentally sprawling epic, Magnolia.

Dycee and Jason eschew a plot synopsis in favor of exploring the thematic throughlines of family, the Altman inspirations, the role of ego in filmmaking and Anderson’s uncanny ability to cast a perfect ensemble.