Ifthe usual summer blockbusters and franchise reboots leave you wanting something more, Studio 360 has you covered. We’ve hand-picked our favorite interviews with some of Hollywood’s best minds so you can put on your headphones, blast the air conditioning, and pretend it’s time for a prestige Christmas release.

• Matthew McConaughey: “Scare the Hell Out of Me”(January 17, 2014)
  The actor on how he choses his roles,True Detective,and a few of his favorite aphorisms.
• Joss Whedon the Hollywood Slayer(June 14, 2013)
  Whedon tells Kurt why he’ll never stop making movies with vampires and rocketships, and why he initially resisted working in TV.
  
• Kathryn Bigelow At War(March 5, 2010)
  The Oscar-winning director on why she likes to cast unknown actors.
  
• Alfonso Cuaron Defies Gravity(October 11, 2013)
  How Cuaron wrote a screenplay in three weeks — and then turned into an Oscar-winning film.
  
• Sarah Polley’s Directorial Debut(July 13, 2012)
  The actress talks about writing and directing a script about Alzheimer’s disease in her early 20s.
  
• Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams(April 29, 2011)
  The esteemed documentary director talks about using 3D in his film about some of the world’s oldest cave paintings, and developing his own film school.