# Directorial Debuts

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Podcast: [Loose Canon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/loose-canon-7732245)
Published: 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Welcome to Loose Canon, a podcast where we (Ella and Simon) work to create an all-encompassing movie canon. Every week we pick a unique theme and each bring one movie that we believe best meets the criteria. One movie will be crowned victorious and added to the official Loose Canon. This week's theme is: Directorial Debuts. We discuss what makes a good directorial debut, some of our favorite debuts that didn't make the cut, Simon misremembers the plot of The Night of the Hunter , and we weigh the merits of two debuts from a couple of our favorite directors, Sam Raimi ( The Evil Dead ) and Greta Gerwid ( Lady Bird ).

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