sdsdsdHow do you turn one of the most beloved fighting games of all time into a movie without losing everything that makes it gloriously ridiculous?

On this episode of The Discourse Podcast, director Kitao Sakurai (“The Eric Andre Show,” “Bad Trip”) joins us to discuss his gonzo approach to “Street Fighter,” assembling a cast that includes Jason Momoa, Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo, Callina Liang, David Dastmalchian, 50 Cent, Eric André, Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, and Orville Peck.

Sakurai explains why he wanted to make something that felt like “exactly what Hollywood isn’t doing,” how professional wrestlers, rappers, and comedians became essential to his vision, and why he refused to make another video game adaptation embarrassed by its source material.

He also gets into the surprisingly kinky psychology behind Dastmalchian’s M. Bison, the film’s hand-drawn anime flashbacks, the challenge of staging inventive fight sequences, and why historical accuracy goes out the window when your movie features a green guy who shoots electricity.

“We’re really trying to honor it, but also have fun with it,” Sakurai says. And judging by his approach, he means it.

“Street Fighter” hits theaters October 16.

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Mackenzie Davis joins The Playlist’s Bingeworthy Podcast to talk about Netflix’s new creature-feature series “Below,” working opposite Josh Hartnett in Newfoundland, and why the show’s mix of horror, family drama, and dark comedy appealed to her.

She also looks back at “Terminator: Dark Fate,” which she still thinks got a “bad rap,” recalls the near-religious atmosphere of working with Denis Villeneuve and Roger Deakins on “Blade Runner 2049,” and explains why she’s now on a mission to prove she’s funny.

“Below” premieres October 8 on Netflix.

Giovanni Ribisi joins The Playlist’s Bingeworthy Podcast to discuss MGM+’s “American Hostage,” the true story of Tony Kiritsis, working opposite Jon Hamm, and his increasingly serious work as a cinematographer.

Ribisi explains how he approached playing Kiritsis, the Indianapolis man who held mortgage broker Richard “Dick” Hall hostage for 63 hours with a sawed-off shotgun wired to his neck, and why he resisted reducing him to a madman. He also talks about shooting intense phone conversations with Hamm in real time and learning just days before production that Gus Van Sant was making “Dead Man’s Wire,” another Tony Kiritsis project starring Bill Skarsgård, Al Pacino, and Colman Domingo.

The conversation also covers Ribisi’s cinematography work on “Strange Darling,” his collaboration with Panavision engineers on vintage VistaVision cameras, Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” and why he believes audiences can still see and feel the difference between film and digital cinematography.