Jay Duplass, Michael Strassner, Liz Larsen and Olivia Luccardi came by the L.A. Times studio at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival to talk about their film, “The Baltimoreans” and tell us what the best Christmas films are of all times, why dental dams can be good for more than mouth work and how Strassner’s mother knows John Waters.
Nicholas Ducassi is an audience editor for Entertainment and Arts at the Los Angeles Times. He has interviewed artists at the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and more, including Eva Longoria, Seth Meyers, America Ferrera, Henry Winkler, Helen Mirren and Jamie Lee Curtis. His videos have garnered more than 100 million views and nominations from the Television Academy and the L.A. Press Club.
Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.
