Ep 315: Atom Egoyan

Veteran director Atom Egoyan (“Exotica”) with his latest film, “Remember” (A24, 2015) screening at Vienna & Woodstock Film Festival; documentary filmmaker Doug Tirola discusses his new National Lampoon doc, “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead” (Magnolia Pictures, 2015); and A.D. Calvo returns to update on his feature “The Missing Girl”.

Veteran director Atom Egoyan (“Exotica”) with his latest film, “Remember” (A24, 2015) screening at Vienna & Woodstock Film Festival; documentary filmmaker Doug Tirola discusses his new National Lampoon doc, “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead” (Magnolia Pictures, 2015); and A.D. Calvo returns to update on his feature “The Missing Girl”.

Veteran director Atom Egoyan (“Exotica”, “The Sweet Hereafter”) with his latest film, “Remember”, screening at Vienna & Woodstock Film Festival. With help from a fellow Holocaust survivor (Martin Landau), a widower (Christopher Plummer) who struggles with memory loss embarks on a cross-country odyssey to find the former Nazi responsible for the deaths of their family members. First of two part conversation.

Atom Egoyan & Adam Schartoff

Documentary filmmaker Doug Tirola (“Hey, Bartender”) discusses his new National Lampoon doc, “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon” which takes a look at the rise and fall of the National Lampoon, the outrageous, ground-breaking parody magazine that pushed the limits of taste from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Lastly, filmmaker A.D. Calvo returns to update on his feature “The Missing Girl”.