On this episode, the director of the documentary "Socks on Fire" which won last year's Grand Jury Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and closes this year's festival, Bo McGuire; and the team behind a new psychological horror film, "The Carnivores", director Caleb Michael Johnson and actors Tallie Medel & Lindsay Burdge.
Iconic musician Sergio Mendes is the subject of a new documentary currently on PBS called "Sergio Mendes & Friends: A Celebration". Both Mendes and his director John Scheinfeld ("Herb Alpert It..") are on the podcast. Also, author & film critic Michael Koresky discusses his new book "Films of Endearment: A Mother, a Son and the '80s Films That Defined Us" currently available for purchase.
The author Noah Isenberg ("We'll Always Have Casablanca") returns with his latest book, "Billy Wilder on Assignment" (Princeton University Press). Before Billy Wilder became the screenwriter and director of iconic films like Sunset Boulevard and Some Like It Hot, he worked as a freelance reporter, first in Vienna and then in Weimar Berlin.
The animated short film #SaveRalph is part of a global campaign to ban animal testing for cosmetics. The director of this animated short, Spencer Susser and the film's animator, Andy Gent, are the guests in this first segment. Then filmmaker Robert Machoian and actor Clayne Crawford discuss their dramatic film "The Killing of Two Lovers" which is currently out.
The subjects of the documentary "Duty Free", mother Rebecca Danigelis & her son Sian-Pierre Regis join me in the first segment. The film is in select theaters & available to stream. Then Anja Marquardt ("She's Lost Control") returns to Filmwax to discuss the 3rd season of "The Girlfriend Experience" for STARZ which she directed.
This episode includes a conversation with Filmwax friend, the director Craig Zobel ("The Hunt") who has directed the entire 7 episodes of HBO's original series "Mare of Easttown". Three of the episodes of this compelling murder mystery have already aired. Also, the team behind a new dramatic indie film "Beast Beast" including its director Danny Madden.
Filmwax friend David Schwartz has edited a book of interviews with Canada's most famous filmmaker called "David Cronenberg Interviews" (University Press of Mississippi); and the team behind a new feature comedy called "The Outside Story" including director Casimir Nozkowski and actors Olivia Edward ("Better Things") & Sunita Mani ("Glow") which premieres today.
The actor Kevin Corrigan ("Grounded For Life", "The King of Staten Island") is a regular on the podcast.
The Associate Director of the Atlanta Film Festival, Cameron McAllister, visits. Also, filmmakers Jeffrey Wolf & Sam Pollard stop by to discuss their new documentary, "Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts".
Author Glenn Frankel returns to the podcast to discuss his latest book "Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic". We're joined by co-host Illeana Douglas.
Singer songwriter Matthew Sweet ("Girlfriend", "100% Fun") visits the podcast for the first time to discuss his brand new album "Catspaw".
Celebrating two tremendous documentaries on this episode: the first is Emily and Sarah Kunstler's new film "Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America" which just won the Audience Award at SxSW; and Harry Mavromichalis returns to discuss his documentary "Olympia" about the iconic actor Olympia Dukakis. That is available to stream on most platforms.
SxSW coverage continues; the festival ends Saturday, March 20th. On this episode we talk to the team behind "Swan Song", a narrative feature with actor Udo Kier & filmmaker Todd Stephens; then we speak with documentary filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn and editor Sabine Krayenbühl about their film "The Hunt for Planet B". Check the Filmwax Radio YouTube channel for more.
Director of the SxSW Film Festival, Janet Pierson, returns to discuss this years fest and author Mark Harris discusses his new biography of Mike Nichols. We're joined by co-host Illeana Douglas.
Filmmaker Elizabeth Lo with her film "Stray" and the actor Donal Logue discusses his recent romantic dramedy "Sometime Other Than Now".