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".
The cast of the web series GROUP.
First up, first time feature filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford with their film "Test Pattern" which deals with one woman's sexual assault and the subsequent hours while she & her white boyfriend go from hospital to hospital in search of a rape kit. And filmmaker Rodney Ascher ("Room 237") with his new film "A Glitch in the Matrix" which poses the possibility that we live in an alternative reality.
Filmmaker Azazel Jacobs returns to the podcast with "French Exit" and documentary filmmaker Bayan Joonam discusses his 3-part docu-series, "QAnon: The Search for Q".
The Up Series' Tony Walker helps celebrate the life & career of filmmaker Michael Apted on this special episode of the podcast.
Filmwax celebrates the 1994 indie film "What Happened Was..." with writer/director/actor Tom Noonan and co-star Karen Sillas.