The director of a new documentary “Hinckley: I Shot The President”, Neil McGregor is the guest. In March 1981, inspired by a dangerous obsession with the film “Taxi Driver” and actress Jodie Foster, a man named John Hinckley tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. The attack shocked the world and forever changed American history. Found not guilty by reason of...
The theater producer and author Eric Schnall. He has a novel, his first, called "I Envy Your Disco". And the filmmaker Zach Clark ("Little Sister') returns with a new film "The Becomers."
The actor Heather Graham ("Boogie Nights") is in a new movie called "Place of Bones" a genre film which opens in select theaters & digitally on August 23rd. And the author of a new book about Elaine May, Carrie Courogen.
The actor and filmmaker Griffin Dunne returns for his 4th time on the podcast. Griffin has a new book he recently published called "The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir" (Penguin Books, 2024). I really enjoyed this episode. It's frank and honest as his book is. A true pleasure.
First up, the filmmaker James Marsh whose new movie "Dance First" (starring Gabriel Byrne) opens on Friday, 8/9 theatrically & digitally on 8/16. And then the author Chris Nashawaty discusses his new book "The Future Was Now" about the Summer of 1982, a groundbreaking year for sci-fi movies. Available where books are sol.
At long last the filmmaker Susan Seidelman on Filmwax Radio! She has a new memoir called "Desperately Seeking Something" (St. Marin's Press, 2024). Also, a short conversation with the legendary musician Richard Thompson whose new album "Ship to Shore" is available.
The team and subjects behind a new documentary that will leave you breathless. In Jeff Zimbalist's film "Skywalkers: A Love Story", Russian social media stars Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus climb the world's last super skyscraper, blending daring acrobatics with a tumultuous love story. The film premieres on Netflix on Friday, July 19th, after a very successful festival run and IMAX theatrical...
Phillip Lopate is the author of many acclaimed books, including the essay collections Bachelorhood, Against Joie de Vivre, and Portrait of My Body and the novels The Rug Merchant and Confessions of Summer. He is the editor of several anthologies of essays. Lopate taught for many years in the Writing Program at Columbia University School of the Arts.
The documentary filmmaker A.J. Schnack ("Caucus", "Convention") returns to the podcast. He has a new film, "Majority Rules", about a new controversial election process called Ranked Voting. Alaska gears up to do something no other state has ever done: adopt a pair of election reforms that will eliminate traditional party primaries and allow voters to rank their candidates by preference. "Majority...
The director of a new archival film about Elizabeth Taylor called "Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes", Nanette Burstein makes her first appearance on the podcast. Also, club entreprenuer, Lon Ballinger discusses his years owning Webster Hall in NYC.
The Executive Director of the Nantucket Film Festival, Mystelle Brabbee, returns to the podcast to discuss this years fest (6/19 - 24). And from the Filmwax archives, a 2019 conversation with Morgan Spurlock, who passed away this past May.
Lots of friends are returning to the podcast on this episode. Kelly Anderson ("My Brooklyn") and Jay Arthur Sterrenberg ("Dark Money") return with their new documentary "Emergent City" which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival this week. And Chris Doubek and Zach Green are in a new indie sci-fi comedy (also co-directed by Green) called "Foil" available on various on demand platforms.
First time to the podcast, filmmaker Vanessa Hope has a new documentary about Taiwan and the election of their first female president called "Invisible Nation". The film opens Friday, 5/31 at the Quad Cinema NYC. Also, DCTV's Firehouse Cinema in downtown NYC is showing a retrospective of frequent Filmwax guest, Lynne Sachs' experimental films from June 7 —11. Lynne comes on to discuss.
Sony Pictures Classics is bringing back a 4K restored "Run, Lola, Run" right around its 25th anniversary. The director Tom Tykwer is the guest. Also, actor Jason Butler Harner discusses his latest project, an indie film called "The Big Bend" wihich is enjoying a theatrical run.
The documentary filmmaker Alison O'Daniel makes her first appearance on the podcast to discuss her film "The Tuba Thieves" which will have its broadcast premiere on Independent Lens (PBS) on May 20th. The central mystery of this unconventional documentary isn’t about theft; it’s about the nature of sound itself. Also, the Artistic Director and Founder of the Berkshires International Film...