The actor Louis Cancelmi ("Boardwalk Empire", "Billions") is the guest. Louis recently portrayed the character Sally Bugs in the new Martin Scorsese film "The Irishman". We discuss working on the set with Marty, Al and Bob, and more. Louis may also be seen in the recent "21 Bridges" as well as the upcoming indie "Inez & Doug & Kira". He lives north of NYC with his wife and two kids.
This episode focuses on two new indie film, both of which recently became available on streaming platforms: Segment 1 is with the filmmaking brothers Thomas & Michael Matthews with their film, "Lost Holiday"; and Segment 2 is with cinematographer Cody Stokes making his directorial debut with the film "The Ghost Who Walks".
The filmmaker Hal Hartley ("Simple Men", "Ned Rifle") returns for his 6th visit to the podcast. Hal is currently the subject of a retrospective at the Metrograph theater in New York City. The films will be shown in either 35mm or on DCP, through the next week. Hal will be there for his second appearance this Saturday, 2/1, following the 7:30 screening of "Fay Grim".
Filmmaker (and poet!) Lynne Sachs returns to the podcast for her third appearance. Lynne's new highly personal film is called "Film About A Father Who" which is indeed about her father Ira Sachs, Sr. It will have its world premiere at Slamdance with screenings on opening night, Friday, March 24th as well as two screenings at MoMA's Doc Fortnight in February.
Author Nick Flynn ("Another Bullshit Night in Suck City") returns to the podcast for his second visit. He recently published a book of poetry called "I Will Destroy You" (Graywolf Press, 2019) and will also be releasing a book of prose & poetry in the Spring called "Stay" under the imprint Ze Books.
The team behind a new series called "The Holdouts" including director & co-writer Stephen Girasuolo, co-writer Dan Menke, and actors —and returning Filmwax Radio friends— Kevin Corrigan ("Godfather of Harlem") & Jayce Bartok ("When They See Us"). The pilot is currently available for viewing at no cost on Vimeo.
The author & film historian Joseph McBride returns for his third visit on the podcast to discuss the career of Hollywood film director John Ford. For an amazing read, pick up a copy of McBride's seminal biography "Searching for John Ford". McBride also appeared on Episode 562 and Episode 572.
The guests on the last episode of 2019 include the team behind a new dramatic film about the emotional toll on one death row warden, "Clemency" director Chinonye Chhuku & actor Aldis Hodge; also the director of the new documentary "What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael", Rob Garver stops by.
The actor Talia Balsam ("Mad Men", "Divorce") stops by the studio to discuss growing up the child of actors Martin Balsam & Joyce Van Patten, as well as a busy career acting in film and television. She may be seen in the upcoming films "South Mountain" and "The Climb."
A new book about brothers Herman and Joe Mankiewicz has recently been released. The title is "The Brothers Mankiewicz" (University Press of Mississippi, 2019) and we have its author Sydney Ladensohn Stern on the podcast.
The filmmaker Caveh Zahedi returns to the podcast for his 5th visit and to discuss his ongoing series "The Show About the Show" —of which there will be a third season— and how it contributed to the dissolution of his marriage and a recent feature article in the New York Times Sunday Magazine.
The 2d series of conversations from the 2019 Woodstock Film Festival. This ep includes returning guest Barbara Kopple with her doc "New Homeland"; as well as two narrative features: "Imaginary Order" (now "Blush") with filmmaker Debra Eisenstadt; and the team behind the film "Inez & Doug & Kira" incurring filmmaker Julia Kots & actors Michael Chernus & Tawny Cypress.
On this episode, two filmmakers return for the respective 2nd visits: Michael Apted discusses the 9th installment of the seminal "Up" series, "63 Up" which opens in NYC on 11/27; and cinematographer/filmmaker Kirsten Johnson discusses serving as Executive Producer on recent guest Kristof Bilsen's new documentary "Mother".
Dispatches from the 2019 Woodstock Film Festival focusing on three outstanding indie films: Ben Kasulke's "Banana Split", Tom Quinn's "Colewell", and Haroula Rose's "Once Upon A River". Guests include all three filmmakers as well as actors Karen Allen, Coburn Goss, Kenadi DelaCerna as well as the musician Annie Hart.
The guest is actor Lee Grant ("In the Heat of the Night", "Shampoo"), who will be the subject of a comprehensive retrospective —of both her acting roles as well as her documentary filmmaking work— at Film Forum in NYC from November 17th through February 12th, 2020.