Filmmaker Jacob Kornbluth is back with another documentary about the economy, the result of another collaboration with former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, called "Saving Capitalism". The film is a Netflix original documentary and is exclusively streaming on the site; then the editor of the hit dark comedy, "I, Tonya", Tatiana Riegel which is directed by Craig Gillespie, distributed by Neon...
First up, Carlye Rubin & Katie Green, co-directors of the new documentary "The Family I Had" which is to have its broadcast premiere on Investigation Discovery on Thursday, December 21, 9PM ET. Then, filmmaker Jared Moshé & actor Bill Pullman for a conversation about their new film, a revenge western called "The Ballad of Lefty Brown".
Jason Cortlund & Julia Halperin return to the podcast after a 400 episode hiatus. The Austin-based filmmaking couple are back with a new film called Barracuda which premiered earlier this year at South by Southwest. Also, filmmaker David Rosfeld is finally on the podcast after recently launching a Kickstarter campaign for a short film, Bob & Dale.
Filmmaker Laura Terruso directed her debut feature, a comedy called Fits and Starts, which is currently on iTunes, Amazon & on demand; filmmaker Nancy Buirski returns with a new documentary The Rape of Recy Taylor which at the IFC Center in NYC beginning this Friday, 12/15. Last up, a great new documentary which is currently screening at the Quad in NYC, Quest. I'm joined by the team.
Cinematographer Sam Levy ("Lady Bird") is the sole guest. In addition to shooting for Greta Gerwig’s recent film, Sam has shot 3 films for Noah Baumbach including "Frances Ha", "Mistress America" & "While We’re Young". Sam and I chat about working for both these filmmakers in addition to his relationships with Rebecca Miller & Eric Rohmer.
Filmmaker Eric Schaeffer. Talking with Eric was a walk in the park... literally. We recorded this in the late Summer of 2017 in Riverside Park as we talked about everything under the sun including the earlier years when Eric sold "My Life's In Turnaround" which certainly did turn around his life around. Up through his TV and internet series'.
Filmmakers Josh Koury & Myles Kane their new documentary, "Voyeur", which premieres on Netflix this Friday, December 1st; actor & comedian Noël Wells makes her directorial debut with "Mr. Roosevelt", and actor turned filmmaker, Sonja Sohn ("The Wire"), who directed the documentary "Baltimore Rising" currently on HBO.
Filmmaker Ira Sachs returns for his third visit to the podcast. Earlier appearances can be found on Ep 57 & Ep 234. In this longer and more nuanced conversation we talk about what brought him to NYC some thirty years ago and how he continues to make the kind of films he's interested in making.
Episode 444 includes an hour-long conversation with the indie film pioneer, Ira Deutchman. Deutchman has been making, marketing and distributing films since 1975, having worked on over 150 films including some of the most successful independent films of all time.
The president of HBO Documentary Films, Sheila Nevins, is the sole guest on Episode 443 of the podcast. Sheila, who has been at the esteemed network for some 35 years, is now the author of a book called You Don't Look Your Age... and Other Fairy Tales (Flatiron Books, 2017).
Returning to the podcast filmmaker Patrick Brice discusses Season 2 of the HBO series "Room 104" & his follow up to "Creep", "Creep 2"; then I'm joined by filmmakers Leah Meyerhoff ("I Believe in Unicorns"), the founder of Film Fatales, plus Shruti Ganguly and Myna Joseph, for a thoughtful conversation on gender parity in the work place; plus Jayce & Tiffany Bartok.
Lois Vossen, the Executive Producer of Independent Lens, is the first guest. A new season of the PBS documentary series begins tonight with a 10:00 ET . Then I'm joined by Satya de la Manitou who, along with his old friend & confidante, Dennis Hopper are the subjects of Nick Ebeling's new documentary "Along for the Ride". Director Nick Ebeling also joins us.
Finally... Gilbert Gottfried on the podcast! And why not? There's a new documentary about Gilbert called... "Gilbert", which premieres today, "11/3/2017" at the IFC Center in NYC. Also joining the comedian is his wife, Dara Gottfried as well as the director of the film, Neil Berkeley. Also, VP of Acquisitions at Neon, and the producer/curator of the new documentary 11/8/16, Jeff Deutchman.
Larry Fessenden returns to the podcast to celebrate Halloween, and more importantly, the release of the 4th season of his horror audio plays, "Tales From Beyond the Pale". Joining the Maestro are friends and collaborators, filmmaker & "Tales" co-creator Glenn McQuaid, actor Barbara Crampton, and 2 contributing writers, April Snellings and Clay McLeod Chapman.
Up first we celebrate the lost artifact cum cult comedy "Chief Zabu" with its two co-directors, Neil Cohen and character actor Zack Norman. The 2 discuss the history of their comedy which was made 1986, shot but never completed until now. Then we welcome back actor & filmmaker Griffin Dunne ("After Hours", "I Love Dick") for a conversation about his new documentary film about his doc, "Joan...