Actor & filmmaker Joshua Leonard is in the latest Steven Soderbergh film —a thriller shot on an iPhone— called "Unsane". The film, which is being distributed by Bleecker Street Media and Fingerprint Releasing, opens this Friday, March 23rd in NYC and LA. Then indie filmmaker Mike Ott calls in from Berlin to discuss his particular style of filmmaking, and his love of movies.
Lloyd Kaufman, co-founder of Troma Films, returns to the podcast after a 400 episode lapse of judgment. Lloyd and Troma continue, however, to disrupt the film & media industries. This episode was recorded at the offices of Troma Films in Queens, NY.
Grady Henrix, co-founder of the Subway Series & the New York Asian Film Festival and biographer Scott Eyman.
This is a roundtable discussion on the subject of filmmaker Paul Schrader. Among the four film nerds are yours truly, host Adam Schartoff, filmmaker Jeremy Workman, host of the popular podcast Wrong Reel, James Hancock, and podcast savant Chico Leo.
The author Ed Sikov on the subject of Billy Wilder. His book, "On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder" (University of Mississippi Press) is still widely available after 20 years in print. Check out filmmaker Joseph Lingad's Kickstarter campaign for his project, "Don't Look Away: A Film About Adults with Facial Differences".
The Executive Director of Women Make Movies, Debra Zimmerman comes on for a long conversation about supporting females in the pursuit of making the documentary film; and documentary composer Paul Brill ("One October", "Gideon's Army"). Music on this episode by Paul Brill.
Indies Meet The Oscars on this episode with 2 nominated filmmakers, Laura Checkoway ("Edith+Eddie") & Thomas Lennon ("Knife Skills") in the Short Documentary category. Also, we talk to Kickstarter's Director of Documentary Film, Liz Cook Mowe and Director of Narrative Film, Elise McCave, abut films that had their own Oscar-related trajectories.
Hal Hartley returns to the podcast to discuss the release of the Henry Fool Trilogy DVD box set which packages the 3 Grim Family tales ("Henry Fool", "Fay Grim", and "Ned Rifle") together for the first time. Also, a never before released conversation from 2014 with Hal Hartley and Ted Hope upon the release of Hal's film "My America". The music on this episode is from Hartley's instrumental album...
The great filmmaker Sally Potter ("Orlando") has a new film currently in theaters called "The Party" starring an exceptional A-list ensemble; the Director of Film Programs at the JCC in Manhattan discusses the 10th Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival which runs March 8th through the 14th in NYC.
Celebrating the legacy of documentary filmmaker St. Clair Bourne with filmmakers Yoruba Richen & Carol Bash. A retrospective of Bourne's work takes place this weekend at the Metrograph in NYC; first time filmmaker Sophie Brooks with her romantic comedy "The Boy Downstairs" which hits theaters on Friday, February 16th in NYC and on the 23rd in LA.
A rather laid back conversation on the craft of acting & the challenges of creating a career as such. Matthew Maher is an Obie Award winning actor who has been working in theater, film ("Gone Baby Gone", "While We're Young") and television ("Mozart in the Jungle", "Nurse Jackie") for over 2 decades. But I know him from our idle days back in a Vermont summer camp. Matthew is currently a resident...
Filmwax Radio's Sundance correspondent Ronald Wohlman is back reporting on his experience in Park City; film programmer Pawel Wieszczecinski returns to the podcast to chat about his newly launched indie film streaming service, Kinoscope; and filmmaker Matthew Lessner & actor David Henry Lessner with "Automatic at Sea"
A special bonus edition of the podcast today. To celebrate Henry Jaglom's 80th birthday, here's an hour-long conversation with one of the true pioneers of independent film still pumping them out 4 decades later.
Actor & filmmaker Mark Webber ("Green Room") with his latest directorial effort, "Flesh and Blood". Mark's joined by his mom, anti-poverty activist & 2012 Green Party VP candidate, Cheri Honkala. Also the 2 singer-songwriters who are the subject of the indie film "American Folk". And Sundance correspondent Ronald Wohlman.
Filmmaker Zefrey Throwell is the sole guest. Zefrey recently co-directed a hybrid doc called "Flames" which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2017. Throwell last appeared on Ep 406 along with his collaborator & Filmwax friend Josephine Decker. Here we discuss our mutual affection for films as well as for each other.