Andrew Fleming ("Dick", "Hamlet 2") is back with a new feature comedy called "Ideal Home" and which stars Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan. The comedy opens Friday, June 29th in NYC; also the team behind a dramatic film called "Beauty Mark" which we caught up with at the Woodstock Film Festival including director Harris Doran & actors Auden Thornton & Catherine Curtin.
Debra Granik (Winter's Bone) discusses her new feature film starring Ben Foster, "Leave No Trace" which opens Friday, June 29th; and the documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki ("Why We Fight", "The House I Live In") has a new documentary about Elvis but more so about America, called "The King". The film is already playing in NYC but opens in LA on June 29th.
The Zellner Brothers return to the podcast to discuss their latest feature film, Damsel, which premiered at Sundance this year and opens theatrically Friday, June 22nd. The film stars Robert Pattinson & Mia Wasikowska, and is being distributed by Magnolia Pictures. Also producer/actor Tara Culp.
In this Father’s Day special edition I interview my Dad, Bob Schartoff. Bob is 81 years old and currently resides in Queens, NY. He was greatly responsible, along with my mother, for introducing me to the arthouse film.
I'm joined by actor Wendell Pierce ("The Wire") & director Tim Rouhana regarding their new film, "One Last Thing", which opens nation-wide on June 20th; and also filmmaker Arya Ghavamian who currently has a Kickstarter campaign to raise awareness for a documentary project called "The Candy Store".
This episode celebrates the 2018 Brooklyn Film Festival with programmers Julie Bridgeham & Jason Stefaniak; and Filmwax friends Michael Galinsky & David Beilinson ("Battle for Brooklyn") stop by to discuss their latest collaboration, "Working in Protest" which enjoyed 2 screenings at the Festival.
Hal Hartley is back again to discuss his current Kickstarter campaign to raise awareness and funds for a boxset of The Long Island Trilogy ("The Unbelievable Truth", "Trust", and "Simple Men"). The campaign ends on June 13th so check it out now and consider getting on board.
Filmmaker Silas Howard makes his first appearance on the podcast with his feature film "A Kid Like Jake" which premieres at the IFC Center on June 1st; Lorenzo Fiuzzi returns to update us on his streaming service, Filmatique, and the new film he produced called "Noble Earth" which premieres at the Seattle International Film Festival next week. Music on this episode by MIRS from their EP "Meat on...
A second episode from the Maryland Film Festival 2018 with 3 friends returning to the podcast including Joe Swanberg ("Easy"), Skizz Cyzyk and Eugene Kotlyarenko ("Wobble Palace", "A Wonderful Cloud").
Founding Director of the Maryland Film Festival and President of the Producer’s Club of Maryland, Jed Dietz is the first guest on this special edition of the podcast devoted to that festival. 2018 was the 20th season of the festival. Filmmaker Nathan Silver ("Thirst Street") returns to the podcast for his 4th visit.
Paul Schrader finally waxes on the podcast, specifically about his new film which is called "First Reformed", stars Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfriend & Cedric Kyles. Then Baltimore native filmmaker Matt Porterfield on his new film —his 4th— called "Sollers Point". Both films are must viewing in theaters, where the theatricals premiere on Friday, May 18th.
Filmwax Radio Montclair Film Festival 2018 Edition! Guests include returning co-directors Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck with their new film "When She Runs; and filmmaker Ben Niles for his first visit with his documentary "The 5 Browns: Digging Through the Darkness". Music by Brett Dennen from his recent EP "Let's".
Actor John Carroll Lynch returns (he was last on Ep 430) to the podcast with his latest film, "Anything". He's joined by his director Timothy McNeil. The film opens on Friday, May 11th at the AMC Empire in NYC & at the Laemmle Monica Center in LA.
President of Entertainment & Co-founder of the blockchain studio SingularDTV, Kim Jackson, is the guest in the first segment; then film editor & producer Max Heller ("Summer of Blood"), Max Heller, has directed his first feature, a romantic comedy called "Born Guilty" starring Rosanna Arquette, which opens nationally on Mother's Day Weekend, next Friday, May 11th.
Tribeca Film Festival 2018 Edition: filmmaker Dawn Porter discusses "Bobby Kennedy for President", a Netflix documentary series, which premieres globally 4/27; and filmmakers John Maringouin & Molly Lynch discuss their new feature which premiered at the festival, Ghostbox Cowboy starring Filmwax friends David Zellner & Robert Longstreet.