Another Episode covering SxSW 2018 including the team from the dreamed "Boundaries" including actors Vera Farmiga & Lewis MacDougall, and director Shana Feste; the director & 2 producers from the doc "The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons from a Mythical Man"; and L.A. based experimental filmmaker Amir Motlagh.
From SxSW 2018: Two documentarians and their subjects. First up Dick Cavett returns with filmmaker Robert Bader with their film, "Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes"; then filmmaker Jeremy Workman returns for his 4th visit to discuss his latest, "The World Before Your Feet" with his subject Matt Green.
Jam packed episode with the team behind "The Rider", director Chloé Zhao & actor Brady Jandreau, in theaters 4/13; filmmaker Trish Adlesic with the documentary "I Am Evidence" which premieres on HBO 4/16; and from SxSW, the team behind the film "All Square" including actors Harris Yulin & Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
Guests on. this episode include the host of the Criterion Now podcast, Aaron West; and filmmaker Matt Ogens ("Confessions of a Superhero") with a new documentary, "Home + Away" which will have its world premiere at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, April 21st, 1PM at the Cinepolis Theater in Chelsea, NYC.
Lynne Ramsay in the first segment discusses her 4th feature due out this Friday, 4/6, called "You Were Never Really Here", a thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix; and filmmaker Joe Berlinger stops by for his third appearance to chat about True Crime and his input at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (4/5—4/8).
Filmmaker Andrew Dosunmu ("Mother of George") returns to the podcast with his new film called "Where is Kyra?" which stars Michelle Pfeiffer & Kiefer Sutherland. Also, from SxSW, filmmaker Andrew Haigh & actor Charlie Plummer with their new film "Lean on Pete". Both films opens on Friday, April 6th.
Returning to the podcast, Lynn Shelton whose new drama, "Outside In" starring Edie Falco & Jay Duplass, will have its theatrical beginning 3/30 in NYC & LA, then SVOD 4/3. Sam Pollard returns with a number of new projects inlacing "ACORN and the Firestorm", which will have a theatrical in NYC at the Metrograph beginning April 6th.
Film scholar, author, professor & interviewer Annette Insdorf has a new book called "Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes" published by Columbia University Press. She will also be hosting the next installment of her interview series, Reel Pieces, at the 92nd Street Y, a conversation with actor Andie MacDowell on March 28th. Tickets are still available.
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.