One of Kickstarter‘s film leads George Schmalz to discuss The Archive Projects initiative. Director of “Approaching the Elephant” Amanda Rose Wilder & her film’s subject Alex Khost. The inaugural year of the Teddy McArdle Free School, where all classes are voluntary and rules are voted on by adults and children. The creative team behind the film...
Filmwax Radio is proud to celebrate Black History Month in this Reel Works sponsored episode of the podcast. Guests include filmmaker Sam Knowles whose short documentary, “Why Do You Have Black Dolls?” is the featured film at this Friday’s Reel Works movie club screening. Details for the screening may be found on Reel Works’ website and Facebook page. Actor, playwright...
Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi ("The Sheik & I", "Tripping with Caveh") is the guest for an expanded conversation in this Fandor sponsored episode of the podcast. The 1st two episodes Caveh's new web series "Getting Stoned with Caveh" are now available on Fandor.
Guests include the comedian & talk show host Scott Rogowsky; Jhovanny Bisono who discusses his short doc; a conversation with Dr. Keneca Boyce, Squeaky Moore & KT Nelson on depression among African American males; & filmmaker Catherine Gund on her new doc "Born to Fly".
Richard Kaplan, one of the producers of the seminal documentary, “King: A Filmed Record…Montgomery to Memphis”, is the guest on this special episode dedicated to the memory & legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. This Academy Award-nominated documentary presents key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955 bus boycott in...
Ubiquitous indie film editor Michael Taylor is the guest. This is the 4th in a multi-part series of interviews that were conducted from the set of Alex Calvo's new dark comedy, "The Missing Girl". Past episodes in this series included interviews with actors Robert Longstreet, Alexia Rasmussen & Thomas Jay Ryan.
Guests include First Look Film Festival programmers David Schwartz and Aliza Ma which is to take place at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY from January 9th through the 18th. A conversation with actor Alexia Rasmussen (“Our Idiot Brother”, “The Comedy”) as part of my ongoing series on Alex Calvo’s new indie, “The Missing Girl”. A lonely and...
Actor Thomas Jay Ryan appears in the upcoming "Ned Rifle", the third in Hal Hartley's Henry Fool cycle which also includes 2007's "Fay Grim", Thomas is also appearing in A.D. Calvo's "The Missing Girl".
Legendary director of "Two-Lane Black Top" & "Cockfighter", Monte Hellman, is the guest on this year-end episode. You can purchase a wonderful restored Blu-ray/DVD of "Two-Lane" from The Criterion Collection as well as the combo of "Ride in the Whirlwind"/"The Shooting". His film "Iguana" is available from Kino Lorber on Blu-ray as well.
Indiewire's Eric Kohn returns for a look back at the year in indie film. Filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan discusses his new film "Winter Sleep" which opens theatrically in NYC Friday, 12/19. The film won the Palm D'Or at Cannes this year. Last up a front runner for Best Foreign Film Oscar, "Ida" director Pawel Pawlikowski; the film opens for a return engagement on Friday, 12/19 in NYC.
Comedian Pauly Shore discusses his documentary "Pauly Shore Stands Alone" which is currently on Showtime. Then journalist John Anderson & I discuss the career of Todd Haynes; a new edition of Haynes' "Safe" has recently become available in the Criterion Collection.
Guests on this Reel Works sponsored episode of the podcast include "Field Niggas" filmmaker Khalik Allah, and in the second segment Frances Bodomo & Alexandre Rockwell who discuss the pairing of their films "Boneshaker" and "Little Feet" respectively.
Guests include actress & director Liv Ullmann with her new film "Miss Julie"; documentary filmmaking legend Chuck Workman with his new film about Orson Welles, "Magician"; and Göran Olsson ("Black Power Mix Tape") with his new doc, "Concerning Violence".
The father of American underground cinema, Robert Downey, Sr., is the guest on this special episode of the podcast. For those around the Los Angeles area, Cinefamily will be launching a retrospective, “Truth & Soul, Inc: The Films of Robert Downey, Sr.” from December 5th through the 8th.
Actor Robert Longstreet ("Thou Was Mild & Lovely", "Septien") is the guest in this feisty Thanksgiving holiday episode of the podcast. This is the first in a series of podcasts recorded live from the set of the new A.D. Calvo directed indie film, "The Missing Girl".