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".
Ana Lily Amirpour, director of "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" & her lead actress Sheila Wand are the guests in the first segment. Also actor Jason Ritter ("Gravity Falls") & animator Maya Erdelyi. This episode is sponsored by Fandor.
In this episode, sponsored by Reel Works, my first guest is filmmaker Lacey Schwartz discussing her documentary “Little White Lie“. The film was at the Woodstock Film Festival which is where I caught up with her. How do we come to terms with the sins and mistakes of our parents? Schwartz discovers that answering those questions means understanding her parents’ own stories as well as...
Filmmaker Josephine Decker (“Bi The Way”) discusses her two new film, “Butter on the Latch & “Thou Wast Mild and Lovely“, on this Fandor-sponsored episode of the podcast. Both films are currently available for streaming on Fandor, and for New Yorkers, you have through November 20th to see the films at IFP’s Made in NY Media Center. Photo credit: Adam...
Frederick Wiseman (“High School”, “Boxing Gym”) has made over 40 documentaries about institutions. He’s back with his latest work, “National Gallery”, already being referred to as a masterpiece. The film takes a look at both life in the gallery among museum-goers as well as meetings in the back offices.
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To open this episode, a brief conversation with Women and Hollywood blogger, feminist Melissa Silverstein visits the podcast for the first time. Toronto-based filmmaker & founder of Punk Films, Ingrid Veninger (“Modar”, “I am a Good Person, I am a Bad Person”) discusses her work with the Toronto International Film Festival (aka TIFF) and her latest film, “The...
Talk show host legend Dick Cavett is the guest in this extended conversation. Cavett has a new book which just came out called Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks and published by Henry Holt.
Guests include one of the founders of the band The Mekons, Jon Langford, and the director the documentary "Revenge of the Mekons", Joe Angio; programmer for the Montclair Film Festival, Tom Hall; and British filmmaker Joanna Hogg ("Exhibition", "Unrelated").
Another docu-tastic episode with filmmaker Margaret Brown & her new film "The Great Invisible"; then father and son Chuck Workman ("Magician") and Jeremy Workman ("Magical Uniderse"); also Jean-Yves Ollivier ("Plot for Peace").
Director Volker Schlöndorff ("The Tin Drum") discusses his new film, "Diplomacy"; filmmaker Zachary Wigon and actress Kate Lyn Shiel discuss their new film, "The Heart Machine"; and filmmaker Gregory Kohn has a Kickstarter campaign for his new project, "Come Down, Molly".
Producer, actor, director, and the founder of Glass Eye Pix, Larry Fessenden is the guest in this Fandor-sponsored episode celebrating Halloween! We discuss Larry's life & career of genre filmmaking. We also discuss side projects like his band Just Desserts & their new album, Lost in Love, as well as the series of audio plays, "Tales From Beyond the Pale".
The filmmaker Teddy Collatos ("Move") is the guest. His latest feature film, "Dipso", will be having a free screening at Videology on Monday, October 20, 9:30 PM in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I will be moderating the Q&A.
"St. Vincent" director Ted Melfi is up first; followed by documentary filmmaker Samir about his film "Iraqi Odyssey" which I caught at TIFF.
The Executive Director & co-founder of the Woodstock Film Festival, Meira Blaustein; filmmaker Michael Wechsler discusses his feature film "The Red Robin" which stars Ryan O'Nan & Judd Hirsch; and the filmmaker Kevin Schreck discusses his feature documentary "Persistence of Vision" about the British animation artist Richard Williams.
Guests include DCTV's Co-Executive Director & Co-Founder Jon Alpert who discusses the youth program's new series, "Our Cameras, Our Stories"; the filmmaker Vanessa Lapa with her film "The Decent One"; and "Last Hijack" co-directors, Femke Wolting & Tommy Pallotta.