Oscar winning filmmaker Alex Gibney ("Taxi to the Dark Side", "The Armstrong Lie") has a new documentary, "Finding Fela" on the life of global music superstar, Fela Kuti. The film is screening at the IFC Center. Then I'm joined by Dan Krauss whose first feature, "The Kill Team", is also currently in theaters.
Guests include indieWire's chief film critic & senior editor, Eric Kohn; Fandor CEO Ted Hope discussing new initiatives at the company; and Amy Browne & Jeremy Kaplan —two of the four filmmakers— behind the new documentary, "A Will For The Woods", which opens theatrically in NYC on 8/15.
Joe Swanberg ("Drinking Buddies") returns to the podcast to discuss his latest, "Happy Christmas". This episode is sponsored by Fandor where you may currently watch 4 of Swanberg's films including "The Zone", "Silver Bullets", "Art History",and "All The Light In The Sky".
Guests on this episode include actress Jacki Weaver ("Animal Kingdom", "Silver Linings Playbook") who is starring in Woody Allen's new "Magic in the Moonlight", and documentary filmmakers Lisa Gossels ("My So-Called Enemy") and Adam Kahan ("The Case of the Three Sided Dream"). This episode is sponsored by Reel Works.
Actress Daphne Rubin-Vega & actor/filmmaker Jayce Bartok are the guests. Jayce’s directorial debut feature film, "Fall to Rise" is the story of 2 modern dancers who form an unlikely friendship.
Legendary filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci ("Last Tango in Paris", "The Conformist") is the guest. Bertolucci is back after a self-imposed hiatus with a new film, his first shot in Italy in about 30 years, called "Me and You" (or "Io y Te").
The Chicago-based documentary filmmaker Steve James is the sole guest on this episode of the podcast. Steve has a new film coming out Friday, July 4th about the life and career of the Pulitzer prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert called "Life Itself".
The Oscar winning screenwriter and film director Paul Haggis is on the show. Paul's new film, "Third Person", is currently in theaters. We also chat about a charity he founded called Artists for Peace and Justice which raises money for famine relief in post-earthquake Haiti.
Two extraordinary documentary filmmakers appear on this episode of Filmwax Radio: Brian Knappenberger with his new film, "The Internet's Own Boy"; and Doug Block ("51 Birch Street") with his much anticipated "112 Weddings".
The Kickstarter campaign for Harry Mavromichalis' documentary, "Olympia Dukakis: Undefined" —about the life of the beloved star of stage and screen— ends shortly. Consider contributing after listening to them on the podcast. They're followed by returning Filmwax Radio friend, filmmaker Jonathan Caouette ("Tarnation").
Guests on this episode include Chris Mason Johnson the director of the new drama "Test"; and filmmakers behind the new documentary "First to Fall", Rachel Beth Anderson & Tim Grucza, which is premiering at the New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival next week.
BAMcinemaFest runs from 6/18—29; the programmers including Ryan Werner, Gabriele Caroti, Nellie Killian & David Reilly, visit the show to talk about the festival. Also filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe stops by to discuss his first feature documentary, "Evolution of a Criminal".
The guests on this episode of the podcast include the team behind Citizen Koch, Carl Deal & Tia Lessin; filmmaker Michael Tully with his new comedy Ping Pong Summer; and filmmaker PJ Raval with one of the subjects from his film Before You Know It, Ty Martin.
Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt ("Meek's Cutoff") & actor Peter Sarsgaard ("Blue Jasmine"). Kelly's latest film "Night Moves" starring Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning & Sarsgaard, about a trio of passionate environmentalists who plot to blow up a dam in Oregon, opens May 30th in NYC and LA. This episode of Filmwax Radio is sponsored by Fandor.
Guests include the director of the new comedy, "Lucky Them", Megan Griffiths ("The Off Hours") and her producer, Emily Wachtel; the director of "Emoticon ;)", actress Livia DiPaolis and her producer, Danelle Eliav; and the filmmaker Joel Fendelman ("David".