NYU Film Professor Dana Polan makes his first appearance on Filmwax to discuss this Sunday's nominees and make some predictions. We also discuss Polan's books, of which he has published more than 10.
The actor Tim Roth ("Pulp Fiction", "Bergman Island") returns to Filmwax to discuss his new film, shot in New Zealand, called "Punch". Also filmmaker Matthew Newton returns to discuss his latest film, "Among The Beasts". Both films are available on demand.
Actors Mia Wasikowska and Eric Bana have a new movie called "Blueback" which is currently in theaters. Also, documentary filmmaker R. J. Cutler ("Belushi", "The War Room") stops by to discuss his new docu-series "Murf the Surf" which is currently streaming on MGM+.
The Executive Director of The Bardavon in Poughkeepsie and UPAC (The Ulster Performing Arts Center) in Kingston, Chris Silva, is the guest. Chris discusses his long history in running theaters in San Francisco and in New York before relocating to the Hudson Valley back in the mid-1990's.
Co-founder and Executive Director of the Woodstock Film Festival, Meira Blaustein, is the guest. The Festival was launched in 2000 and has quickly become one of the most respected and influential regional film festivals in the US. Blaustein has been running it ever since.
The iconic actor Judd Hirsch ("Taxi", "The Fablemans") is in a new indie comedy called "iMordecai" which opened on Friday, February 10th. Also, documentary filmmaker Colin Askey discusses his documentary "Love in the Time of Fentanyl" which premieres on PBS's Independent Lens on February 13th.
Two of the co-founders of HUDSY, Laura Kandel and Jesse Brown, are my guests. HUDSY is a community-inspired platform with a mission to bring Hudson Valley creatives closer together online and in-person, fostering connection in innovative, collaborative, and unique ways in order to counteract the disconnection rampant in this digital world.
The actor James Urbaniak ("The Fabelmans") makes his first appearance on Filmwax. We discuss his history with Hal Hartley as well as a new movie he is in where he plays Nazi Heinrich Himmler, called "Condor's Nest". The film opens Friday, January 27h in theaters, on digital and on demand.
A new documentary about the Laemmle family and their chain of arthouse cinemas opens this weekend in NYC. It's called "Only in Theaters" and we have Greg Laemmle & filmmaker Raphael Sbarge. Also, the programmer of DCTV's new documentary theater called the Firehouse Cinema, Dara Messinger.
The filmmaker GIa Coppola makes her first appearance. She is one of 7 directors on a new experimental anthology film called "The Seven Faces of Jane." Also, actor William Mapother stops by to discuss a new dramatic feature he acts in and has also produced called "On Sacred Ground." Both films open in select theaters and on demand on Friday, January 13th.
French American documentary filmmakers & brothers, Jules & Gédéon Naudet, have made a documentary about January 6th currently on the Discovery+ streaming service; also, filmmaker Lizzie Gottlieb has a new documentary about her father, editor/publisher Robert Gottlieb's 50 year plus professional relationship with the historian/author Robert Caro called "Turn Every Page".
Patty Ivins Specht, the director of a new documentary about white supremacy and a unique solution to combatting it, "Deconstructing Karen". She's joined by one of the film's subjects Regina Jackson, also the director of a new short documentary, "High Noon on the Waterfront", Billy Shebar makes his first appearance.
This special episode is a compilation of appearances by the recently deceased documentary filmmaker Lucia Small ("My Father, The Genius", "One Cut, One Life") who passed away at 59 of pancreatic cancer. She was a very special person and will be missed.
Tim Sutton ("Memphis") returns to discuss his latest feature film about an emotionally embattled rock star played by Colson Baker aka Machine Gun Kelly. Also actors Jason Schwartzman and Lili Taylor star in Andrew Bujalski's latest film, "There There". Both films open Friday, November 11th.
British actor Simon Callow ("Four Weddings & A Funeral", "Shakespeare in Love") is in a new heist rom com called "The Pay Day". Also, a new documentary about a group of L.A. session musicians, "Immediate Family" will screen at DOC NYC. Director Denny Tedesco & bassist Leland Sklar are guests.