The Belgian filmmaking duo of Amélie van Elmbt & Maya Duverdier with their documentary "Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel". And first time feature filmmaker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović with her film "Murina". Both films open today, Friday, July 8th and are both executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
The filmmaking team behind the documentary "Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song". Dayna Goldfine & Dan Geller are the guests. Also, the director and editor of a new romantic dramedy about mix tapes and time travel, Greg Björkman & J. Patrick Don Vito stop by.
Singer songwriter Suzanne Vega discusses the one woman show she's been developing for decades about the iconic Southern author Carson McCullers. The show was filmed by Filmwax friend Michael Tully.
The experimental filmmaker Lynne Sachs returns to Fimwax to discuss her latest work, "Swerve" which screens at BAMcinemaFest this month. She's joined by poet Paolo Javier. And the director of a new intimate & experimental documentary called "Beba", Rebeca Huntt makes her first appearance.
Senior Film Program for BAM, Jesse Trussell discusses BAMcinemaFest. The indie film showcase runs from June 21 — 26. Tickets are available. Also, co-directors of the HBO documentary "The Janes", Tia Lessin & Emma Pildes.
The author of a new biography of filmmaker Michael Cimino, Charles Elton, is the guest. The book is called "Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate, and the Price of a Vision" (Abrams Books, 2022). The books if available wherever books are sold.
This episode is Filmwax UK Edition! Mike Leigh gets the full retrospective treatment by Film at Lincoln Center with HUMAN CONDITIONS: THE FILMS OF MIKE LEIGH (5/27-6/8). He stops by to discuss. And the creative team behind a new comedy out of the UK, director Craig Roberts & screenwriter Simon Farnaby. The film is called "The Phantom of the Open" and it opens on June 3rd.
Director of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, John Biaggi, returns to the show to discuss this year's NYC/virtual festival which runs May 20th—26th. Also, the festivals' opening night film's filmmakers Elena Sanchez Bellot & Maia Kenworthy with their film "Rebellion".
Guests include Hollywood producer/director Frank Marshall ("The Bee Gees" How Do You Mend a Broken Heart", "The Other Side of the Wind") with a new documentary he has co-directed called "Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story" which opens today. And Father James Martin & filmmaker Evan Mascagni discuss "Building a Bridge" which is currently available on VOD.
Essay filmmaker Michel Negroponte returns to Filmwax for his 5th visit to discuss cows and filmmaking.
Author & film journalist Keith Phipps discusses his recently published book "Age of Cage" about the film career of iconic & controversial actor Nicolas Cage. And film programmer Melissa Lyde talks about the mission she has with her film series, Alfreda's Cinema, which is currently having a fundraising campaign.
A re-post of my 2017 interview with comedian Gilbert Gottfried who died this past week. And the director Mira Nair visits to discuss a 4K restoration of her 1991 film "Mississippi Masala" which has a theatrical and joins the Criterion Collection.
The filmmaker and storyteller Ari Gold returns to Filmwax after a few years to discuss new projects.
Filmmaker Andrea Arnold ("American Honey", "Big Little Lies") discusses her new vérité documentary "Cow" which comes to select theaters & on demand on April 8th. Also, singer songwriter Marshall Crenshaw stops by.
The creative team behind a new COVID-era romantic comedy "7 Days", director Roshan Sethi & co-writer/cast member Karan Soni join me. Their film opens 3/25. And comic actor & now author Jim Piddock ("Best in Show") visits.