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Ep 780: Signe Baumane & Bill Plympton
The animator/filmmaker Signe Baumane makes her first appearance on FIlmwax with her latest feature film, "My Love Affair With Marriage". Her film opens at the Quad Cinema in NYC on Friday, October 6th.
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Sep 22, 2023
Ep. 779: Christopher Knight & Phil Viardo • Jeremy Thomas
The documentary team of Christopher Knight ("The Brady Bunch") and Phil Viardo with their film "TrueLove"; and the subject of Mark Cousins' latest documentary, the legendary Jeremy Thomas.
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Sep 15, 2023
Ep 778: Dwayne Epstein
The author Dwayne Epstein ("Lee Marvin: Point Blank") returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, ": The Making of The Dirty Dozen, the Most Iconic WW II Movie of All Time" which is currently available.
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Sep 8, 2023
Ep 777: Liz Abzug
Liz Abzug, daughter of Bella, is the guest. I invited Liz on to discuss her relationship with the director Jeff L. Lieberman, who made the documentary "Bella: This Woman's Place is in the House".
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Sep 1, 2023
Ep 776: Remembering Nancy Buirski
This past week we lost a great friend of the documentary community: Nancy Buirski. In addition to making a number of exceptional films through her career, she also founded the Full Frame documentary festival. Perhaps most of all, she was a generous and thoughtful human being.
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Aug 25, 2023
Ep 775: Guy Nattiv
Oscar winning filmmaker Guy Nattiv return to the podcast with his latest film "Golda". Faced with the potential of Israel's complete destruction, Prime Minister Golda Meir (an unrecognizable Helen Mirren) must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet and a complex relationship with U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Liev Schreiber) as millions of lives hang in the balance during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The film opens in theaters on Friday, August 25th.
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Aug 11, 2023
Ep 774: Alex Winter • Rick Goldsmith
Filmmaker and actor Alex Winter ("Zappa", "the "Bill & Ted" franchise discusses his documentary "The YouTube Effect" which is currently available on streaming platforms; and Rick Goldsmith is trying to get his 2009 film "The Most Dangerous Man in American: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers" in the Library of Congress National Film Registry.
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Aug 4, 2023
Ep 773: Steve James • Jeff L. Lieberman
Steve James ("Hoop Dreams", "Life Itself") returns with his latest documentary "A Compassionate Spy", a timely Oppenheimer adjacent story of scientist Ted Hall. And Jeff L. Lieberman discusses his documentary about the pioneering congress member Bella Abzug in his film "Bella!".
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Jul 14, 2023
Ep 772: Alan Light
The rock critic, music journalist & author Alan Light makes his first appearance on the podcast.
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Jul 7, 2023
Ep 771: Richard E. Grant • Sam Pollard
The great actor Richard E. Grant ("Withnail & I") returns to discuss his new film "The Lesson". Also, the documentary filmmaker Sam Pollard returns with his latest film. "The League". Both films premiere theatrically Friday, July 7th.
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Jun 30, 2023
Ep 770: Jim Lebrecht
Documentary filmmaker Jim Lebrecht ("Crip Camp") comes on to discuss his podcast "The Art of Documentary" where he interviews documentary filmmakers such as past Filmwax guests as Roger Ross Williams, Kirsten Johnson and Bing Liu.
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Jun 23, 2023
Ep 769: Silas Howard & Harry Dodge • Nancy Buirski
The filmmaking team behind the queer cinema classic "By Hook or By Crook" (2002), Silas Howard and Harry Dodge stop by. Also, documentary filmmaker Nancy Buirski returns for her 4th visit to discuss her new film "Desperate Hours, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy" which opens at FIlm Forum on Friday, 6/23.
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Jun 16, 2023
Ep 768: Merritt Wever & Samantha Soule • Josh Karp
The actor Merritt Wever ("Nurse Jackie") makes her first appearance on the podcast. She's joined by the co-director/co-writer of the film "Midday Black Midnight Blue" in which they both star and which premieres on demand on Friday, June 16th. Also film journalist and author Josh Karp returns to discuss his latest article in Airmail.
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Jun 10, 2023
Ep 767: Mary Harron & Barbara Sukowa • Jamie Boyle
Mary Harron has directed the new film "Dalíland" about the surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. I speak to Harron and the actor Barbara Sukowa who plays wife Gala Dalí. Also, Jamie Boyle who made a documentary about her sister and mother's addictions to opioids. That documentary, "Anonymous Sister" is currently in theaters.
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Jun 2, 2023
Ep 766: Mystelle Brabbée • Debby Romano & Brett Benner
The Executive of the Nantucket Film Festival, Mystelle Brabbée, makes her first appearance on the show discussing the festival which runs June 21st through the 26th. And the casting team behind the hit comedy Apple TV+ series "Shrinking".
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May 26, 2023
Ep 765: Jason Cilo
Podcaster Jason Cilo visits to discuss his popular culture podcasr Full Cast and Crew. Watch 2 podcasters geek out on process. And more.
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May 19, 2023
Ep 764: Ben Steinbauer • Kelley Vickery
The documentary filmmaker Ben Steinbauer ("Winnebago Man") make shis first appearance to discuss a new documentary he co-directed with Berndt Mader called "Chop & Steele". The film is on streaming platforms. Also, the Artistic Director & Founder of the Berkshire International Film Festival, Kelley Vickery, discusses the upcoming festival: June 1-4.
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May 14, 2023
Ep 763: Nick Ebeling
The filmmaker, photographer and now novelist, Nick Ebeling, makes his second appearance on the podcast. His new semi-autobiographical novel, "Earthquake Weather" is available wherever books are sold.
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May 5, 2023
Ep 762: W. Kamau Bell
Filmmaker and comedian W. Kamau Bell ("United Shades of America") discusses his new documentary called "1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed" which is currently on HBO and HBO Max.
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Apr 21, 2023
Ep 761: Zoe Lister Jones • Editing THE GRADUATE
Zoe Lister Jones returns to the podcast to discuss the Roku Original Series she has written, directed and stars in: "Slip". And I'm joined by a editor Michael Taylor, ACE, editor/author Bobbie O'Steen, Molly O'Steen, and programmer Inge de Leeuw to discuss a screening of "The Graduate" to take place at the Metrograph on Saturday, April 22nd. It's part of the series of screenings at the art house cinema on editing.
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Apr 14, 2023
Ep 760: Nathaniel Kahn • Catherine Hardwicke
Filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke returns to discuss her new film, a comedy starring Toni Collette called "Mafia Mamma"; it opens Friday, 4/14. Also, Nathaniel Kahn returns to discuss the 20th anniversary re-release of his classic, "My Architect". It's available on the Criterion Channel and in select theaters.
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Apr 7, 2023
Ep 759: Reed Harkness • Philip Shane
Two non-fiction filmmakers on this episode: first Reed Harkness and his highly personal documentary "Sam Now" about his half-brothers search for his long estranged mother; and Philip Shane returns to discuss his short film "Jade Doskow: Photographer of Lost Utopias".
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Mar 31, 2023
Ep 758: Susan Ray
Susan Ray is a writer and the president and creative director of The Nicholas Ray Foundation.
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Mar 24, 2023
Ep 757: Stephen Frears
The filmmaker Stephen Frears ("The Queen") discusses his latest film, "The Lost King" which opens Friday, March 24th in theaters. Also, the director John Clayton Doyle and film's subject Doug McCorkle with their hybrid fiction/non-fiction film "I'm An Electric Lampshade". That film is currently on demand and on digital platforms.
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Mar 17, 2023
Ep 756: Paul Weitz • April Wright
The filmmaker Paul Weitz ("American Pie") discusses his latest film "Moving On" which stars Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin and which opens in theaters Friday, March 17th. Also, the documentary filmmaker April Wright who brings some drive-in owners to discuss her new film, "Back to the Drive-In".
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