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A film-by-film analysis of the career of filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. Hosted by Shawn Glinis and Arlin Golden.

Shawn Glinis


    • Mar 17, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 2h 24m AVG DURATION
    • 44 EPISODES


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    Crazy Horse with Nellie Kluz

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 179:05


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Crazy Horse (2011) with filmmaker Nellie Kluz (The Dells).0:00: intro1:43:40: chat w/KluzShawn's interview about the Wiseman retrospective.wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Boxing Gym with Bill Nichols

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 121:28


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Boxing Gym (2010) with *the* documentary scholar, Bill Nichols.0:00: intro1:19:30: chat w/Nicholswisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    La Danse with JJ Bersch & Matt St. John

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 164:39


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's La Danse (2009) with researcher JJ Bersch and archivist Matt St. John.0:00: intro1:18:55: chat w/Bersch & St. Johnwisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    State Legislature with Mark Asch

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 185:14


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's State Legislature (2007) with film critic Mark Asch.0:00: intro1:45:00: chat w/Aschwisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    The Garden with Vadim Rizov

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 150:06


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's The Garden (2005) with Vadim Rizov, director of editorial operations at Filmmaker Magazine.0:00: intro1:21:33: chat w/Rizovwisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Interview with Jane Tolmachyov

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 117:41


    We chat with Jane Tolmachyov, colorist at Goldcrest Post, about the new restorations of 33 of Frederick Wiseman's films.We also talk in depth about the new monograph from Carolyn Anderson and Thomas Benson, Making Documentary Film: Frederick Wiseman and His Collaborators.0:00: on Making Documentary Film1:09:33: interview w/TolmachyovThe monograph can be downloaded here.Our guest episode on Aca-Media is here.wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

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    Domestic Violence 2 with Max Carpenter

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 154:51


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Domestic Violence 2 (2002) with programmer Max Carpenter.0:00: intro1:03:41: chat w/Carpenterwisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    The Last Letter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 65:56


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's The Last Letter (2002). wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Domestic Violence with Sophy Romvari

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 159:25


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Domestic Violence (2001) with filmmaker Sophy Romvari.0:00: intro1:24:00: chat w/Romvariwisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Interview 2 with Frederick Wiseman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 76:05


    We talk with Frederick Wiseman about the second era of his filmography (The Store - Belfast, Maine).wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Belfast, Maine with Leo Goldsmith

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 163:57


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Belfast, Maine (1999) with film critic and educator, Leo Goldsmith.0:00: intro1:32:29: chat w/Goldsmithwisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Public Housing with Ben Sachs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2023 209:34


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Public Housing (1997) with Chicago-based programmer and critic Ben Sachs.0:00: intro24:00: contemporaneous discourse1:37:15: Shawn & Arlin on Public Housing2:14:00: chat w/Sachs

    La Comedie-Francaise with Kenji Fujishima

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 162:43


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's La Comedie-Francaise ou L'amour joue (1996) with critic Kenji Fujishima.0:00: intro1:31:41 chat w/Fujishimawisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Ballet with Sean Gilman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 154:07


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Ballet (1995) with critic Sean Gilman.0:00:00-1:13:55: intro1:13:55-2:34:07: chat w/Gilmanwisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Menus-Plaisirs Les Troigros: First Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 90:00


    Shawn and Arlin review Frederick Wiseman's new film, Menus-Plaisirs Les Troigros (2023).

    High School II with Cynthia Lucia

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2023 214:57


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's High School II (1994) with educator and film historian, Cynthia Lucia.0:00:00-1:29:30: intro1:29:31-3:34:57: chat w/Luciawisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Zoo with Lance Oppenheim

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 156:09


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Zoo (1993) with filmmaker Lance Oppenheim (Some Kind of Heaven).0:00:00-1:20:29: intro1:20:30-2:36:08: chat w/Oppenheimwisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Interview with John Davey

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 119:05


    We talk with Frederick Wiseman's cinematographer, John Davey.0:00:00-07:47: intro07:48-1:59:05: chat w/Daveywisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Aspen with A.S. Hamrah

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 190:18


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Aspen (1991) with film critic A.S. Hamrah.0:00:00-1:27:41: intro1:27:42-3:10:18: chat w/Hamrahwisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Central Park with Alex Sherman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 194:15


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Central Park (1989) with film professor and cinematographer Alex Sherman.0:00:00-1:21:35: intro1:21:36-3:14:15: chat w/Shermanwisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Near Death with Nicolas Rapold

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2023 182:53


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Near Death (1989) with critic Nicolas Rapold.0:00:00-1:34:03: intro1:34:04-3:02:53: chat w/Rapoldwisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Missile with Dan Schindel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 134:11


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Missile (1987) with critic Dan Schindel.0:00:00-1:03:11: intro1:03:12-2:14:11: chat w/Schindelwisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Multi-Handicapped with Stephen Mamber

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 145:01


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Multi-Handicapped (1986), the last film in the Deaf and Blind series, with returning guest Stephen Mamber, author of Cinema Verite in America and "Frederick Wiseman: A Journal."0:00:00-1:01:54: intro1:01:55-2:25:01: chat w/Mamberwisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Adjustment & Work with John Wilson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 140:32


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Adjustment & Work (1986) with John Wilson, filmmaker and creator of How To with John Wilson. 0:00:00-1:11:02: intro 1:11:03-2:20:32: chat w/Wilson wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Un Couple: First Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2022 46:03


    Arlin and Shawn review Frederick Wiseman's new film, Un Couple (2022).

    Deaf with Brittany Gravely

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 156:43


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Deaf (1986) with Brittany Gravely, experimental filmmaker and publicist and designer at Harvard Film Archive. 0:00:00-1:01:32: intro 1:01:33-2:36:43: chat w/Gravely wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Blind with Jeff Griffith-Perham

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2022 180:15


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Blind (1986) with Jeff Griffith-Perham, film exhibition curatorial associate of BAMPFA. 0:00:00-1:17:17: intro 1:17:18-3:00:15: chat w/Griffth-Perham wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Racetrack with Esther Rosenfield

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2022 113:33


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Racetrack (1985) with writer and archivist Esther Rosenfield. 0:00:00-0:49:22: intro 0:49:23-1:53:33: chat w/Rosenfield interactive Wiseman map: https://maphub.net/slipkornbizkit/world-of-wiseman wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    The Store with Miriam Bale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2022 173:29


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's The Store (1983) with Miriam Bale, artistic director of Indie Memphis Film Festival. 0:00:00-1:36:58: intro 1:36:59-2:53:29: chat w/Bale wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

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    Interview with Frederick Wiseman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 82:51


    We talk with Frederick Wiseman about the first era of his filmography (Titicut Follies - Model). 0:00:00-07:03: intro 07:04-1:22:50: chat w/Wiseman wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Model with Robert Greene

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2022 138:21


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Model (1981) and Seraphita's Diary (1982) with Robert Greene, director of Procession (2021), Bisbee '17 (2018) and Kate Plays Christine (2016). 0:00:00-1:06:10: intro 1:06:11-2:18:20: chat w/Greene wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Manoeuvre with Jessica Kingdon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 137:24


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Manoeuvre (1979) with Jessica Kingdon, director of Ascension (2021). 0:00:00-1:04:59: intro 1:05:00-2:17:23: chat w/Kingdon wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Sinai Field Mission with Jesse Cataldo

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2022 119:34


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Sinai Field Mission (1978) with guest Jesse Cataldo. 0:00:00-0:43:40: intro 0:43:41-1:59:33: chat w/Cataldo wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Canal Zone with Eric Hynes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 128:08


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Canal Zone (1977) with guest Eric Hynes, Curator of Film, Museum of the Moving Image. 0:00:00-0:42:25: intro 0:42:26-2:08:08: chat w/Hynes wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Meat with Stephen Mamber

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 135:45


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Meat (1976) with returning guest Stephen Mamber, author of Cinema Verite in America and "Frederick Wiseman: A Journal." 0:00:00-0:53:00: intro 0:53:01-2:15:45: chat w/Mamber wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Welfare with Orla Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 150:19


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Welfare (1975) with Orla Smith, executive editor of Seventh Row. 0:00:00-0:58:21: intro 0:58:48-2:30:19: chat w/Orla Smith wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Primate with Alyssa Heflin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 175:09


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Primate (1974) with archivist Alyssa Heflin. 0:00:00-1:27:41: intro 1:27:42-2:55:09: chat w/Alyssa Heflin wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Juvenile Court with Eric Marsh

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 159:10


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Juvenile Court (1973) with Eric Marsh, filmmaker and educator and host of The Gauntlet. 0:00:00-1:02:20: intro 1:02:49-2:39:31: chat w/Eric Marsh wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Essene with Peter Labuza

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2021 160:32


    We talk Frederick Wiseman's Essene (1972) with Peter Labuza, film historian and educator and host of The Cinephiliacs. 0:00:00-0:54:39: intro 0:54:40-2:40:31: chat w/Peter Labuza wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Basic Training with Adam Nayman

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 108:35


    We talk Basic Training (1971) with Adam Nayman, Toronto teacher, author and film critic for The Ringer. 0:00:00-0:44:02: intro 0:44:03-1:48:49: chat w/Adam Nayman wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Hospital with Barry Keith Grant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2021 110:00


    We talk Hospital (1970) with Barry Keith Grant, author of "Voyages of Discovery" 0:00:00-0:40:13: intro 0:40:14-1:50:00: chat w/Barry Keith Grant wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    Law & Order w/Nilita Vachani

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 115:27


    We talk Law & Order (1969) with Wiseman scholar Nilita Vachani. 0:00:00-0:34:08: intro 0:34:09-1:55:25: chat w/Nilita Vachani wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

    High School + Stephen Mamber Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 166:17


    We talk High School (1968) and interview Stephen Mamber, author of Cinema Verite in America and "Frederick Wiseman: A Journal." 0:00:00-0:47:15: High School 0:47:16-2:46:17: Stephen Mamber Interview wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

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    Titicut Follies + Carolyn Anderson Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 149:24


    We talk Wiseman's debut film, Titicut Follies, and interview Carolyn Anderson, co-author of "Documentary Dilemmas: Titicut Follies" 0:00:00-1:03:09: Titicut Follies 1:03:10-2:29:10: Carolyn Anderson interview wisemanpodcast@gmail.com

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