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Editor – Greg O'Bryant Tuner editor Greg O'Bryant returns to the podcast to discuss cutting a film that is part crime thriller, part romance, part character study, part music movie and part very compelling argument for keeping your ears covered in New York City. Directed by Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Daniel Roher, Tuner stars Leo Woodall as Niki, a gifted piano tuner whose hypersensitive hearing makes every day sound almost unbearable. That same extraordinary hearing also gives Niki an unexpected talent for cracking safes, pulling him from a quiet life of tuning pianos into an increasingly dangerous criminal world. The film also stars Dustin Hoffman as Harry, Niki's mentor, Havana Rose Liu as Ruthie, a young composer, along with Lior Raz, Jean Reno and Tovah Feldshuh. One of the biggest challenges on Tuner was the sheer amount of footage. Roher shot a large volume of material over a short production schedule, giving Greg and his assistant a mountain of performances, musical material, safe-cracking details and improvisation to shape into the final film. Greg discusses how he approached that process by focusing on subjectivity — using the edit to put the audience inside Niki's experience rather than simply moving through the plot. Sound was another major topic of conversation. Because Niki experiences the world through hyper-sensitive hearing, the editorial and sound teams had to build a language for when the audience enters his point of view.  Which meant figuring out how much of that experience to hear, and how to make the effect clear without making it punishing. O'Bryant also talks about working with sound designer Johnnie Burn, composer Will Bates and executive music producer Marius de Vries to balance the film's sound design, live music and score. GREG O'BRYANT Greg O'Bryant is an editor whose credits include the feature film The Report, as well as the television series Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Extrapolations and Brand New Cherry Flavor. A frequent collaborator with filmmakers including Scott Z. Burns and Nick Antosca, Greg's work often explores stories with complex tone, subjective experience and ambitious sound and visual design. Visit ExtremeMusic for all your production audio needs. Hear Greg discuss his work on BRAND NEW CHERRY FLAVOR. Listen to Greg detail his experience cutting the Apple TV+ series EXTRAPOLATIONS. Hear Greg talk about cutting the Amazon Prime Video series MR. AND MRS. SMITH. Subscribe to The Rough Cut podcast and never miss an episode. Visit The Rough Cut on YouTube.

This week on End Credits, we've got pitch! Our movie this week combines a love and appreciation for both classical music and classical crime in the new indie thrill Tuner, which you can now see in a theatre near you. And for something completely different, we will take the opportunity to mark some our favourite war movies as a new one also enters theatres.  This Wednesday, June 3, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: War Movies Are Hell. This week marks the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, and not coincidentally there's a new movie in theatres that's about the weatherman who provided the forecast for the invasion (it's called Pressure by the way). So in that spirit, we will talk about some our favourite war movies, but with a twist: each of our picks have to be from a different war! From the trenches of the Great War to the deserts of Afghanistan, we will prove again that war movies are... you know. REVIEW: Tuner (2026). It's a story that's been told several times: Down on his luck guy with a special skill finds success in a life of small time crime until things go horribly wrong and he wants out! In Tuner, that's Niki who's extreme hearing sensitivity makes him an excellent piano tuner... and an excellent safe cracker. From Academy Award winning documentarian Daniel Roher (though it's not a documentary), Tuner is being sold as a crime movie with a heart with a talented new leading man at it's centre, but is this new take on an old story pitch perfect, or does it hit a sour note? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

"Tuner" is a 2025 crime thriller film directed by Daniel Roher and written by Roher and Robert Ramsey, starring Leo Woodall as a talented piano tuner whose meticulous piano-tuning skills lead him to discover an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes, turning his life upside down. Havana Rose Liu, Lior Raz, Tovah Feldshuh, Jean Reno, and Dustin Hoffman also star. The film had its world premiere at the 52nd Telluride Film Festival and received positive reviews from critics for its performances, editing, and sound work. Woodall and editor Greg O'Bryant were both kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their work and experiences making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from Black Bear Entertainment. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An ultra-sensitive ear, a desperate race against medical debt, and a much-needed glass of whiskey! We are diving headfirst into Daniel Roher's sleek new heist-thriller Tuner to see if this high-stakes crime drama hits all the right keys or falls completely flat. We break down the absolute chaos of a former piano prodigy using his superpower hearing to crack safes for a dangerous criminal underworld. Grab a drink and find out if this sleek thriller delivers the ultimate adrenaline rush!

Con il nostro Boris Sollazzo commentiamo il film "Tuner" diretto da Daniel Roher con Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman e Havana Rose Liu e "Backrooms" diretto da Kane Parsons con Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass.Ospite di questa settimana a La Rosa Purpurea è la regista Shahrbanoo Sadat che ci presenta il suo film "No Good Man", con Anwar Hashimi e Torkan Omari.In occasione dei 50 anni dalla sua uscita, dedichiamo un approfondimento speciale al film "Novecento" di Bernardo Bertolucci.Con Chiara Pizzimenti, infine, commentiamo "Hen - Storia di una gallina" diretto da György Pálfi con Yannis Kokiasmenos, Maria Diakopanayotou e Argyris Pandazaras.

Things get awkward on this week's Empire Podcast, folks. Not just because Chris Hewitt seems to be wearing a Skeletor mask for some of it, nor because he's so heat-addled that he forgets to introduce James Dyer properly. No, things get awkward because the team – Chris, James, Helen O'Hara, and Ben Travis – discuss whether it ever gets awkward for them when visiting film sets. Then, our intrepid quartet also discuss the week's movie news, including the shocking news of Paddington 4's potty-mouthed writers, and review Daniel Roher's Tuner, John Carney's Power Ballad, Kane Parsons' Backrooms, and Kristin Scott Thomas' directorial debut, My Mother's Wedding. Oh, and Chris sits down for a lovely chat with Leo Woodall, star of the excellent Tuner, and discovers that Woodall has some hidden talents. Enjoy!

TUNER quickly became one of our favorite films of the year. Leo Woodall, Havana Rose Liu and Dustin Hoffman's performances are great, Daniel Roher's direction is top notch and the story is compelling. Unfortunately, it's directly competing with THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, DISCLOSURE DAY, PRESSURE, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, BACKROOMS, POWER BALLAD and THE BREADWINNER, all within 14 days of it's wide release date. And that's not even mentioning the fact that MICHAEL and THE SHEEP DETECTIVES are still performing well. But we implore you... do not sleep on TUNER. Find it in your local theater and go see it. Let's talk about it...

Lucy Fenwick Elliott talks to director Daniel Roher and actor Leo Woodall about their new film, Tuner. Now showing at Picturehouse Cinemas.  In Tuner, Academy Award-winning director Daniel Roher's first narrative feature, Leo Woodall stars as a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as for tuning Steinways.   With his once-promising musical career over, he works across New York with his mentor Harry Horowitz (Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman), encountering a range of characters, including composition student Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu), with whom he forges an unexpected connection. Niki's safecracking work threatens his budding romance with Ruthie and pulls him into increasingly dangerous territory.   Lending romance, drama, and the taut suspense of a heist thriller, TUNER also features performances from Tony Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh, Jean Reno, and Lior Raz. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Follow us on Spotify. Find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with @picturehouses. Find our latest cinema listings at picturehouses.com.  Produced by Stripped Media. Thank you for listening. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. Vive le Cinema.

From Oscar Gold to Fiction Filmmaking: Daniel Roher on Tuner How do you follow up winning an Academy Award? If you are Daniel Roher (Navalny), you resist the pressure to stay in your lane, take a leaf out of Bob Dylan's book, and make a massive leap into fiction! This week on The Filmmakers Podcast, Dom Lenoir sits down with Daniel to discuss his debut narrative feature, Tuner. Starring Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu, Lior Raz, and Jean Reno, the film is a brilliant blend of character drama and heist thriller. Daniel pulls no punches in this candid conversation about the realities of the industry. He shares how the Oscar opened doors, but why even at his level, the rejection never stops. He also breaks down the craft behind the film, explaining why he wrote the sound design into the script from day one, what it was like collaborating with master sound designer Johnny Burn, and his baptism of fire directing actors for the very first time.

In this week's episode of the world's-fastest-movie-review podcast, Jackson and Mike review TWO new films!!! First "THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU" Din Djarin and Grogu return for a new big-screen Star Wars adventure as the pair take on dangerous missions for the New Republic while confronting Imperial warlords and criminal factions across the galaxy. Starring Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Jeremy Allen White, Jonny Coyne, and Steve Blum. Directed by Jon Favreau. Then, a quick review of "TUNER" A gifted piano tuner with an extreme sensitivity to sound discovers his unique hearing abilities make him unexpectedly valuable in the world of safecracking and high-stakes crime. As mentorship, romance, and criminal ambition collide, his life spirals into increasingly dangerous territory. Starring Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu, Jean Reno, Lior Raz, and Tovah Feldshuh. Directed by Daniel Roher.

In this week's episode of the world's-fastest-movie-review podcast, Jackson and Mike review TWO new films!!! First "THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU" Din Djarin and Grogu return for a new big-screen Star Wars adventure as the pair take on dangerous missions for the New Republic while confronting Imperial warlords and criminal factions across the galaxy. Starring Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Jeremy Allen White, Jonny Coyne, and Steve Blum. Directed by Jon Favreau. Then, a quick review of "TUNER" A gifted piano tuner with an extreme sensitivity to sound discovers his unique hearing abilities make him unexpectedly valuable in the world of safecracking and high-stakes crime. As mentorship, romance, and criminal ambition collide, his life spirals into increasingly dangerous territory. Starring Leo Woodall, Dustin Hoffman, Havana Rose Liu, Jean Reno, Lior Raz, and Tovah Feldshuh. Directed by Daniel Roher.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away … we used to have good ‘Star Wars' movies. Before diving into ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu', Sean and Amanda give a final recap of their trip to the Cannes Film Festival, and cover a handful of movie news headlines they missed while they were overseas (2:28). Then, they are joined by ‘Star Wars' superfan Van Lathan to discuss who the movie was actually made for, why it doesn't feel special for one of cinema's biggest movie franchises, and how this film marks an end of an era for ‘Star Wars' at large (32:02). Finally, Sean is joined by Daniel Roher to discuss why he felt his new film ‘Tuner' was an exercise to prove to himself that he could broaden his horizons outside of the documentary genre (1:28:33). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guests: Daniel Roher and Van Lathan Producer: Jack Sanders Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Travis Hopson talks with TUNER stars Leo Woodall and Havana Rose Liu about Daniel Roher's virtuoso crime thriller!In Tuner, Academy Award-winning director Daniel Roher's first narrative feature, Leo Woodall stars as a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as well as for tuning Steinways.TUNER is open in select theaters now, expanding on May 29th!All of this and more can be found at www.punchdrunkcritics.com!Subscribe to Punch Drunk Critics on YouTube:    / @punchdrunkcritics1  Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Twitter:   / pdcmovies  Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Facebook:   / pdcmovies  You can also subscribe to our podcast Cinema Royale anywhere you get your podcasts!#LeoWoodall #HavanaRoseLiu #Tuner

Exploring the existential threats and potentials of artificial intelligence, the film is an attempt by creator Daniel Roher to grasp what his child is being born into.

“We shape our tools, and thereafter they shape us.” — Marshall McLuhan (attributed)Who gets to tell the AI story? A movie, a media company or Marshall McLuhan?1. The movie: the AI doc, How I Became an Apocaloptimist, which That Was The Week publisher Keith Teare dismissed because it failed to define AI.2. A media company: OpenAI bought the streaming show TBPN for hundreds of millions of dollars in a move that is akin to Lenin starting Pravda.3. Marshall McLuhan: Ezra Klein visited Silicon Valley and was reminded of McLuhan's (supposed) remark that “first we shape our tools, and thereafter they shape us.”Klein argues that AI agents are empowering tools that give humans a massive boost in productivity. But the effect, he writes, is to constantly reinforce a certain version of ourselves. These agentic tools are undermining our agency, he fears. So AI ultimately gets to tell the AI story.Agency is becoming simultaneously the political problem and the cure — the thing-in-itself. Writing in the New York Times, Sophie Haigney argues that all the worst people want to be high-agency. Out here, in Silicon Valley, we think that all the worst people want to be low-agency. Perhaps the only thing we all agree on is that nobody wants to be a bot. First we shape our AIs and thereafter they shape us. Five Takeaways•       The AI Doc Is a Massive Failure: Well made, technically fine, but it never establishes what the problem with AI actually is or what kind of solution it offers. All three leaders — Altman, Amodei, Hassabis — come across as unconvinced there will be a good future. The only opinion you can leave with is a negative one.•       OpenAI Bought a Media Company: TBPN acquired for what may be hundreds of millions. Om Malik compares it to Lenin starting Pravda. You don't buy a media outlet unless you want to influence the message. Keith thinks it's about winning the messaging war against Anthropic. Meanwhile, OpenAI's COO shifts to special projects and Fidji Simo takes medical leave.•       Ezra Klein Saw Something New in San Francisco: He noticed people using AI agents as personal assistants — empowering tools that give humans a massive boost in productivity. His observation: the effect is to constantly reinforce a certain version of yourself. We shape our tools, and thereafter they shape us.•       Agency Is the Defining Political Conversation: The New York Times argues all the worst people want to be high-agency. Keith argues the opposite: agency is the precondition for making history. The Meta verdict treated a depressed girl as a passive victim of media with no decision-making role. That depicts humans as infants. It isn't true.•       AI Is a Calculating Machine. You Have to Ask It Something: Agency hasn't been given up. The human shapes the AI completely. Each session starts from scratch. The fear is that the next generation won't be as clever as AI. But unless we have a strong sense of the self, we will be lost. If we do, we can shape these tools as we want. About the GuestKeith Teare is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and publisher of That Was The Week, a weekly newsletter on the tech economy. He is co-founder of SignalRank and a regular Saturday guest on Keen On America.References:•       That Was The Week — Keith's editorial: “Who Gets to Tell the AI Story?”•       Episode 2852: Don't Fight the Last War — last TWTW on the social media trial and the Anthropic trap.•       Episode 2850: Bring the Friction Back — Balkam on social media addiction. The agency debate continues.About Keen On AmericaNobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,800 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting.WebsiteSubstackYouTubeApple PodcastsSpotify Chapters:(00:31) - Introduction: the AI doc, How I Became an Apocaloptimist (01:28) - Keith's verdict: a massive failure of a movie (03:20) - Daniel Roher's narrative: should I have a kid in an AI world? (05:30) - Who gets to tell the AI story? (07:55) - Brain surgeons vs. social policy: the trust problem (09:37) - OpenAI buys TBPN: Lenin, Pravda, and the propaganda play (11:57) - Executive churn at OpenAI: Lightcap, Simo, and the COO shuffle (15:22) - Stability is the enemy: the biggest startup the world has ever seen (17:28) - The markets: rear-view mirror meets speculation (19:48) - SpaceX with xAI: rumoured at $2 trillion (22:32) - Ezra Klein in San Francisco: I saw something new (24:19) - McLuhan: we shape our tools, and thereafter they shape us (26:42) - Why didn't the AI doc actually use AI? (31:19) - The agency debate: all the worst people want to be high-agency (38:09) - AI is a calculating machine. You have to ask it something.

Charlie Tyrell breaks down how The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, this years SXSW Audience Award winner now in theaters from Focus Features, turns an overwhelming, abstract subject into something personal by grounding it in fatherhood. Instead of approaching AI through pure information or fear, the film frames it through the lens of bringing a child into the world, making the stakes immediate, emotional, and human.Co-directed by Daniel Roher, Academy Award winning director of Navalny, and produced by Daniel Kwan, Academy Award winning director of Everything Everywhere All At Once, the filmmaking process was massive and chaotic, built from dozens of interviews, extensive transcripts, and layered animation. The challenge was finding clarity inside that volume while keeping the film engaging and cinematic, reflecting a lineage of documentaries that blend personal narrative with larger ideas. Charlie's past inspirations include Stories We Tell by Sarah Polley and recent films Weapons and 28 Years Later.At its core, AI is already here, already shaping everything, and the real question is who chooses to engage with it. Don't assume someone else will shape the future for you.What Movies Are You Watching?This episode is brought to you by BeastGrip. When you're filming on your phone and need something solid, modular, and built for real productions - including 28 Years Later and Left Handed Girl - BeastGrip's rigs, lenses, and accessories are designed to hold up without slowing you down. If you're ready to level up your mobile workflow, visit BeastGrip.com and use coupon code PASTPRESENTFEATURE for 10 % off.  Revival Hub is your guide to specialty screenings in Los Angeles - classics on 35mm, director Q&As, rare restorations, and indie gems you won't find on streaming. We connect moviegoers with over 200 venues across LA, from the major revival houses to the 20-seat microcinemas and more.Visit revivalhub.com to see what's playing this week.  Introducing the Past Present Feature Film Festival, a new showcase celebrating cinematic storytelling across time. From bold proof of concept shorts to stand out new films lighting up the circuit, to overlooked features that deserve another look. Sponsored by the Past Present Feature podcast and Leica Camera. Submit now at filmfreeway.com/PastPresentFeatureSupport the showListen to all episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more, as well as at www.pastpresentfeature.com. Like, subscribe, and follow us on our socials @pastpresentfeatureThe Past Present Feature Film Festival - Nov. 20-22, 2026 in Hollywood, CA - Submit at filmfreeway.com/PastPresentFeature

In this episode, No Film School host GG Hawkins speaks with director Charlie Tyrell and editors Davis Coombe and Daysha Broadway about The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist. The conversation explores how the team shaped an essay-driven documentary around AI, parenting, authorship, and uncertainty, while also breaking down the collaborative editorial process, the ethics of making a film in real time about a rapidly changing subject, and the analog craft choices that gave the project its tactile visual identity. In this episode, No Film School's GG Hawkins and guests discuss... How The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist uses a filmmaker's journey into impending parenthood as a narrative device for exploring AI anxiety and optimism Why the team chose an essay-documentary structure while still grounding the film in Daniel Roher's on-camera perspective The challenges of shaping a documentary whose subject kept changing during production as AI news evolved in real time How Charlie Tyrell, Davis Coombe, and Daysha Broadway each found their way into filmmaking and documentary storytelling The creative and ethical complications of having a co-director also function as a subject within the film How the filmmakers balanced accessibility, complexity, and emotional honesty while making a movie about a massive technological shift The editorial collaboration behind the film, including remote workflows, shared creative decision-making, and leaving ego at the door Why the team intentionally avoided using AI in the film's creative workflow How Premiere Pro Productions, transcription tools, Blender, After Effects, Dragonframe, stop-motion builds, and practical effects supported the film's handmade aesthetic Where the guests currently land on the spectrum between AI optimism and AI anxiety as working filmmakers and editors Why the guests believe the biggest question is not just what AI can do, but how people choose to use it Memorable Quotes: “It actively wrestles with it in real time, both thematically and in the way that it was made.” “Everyone kind of just left their ego at the door and showed up to do the work.” “Filmmaking only brings suffering.” “I don't feel like AI is the big bad. To me, the people are the big bad.” Guests: Charlie Tyrell Davis Coombe Daysha Broadway Resources: The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist Synopsis: From the Academy Award-winning filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny, a father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is a hand-made, eye-opening documentary about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created and what's at stake if we get it wrong. For resources and ways to join the apocaloptimist community, visit theaidocgetinvolved.com Find No Film School everywhere: On the Web: No Film School Facebook: No Film School on Facebook Twitter: No Film School on Twitter YouTube: No Film School on YouTube Instagram: No Film School on Instagram

"The AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist" is a 2026 American documentary film directed by Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell. It is produced by the Academy Award-winning teams behind "Everything Everywhere All at Once" (Daniel Kwan and Jonathan Wang) and "Navalny" (Shane Boris and Diane Becker). The film premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and received positive reviews for the questions it asked (and answered) about the threat or uses for good in the world about AI, Roher's personal journey of becoming a father while developing the documentary, its editing, and handcrafted animation and artwork made by humans. Roher was kind enough to be our first fully produced in-studio interview and spent a good forty minutes talking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is opening in theaters on March 27th from Focus Features. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, Matt & Eric review Daniel Roher's Tuner from the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.

Fresh off the electric vibes of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, Daniel dives into the cinematic whirlwind of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, spotlighting three premieres that captured the festival's diverse energy. From bold character studies to gripping true stories, these films showcase TIFF's knack for launching unforgettable narratives. Fuze, directed by David Mackenzie, explores a tense thriller set in London, where an unearthed WWII bomb sparks chaos and high-stakes decisions in a gritty urban landscape. Normal, directed by Ben Wheatley, follows a substitute sheriff navigating a quiet Minnesota town's underbelly of hidden crime, blending dark humor and suspense. Ballad of a Small Player, directed by Edward Berger, adapts Lawrence Osborne's novel about a gambler's high-stakes life in Macau's casino world, weaving drama and obsession. Tuner, directed by Daniel Roher, centers on a piano tuner with a unique ear, drawn into a heist blending romance and danger; includes an interview with composer Will Bates. The rest of our TIFF coverage will follow over the coming days, highlighting the good and the bad of the biggest film festival in North America.  If you have any questions or comments, or would like to recommend a movie we cover next please reach out to us on social media. We're on Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter) and Instagram.

Like many parents of young children who run around the house wreaking havoc, Montrealers Edith Lemay and Sébastian Pelletier have their hands full. But in their case, what concerns them most is that three of their four children suffer from a genetic condition called retinitis pigmentosa, which is gradually robbing Mia, Colin and Laurent of their eyesight. In their deeply moving new documentary, BLINK, filmmakers Edmund Stenson (“Finding Fukue”) and Daniel Roher (who won the Oscar® for “Navalny”) observe how this diagnosis has created a shockwave through the family, but also led to new adventures and personal growth.   Ed and Daniel join Ken on the pod to talk about how they came to know the Pelletiers and bear witness to the family's yearlong journey around the world. Designed to help the children create strong visual memories that will last a lifetime, the trip is guided by an epic bucket list that also serves to drive the film's narrative. As we witness the family traverse the globe, checking off items on the list, we find ourselves seeing the world through different sets of eyes. Scenes of delight and awe alternate with moments of uncertainty and fear. Ultimately, BLINK is a story of opening up and finding your place, including in your own family.   BLINK is being released by National Geographic Documentary Films in select theaters starting October 4th.   Follow: @daniel_roher on Instagram and @DanielRoher on twitter/X @edmund.stenson on Instagram @topdocspod on Instagram and twitter/X   Hidden Gems: Edmund: “A Man Vanishes” Daniel: “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”   The Presenting Sponsor of "Top Docs" is Netflix.

"Blink" had its world premiere at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival, where it received solid reviews for telling the inspiring story of a family who journeys around the world before their children lose their vision to a rare genetic disorder to experience the world's beauty while they still. Academy Award-winning director Daniel Roher ("Navalny") and co-director Edmund Stenson were kind enough to speak with us about their experiences making the film. Please be sure to check out the documentary film, which is now playing in limited release from National Geographic and will be available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu at a later date. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Directed by Edmund Stenson and Daniel Roher, the new documentary Blink follows Edith and Sebastien Pelletier, parents of four who live (understandably) busy lives. However, their pace comes to a grinding halt when they receive the news that three of their children have been diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare and incurable disease that will eventually lead to visual impairment. Knowing that their children will inevitably lose the ability to see the vastness of the world through their own eyes, Edith and Sebastien come up with a plan: taking their entire family on a trip around the world to fill their ‘visual memory'. In this 1on1, we speak to Stenson about the joy of Edith and Sebastien and how this experience has changed them.

In this special episode of Film & Whiskey, Bob sits down with Daniel Roher and Edmund Stenson, co-directors of the upcoming 2024 documentary Blink. The film follows a family's global journey as they race against time to experience the world's beauty before three of their four children lose their vision to a rare genetic disorder. The conversation dives deep into the emotional core of the film, its powerful visuals, and the inspiration behind this heartfelt documentary. Afterward, Bob and Brad switch gears and turn their attention to Whiskey Del Bac Sentinel of the Desert, a uniquely crafted rye whiskey that blends bold 95% rye flavors with a soft mesquite finish, embodying the essence of the Sonoran desert. They explore tasting notes, flavor profiles, and what makes this whiskey stand out in the growing American rye scene. Tune in for a heartfelt film discussion and an equally captivating whiskey review! Timestamps: (0:00) – Intro (01:22) – Interview with Daniel Roher & Edmund Stenson (Blink Directors) (14:00) – Whiskey Del Bac Sentinel of the Desert Review This episode of Film & Whiskey takes a powerful turn as Bob sits down with Daniel Roher and Edmund Stenson, the talented directors behind the 2024 documentary Blink, which premiered at the 51st Telluride Film Festival and is slated for release by National Geographic Documentary Films in October. Blink tells the emotional story of the Lemay-Pelletier family, who embark on a once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world after learning three of their four children will lose their sight due to a rare genetic condition. Roher and Stenson discuss the challenges and triumphs of capturing such a deeply personal story, highlighting the family's resilience and love in the face of overwhelming adversity. As the interview unfolds, listeners are treated to insights about the filmmaking process, the ethics of documentary storytelling, and how the directors balanced the beauty and heartbreak of the family's journey. The conversation also touches on the directors' previous award-winning work, including Roher's Oscar-winning Navalny. After the emotionally charged film discussion, Bob and Brad shift gears to review Whiskey Del Bac Sentinel of the Desert, a rye whiskey with a distinctive mesquite twist. This whiskey, aged in the hot Arizona desert and finished in mesquite casks, offers bold rye spice balanced by the subtle sweetness of mesquite smoke. Bob and Brad break down the tasting notes, discussing how the whiskey's smoky, earthy flavors mirror the rugged beauty of the Sonoran desert. If you're a fan of heartfelt storytelling and bold whiskey pairings, this episode has something for you. Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Film & Whiskey ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email us⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Discord server!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more episodes and engaging content, visit Film & Whiskey's website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmwhiskey.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/filmwhiskey/support

Jessica Stuart is a multi-instrumentalist and an acclaimed songwriter with an international fan base. Not only taking the lead on stage, she's also a skilled producer and in-demand side person working across genres. I've known Jessica for over a decade and have been inspired by her since our collaborations on stage as performing songwriters. I was especially moved when I saw  a documentary she both stars in and composed the soundtrack for. The CBC documentary, spearheaded by Oscar winning director Daniel Roher, follows Jessica's decades-later return to Japan to look for her childhood friend who had mysteriously disappeared. In our chat, she talks about the shock of the film's viral, worldwide reach with millions watching the most intimate moments in her search for someone she thought she'd lost forever. We had so much to catch up on and I was eager to ask Jessica about what she has learned on her way to becoming a top-tier musician, touring internationally and earning big stage opportunities with major musical theatre productions. We talk about what is worth working towards- like better conditions for musicians to be appreciated.  Beyond her creative projects, Jessica opens up about going to therapy and changing her perspective on making confident choices. She told me about how deepening her focus by refusing to compromise on quality has led to both better work life balance and more exciting career opportunities.  We dive into an ongoing success first born from a rejection: her songwriters' residency “JS Presents”, held monthly at Toronto's treasured haven for musicians, the Tranzac Club. She has created a reflective space of her own for her and other songwriters to perform in an intimate “listening room” setting, where artists are given the respect and compensation they deserve- along with the opportunity to world debut a new composition!  Jessica's dedication to building spaces for musicians to feel safe in experimenting and creating shines through wherever she goes. This episode brought back so many music making memories for me, and even if you aren't a musician yourself, I know you'll connect with Jessica's story. - - - When Vancouver-born, guitarist, koto player, vocalist and songwriter Jessica Stuart moved to Toronto, quitting work as vintage clothing buyer for a career in music, her goals were simple – release an album of original songs, hear her music on the radio, and satisfy her wanderlust on tour around the world. Stuart's trio The Jessica Stuart Few checked the final box with their first Asian tour (and Top 40 single in Japan) in 2013, and since then, have played music festivals and been heard on airwaves from Australia to Germany and beyond. Having made a name for herself through signature rhythmic and harmonically adventurous jazzy art pop, Jessica has tapped into a new creative stream under artist name, JESSA, smashing layers of playful guitars, koto and vocals into an indie-jazz-pop package, singing about trying to keep the joy in everyday life while navigating this weird world and all of its curve-balls. Also an in-demand side player, Stuart can be found on stage supporting original artists' projects (i.e. Fefe Dobson; Wild Black; WiztheMC), as member of popular tribute acts (i.e. Idioteque; UK Calling), and as sub guitarist for Mirvish Productions' production of SIX. If you hadn't yet heard Jessica's music through her Best Album win at the Independent Music Awards, her five songs in the finals of the Canadian Songwriting Competition, or the record crushing, tear-jerking CBC documentary about her time living in Japan as a child directed by Academy Award winner Daniel Roher (Finding Fukue, Nov 2018, 14 million + views, featuring Stuart's musical score), then you'll get to know her through her latest full-length album, Simple Songs and newest single, Give It Back, It's Mine. - - - www.jessicastuartmusic.com www.joanbeckowlegacy.com http://www.idioteque.ca/ https://instagram.com/jessicastuartmusic https://www.youtube.com/@JESSAakaJessicaStuartMusic https://www.facebook.com/jessicastuartmusic - - -  Lauren's Best invites you to curiously consider art and life as host, Lauren Best, illuminates the creative process as an entrepreneur, mother and interdisciplinary artist. 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While we gear up for Season 4, we thought we'd replay some of our favorite shows from the past few years.  Today, we're presenting again our interview from September of 2022 with Daniel Roher regarding his film, Navalny, which depicts the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.  Since then, the film won the Academy Award for best Documentary.  Despite the attention brought by the film, in February of this year, Alexei Navalny died in the prison in which Vladimir Putin had confined him.     He survived a government-orchestrated poison attack. He pranked the Russian security agency. He endured (and continues to endure) solitary confinement in a remote gulag. Oh, and he also made some pretty cool TikTok videos. His name is Alexei Navalny, and, as Russia's leading opposition figure, he will use whatever means possible to try to end the authoritarian regime of President Vladimir Putin. He's also the subject of Daniel Roher's (“Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band”) timely and relentlessly gripping documentary political thriller “Navalny”. In the midst of Putin's unprovoked and disastrous war on Ukraine, Daniel joined Mike and Ken for an engaging conversation about Navalny's perilous journey, from surviving an assassination attempt to his recovery in Germany and subsequent return to Russia and imprisonment. What led Daniel, in October 2020, from “a place of desperation” to the “Hail Mary pass” of his filmmaking career? How did he navigate the complexity of making a film about a man, who, as a master deployer of media tools himself, was at first skeptical of the documentary and then participated in a battle of wits about creative control over its direction? Finally, how did Daniel ensure that the film retained the sense of hope that Navalny, against all odds, continues to deploy against the dark forces conspiring against him and the Russian people? With its layered narratives, “Navalny” has as much in common with a classic Russian novel as it does with a James Bond thriller. We hope you will enjoy peeling back the layers with us and Daniel at least as much as those TikTok videos. “Navalny” is available on HBO and HBO Max.   Follow on Twitter: @DanielRoher @Navalny @topdocspod

It's been seven weeks since a local branch of Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service published a brief news post about the death of opposition leader Alexey Navalny. “He went for a walk, felt sick, collapsed unconscious, and couldn't be resuscitated.” Russian officials would later insist that Navalny died of natural causes — his mother was told that he succumbed to “sudden death syndrome.” In mid-March, while celebrating his claim on a fifth presidential term, Vladimir Putin finally uttered Navalny's name in public but only to dance on his grave, claiming that he was ready to trade him off to the West, provided he never came back. “But unfortunately, what happened happened. What can you do? That's life,” said Putin. This week, The Naked Pravda looks back at Navalny's career in politics and ahead to the political future of his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, by speaking to two of the people most responsible for educating the English-speaking world about his work: filmmaker Daniel Roher, whose documentary on Navalny won an Oscar last year, and journalist Julia Ioffe, who was one of the first Western reporters to write about Navalny and who's tracked him and his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, in numerous articles for more a decade, profiling them in stories for The New Yorker and Vanity Fair. Ioffe is also the author of the forthcoming book “Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy,” now available for preorder. Timestamps for this episode: (1:55) How Daniel Roher started filming Team Navalny (10:15) Roher's goals when making the “Navalny” documentary (11:51) Choosing a literary trope for the Navalny story (15:02) Did anyone try to talk Navalny out of returning to Moscow? (19:39) Filming Navalny's nationalism (22:37) Rethinking the film after Navalny's death (24:21) Julia Ioffe remembers meeting Alexey Navalny for the first time (29:47) Ioffe reviews Navalny's views on nationalism and Ukraine (36:15) Looking ahead to Yulia Navalnaya and back at past revolutionary womenКак поддержать нашу редакцию — даже если вы в России и вам очень страшно

On February 16th, it was announced that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died in prison. The Vladimir Putin critic had been in Russian captivity on charges of embezzlement and extremism – and had recently been transferred to a remote penal colony in the Arctic Circle, where Russian authorities claimed the 47-year old died from “sudden death syndrome.” In the wake of the tragic news, world leaders directly blamed Putin for Navalny's death. In 2022, Alec Baldwin spoke with Daniel Roher, the director of the Academy-Award-winning documentary, “Navalny,” which follows the activist in the wake of his 2020 poisoning as he works to uncover those responsible for the assassination attempt against him, before voluntarily returning to Russia. Roher and his collaborator in the film, investigative journalist Christo Grozev, spoke with Alec Baldwin about Navalny's bravery, why poison is the Kremlin's weapon of choice and the final moments they spent with Navalny before his heroic return to Russia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In which the Mister and I check out NAVALNY (2022), which we caught on the Max.  From director Daniel Roher, the film tells the story of the late Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, lawyer and political prisoner.  The documentary follows the events a little before the lethal nerve agent poisoning during August 2020.  Having the plane he was on diverted may have led to his surviving the attempt on his life.  After being transported to Germany to get medical attention, he also delves into piecing together who was behind his assassination attempt.  Many shocking discoveries come to light and Navalny makes the decision to return back home.  The story is intercut with candid conversation where Navalny is asked what his message would be if he were to pass away before accomplishing his goals.  His answer is moving, poignant and illuminating.  This is a winner for Best Documentary Feature (2023) and is a MUST WATCH.  This film clocks in at 1 h 39 m and is rated  R.  Please note there are SPOILERS in this review. Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jokagoge/support

  Russia's jailed opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has died in prison. Navalny had been living behind bars since shortly after landing in Moscow in January of 2021. He had been returning home following months of recovery in Europe, after he fell violently sick on a flight between Siberia and Moscow.  In the months following Navalny's poisoning, Christo Grozev, former lead Russia investigator at Bellingcat, was stuck in Vienna with filmmaker Daniel Roher. The two had just been booted from Ukraine, where they had been trying to film an investigation. Grozev suddenly had a lot of time on his hands, a laptop, and a fresh stack of data from the Russian black market so naturally he began to investigate who was behind the poisoning.  Daniel Roher directed the documentary “Navalny,” which portrays the story of the close collaboration between Navalny, his team, and Grozev, in the hunt for the dissident's would-be killers. Last year, Brooke spoke to Roher and Grozev about the making of the documentary, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. This is a segment from our February 10, 2023 show, Hide and Seek.

  Russia's jailed opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has died in prison. Navalny had been living behind bars since shortly after landing in Moscow in January of 2021. He had been returning home following months of recovery in Europe, after he fell violently sick on a flight between Siberia and Moscow.  In the months following Navalny's poisoning, Christo Grozev, former lead Russia investigator at Bellingcat, was stuck in Vienna with filmmaker Daniel Roher. The two had just been booted from Ukraine, where they had been trying to film an investigation. Grozev suddenly had a lot of time on his hands, a laptop, and a fresh stack of data from the Russian black market so naturally he began to investigate who was behind the poisoning.  Daniel Roher directed the documentary “Navalny,” which portrays the story of the close collaboration between Navalny, his team, and Grozev, in the hunt for the dissident's would-be killers. Last year, Brooke spoke to Roher and Grozev about the making of the documentary, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. This is a segment from our February 10, 2023 show, Hide and Seek.

La morte dell'attivista russo e la domanda che tutti noi dovremmo farci. Fonti: estratto del documentario "Navalny" diretto da Daniel Roher e uscito l'11 aprile del 2022, pubblicato sul canale Youtube del Corriere della Sera il 17 febbraio 2024; video "Quando Salvini dichiarava: "Putin è uno dei migliori uomini di governo che ci siano in questo ..." pubblicato sul canale Youtube di La7 Attualità il 25 marzo 2022; video "Navalny, Tajani "Auguriamoci sia stata una morte naturale" pubblicato sul canale Youtube de Il Sole 24Ore il 16 febbraio 2024; Discorso di Mussolini per il Ventennale dei Fasci, disponibile sul sito dell'Archivio Luce; video "Proteste contro la Rai, Bindi: “Grave il comunicato di Sergio” pubblicato su la7.it il 14 febbraio 2024; video pubblicato su Twitter da Massimo Falcioni il 16 febbraio 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

El director de la película, el canadiense Daniel Roher, admitió a la BBC que la noticia de la muerte del crítico de Vladimir Putin le sorprendió, aunque admitió que era previsible.

"Art of the Deal" co-author Tony Schwartz joins Anderson to discuss the major ruling against former President Donald Trump and his companies today ordering them to pay $355 million. Trump's adult sons, Donald Jr. and Eric have also been ordered to pay $4 million each as part of the judgment. Schwartz says the former president is now officially the head of what he calls a "crime family." And later, Daniel Roher, director of the CNN film "Navalny" reacts to the death of Russian opposition leader and Putin-critic Alexey Navalny.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

La mort d'Alexeï Navalny est à la Une de quasiment tous les journaux européens et américains. Alors que les journaux russes que nous avons pu consulter ce matin passent sous silence la mort de l'opposant, à l'exception du Komsomolets Moskovskij, quotidien populaire qui consacre un long article à Alexeï Navalny, pour dire tout le mal qu'il pense de cet homme qui, nous dit-on, « a commis une erreur fatale ». Erreur qui consiste « à se croire tout près du pouvoir », comme l'on fait d'autres avant lui. Le journal cite notamment Prigojine, le chef de Wagner, officiellement mort dans un accident d'avion. « L'impact de la mort de Navalny sur la vie politique russe est proche de zéro », assure encore le journal qui concède toutefois que son décès a rencontré un large écho dans la presse occidentale. « Mais », assure-t-il, « l'époque où le Kremlin prêtait attention aux désapprobations et aux allusions occidentales est révolue et ne reviendra certainement pas sous Poutine ». « Le seul atout de Navalny », conclut le Komsomolets Moskovskij, non sans cynisme, « était son âge, qui lui donnait théoriquement une chance de tenter de reconstruire sa carrière après un certain nombre d'années. Mais le destin en a décidé autrement ».Un destin tragique« Alexeï Navalny, de l'engagement au sacrifice » titre le Monde qui rappelle qu'Alexeï Navalny « avait survécu à une tentative d'empoisonnement en 2020. En rentrant dans son pays, après des mois de convalescence en Allemagne, il savait qu'il finirait en prison. Il y est mort, vendredi, à 47 ans. » Le Monde qui publie une photo de l'opposant, souriant, mais amaigri, derrière des barreaux, lors d'un « échange en visioconférence » avec un tribunal. C'était il y a 2 jours seulement, le 15 février. C'est la « dernière image de Navalny vivant ».Un autre visage apparaît aussi dans la presse. Celui de Ioulia Navalnaïa, l'épouse de l'opposant, quelques heures seulement après l'annonce de sa mort. The Guardian raconte qu'elle est montée à la tribune, lors de la Conférence sur la Sécurité, qui rassemblait à Munich, en Allemagne, de nombreux dirigeants et experts. Le visage marqué, mais se tenant droite, et apparemment déterminée, elle a déclaré : « Je me suis dit : dois-je me tenir ici devant vous ou dois-je retourner auprès de mes enfants ? Et puis j'ai pensé : qu'aurait fait Alexeï à ma place ? Et je suis sûr qu'il aurait été ici sur cette scène. » Ioulia Navalnaä assure aussi que « Poutine et ses alliés, seront traduits en justice ». « Et ce jour, dit-elle, viendra bientôt ».Courageux et patrioteLe Wall Street Journal publie le témoignage de Daniel Roher, « un cinéaste canadien de 30 ans », « qui a passé deux mois à réaliser un film documentaire oscarisé sur le dissident russe pendant ce qui s'est avéré être les derniers jours de liberté de Navalny ». Daniel Roher qui tente de répondre à cette question : « pourquoi, en exil après avoir failli être empoisonné à mort (...) par des agents russes, est-il retourné dans son pays natal pour poursuivre sa croisade contre le régime de Vladimir Poutine, ouvrant la voie à son inévitable retour en prison ? ». Il qualifiait cela de « grande marche pour l'avenir », explique Daniel Roher,  « sa lutte contre Poutine et la corruption en Russie était plus efficace en retournant dans son pays natal, quoi qu'il arrive, plutôt que de risquer l'anonymat et l'inutilité s'il restait en Occident ». « C'était », ajoute le cinéaste, « incroyablement courageux... et patriotique ».De son côté, le New York Times, rappelle que Navalny, ne s'est jamais tu. Même en prison. Même lorsqu'il s'agissait de l'invasion de l'Ukraine. En novembre 2022, il avait qualifié cette invasion de « cauchemar » dans lequel la Russie avait été entraînée par Poutine, « grand-père fou », « vivant dans le fantasme, celui d'être un chef militaire très populaire en Ukraine ». « Navalny était », conclut le quotidien américain, « le critique le plus éminent de Vladimir Poutine, alors que le président russe a tracé sa voie pour rester au pouvoir au moins jusqu'en 2036 ».Poutine et sa mafiaLa mort d'Alexeï Navalny est également en Une de The Hindustan Times, quotidien indien et anglophone, qui revient sur les conditions de détention particulièrement dures de Navalny, dans une colonie pénitentiaire en Arctique. Il avait notamment « accusé les responsables de la prison de l'avoir isolé dans une petite cellule disciplinaire, pour une infraction mineure ». En Israël, le journal Haaretz publie en Une, une photo de Navalny brandie par un manifestant tenant une bougie, hier, devant l'ambassade de Russie à Londres. Et cite Garry Kasparov, le « grand maître » d'échec en exil, selon lequel « Navalny a été tué pour avoir dénoncé Poutine et sa mafia, qui sont », accuse-t-il, « des escrocs et des voleurs ».

On February 16, 2024, the Russian prison service reported that Alexei Navalny had died, and offered no further explanation.    The cause of death hasn't yet been reported, but since the news broke, world leaders have started speaking out against Vladimir Putin… and it brings a new round of scrutiny to the Russian dictator.   In May 2022, Ray sat down with documentarian Daniel Roher to chat 'Navalny,' his new film following the famed Russian opposition leader's recovery from a Kremlin-sponsored assassination attempt and his ongoing search for justice. The film took home the Academy Award for best documentary last year.   To remember the life and political career of Alexei Navalny, we're revisiting Ray's conversation with Daniel Roher.   Guest:   Daniel Roher, documentary filmmaker and director of 'Navalny'   Host:   Ray Suarez   If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to World Affairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.  

Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia's prison agency said. He was 47. The stunning news of Navalny's death — less than a month before an election that will give Putin another six years in power — brought renewed criticism and outrage directed at the Kremlin leader who has cracked down on all opposition at home. People laid flowers at monuments to victims of Soviet-era political repressions in some Russian cities, but there was no immediate indication that Navalny's death, which will deal a heavy blow to the beleaguered and fractured opposition, would spark large protests. Joining us to discuss is Daniel Roher, director of the 2022 documentary Navalny and Regina Smyth, professor of political science at Indiana University and author of “Elections, Protest, and Authoritarian Regime Stability: Russia 2008–2020.” With files from the Associated Press

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died Friday, according to Russian prison services. Political activist Bill Browder says Russian President Vladimir Putin saw Navalny as a “mortal threat,” and his death sends a message ahead of elections in the country next month.Plus, we revisit Matt Galloway's conversation with filmmaker Daniel Roher, who won an Oscar for his documentary Navalny.

PLUS: As Canada's gig economy grows, workers push back; a romance bookstore owner embraces the fairy-driven frenzy of romantasy; international law scholar Philippe Sands says the ICC must do more to prosecute Russia's invasion of Ukraine; from Uncle Vanya to Henry Higgins, Canadian actor Tom Rooney is having a moment; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

First, what lasting damage to the entertainment industry will the extended impasse between striking Hollywood creatives, and the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers leave in its wake?  Then, in an encore interview, Navalny director Daniel Roher and investigative journalist Christo Grozev discuss how they came to pursue a film about Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader. They also talk about the risks they faced to make the Oscar-winning documentary, and the eventual arrest and sentencing of the politician in Russia. 

The Agenda's week in review begins examining why some big time drug cases collapse.Then, Canadian Academy Award-winning filmmaker Daniel Roher on his documentary, "Navalny;" Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa on standing up to dictators; and the influence of China's in the Middle East.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three years ago, Toronto-born filmmaker Daniel Roher couldn't have imagined he'd be documenting the epic search for the Russian state assassins who tried to fatally poison Vladimir Putin's harshest critic Alexey Navalny with a military-grade chemical nerve agent. Since then, the opposition leader has miraculously recovered, returning to Russia to face a corrupt justice system, and received more than a decade in prison. Meanwhile, Roher's film has won an Oscar for best documentary feature. He joins Steve Paikin to discuss the film and its protagonist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Canadian director Daniel Roher talks to Matt Galloway about winning an Oscar for his documentary Navalny, and the man at the heart of the film: imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. This podcast is a longer version of the conversation that aired on The Current this week.

Last month, Canadian director Daniel Roher won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, for his film Navalny. He talks to Matt Galloway about using his documentary to speak out against authoritarianism — and the ongoing imprisonment of its subject, anti-Putin critic Alexei Navalny.

In diretta da Fa' la cosa giusta con gli ospiti dal Festival di Cinema Africano d'Asia e America Latina: Maaria Sayed e Alessandro Alpini su “Ancora non lo so”; Luca Previtali “La Paz del Futuro”; Andrea Settembrini “Go Friend Go”. Tra le uscite: “Navalny” di Daniel Roher; “Armageddon Time” di James Gray; “Il frutto della tarda estate”.

CINEMA! E ANCORA CINEMA! Nuovo appuntamento con la mia rubrica "improvvisata" in cui esprimo opinioni su film visti da pochi minuti al Cinema per ricordarvi che il CINEMA è AL CINEMA! Fresco di un Premio Oscar, "Navalny" di Daniel Roher è un pugno nello stomaco. Di quelli forti ma necessari per non dimenticarci gli orrori della nostra contemporaneità. Potete trovare "Navalny" qui: https://amzn.to/3Hsy2bG Link per iscriversi ai servizi di Amazon: http://www.amazon.it/amazonprime?tag=pendente90-21 https://www.amazon.it/music/unlimited?tag=pendente90-21 https://www.primevideo.com/offers/ref=atv_nb_lcl_it_IT?tag=pendente90-21 https://www.amazon.it/kindle-dbs/hz/signup?tag=pendente90-21 http://www.amazon.it/joinstudent?tag=pendente90-21 https://www.primevideo.com/offers/nonprimehomepage/ref=atv_nb_lcl_it_IT?_encoding=UTF8&tag=exampleAssociateStoreID-21?tag=pendente90-21 https://www.amazon.it/tbyb/huc?pf=1&tag=AssociateTrackingID?tag=pendente90-21

The Cinema Sideshow this week is hosted by Zeke Morgan-Hind and Jake De Agrela. This week on the show, Zeke and Jake tap the phones and pin the boards on the secrets from Daniel Roher's documentary, 'Navalny' (2022).

Last May, Ray sat down with documentarian Daniel Roher to chat 'Navalny,' his new film following the famed Russian opposition leader's recovery from a Kremlin-sponsored assassination attempt and his ongoing search for justice.   We revisit the episode after 'Navalny' recently took home the Academy Award for best documentary.   Guest:     Daniel Roher, documentary filmmaker and director of 'Navalny'   Host:    Ray Suarez   If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to World Affairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.

The 95th Academy Awards is upon us! It's been another great year in film. “Top Gun: Maverick,” one of the Best Picture nominees, has been credited as the blockbuster that brought audiences back to theaters post pandemic. This year also saw the long awaited sequel to James Cameron's technical achievement “Avatar” with “Avatar: The Way Of Water.” But possibly the biggest film of the year was small indie movie “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which has maintained a dedicated fanbase of everyday movie-goers and critics alike since its premiere in March 2022, and has dominated the award circuit leading up to this year's Oscar ceremony as the projected winner for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress among other categories. Other Best Picture nominees in addition to those three films: “The Banshees Of Inisherin,” “Women Talking,” “Triangle Of Sadness,” “The Fabelmans,” “All Quiet On The Western Front,” “Tár,” and “Elvis.” Other categories covered include Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Supporting Actress, and more! There's so much to talk about! Larry Mantle and LAist film critics are live at the Orpheum Theater in DownTown Los Angeles to discuss the 95th Academy Award nominations from Best Screenplay to Best Picture. We'll hear which films are the critics' favorites and which ones they think will take home the top prizes. You can find the full list of nominees here. Our critics for the 21th annual Film Week Academy Awards Preview are: Justin Chang – Los Angeles Times and NPR's Fresh Air Tim Cogshell – Alt-Film Guide and CineGods.com Andy Klein – LAist & AV Club Christy Lemire – Roger Ebert.com & Breakfast All Day podcast Lael Loewenstein – LAist                                                            Wade Major – CineGods.com                                       Amy Nicholson – New York Times film writer & podcast Unspooled Claudia Puig – President/LA Film Critics Association   Peter Rainer – Christian Science Monitor Charles Solomon – Animation Scoop and Animation.com   Round One (0:15) Best Animated Feature: Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio – Directed by Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley Marcel The Shell With Shoes On – Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey Puss In Boots: The Last Wish – Directed by Joel Crawford and Mark Swift The Sea Beast – Directed by Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger Turning Red – Directed by Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins   Best Documentary Feature: All That Breathes – Directed by Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer All The Beauty And The Bloodshed – Directed by Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov Fire Of Love – Directed by Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman A House Made Of Splinters – Directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström Navalny – Directed by Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris   Round Two (15:45) Best Supporting Actress: Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Hong Chau – The Whale Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of Inisherin Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All At Once   Best Adapted Screenplay: All Quiet On The Western Front – Screenplay - Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Written by Rian Johnson Living – Written by Kazuo Ishiguro Top Gun: Maverick – Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks Women Talking – Screenplay by Sarah Polley   Best Original Screenplay: The Banshees Of Inisherin – Written by Martin McDonagh Everything Everywhere All At Once – Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert The Fabelmans – Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner Tár – Written by Todd Field Triangle Of Sadness – Written by Ruben Östlund   Best Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once   Best Actress: Cate Blanchett – Tár Ana De Armas – Blonde Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once   Round 3 (34:47) Best Actor: Austin Butler – Elvis Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin Brendan Fraser – The Whale Paul Mescal – Aftersun Bill Nighy – Living   Best Directing: The Banshees Of Inisherin – Directed by Martin McDonagh Everything Everywhere All At Once – Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert The Fabelmans – Directed by Steven Spielberg Tár – Directed by Todd Field Triangle Of Sadness – Direcetd by Ruben Östlund   Best Picture: All Quiet On The Western Front Avatar: The Way Of Water The Banshees Of Inisherin Elvis Everything Everywhere All At Once The Fabelmans Tár Top Gun: Maverick Triangle Of Sadness Women Talking  

"Navalny" follows the Russian dissident Alexei Navalny as he investigates a Kremlin plot to assassinate him. Today, Navalny is in prison, but this film by Daniel Roher keeps his voice alive and is nominated for an Academy Award.  

Odessa Rae is the producer of the Oscar-nominated film ‘Navalny', a powerful, fly-on-the-wall thriller documentary about the Russian politician who dared to speak out against Putin and survived a targeted assassination attempt as a result.Odessa's belief in telling stories that need to be heard and her conviction in following her intuition is remarkable. A multi-lingual actor, writer and producer, Odessa and director Daniel Roher travelled to the Black Forest to film with Navalny and his team, sometimes for up to 20 hours a day, in the hopes of providing an intimate glimpse into his inspiring journey.They also aimed to answer the question, ‘who tried to kill Navalny?' Eventually, they captured an extraordinary conversation on camera, which went viral overnight and forms the heart of the documentary itself, which is both thrilling and harrowing in equal measure.‘Navalny', which has been described as ‘stunning' (The Guardian) and containing ‘perhaps the most jaw-dropping phone call in the history of cinema' (Filmspotting) premiered at Sundance in 2022, where it won ‘Best of Fest' and the coveted ‘Audience Award' for the US documentary competition.In this episode Odessa tells us about following your intuition and taking risks navigating personal safety and security on a high stakes projectIn sharing how she put everything on the line for this documentary, Odessa demonstrates the power of risk taking and trusting your gut in the creative process. Please note that there may be some spoilers relating to the film in this episode—Women Behind the Scenes is hosted by Eloise Singer and produced by Ben Weaver-Hincks for Singer Studios. Executive Producers - Eloise Singer and Cathy Anderson Production Manager - Hannah AlexanderPost Production - Matt McGuinnessEditing, Mixing and Mastering - Tom Fred Bradshaw [iGame.Audio]Music - PremiumBeat.comProduction Assistant - Lucy Davidson–Social Media:Twitter @singerstudiosuk Instagram @singerstudiosuk Website: www.singerstudios.co.ukOdessa Rae:Instagram: @odxssarae @navalnydoc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Director Daniel Roher explores the life and work of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who, after years of campaigning against corruption, has developed powerful enemies – including President Vladimir Putin. In August 2020, Navalny was secretly poisoned with a military-grade chemical nerve agent in a shockingly brazen attempt on his life. Beyond his staff and his loyal family, Navalny ends up being secretly surrounded by a small group of investigative journalists including Bulgarian Christo Grozev with Bellingcat and Russian Maria Pevchikh with the Anti-Corruption Foundation who knew that the state would not investigate the poisoning. What to do with their findings culminates with Navalny's highly publicized return to Moscow on January 17, 2021. After being transferred to Germany for medical attention, a recovering Navalny worked closely with international news organizations Bellingcat and CNN to investigate the crime, ultimately linking the poison to Russian security services, despite denials from the Kremlin. Eye-opening and revelatory, NAVALNY chronicles the politician and activist's brave stand against the government that tried to silence him – and his never-ending fight for democracy. Director Daniel Roher (Once We Were Brothers) stops by to talk about the 2023 Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature, what he did and did not know about Navalny, Vladimir Putin, Russian politics, gaining the trust of Alexei's inner circle, and his personal reaction to some of the mind-boggling events that unfolded in front of his camera. For news and updates go to: dogwoof.com/navalny

This week, we hear from the creators of the five films nominated for the Best Feature Documentary Oscar, ahead of the ceremony on March 12th. Today: Daniel Roher, Canadian documentary director, discusses his film, "Navalny" which follows the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the investigation into his poisoning.

Director Daniel Roher & journalist Christo Grozev join Mase & Sue on the CULTURE POP PODCAST to talk about their powerful Academy Award-nominated documentary NAVALNY, including what prompted the Russian opposition leader's poisoning, the events related to it, and the subsequent investigation. Plus, the unexpected circumstances that led to the making of the film.

In this week's episode: Just a few weeks before the Oscars, we're taking a deep dive into the best documentary category. I talk to two of the nominees: Director Sara Dosa, who made FIRE OF LOVE, DOSA. Then, director Daniel Roher, who's behind NAVALNY…

Russian President Vladimir Putin's biggest critic, Alexei Navalny, remains in prison, facing years behind bars and deteriorating health. We talk to Washington Post reporter Catherine Belton about concerns for his well-being; and listen back to an April 2022 conversation with Daniel Roher, Canadian director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Navalny.

Director Daniel Roher takes us behind the scenes of making his thrilling documentary, the story of the fearless opposition leader to Vladimir Putin's oppressive regime. A social media master and fierce public speaker, Alexei Navalny was so effective at rallying the people of Russia against the Kremlin, they attempted to assassinate him in the summer of 2020. Roher describes what it was like to film Navalny while he recovered in Germany and planned his fateful return, and why making this movie felt as much like a thriller as his subject's life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He survived a government-orchestrated poison attack. He pranked the Russian security agency. He endured (and continues to endure) solitary confinement in a remote gulag. Oh, and he also made some pretty cool TikTok videos. His name is Alexei Navalny, and, as Russia's leading opposition figure, he will use whatever means possible to try to end the authoritarian regime of President Vladimir Putin. He's also the subject of Daniel Roher's (“Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band”) timely and relentlessly gripping documentary political thriller “Navalny”. In the midst of Putin's unprovoked and disastrous war on Ukraine, Daniel joined Mike and Ken for an engaging conversation about Navalny's perilous journey, from surviving an assassination attempt to his recovery in Germany and subsequent return to Russia and imprisonment. What led Daniel, in October 2020, from “a place of desperation” to the “Hail Mary pass” of his filmmaking career? How did he navigate the complexity of making a film about a man, who, as a master deployer of media tools himself, was at first skeptical of the documentary and then participated in a battle of wits about creative control over its direction? Finally, how did Daniel ensure that the film retained the sense of hope that Navalny, against all odds, continues to deploy against the dark forces conspiring against him and the Russian people? With its layered narratives, “Navalny” has as much in common with a classic Russian novel as it does with a James Bond thriller. We hope you will enjoy peeling back the layers with us and Daniel at least as much as those TikTok videos. “Navalny” is available on HBO and HBO Max.   Follow on Twitter: @DanielRoher @Navalny @topdocspod   The Presenting Sponsor of "Top Docs" is Netflix.  

As Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine rages on, the world continues to watch in horror. But his invasion is just the latest example of Putin's autocratic political reign. His attempts to poison opposition politician Alexei Navalny offered a glimpse at what Putin was capable of. Film director Daniel Roher followed Navalny in the aftermath of that assassination attempt and got incredible insight into not only the evil Putin was capable of but also his habit of strategic blunders.   So what does this say about our perceptions of Putin in the West? And what does this mean for Putin's future as the world  Today, Roher joins Damien for a discussion about what we can learn from one man's attempt to stand up against the so-called ‘Strongman' of Russia. Navalny is available to watch now on DocPlay. Follow The Front Page on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. You can read more about this and other stories in the New Zealand Herald, online at nzherald.co.nz, or tune in to news bulletins across the NZME network. Host: Damien VenutoEditor/Producer: Shaun D. WilsonExecutive Producer: Ethan SillsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Russian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Alexei Navalny was on a flight from Siberia to Moscow in 2020 when he started to feel ill. Navalny managed to get to Germany where he discovered he had been poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent. There also was Daniel Roher, a Canadian documentary filmmaker who followed Navalny as he conducted his investigation.

When Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist, was poisoned in 2020, he was relocated to Germany to recover. While he was there, he teamed up with a Bulgarian data-journalist named Christo Grozev, who claimed he had figured out who was behind the assassination attempt. Together, using advanced prank call technology, they managed to get an admission of guilt from a member of the team tasked with poisoning Navalny. There to capture it all was Canadian documentarian Daniel Roher. The resulting film, Navalny, is an up-close look at Navalny's final months as a free man. Today on Front Burner, a conversation with Roher on what it was like to document Russia's most famous political opposition leader as he recovered from an assassination attempt and made the decision to return to the country he wants to lead.

"At the end of the day, he believed it would be too great a gift to the regime—too great a gift to Putin—if he stayed away."   Daniel Roher is the award-winning director behind "Navalny," a film that documents Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's journey from Germany to a Russian jail. Roher was given unprecedented access to Alexei Navalny as he recovered from an attempted assasination attempt in Germany, his search for the Russian agents who tried to poison him, and the eventual—and inevitable—return to Russian prison.   Ray sat down to talk about Roher's experience with the man intent on undoing Vladimir Putin and his ongoing search for justice.   "Navalny" premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is now streaming on HBO Max.   Guests:     Daniel Roher, documentary filmmaker and director of "Navalny"   Host(s):    Ray Suarez, co-host of WorldAffairs

Documentary filmmaker Daniel Roher shares his impressions of Alexei Navalny as a person, how he was able to tell Navalny's story from so many angles, and what he predicts will be Navalny's future. Daniel's latest film, Navalny, opened this year's Seattle International Film Festival. Navalny is now streaming on CNN and broadcast, and will be available on HBO Max at the end of May.

An award-winning documentary by a Toronto filmmaker highlights the life — and attempted assassination — of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny. Daniel Roher talks about his documentary, Navalny, and the extraordinary access he got to Navalny.

"Navalny" had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for U.S. Documentary and the overall Festival Favorite Award. One couldn't have guessed how a month later, the film would prove to be more timely than ever when Russia waged war on Ukraine. The documentary tells the story of the rise of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny and the plot to assassinate him by the Kremlin. Though Navalny is currently behind bars, the documentary has resonated with all those who have seen it. Director Daniel Roher was kind enough to spend a few minutes talking with us about the impact his film is having on audiences, if he fears for his own safety after making the documentary, what went into capturing that shocking phone call between Navalny and his assassins. We discuss all of this and more in our podcast, which you can listen to down below. The film had its premiere this past Sunday on CNN & will be available on HBO Max starting May 26th. Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

Brian Stelter covers the end of CNN+, Elon Musk's bid for Twitter and other media stories with Mara Schiavocampo, Oliver Darcy and Sara Fischer. Plus, Jonathan Haidt makes the case that social media has made American life "uniquely stupid;" White House Correspondents Association president Steven Portnoy discusses President Biden and the press corps; and "Navalny" director Daniel Roher talks about the making of his documentary. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The new CNN Films documentary “Navalny” chronicles the aftermath of top Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny's poisoning, allegedly carried out by Russian agents (a charge the Kremlin denies). We talk with the film's director, Daniel Roher, about how he was able to obtain intimate access to Navalny and his family, why it's important to him for Russians to see the movie and what Putin's response to Navalny can tell us about his invasion of Ukraine. Recorded on April 20, 2022. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Daniel Roher, Director of the documentary “Navalny” joins Chris Merrill as he fills in for Pat Thurston to talk about efforts to take down Putin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Daniel Roher, Director of the documentary “Navalny” joins Chris Merrill as he fills in for Pat Thurston to talk about efforts to take down Putin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Midday at the Movies, our monthly look at films and filmmaking. Tom is joined again today by two of our favorite movie mavens: Ann Hornaday is film critic for the Washington Post and author of Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies, now available in paperback; she joins us on our digital line. And joining us on Zoom is Jed Dietz, the founder and retired director of the Maryland Film Festival, which is about to begin its first IN-PERSON festival since 2019. On today's program, we're also joined by the MD Film Festival's Artistic Director Christy LeMaster,who helps usspotlight some of the many short films, docs and features being showcased this year. The Festival opens on April 27 and runs through May 1 at the Parkway. Check out the Festival schedule here. Among the films highlighted today is HBO Max's new limited series, We Own This City, a 6-part dramatization of reporter Justin Fenton's best-selling book about the Baltimore Police Department's infamous Gun Trace Task Force scandal. A special Festival screening of the first episode of the series, on Thursday at 7pm, will be followed by a community panel discussion, including executive producers and writers George PelecanosandDavid Simon (The Wire), writer D Watkins, and reporter Justin Fenton, author of the book We Own This City. We get a sneak preview of Episode One of host and series co-writer D Watkins' official We Own This City Podcast, (which drops Monday), in which he interviews actor Jon Bernthal, the actor who portrays GTTF's Sgt Wayne Jenkins in the HBO Max series. We also discuss Navalny, the new documentary by director Daniel Roher about jailed Russian dissident and Vladimir Putin rival Alexei Navalny. The doc is being screened at MFF at 9:30 Thursday night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Canadian documentary film director Daniel Roher is known for his 2019 film Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, which features the elite of rock and roll, including Springsteen and Clapton. Bulgarian investigative journalist Christov Grozev is the lead Russia investigator with Bellingcat, an open-source journalism group. The two collaborated on the documentary “Navalny,” which was directed by Roher and has received widespread acclaim from critics and moviegoers. The gripping real-life thriller took home the Festival Favorite and U.S. Documentary Audience Awards at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. “Navanly” follows Russian opposition leader and outspoken Putin critic Alexei Navany in the wake of his 2020 poisoning as he works to uncover those responsible for the assassination attempt.  Roher and Grozev spoke with Alec about Navalny's potential path to the presidency, why poison is the Kremlin's weapon of choice and what might be next for Putin.   “Navalny” is currently in theaters worldwide and will premiere on CNN TV in North America on April 24th.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Luke Jones hears from Daniel Roher, the director of new film 'Navalny', as well as Vladimir Ashukov, former Executive Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation which was founded by Alexei Navalny. He also speaks to Andrei Soldatov, Senior Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Analysis and Author of 'The Compatriots' after it emerged that Putin has removed over 100 agents from their posts.PLUS Melanie Reid and James Forsyth discuss Johnson's survival and ambulance waiting times. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries Today's documentary is Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, released in 2019, directed by Daniel Roher. For this episode we are joined by a Very Special Guest: Eamon O'Flynn, host of Record Roulette Podcast, which can be found on Twitter @rrmusicpod Once Were Brothers is the story of The Band told from Robbie Robertson's perspective, for better or worse. So which is it - better or worse? Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts Twitter: @RockDocsPod Instagram: @RockDocsPod Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt

The Rock N Roll Archaeologist is back in the movies this week for a sit down with director Daniel Roher, where we dig deep into his film "Once Were Brothers” Robbie Robertson and the Band. ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND is a confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band. The film is a moving story of Robertson's personal journey, overcoming adversity and finding camaraderie alongside the four other men who would become his brothers in music, together making their mark on music history. ONCE WERE BROTHERS blends rare archival footage, photography, iconic songs and interviews with Robertson's friends and collaborators including Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and more.Inspired by Robbie Robertson's 2017 bestselling memoir “Testimony,” Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band “deeply dissects The Band's magic and dysfunction” (Rolling Stone) and arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital on May 26 from Magnolia Home Entertainment. Presenting a backstage view of The Band's inner workings and offering audiences an unseen look at their impact on the music industry, the documentary chronicles Robbie's introduction to music and the group's revolutionary collaboration with Bob Dylan, to their final tour as one of the most influential groups of their era. 2 From director Daniel Roher (Survivors Rowe), Once Were Brothers unravels the compelling story of the popular rock ‘n' roll band alongside Robbie and those closest to The Band, including Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Taj Mahal, Ronnie Hawkins and more. Told through rarely seen archival footage, images and interviews from The Band's expansive career, and elevated by hit songs from the group, the documentary “captures something golden, incendiary and wistfully beautiful” (The Washington Post). A tribute that will withstand the ages, Once Were Brothers will captivate audiences and provide a deeper understanding of the group's influence on popular music today. Once Were Brothers will be available for download on digital via Apple TV, Google Play, Prime Video, FandangoNOW and more, and on DVD and Blu-ray for the suggested retail prices of $26.98 (DVD) and $29.98 (Blu-Ray) on May 26. The documentary is available now for digital rental.https://www.oncewerebrothers.com/ (edited) oncewerebrothers.comONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND | A Magnolia Pictures Film | OWN IT ON DVD, BLU-RAY™ OR DIGITAL HD

The Rock N Roll Archaeologist is back in the movies this week for a sit down with director Daniel Roher, where we dig deep into his film Once Were Brothers” Robbie Robertson and the Band.ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND is a confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band. The film is a moving story of Robertson's personal journey, overcoming adversity and finding camaraderie alongside the four other men who would become his brothers in music, together making their mark on music history. ONCE WERE BROTHERS blends rare archival footage, photography, iconic songs and interviews with Robertson's friends and collaborators including Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and more.Inspired by Robbie Robertson's 2017 bestselling memoir “Testimony,” Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band “deeply dissects The Band's magic and dysfunction” (Rolling Stone) and arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital on May 26 from Magnolia Home Entertainment. Presenting a backstage view of The Band's inner workings and offering audiences an unseen look at their impact on the music industry, the documentary chronicles Robbie's introduction to music and the group's revolutionary collaboration with Bob Dylan, to their final tour as one of the most influential groups of their era. 2 From director Daniel Roher (Survivors Rowe), Once Were Brothers unravels the compelling story of the popular rock ‘n' roll band alongside Robbie and those closest to The Band, including Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Taj Mahal, Ronnie Hawkins and more. Told through rarely seen archival footage, images and interviews from The Band's expansive career, and elevated by hit songs from the group, the documentary “captures something golden, incendiary and wistfully beautiful” (The Washington Post). A tribute that will withstand the ages, Once Were Brothers will captivate audiences and provide a deeper understanding of the group's influence on popular music today. Once Were Brothers will be available for download on digital via Apple TV, Google Play, Prime Video, FandangoNOW and more, and on DVD and Blu-ray for the suggested retail prices of $26.98 (DVD) and $29.98 (Blu-Ray) on May 26. The documentary is available now for digital rental.https://www.oncewerebrothers.com/ (edited) oncewerebrothers.comONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND | A Magnolia Pictures Film | OWN IT ON DVD, BLU-RAY™ OR DIGITAL HDONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND and The Band is a confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band. The film is a moving story of Robertson's personal journey, overcoming adversity and finding camaraderie alongside the four other men who would become his brothers in music, together making their mark on music history.

Director Daniel Roher talks Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

The Band: A History sits down with "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band" filmmaker Daniel Roher to discuss the making of his documentary on Robbie Robertson. We discuss Roher's career in the Canadian documentary world, elevating his craft, the luck of landing "Once Were Brothers" and all that went into making the film, from star-studded interviews, Robbie and Levon's feud, Garth's exclusion and much, much more.You can find information about "Once Were Brothers" and were it is screening here. You can also find Daniel Roher on Instagram here.Please Consider Following Us: Instagram: @TheBandPodcastTwitter: @TheBandPodcastFacebook: /TheBandPodcastThe Band: A History is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Listen to The Band: A History and a variety of other great podcasts over on Pantheon.

The Band: A History sits down with "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band" filmmaker Daniel Roher to discuss the making of his documentary on Robbie Robertson. We discuss Roher's career in the Canadian documentary world, elevating his craft, the luck of landing "Once Were Brothers" and all that went into making the film, from star-studded interviews, Robbie and Levon's feud, Garth's exclusion and much, much more.You can find information about "Once Were Brothers" and were it is screening here. You can also find Daniel Roher on Instagram here.Please Consider Following Us: Instagram: @TheBandPodcastTwitter: @TheBandPodcastFacebook: /TheBandPodcastThe Band: A History is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Listen to The Band: A History and a variety of other great podcasts over on Pantheon.

We review the new Robbie Robertson documentary "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band" that just premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival directed by Daniel Roher and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard and Brian Glazer. This shows is part of Pantheon Podcasts.