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On this episode, I welcome the filmmaker Noah Pritzker ("Quitters") with his latest film "Ex-Husbands" which opens theatrically in NYC today, Friday, February 21st. The film will continue its national theatrical roll out over the course of the next few weeks. Appearing here with Noah are cast members Griffin Dunne —for his 6th appearance on Filmwax Radio— and the great Richard Benjamin ("West World", "Catch 22"). Manhattan dentist Peter Pearce (Dunne) is facing a midlife crisis after his wife of 35 years (Rosanna Arquette) leaves him. On the spur of the moment, he books a trip to Tulum, Mexico, only to crash his son's bachelor party. A warmhearted comedy drama co-starring Richard Benjamin, James Norton, and Miles Heizer. https://youtu.be/7o4cmzJHJ_c
The animator, filmmaker, actor and podcaster Jack Dunphy is the guest. Jack has recently launched a very bold new podcast called REVELATIONS WITH JACK DUNPHY where he talks very frankly and as honestly as one can, with his guests. These are sometimes highly intense confessional conversations about addiction, mental illness, sexuality, and more. You can find Jack's films on various platforms as well as his podcast. This is his first appearance on Filmwax Radio. https://youtu.be/xjBjdzqTDhI
Actors Eric Roberts ("The Pope of Greenwich Village", "Runaway Train") and Eliza Roberts ("Animal House") are the guests. They are both involved in a new indie genre film called "Hippo" which hits theaters Friday, November 8th. Directed by Mark H. Rapaport, the film is about a girl who loves classical music and Jesus and who grows up with a video-game addicted stepbrother who embraces the art of war and chaos. The film is in select theaters as of November 12th. Also, on this episode the team behind a new documentary "American Coup, Wilmington 1898", filmmakers Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein return to Filmwax Radio. Discover the story of the deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d'état in Wilmington, North Carolina, when white supremacists overthrew the multi-racial government of the state's largest city through a campaign of violence and intimidation. "American Coup: Wilmington 1898" premieres Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on American Experience on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS app.
The iconic filmmaker Kevin Smith ("Clerks", "Mallrats") makes his first appearance on Filmwax Radio to briefly discuss his latest film "The 4:30 Movie" which is available on digital platforms. During the summer of 1986, three 16-year-old buddies spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local cineplex. When one of the guys invites the girl of his dreams to see an R-rated film, all hilarity breaks loose as a self-important theatre manager and teenage rivalries interfere with his best-laid plans. Also, the film producer Jonathan Burkhart ("Do The Right Thing", "Dazed and Confused") discusses his career in a personal conversation. This interview was conducted in the Radio Free Rhinecliff studios.
At long last the filmmaker Susan Seidelman on Filmwax Radio! She has a new memoir called "Desperately Seeking Something" (St. Marin's Press, 2024). Also, a short conversation with the legendary musician Richard Thompson whose new album "Ship to Shore" is available.
Hello, Indie Film Creatives! In this episode, we have a conversation with Filmwax Radio and Filmwax TV host Adam Schartoff. We talk about how to keep your cool when you're working with colleagues that are more notable than you, how his career shifted from working at Sony Music to podcasting and film, when and why to start a podcast and the best use of $5K in a film marketing budget. Enjoy! Listen+Subscribe+Rate = Love Questions or Comments? Reach out to us at contact@bonsai.film or on social and the web at https://linktr.ee/BonsaiCreative Love Indie Film? Love the MAKE IT Podcast? Become a True Fan! www.bonsai.film/truefans www.makeit.libsyn.com/podcast #MAKEIT
Author Glenn Frankel ("The Searchers", "High Noon") returns to the podcast to discuss his latest book "Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic" (Farrar, Straus and Grious, 2021) which is the ultimate exploration of John Schlesinger's 1969 classic film. I am joined by Filmwax Radio regular co-host, the actor and author Illeana Douglas.
The Hollywood biographer Scott Eyman returns to Filmwax Radio with his latest book, "Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise" (Simon & Schuster) and a most enjoyable conversation with myself and my co-host, the actor & author Illeana Douglas. Scott's book, as well as Illeana's ("I Blame Dennis Hopper") are both available wherever books are sold and either would make a splendid holiday gift!
Werner Herzog. Need we say more? Just that his latest film, a documentary is about his friend the late author —travel writer is too reductive— Bruce Chatwin. The film has an exclusive virtual run at our favorite NYC cinema, Film Forum. Visit filmforum.org for details about screening the great filmmaker's latest work. The video version of this conversation is on Filmwax Radio's YouTube channel.
The actor & Filmwax Radio friend Joshua Burge ("The Revenant", "20th Century Women") is back on the show to shoot the breeze during the early days of quarantining. Joshua last appeared on the podcast on with the team from "Relaxer", one of several films he starred in directed by podcast regular Joel Potrykus.
Clark Duke I"Hot Tub Time Machine", "The Office", ") has directed his first feature which is currently available for streaming and is called "Arkansas". He also wrote and stars in the film. His editor, Filmwax Radio friend Patrick J. Don Vito also joins us for this fun conversation.
This episode focuses on a new documentary, the 2019 New York Film Festival hit "The Booksellers", with director D.W. Young and producers Judith Mizrachy and Dan Wechsler. The film opens at the Quad Cinema in NYC on Friday, March 6th. Filmwax Radio host Adam Schartoff will moderate the Q&A's on Saturday's 2:00 & 7:00 screenings.
Indie film distributor and founder of the streaming service Ovid, Jonathan Miller, is the guest. The streaming service is celebrating its first anniversary by appearing on the popular podcast Filmwax Radio! Also, producer/director of the new HBO documentary "We Are The Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest", Amy Schatz, and producer Julie Anderson.
The team behind a new series called "The Holdouts" including director & co-writer Stephen Girasuolo, co-writer Dan Menke, and actors —and returning Filmwax Radio friends— Kevin Corrigan ("Godfather of Harlem") & Jayce Bartok ("When They See Us"). The pilot is currently available for viewing at no cost on Vimeo.
Isabelle Huppert is the star of Filmwax Radio friend Ira Sachs' latest film, "Frankie", which opens in NYC & LA on Friday, October 25th. They are both in the first segment. Also, filmmaker Whitney Dow returns to the podcast to discuss the Whiteness Project, an interactive investigation into how Americans who identify as white, or partially white, understand and experience their race.
On this out-to-sea episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Adam Schartoff of Filmwax Radio fame to discuss Jack Goes Boating (2010), starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, Amy Ryan, and Daphne Rubin-Vega. Topics discussed: dramaturgy; porno parodies; directorial debuts; reggae-loving dudes. Also, who goes boating in Central Park?! Topics not discussed: How the Panama Canal radically changed shipping routes in the twentieth-century.Episodes of Adam’s great podcast can be found here: http://www.filmwaxradio.comYou can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com. Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail recording, at Oeuvrebusters@gmail.com. We are looking to incorporate feedback from our listeners during the show itself, so leave us some thoughts and we might share them on the podcast. Please don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review whenever and wherever you can. We appreciate all the love and support. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Another episode in Filmwax Radio's continuing partnership with the Vermont College of Fine Arts' Masters in Film program; this one with the editor Jason Rosenfield ("Breaking Point", "Lorena"). Visit vcfa.edu/film for more details and remember to mention Filmwax Radio if you reach out to the school.
On this Liza-esque (?) episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss 2002's Love Liza, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Kathy Bates and directed by Todd Louiso. Topics discussed: American consumption of petrol in all its varied forms; Magic: The Gathering; hobby enthusiasts; sad white guys and the people who love their stories. Also, we find out that George is a Pasolini poser. Quelle surprise. Finally, please listen to the very end for a special message from our good friend Adam Schartoff of Filmwax Radio fame. Topics not discussed: The aesthetic provocations of the feminist art-group The Guerrilla Girls and their critique of august art institutions, such as the MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com! Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail recording, at Oeuvrebusters@gmail.com We are looking to incorporate feedback from our listeners during the show itself, so leave us some thoughts and we might share them on the podcast.Please don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review whenever and wherever you can. We appreciate all the love and support."Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
As part of a special partnership with the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA Film Program, Filmwax Radio is proud to introduce a number of alums to the show. The first up in this series if the filmmaker George Nicholas who, in addition to his film work, teaches cinematography and film production at Hofstra University in Long Island, NY.
On this Lebowskiesque episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George discuss the Coen brothers' The Big Lebowski, from the Clinton-era year of 1998, and starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, and, of course, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Topics discussed: the failures of the New Left; Manifest Destiny; the first, and surprisingly not the worst, Gulf War; and, of course, bowling. Topics not discussed? The feminist ethos of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels. They are great! Read them! But we ain't discussing them here, sorry. You can find more OB content at www.oeuvrebusters.com! Also, please feel free to drop us a line, either via email or voicemail recording, at Oeuvrebusters@gmail.com We are looking to include more feedback from our listeners during the show itself, so leave us some thoughts and we might share them on the podcast.Please don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review whenever and wherever you can. We appreciate all the love and support.Also, Liam and George recently appeared on an episode of Filmwax Radio, an amazing podcast hosted by the one and only Adam Shartoff. Our episode can be found here http://www.filmwaxradio.com/podcasts/episode-551/ and please make sure to listen and subscribe to Adam's podcast as well."Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On this drafty episode, the very first of Season Two, Liam and George talk (and select) Philip Seymour Hoffman movies for the upcoming season of Oeuvre Busters! Listen to Liam groan and groan and groan as George selects movies he can't stand! Listen to George try, and fail, to do a Keith Richards impersonation! Also, please stay tuned to the very end for a very important message from friend of the podcast, Adam Schartoff of Filmwax Radio. Topics not covered in this episode of Oeuvre Busters? The myths and legends surrounding New York City's very own Pizza Rat! Please don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review whenever and wherever you can, we appreciate all the love and attention."Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Filmwax Radio's man on the ground, Ronald Wohlman, interviews four filmmakers from SxSW 2019 including Erin Derham ("Stuffed"), Rodney Evans ("Vision Portraits"), Hilary Brougher ("South Mountain") and Ricky Tollman ("Run This Town").
Karen Sillas has appeared in two of Hal Hartley's Long Island Trilogy films including "Trust" & "Simple Men" as well as other in his oeuvre. She has also collaborated with Filmwax Radio friend Tom Noonan on "What Happened Was..." She currently lives in L.A. where she is busy acting on stage, film & television. Hal's L.I. box set is now available for purchase at Amazon and at halhartley.com
Adam Schartoff (the host of Filmwax Radio) returns to discuss the ups and downs in the filmography of director Stuart Rosenberg. Follow Filmwax Radio: https://twitter.com/filmwaxradio Follow Adam Schartoff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/filmwaxradio Follow James Hancock on Twitter: https://twitter.com/colebrax
Adam Schartoff (the host of Filmwax Radio) joins Robert Cotto and Marcus Pinn (Creator of Pinnland Empire and co-host of Zebras in America) to discuss the new Kickstarter Campaign for Filmwax Radio as well as the brilliant career of Sidney Lumet. Support Filmwax Radio on Kickstarter Follow Adam Schartoff on Twitter Follow Robert Cotto on Twitter Follow Marcus Pinn on Twitter Follow James Hancock on Twitter
Also known as "How to Get Ahead in Hollywood," Joel and Ethan Coen's Barton Fink proved a critical darling but a box office failure. The film stars John Turturro as the playwright for the Common Man and John Goodman as his neighbor at the Hotel Earle.Rob St. Mary and Filmwax Radio's Adam Schartoff return to The Projection Booth to discuss the filmLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're joined by a host of Rock 'N' Roll High School alumni from director Allan Arkush to cinematographer Dean Cundey to writers Joseph McBride, Russ Dvonch, and Richard Whitley to stars PJ Soles, Dey Young, Clint Howard and Mary Woronov. Our guest co-host, Adam Schartoff, is the co-host of Filmwax Radio.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're joined by a host of Rock 'N' Roll High School alumni from director Allan Arkush to cinematographer Dean Cundey to writers Joseph McBride, Russ Dvonch, and Richard Whitley to stars PJ Soles, Dey Young, Clint Howard and Mary Woronov. Our guest co-host, Adam Schartoff, is the co-host of Filmwax Radio.
I had the pleasure of sitting down with host Adam Schartoff of Filmwax Radio to discuss Running Late! After 268 unspoiled episodes of quality conversation with filmmakers and actors attached to high-minded films, I went and shot it all to hell. CLICK TO LISTEN!
This week we’re excited to be reviewing Paramore’s latest self-titled LP, their fourth studio album and first full-length since 2009, Paramore. We also send out a head-nod to Adam Schartoff with Filmwax Radio and then take some time out to speculate on Paramore’s discographical future. Continue reading