Podcasts about Hamptons International Film Festival

On the forty- fourth episode of All the Film Things, I had the pleasure of interviewing award- winning screenwriter/ novelist/ film director Steven Bernstein! Steven Bernstein has been working in the industry for nearly 40 years behind the camera, often as a cinematographer, under the direction of acclaimed filmmakers from Noah Baumbach to Patty Jenkins before directing his own feature films. He earned a Golden Lion at the Cannes Film Festival early in his career for working as a cinematographer on commercials in the UK. Steven has been the director of photography on nearly 50 films, some of which include critically acclaimed films Like Water for Chocolate (1993) and Monster (2003), and beloved comedies such as The Waterboy (1998) and White Chicks (2004). Alongside Emmanual Lubezki, Steven earned the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival for his work on the 1993 film Like Water for Chocolate. Steven's directorial feature film debut, Decoding Annie Parker (2013), earned him The Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival and his sophomore directorial feature, Last Call (2017) was hailed as “Oscar- worthy” and earned lead actor Rhys Ifans the Best Actor award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Steven also co-hosts, alongside Vince Grimes, the terrific and insightful weekly podcast “Filmmaker and Fan's” which you should all check out on the same platform you listen to ATFT on but here's the link to listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0cepNNzk8evxnNEAPUPXPX?si=33b9632bbe4a49e9 Steven's debut novel, a thriller titled GRQ: Get Rich Quick, was published on June 3 and has been continuously earning rave reviews so definitely buy yourself a copy now wherever books are sold, including Barnes & Noble through this link: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grq-steven-bernstein/1147259290! This novella, which is set over the course of one day in a seemingly doomed Los Angeles that regularly faces natural disasters, follows Marlon who, unbeknownst to his wife, quickly tries to come up with the money needed to save the house from being repossessed leading him to make a dicey investment in cryptocurrency. GRQ, which is the first of a series in the works, ends with a surprising twist that provokes a lot of questions by considering what is important in life. GRQ: The Movie, which Steven directed based on his book, will be having a worldwide theatrical release later this year so I'll keep you all updated here on the ATFT Instagram on its release! This is Steven's first time on ATFT! We got connected on Instagram over a year ago through the comments under a post he made about the film 20th Century Women! This episode was recorded on May 29, 2025. In this episode, Steven talks about the films and filmmaker who made him fall in love with cinema, the film industry currently being in crises, and the technical, underlying ways to bring out a great performance as both a cinematographer and filmmaker. Steven also discusses the unique, visceral experience of cinema, working closely with Charlize Theron on the film that earned her an Oscar, what he hopes people take away from his films, and much more on the latest episode of All the Film Things!Background music created and used with permission by the Copyright Free Music - Background Music for Videos channel on YouTube.

Hamptons International Film Festival's artistic director, David Nugent, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM amidst HIFF32's final four days of screenings on the East End.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

The feature-length mockumentary “The Premiere,” which was shot on the East End, will have its world premiere at Guild Hall this Thursday, October 10, as part of the Hamptons International Film Festival. Hamptons residents will see many familiar faces on screen, as this film uses true locals in its cast of characters. The premise of the film is a documentary about the debut production of "Scream: The Musical" at Bay Street Theater, but it turns into much more. Co-director and co-producer Miles Anthony joins the editors on 27Speaks to discuss the project. A second screening will be offered on Saturday, October 12, at 2:30 p.m. at Sag Harbor Cinema.

Kristen is BACK this week and she has a lot to catch us up on... like the NIGHTMARISH road trip she took upstate with plenty of hysterical moments plus the ladies are giving us their review of Broadway's Gatsby The Musical which is of course inspired by Long Island's famous Gold Coast! Just in time for a chaotic and stressful month, our friends at AIREM Modern Beauty Rituals are here to provide a soothing and much-needed Taste of Long Island - We also are chatting about some exciting events coming up including the 2024 Suffolk County Marathon! AIREM Modern Beauty Rituals -C-RAY Vitamin C + Antioxidant Serum-Pearlessence Biocellulose Sheet MaskCheck out their locations in Syosset and at Topping Rose in Bridgehampton &Learn more about all services they offer at airem.com again, that's airem.com *You can also find them on our mobile app!*Want to be featured on Taste of Long Island and be featured on our social channels and website? Email us at Spillthetea@discoverlongisland.comLong Island Oyster Week Returns next week, October 14th-20th! Check out our new blog highlighting some of the best spots to celebrate including our partners:-Juniper at The Vanderbilt -Calissa Hamptons-The Wharf Oakdale-Lily's Babylon-Oakdale & Riverhead Brew House-Salt & Barrel Bay ShoreRead more at discoverlongisland.com/blog or download our mobile app to see what's near you!#ChariTEAIslip Arts Council reached out about their event, Anthem: A Salute to America and Her Heroes. A heartfelt musical tribute to honor Veterans and First Responders, taking place at The Boulton Center for the Performing Arts on November 14 & 15, 2024. A portion of the net proceeds will be donated to Tunnel to Towers, making this not just an entertaining show, but a meaningful one as well.Learn more here: https://isliparts.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=357#ThisWeekendOnLongIslandFriday, October 11th-Hamptons International Film Festival is still running through the 20th!-Nicki Minaj at UBS Arena!-Annual Haunted House & Grounds at Connetquot River State Park (All Weekend)-Famous Food Festival at Tanger Outlets Deer Park (All Weekend)-Oktoberfest at Canoe Place Inn Saturday, October 12th-Pridwin Fall Festival (Sat & Sun)-Long Island Fall Festival in Huntington-Montauk Fall Festival-Adventureland Scavenger Hunt-Goosebumps the Musical at CM Performing Arts CenterSunday, October 13th-Riverhead Country Fair -North Cliff Vineyards Red Wine and Pasta Night!CONNECT WITH US: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longislandteapodcast/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DiscoverLongIslandNYTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@longislandteapodcastX(Twitter): https://x.com/liteapodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/longislandteapodcast/ DM us on any of our social channels or email spillthetea@discoverlongisland.com to tell us what you want to hear! Whether it is Long Island related or not, the ladies are here to spill some tea with you! Shop Long Island Apparel!shop.discoverlongisland.comCheck out Kristen and Sharon's favorite products on Amazon!amazon.com/shop/discoverlongislandBe sure to leave us a 5-star rating and review wherever you're listening, and screenshot your review for $5 off our Merch (Please email us to confirm)Thanks to our generous sponsor, Sands New York - visit www.sandsnewyork.com for more information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam heads out to the Hamptons International Film Festival and discusses the new documentary Homegrown. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beware-of-spoilers/support

Hamptons International Film Festival's artistic director, David Nugent, joins Heart of The East End Gianna Volpe on WLIW-FM on the first day of 32nd Annual HIFF kicking off with Martha.Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

Amy Nicholson is a New York-based filmmaker and commercial director whose projects often explore the essence of Americana with a humorous eye and a warm respect for her subjects. Nicholson's most recent documentary, a short titled Pickle, won multiple audience awards, was selected for The New York Times' Op-Docs, and was featured on the Criterion Collection alongside Errol Morris' Gates of Heaven. Pickle was also nominated for an IDA Award and Cinema Eye Honors. Nicholson has produced and directed several features. Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride won the Special Jury Prize at DOCNYC and was held over twice at the IFC Center. Muskrat Lovely premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival and was broadcast on Independent Lens. Nicholson's films have screened at Hot Docs, Sheffield, Full Frame, DOK Leipzig, BFI London, Camden, Traverse City, Rooftop Films, and the MoMA. They have been reviewed by Variety, Indiewire, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.   HAPPY CAMPERS chronicles the final days of a working-class summer colony in a scrappy trailer park that just happens to hold the secret to a rich life. In a waterfront campground off the coast of Virginia, residents spend their summers living spitting distance apart in rust-bitten RVs. They chuckle about the modest rent they pay for a million-dollar location, but what makes them the luckiest people in the world is more than just stunning sunsets, it's the community they've created. Beneath cliched trailer park stereotypes lies an unlikely utopia where all are welcome. Neighbors help each other out, and share everything from power tools to simple pleasures. Loneliness and isolation are inconceivable.  When their affordable paradise is sold to developers, the residents brace for eviction and the loss of friendships that span generations. They hold tight to their final days in the sun. The well-heeled crowd that takes their place will never be as wealthy. HAPPY CAMPERS: NEW TRAILER: Embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJevuuNAxfU   Connect more with me and join my newsletter: https://www.chonacas.com/links/

Nick August-Perna complex documentary feature TELL THEM YOU LOVE ME explores the story of Anna Stubblefield, an esteemed  Rutgers University professor who becomes embroiled in a controversial affair with Derrick Johnson, a Black man with cerebral palsy, and who has been non-communicative since his earliest days. Using a highly disputed technique Anna says she unlocked Derrick's mind from his body by teaching him to communicate using a keyboard. In addition to Anna Stubblefield, we hear from Derrick's brother John Johnson, their mother Daisy Johnson and a variety of academics and doctors who lend their perspective on the relationship and what follows from it. The relationship eventually leads to Anna's arrest and a high profile criminal trial that would challenge our perceptions of disability and the nature of consent. Through exclusive footage and interviews with those on both sides of the case, the film weaves a riveting and endlessly nuanced story about communications, race and sex. Director and co-writer Nick August-Perna (The Oxy-Kingpins) joins us for a conversation on going about gaining the cooperation and trust from the participants, including Anna Stubblefield and her mother, finding a balanced approach to telling the story and his joy at seeing how TELL THEM YOU LOVE ME seems to resonate with audiences at film festivals, 2023 Hamptons International Film Festival, and the 2023 Montclair Film Festival where it won the jury awards for Best Documentary Feature and now as the most popular documentary on NETFLIX. For more go to: nickaugustperna.com

This week, Jann Arden interviews bestselling author Adriana Trigiani. They discuss Trigiani's love for writing and her work ethic, as well as how she chooses story ideas. They also talk about Trigiani's confidence and overcoming challenges in her career. The conversation touches on the influence of upbringing on identity. Trigiani shares her thoughts on heart-to-heart conversations and parental pride. They discuss the power of reading and writing with advice for creatives and the importance of genuine connections. Beloved by millions of readers around the world as one of the "reigning queens of women's fiction", (USA Today), Adriana Trigiani is The New York Times bestselling author of 20 books in fiction and nonfiction, including The Shoemaker's Wife, The Good Left Undone, Don't Sing at the Table, and Lucia, Lucia. Published in 38 languages, The New York Times calls her "a comedy writer with a heart of gold." She hosts the hit podcast, You Are What You Read, in conversation with the great minds of our time about the books that built their souls (including Jann). Adriana is also an award-winning playwright, television writer/producer, and filmmaker. She wrote and directed the major motion picture adaptation of her debut novel Big Stone Gap, adapted her novel Very Valentine for television, and directed Then Came You. She wrote and directed the documentary film, Queens of the Big Time, winner of the Audience Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival and Audience award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The film was also featured at the London and Hong Kong International Film festivals. Trigiani grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where she co-founded The Origin Project, an in-school writing program serving over 2,700 students in Appalachia. In 2023, she was knighted with the Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia by President Sergio Mattarella of Italy. She is proud to serve on the New York State Council on the Arts and lives in New York City with her family.  Connect with Adriana Trigiani on socials and sign up for her newsletter: linktr.ee/adrianatrigiani Listen to Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read podcast: linktr.ee/youarewhatyoureadpodcast

Okay folks. Here come the serious movies! Maybe you'd prefer another "Barbie" but now we've got the "buzz worthy" award-bait movies. It happens this time of year and there's no avoiding it. Still, if you listen to us at least you'll know which of these films are worth your time. We start with "Nyad" which is based on the true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida. It even stars Anette bening and Jodie Foster. It also happens to be one of the films shown recently at the Hamptons International Film Festival which Neil Rosen and Bill McCuddy attended. And they even got interviews from the filmmakers of films such as "Nyad," "The Zone of Interest," "Radical" and the documentary "In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon." But that's not all. We also cover "The Holdovers" in which Paul Giamatti plays a cranky history teacher at a remote prep school who is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go. And then we've got a biggie - "Killers of the Flower Moon." It's Martin Scorcese's epic about how when oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one. Neil goes on at length about how he thought it was too long. Which is kind of ironic. Neil also tells how much he likes the 2nd season of "The Guilded Age." Plus we've got "Pain Hustlers" which is about a fictional pharmaceutical company and stars Emily Blunt. So set some of your precious time aside and listen in.If nothing else, this podcast is shorter than Martin Scorcese's movie.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4137244/advertisement

From California's Mill Valley Film Festival to the Hamptons International Film Festival, it's the season for regional events where many Oscar campaigns can be made — or not. Plus, deeper looks at the actor and supporting actor races, as well as the strongest competitors in best documentary feature. Share your thoughts via our Listener Survey here: https://selfserve.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/222b/75187?pin=1&uBRANDLINK=5&uCHANNELLINK=2 Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsider Email us at littlegoldmen@vf.com Follow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97  Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From California's Mill Valley Film Festival to the Hamptons International Film Festival, it's the season for regional events where many Oscar campaigns can be made — or not. Plus, deeper looks at the actor and supporting actor races, as well as the strongest competitors in best documentary feature.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @vfawardsinsiderEmail us at littlegoldmen@vf.comFollow our hosts: @kateyrich, @rilaws, @beccamford, @davidcanfield97 Our editor and producer is Brett Fuchs.

Adam heads out to the Hamptons International Film Festival and discusses Fancy Dance starring Lily Gladstone. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beware-of-spoilers/support

Now that everyone on the planet has seen "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" it's time to sample of of the new movies coming out. We've got quite a varied sample to tell you about. We start with "Flora & Son" starring Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and it follows Flora, a single mom who is at war with her son, Max. Trying to find a hobby for Max, she rescues a guitar from a dumpster and finds that one person's trash can be a family's salvation. Then there's "Dumb Money" which is based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (the video game store) into the world's hottest company.Then there's the hard-boiled detective story "Reptile" starring Benecio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake and Eric Bogosian. If you're a sci-fi fan there's "The Creator" which takes place against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence,as a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child. But wait, there's more. We've got "Foe" which also takes place in the future and stars Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal as farmers whose quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal.Still not enough? How about "Cat Person" which is a razor-sharp exploration of the horrors of dating.And then there's "Fair Play" which tells what happens when an unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement. So there's all that PLUS we preview The Hamptons International Film Festival which always features films we'll be talking about for some time.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4137244/advertisement

Kristin McCracken of Hamptons International Film Festival, joins Gianna Volpe on the WLIW-FM Heart of The East End Tasty Tuesday segment underwritten by Southampton Arts Center ahead of this Thursday's 31st Annual HIFF opening night screening and East Coast premiere of NYAD. Listen to the playlist on Apple Music

 Show NotesSalty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary WomenCreative non-fiction and “essays” as a genre“I guess what I was trying to do was come up with ways into the lives of these women who I find interesting. That would also be compelling to someone who had never heard of them.”Dinner partyHannah Arendt and her cocktail partiesA subversive feast among friendsArguing in order to find out what you thinkThinking as a conversation with the selfLove in the specificity of relationshipAmor mundi—love of the world“Loving the world means working on two specific tasks. The first is to doggedly, insist on seeing the world just as it is with its disappointments and horrors and committing to it all the same. The second is to encounter people in the world and embrace their alterity, or difference.”Arendt's “banality of evil”The importance of letter-writing for sharing the self and inhabiting a years-long friendshipEdna Lewis, Freetown, Virginia, and “The Taste of Southern Cooking”Farm-to-table cooking used to be out of economic necessity, not a hip or high fine dining experienceEdna Lewis's Southern identity: "Lewis defines Southern as the experience of an emancipated people and their descendants, a cultural and culinary heritage to be proud of a distinctly American culture. And as she offers definitions, readers are reminded, she's refusing to be defined by anyone but herself.”“What Is Southern?” Gourmet Magazine—reclaiming Southern cooking for Black SouthernersThe Los Padres National Forest Supper ClubBabette's Feast (1987)The menu from Babette's FeastThe place of joy and pleasure in a flourishing spiritual lifeRobert Farrar Capon, The Supper of the LambFood and recognition“Learning how to taste”“Every dinner party is an act of hope.”About Alissa WilkinsonAlissa Wilkinson is a Brooklyn-based critic, journalist, and author. She is a senior correspondent and critic at Vox.com, writing about film, TV, and culture. She is currently writing We Tell Ourselves Stories, a cultural history of American myth-making in Hollywood through the life and work of Joan Didion, which will be published by Liveright.She's contributed essays, features, and criticism to a wide variety of publications, including Rolling Stone, Vulture, Bon Appetit, Eater, RogerEbert.com, Pacific Standard, The Dallas Morning News, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Books & Culture, Christianity Today, and others. I'm a member of the New York Film Critics Circle, the National Society of Film Critics, and the Writers Guild of America, East, and was an inaugural writing fellow with the Sundance Institute's Art of Nonfiction initiative. She's served on juries at the Sundance Film Festival, DOC NYC, Sheffield Doc/Fest, the Hamptons International Film Festival, and others, and selection committees for groups including the Gotham Awards and the Sundance Documentary Film Program.In June 2022, her book Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women was published by Broadleaf Books. In 2016, her book How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, and Politics at the End of the World was released, co-written with Robert Joustra.I frequently pop up as a commentator and guest host on radio, TV, and podcasts. Some recent appearances include CBS News; PBS Newshour; CNN International Newsroom; BBC America's Talking Movies; NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, On Point, and 1A; HBO's Allen v. Farrow; AMC's James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction; WNYC's The Takeaway; ABC's Religion & Ethics and The Drum; CBC Eyeopener, Vox's Today, Explained and The Gray Area; and many more. For 14 years, until the college ceased offering classes in 2023, she was also an associate professor of English and humanities at The King's College in New York City, and taught courses in criticism, cinema studies, literature, and cultural theory. She earned an M.F.A in creative nonfiction from Seattle Pacific University, an M.A. in humanities and social thought from New York University, and a B.S. in information technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.You can read my most up-to-date work on my Vox author page, or subscribe to my mostly-weekly newsletter. Production NotesThis podcast featured Alissa WilkinsonEdited and Produced by Evan RosaHosted by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Liz Vukovic, Macie Bridge, and Kaylen YunA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/aboutSupport For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give 

Josh Liveright is a writer, director, and producer. In 1991 he co-founded Zena Group, a not-for-profit theater and film collective based in New York City. As Zena Group's artistic director Josh produced New York premieres of plays by Mark O'Donnell, Jose Rivera, Neena Beber, Steven Dietz, among many others. As a filmmaker, Josh has produced several short films including Let Go, nominated for best short at the 1997 Hamptons International Film Festival and the US Comedy Arts Film Festival, American Falls, Matt Higgins: The Improvisor, and the three “What if?” Shorts. In addition to his own work, he curates performing arts space at Buunni Coffee in Inwood.

The brilliant jazz musician, Michael Wolff, is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed pianist, composer, bandleader, and now, author. In a long-running musical career, he's been the musical director for the great Grammy-winning jazz singer, Nancy Wilson, and the award-winning The Arsenio Hall Show. He's also been a member of Impure Thoughts, Wolff & Clark Expedition, and a co-star with his sons, Nat and Alex, on the series The Naked Brothers Band. Michael's life story is detailed in his memoir, On That Note, released in 2022. I've read On That Note and can tell you Michael writes powerfully and movingly about his time in the jazz world, and his many challenging experiences he's had while winding his way toward success in both music and life.Michael made his recording debut with Cal Tjader in the mid 1970's and has since gone on to play and record with some of the greatest jazz musicians in the world, including legends like: Flora Purim and her husband Airto Moreira; Cannonball Adderly; Sonny Rollins, and The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, among many others.He's performed with, and conducted over, 25 symphony orchestras, including those in: Dallas, Fort Worth, Berlin, Atlanta, Memphis and Pittsburgh.Michael's performed at Carnegie Hall, The Royal Albert Hall, Birdland, Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, Snug Harbor and Mezzrow, among hundreds of others in the U.S. and around the world.He's released 21 recordings to critical and popular acclaim. Aside from performing with drummer Mike Clark in Wolff & Clark Expedition, he's also part of a trio featuring Ben Allison on bass and Alan Mednard on drums. Michael also records and performs in conjunction with jazz radio station WBGO at the Yamaha Piano Salon in New York City.Michael's a recipient of the BMI Music Award, the winner of the Gold Disc Award in Japan, and the recipient of the Hamptons International Film Festival's award for best film score for the film, The Tic Code, starring his wife, Polly Draper, Carol Kane, Tony Shalhoub, Gregory Hines and Camryn Manheim. Michael has also composed the scores to other film and TV projects, including The Naked Brothers Band. He also wrote the score for Polly Draper's 2018 film, Stella's Last Weekend.

It suddenly became grownup season at your local theater. That's because, despite the usual horror and superhero movies there's actually a film for and about people who are older than teenagers. It's "Ticket to Paradise" which stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Two veteran actors who play divorced parents trying to stop their daughter's marriage. Then we've got the very grownup Netflix drama "Luckiest Girl Alive." It's stars Mila Kunis as a woman who seems to have things under control, but is faced with a trauma that makes her life unravel. Chills! And we've also got part two of our interviews conducted with filmmakers and stars at the Hamptons International Film Festival. Lots to ruminate on, so listen in!

This year's Hamptons International Film Festival was so chock-full of filmmakers and excitement that we've actually had to make our podcast about it into two episodes. ANd in this first one we've got interviews with people such as director Martin McDonagh, whose film "The Banshees of Inisherin" has earned some early Oscar buzz as well as acclaimed documentary director Rory Kennedy. Plus we talked to a director who made her film while in the nude. Oh, and we even got a brief word with Dick Cavett. And for those of you who want us to review a movie, we've got Lena Dunham's latest - "Catherine Called Birdy." We've squeezed a lot into this episode and there's even more next week. So start listening now!

JD Dillard, Friday Morning Tea Underwritten by Village Overhead Doors JD Dillard, director of the new film DEVOTION, joins The Heart of The East End to talk about his film. It's US premiere will be tomorrow during the Hamptons International Film Festival. For more information about DEVOTION and a full schedule of films, visit https://hamptonsfilmfest.org/ (hamptonsfilmfest.org). Ashley Bell and Anton Armendariz, HOTsounds Underwritten by https://sagharborcinema.org/ (Sag Harbor Cinema) Ashley Bell and Anton Armendariz of Divaria Productions join Gianna to talk about tomorrow night's performance about the 1849 Shakespeare Riots. The performance will be at Bay Street Theater. Visit https://www.baystreet.org/ (baystreet.org) for tickets and information. Paul Gartside, Special Segment Paul Gartside joins The Heart of The East End for a special segment about this Sunday's free Climate Clapback Festival. The event will be at the Ross School between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. For more information, send an email to info@gartsideboats.com, or https://www.danspapers.com/event/ross-climate-clapback-festival/ (click here).

What was the first movie that made you cry? Do you remember? This is a great podcast question to ask Anne Chaisson, Executive Director of the Hamptons International Film Festival. Too bad she asked me first! But that's just how it goes when an amateur podcaster sits down with a long time dear friend and just starts talking about movies (it's ok to call them movies, or films, or even what Anne calls them). We cover a lot of ground here, sharing memories and what makes "the movies" so special to so many of us. Another great thing about doing a podcast with such a professional "show business" personality? We did it all in one take!! 

Fire In Paradise Welcome to The Guys Review, where we review media, products and experiences.   **READ APPLE REVIEWS/Fan Mail**Mention Twitter DM group - like pinned tweetRead emailsTwitter Poll Fire In Paradise Directed by: Zackary CanepariDrea Cooper Starring:  Joy BeesonBeth BowersoxAbbie DavisHiyori Kon Released: November 1, 2019 (Netflix) Budget: No Info Box Office: No Info Ratings:   IMDb 7.4/10 Rotten Tomatoes 83%Metacritic NONE Google Users 74% Fire in Paradise premiered at the 2019 Telluride Film Festival. It also showed at the 2019 Hamptons International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Short Film. First time you saw the movie? Plot:The film opens with shots of a tranqual forest, and Paradise, California, population 26,561, cut in with home videos of people doing day-to-day activites, while a voice over gives a safety alert for fire conditions. PG&E could cut power for safety. Nov 8, 2018, 6:16am, Ray Johnson, wearing a firefighter shirt, says the news stated it was going to be windy day, and could produce fires. So he stationed himself at the water tender at Station 33, and that he felt the day didn't feel right. Cut to a call center and a woman stating that night shift is 7pm to 7am and that it was quiet that night. Beth Bowersox said a call came in around 5:30am that her supervisor took, from a PG&E employee, about a Pulga Fire. Dacia Wiliams describes laying in bed with her kid, and her mom had taken other children to school, and said they saw smoke. 7:16am, 911 calls are played about the Pulga fire. Fire fighter Sean Norman speaks about hearing calls about a fire, and how he had to get on the road to come help. Beth dispatched the fighers and named it "The Campfire" due to regulations and guidelines...and how it seemed like a normal fire, at first, but her faces drops and follows with, "it got bad, real quick." As we see video of fires and power lines. 7:19am. Driving through town, Mary Ludwig speaks about getting to school and the frenzy it was in, and how quickly the sky turned orange. Sgt. Rob Nichols talks about meeting with his partner, in their car with Ash raining down. 7:29am, calls of smoke everywhere. Beth says it still seems normal for a fire, and more calls play of people reporting smoke and fire, and are told to evacuate. Beth states a co-worker took a call for a house fire in Paradise, and she is suprised. 7:41am: the 911 call for paradise plays. 7:45 minutes start counting up and more 911 calls play of paradise residents calling in fires. S:-I remember hearing about this fire, but to see people who live there talk about it, its obviously very dramatic.  Ofc. Nichols speaks about a spot fire in the middle of town. Cut to a house burning wildly, and flames shooting everywhere with a woman talking about her house being on fire. Dacia speaks about getting stuck in traffic; and waiting over 40 minutes, and that it's not normal. Video of a man and dog waiting in traffic. Ray talks about seeing the ploom of smoke coming at him and how eerie it was, like a monster. Cut to a shot of the smoke, and it is massive. Rays wife Jennifer talks about evacuating and seeing all her neighbors and friends around her, trying to get out, and how unreal it is. Mary speaks about kids being outside and the wind being so strong, branches were falling on fire. The kids are then evacuated on the school bus. Abbie Davis, a teacher, talks about getting on the evac bus with the kids. Mary was scared about getting on the bus with the kids, and even said she didn't want to, but did. And how the first corner they hit, there was fire and they were stuck in treaffic. Cut to video of people driving surrounded by everything on fire. Abbie speaking about being next to McDonalds and it caught on fire. And then it went completely black. Ray talks about his wife scraming and crying, cut over someone filming trying to calm people down surrounded by fire. Madeline Johnson, Ray and Jennifers daughter, talks about trying to stay calm, and being fucking brave, that she wasn't going to die. As Naoh, her brother, talks about praying, all this while showing film of someones car having flaming branches fall on it with someone scraming, and flames all over the road. More 911 calls and Beth telling people to get out, that they don't have anyone to come and help them. Joy Beeson talks about getting out with her son, and how he pushed her out of the way of a falling tree. Beth gets choked up talking about taking calls with people who are afraid and how hard it was to have to hang up and take more calls. S:-The timeline of the story is a little weird here for me, if everyone is evacuating, shouldn't they go get their kids too? And why were kids outside if FLAMING BRANCHES are literally falling from the sky?-That bit with Madeline... man... That got me. Esp with the footage they played. Like, obviously they survived...but my God. The fear. 9:35am. Abbie and Mary speak about the exit ramp being on fire, and the first feeling of deep hopelessness. The kids started falling asleep, so they created some homemade filters. Abbie tells Mary she doesn't think they're going to get out. They prayed, and they prayed to die of smoke inhalation, and went back to work. 10:42am. Nichols talks about getting to Clark and Skyway, and how bad of an intersection it is. Total gridlock. And the firewall is coming straight at them. A video of Nichols talking to a guy in a car telling him they're stuck, and the man looks scared and asks if they're going to be ok. They then start telling everyone to abandon their cars and evacuate on foot. Joy tells of balls of flame, like from the bible, falling around them. They cut to video of a fire tornado. They move everyone to a large parking lot. Sean talks about realizing they're not going to be able to put this fire out. So they start breaking into buildings to put people in them, as the field behind it was a propane strage field, and they started to explode. Sean described it as war. Dacia tells how the fire fighters told them they're surrounded, and the only way to survive would be laying down on the concrete. She speaks about prying with her child under a blanket for hours. Finally, the front passed and they were bussed out. Norman tells of driving around, trying to get people out of their houses, as embers are flying and catching more on fire, and they were refusing. So they took them, and wouldn't let them go back when their dog ran off. He knew he wouldn't make it through the fire front, so he started looked for somewhere to go, but there was nothing. So he drove straight into and through the fire front and survived. He gets choked up talking about surviving, and that those people probably hate him, but they're alive to hate him. S:-Speaking of the part where they prayed they would die of smoke inhalation: have you ever had an instance where you thought you could die?-The people being alive to hate him... How ungrateful Shots of burnt out cars, melted cars, burned homes, and some chairs, as avoice over says its been contained 3 weeks later. A flyover shot of where homes once stood, just burned ashes and some reminants where walls once were; as news casters discuss fatalities, and missing persons. We see video of a man walking to a car, telling how he knew the person inside who died, and we see a skeleton; he says he's sorry, buddy. In a meeting, people are being briefed about going out and finding missing people and giving closure to familes. The largest ever search and rescue operation in California. Norman talks about how it was a very unprecidented fire, and fire behavior. He speaks of all the fires that have occured in California and how bad they've been, mass descrution, not being able to control them, fire fighters being trapped and killed. He said the climate has been part of the problem. Ray is cutting down a burned tree, in front of what used to be his house, with only a chimney standing. Jennifer says it's like death and a greeving process. Ray wants to see everything rebuilt, but that it's not the same. Durham, CA, in a temporary school for Paradise students, Mary is teaching. And speaks about being on the bus for 6 hours. We see some drawings the kids have done, and how sad they are. Mary says shes scared to go back. She walks through the burned out school in awe. We see a burnt out forrest, whit some home videos playing over it of happier times. Dacias kids tell her they just want to go home... but she is afraid of what the road would look like. Nichols talks about how there isn't enough housing for all the residents, and we see Joy in some sort of tent/housing. Beth says she hasn't been back to Paradise because of how many people died and are missing, but trying to figure out where to go and what to do next. She's worried people will forget with more disasters. Shes visably shaken. It cuts to black, and texts that reads: the camp fire killed 85 people, making it the dealiest wildfire in the United States in over 100 years. End title card, cut to black, and roll credits, as they display pictures of what I assume are victims of the fire. S:-There is a shot where Mary is walking out from the burned out school, and a mural on the wall of Where the Sidewalk Ends... Kind of apropos, considering. A lot of things ended, but there can still be life and happiness, like the poems from Shel Silverstien. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThere is a place where the sidewalk endsAnd before the street begins,And there the grass grows soft and white,And there the sun burns crimson bright,And there the moon-bird rests from his flightTo cool in the peppermint wind. Let us leave this place where the smoke blows blackAnd the dark street winds and bends.Past the pits where the asphalt flowers growWe shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,And watch where the chalk-white arrows goTo the place where the sidewalk ends. Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,For the children, they mark, and the children, they knowThe place where the sidewalk ends.   Top Five Trivia of the movie: 5: The Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history, and the most expensive natural disaster in the world in 2018 in terms of insured losses. 85 deaths, 18,804 buildings destroyed, $16.65B in 2018.4: Ignited by a faulty electric transmission line on Nov 8, 2018,3: Paradise, which typically sees five inches of autumn rain by November 12, had only received one-seventh of an inch by that date in 2018.2: Burned 153,336 acres or 240 square miles1: The fire reached 100 percent containment after seventeen days on November 25  TOP 5Stephen:1 Breakfast club2 T23 Sandlot4 Back to the Future5 Mail order brides Chris:1. sandlots2. T23. trick r treat4. rocky horror picture show5. hubie halloween Trey:MeatballsBoondocks SaintsMail Order BridesSandlotLone Survivor Tucker:1. Beer review 2. T23. Gross Pointe Blank4. Mail order brides5. Escape rooms    Web: https://theguysreview.simplecast.com/EM: theguysreviewpod@gmail.comIG: @TheGuysReviewPodTW: @The_GuysReviewFB: https://facebook.com/TheGuysReviewPod/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYKXJhq9LbQ2VfR4K33kT9Q Please, Subscribe, rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts from!! Thank you,-The Guys

Coffee and Language Independent Film — Personal, Controversial, Uncompromising www.coffeeandlanguage.com Kim Jiang Dubaniewicz (Jean) grew up in Northbeach, Chinatown and The Mission District of San Francisco, where she loved watching indie films. She studied Theatre at SOU in Ashland, Oregon, as well as in NYC with William Esper. She starred in the multiple award-winning feature film TIE A YELLOW RIBBON, that played on national TV / PBS, and internationally at festivals. Her other film credits include "BLiP", "Jackson Arms", "Anamnesis" and the award-winning short "Only Child". As a director, she made the short film "Gilpin's Nightmare" starring Carl Lumbly and also directed him on stage in THE EMPEROR JONES. She now lives in Mill Valley. Erin Mei-Ling Stuart (Joni) is an actor, director, dancer, choreographer, and occasional musician. She fled Fresno for San Francisco 28 years ago and has lived here ever since. Erin is a proud company member of Shotgun Players and Detour Dance. Upcoming projects include choreographing and performing in "The Truer History of The Chan Family", a live vaudeville turned digital (coming in June 2021), and co-directing the West Coast premiere of "Natasha And Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812" at Shotgun Players in Winter 2021. GIRL IN GOLDEN GATE PARK is Erin's first feature film. More info at www.erinmstuart.com Allison Ewing (Chris Moore) has been living in the Bay Area for 12 years and is originally from San Diego. Her feature film credits include lead roles in PLAYA (in post-production), 21 SUNSETS (shoots this Spring) and STOCHASTIC (shoots this Fall) along with supporting roles in DISRUPTED, now streaming on Amazon Prime and AppleTV (recipient of the audience choice award at Cinequest and other film festivals awards), E-14 now streaming on Amazon Prime, and CONFESSIONAL (in post production). She has also starred in over a dozen short-films including “Metropolitan Crush” now streaming on YouTube (with nearly 2 million views). Allison has gravitated toward films that illuminate important social issues impacting local communities and beyond. She is an acting teacher and student at First Take, in the Bay Area. JP Allen (writer/director) has made ten feature films, eight filmed in San Francisco, including GIRL IN GOLDEN GATE PARK. His first feature film, COFFEE AND LANGUAGE (a love story about writers in a San Francisco coffeehouse), premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival where it was nominated for the Golden Starfish Award and for Best Screenplay. He wrote, produced and acted a lead role in the film STEPHANIE'S IMAGE starring Academy Award Winner Melissa Leo. His other films include GAMBLING, BELIEF, Meeting with Chekhov (doc short), SEX AND IMAGINING (based on his play produced in NYC and LA), CENTAUR, LOVE AND DEMONS, REVISIONS, THE FILMMAKER (based on his novel) and GIRL IN GOLDEN GATE PARK. JP is from Texas, but has lived in San Francisco for over thirty years and has devoted most of his work to making films about characters in SF, and about The City itself. His production company is called Coffee and Language. More info at www.coffeeandlanguage.com and https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1135119/. Cathy Montosa (producer) has produced four Coffee and Language Films, LOVE AND DEMONS, REVISIONS, THE FILMMAKER and GIRL IN GOLDEN GATE PARK. She is also a registered nurse, a Psych Nursing Clinical Instructor at Santa Rosa Junior Collee, and the author of the children's book, "How Do You Know?" http://www.coffeeandlanguage.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bravemaker/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bravemaker/support

One of our favorite film festivals - The Hamptons International Film Festival - took place recently and our own Bill McCuddy covered the star studded event and brought us some great interviews you'll only hear on this very podcast. He's got Alec Baldwin talking about how the event often presents films that become Oscar winners. Bill also talked to Maggie Gyllenhaal about "The Lost Daughter" which is her directorial debut. He also chatted with Emmy winner Josh O'Connor ("The Crown") and Odessa Young about "Mothering Sunday." And then listen to Bill run down all the important films that had their premiere there too. As for films you can watch right now, Bill Bregoli has the documentary "What Happened, Brittany Murphy" about the mysterious and tragic death of the the young actress. Neil Rosen tells us about the third season of the smash cable hit "Succession." For movie buffs, we've got "Attack of the Hollywood Cliches" as well as Bill McCuddy's take on "No Time to Die," the latest and much delayed James Bond adventure. But wait, there's more, including the documentary "Becoming Cousteau" and the horror thriller "Last Night in Soho." As always, we're brought to you by The Accutron Show. So listen in!

Episode 48: This week on “Dan's Talks,” Dan speaks with David Nugent, artistic director of the Hamptons International Film Festival, which runs October 7–13 … Read More

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including COVID in schools; masking mandates; restaurant staffing problems on the East End; passage of the Puppy Mill law in Riverhead; fundraising for the Riverhead supervisor's race; and the Hamptons International Film Festival. https://www.facebook.com/shaw11946 (Joseph P. Shaw), Executive Editor, The Express News Group https://www.facebook.com/wpsutton (Bill Sutton), Managing Editor, The Express News Group https://www.facebook.com/civiletti (Denise Civiletti), Editor/Publisher,  Riverhead Local https://www.facebook.com/michael.mackey.984 (Michael Mackey), Local Host For Long Island Morning Edition, WLIW-FM https://www.facebook.com/chrissysampson (Chrissy Sampson), Deputy Managing Editor, East Hampton Star

This week on Behind The Headlines, the panel discusses a number of topics, including COVID in schools; masking mandates; restaurant staffing problems on the East End; passage of the Puppy Mill law in Riverhead; fundraising for the Riverhead supervisor's race; and the Hamptons International Film Festival. https://www.facebook.com/shaw11946 (Joseph P. Shaw), Executive Editor, The Express News Group https://www.facebook.com/wpsutton (Bill Sutton), Managing Editor, The Express News Group https://www.facebook.com/civiletti (Denise Civiletti), Editor/Publisher,  Riverhead Local https://www.facebook.com/michael.mackey.984 (Michael Mackey), Local Host For Long Island Morning Edition, WLIW-FM https://www.facebook.com/chrissysampson (Chrissy Sampson), Deputy Managing Editor, East Hampton Star

Grab your popcorn and take your seats, because we're heading to the movies! Films have delighted and inspired audiences around the world… leaving an indelible mark not only on our lives, but on our food culture and habits. We sat down with film critic and writer Bobby Rivers for a delicious conversation about everything from cocktails with Lucille Ball to the best food scenes in cinematic history. David Nugent, artistic director for the Hamptons International Film Festival, also joins the show to share the inside scoop on this international celebration of independent films that takes place on the East End of Long Island every October.More about Bobby RiversMore about the Hamptons International Film Festival

It's summer, and every other week, members of the Here's The Thing staff are selecting favorite interviews from the archives. This week, we revisit Alec's interviews with two award-winning, dynamic actresses who happen to have a lot in common, Julianne Moore and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Alec and Julianne Moore worked together on Still Alice (Julianne won an Academy Award for Best Actress) and 30 Rock. She spoke with Alec in 2014 about the chops she developed doing soap operas early on, her work on a string of independent movies in the 1990s, and why it's always important to give even the most minor roles your best. Alec talked with Maggie Gyllenhaal before a live audience in 2018 at the Hamptons International Film Festival. Maggie talked about her early experiences in theater, what she's learned about trust, and the ways her confidence has grown over her remarkable career.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

On our penultimate show, we chat with Anne Chaisson, executive director of the Hamptons International Film Festival, about the importance of movies, her journey from business to producer to executive director, about film festivals in general and their place in the landscape, and, of course, about the East End.

Robert Blake Whitehill discusses MENTORING AND COLLABORATING WITH INTERNS, including the logistics and requirements of an author establishing an internship with a college or university, how he determines what work he asks his interns to do, and how he got past the idea that “if you want something done right, do it yourself.” He also discusses the considerable responsibilities he has as a sponsor, and shares what he receives in return for his investment of time and effort. Robert Blake Whitehill trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. An early focus on feature screenwriting earned Whitehill film festival wins at the Hudson Valley Film Festival and the Hamptons International Film Festival. He has written episodes of Discovery/Times Channel's THE NEW DETECTIVES, DARING CAPERS, and THE BUREAU. Robert served as the Vice President of Independent Film Acquisitions for Centerseat.com. He is author of the Ben Blackshaw thriller series, which Robert's company Calaveras Media is developing into a feature film franchise. His biopic inspired by the live of Robert Smalls is in development with Legion M. Whitehill lives in New Jersey with his wife and son. For a number of years, he has worked with the Montclair Ambulance Unit as an emergency medical technician.

Writer-Director Sontenish Myers joins host JP Reynolds to talk about the roots underneath storytelling, creating for the moment and finding your voice. About Sontenish Myers: Sontenish Myers is a Jamaican-American writer-director based in Harlem, NY. She is a graduate of NYU's Graduate Film program where she’s now an adjunct professor. In her work, racial identity, womanhood, power dynamics, and the heroic journey are often explored. She is particularly interested in doing so across genres, from dramas, science fiction/fantasy, to dark comedies. Her most recent short film, Cross My Heart, won the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at Hamptons International Film Festival for its “outstanding performances from its two young leads and a nuanced directorial approach.” About JP Reynolds: Called “remarkably special” by AllHipHop, JP Reynolds is an innovative artist, rapper and songwriter with an eclectic sound. The creator of “rap gumbo,” his music is a powerful blend of jazz, funk, gospel and soul. In addition to music JP is an entrepreneur, coach, activist, and minister. In 2012, he created Peace and Power Media, an artistic hub that produces music and multimedia content. Since 2014, JP has supported young people in pursuing passion and purpose through various initiatives and partnerships with organizations and communities within the non-profit sector. JP holds a Bachelor of Arts in African-American Studies and a Master of Divinity from Yale University. Topics of Conversation: The Power of Storytelling (3:18)・Shaping Our Voice (8:14)・The Spectrum from Art to Entertainment (9:51)・Ontological Guilt (14:03)・Creating for the Moment (17:31)・What's Love Got to Do with It? (22:44)・How to Get This Grant Money (26:30)・Shedding Ego (33:41)・Sources of Inspiration (38:44)・The Future of Experiencing Film (43:06)・Joy (48:03) Theme Songs: "Reset (Hold Your Horse)" - JP Reynolds + BACHTROY "Elevate" - JP Reynolds + BACHTROY --- Support JP's work with the podcast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/jpreynolds

It's a new year! And we're celebrating with a special four-part mini-series exploring current and controversial topics that are shaping culture at the moment. In this first episode, we are tackling the hot topic of cancel culture. Is cancel culture an effective way to affect change? Is this trend going too far? Should celebrities, companies, and public figures be held accountable for their private actions? And is cancel culture having a deeper impact on our personal relationships than we may realize?    Yep, we are going there and we have the perfect guest to explore this topic more closely! Alissa Wilkinson a staff critic at Vox, where she mostly writes about film, TV, culture, and the arts, often where they intersect with media, religion, and rhetoric. She is also an associate professor of English and humanities at The King's College in New York City. Alissa is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle, the National Society of Film Critics, and the WGA East, and was an inaugural writing fellow with the Sundance Institute's Art of Nonfiction Initiative. She served on juries at the Sundance Film Festival, DOC NYC, Sheffield Doc/Fest, the Hamptons International Film Festival, and others, and selection committees for groups including the Gotham Awards and the Sundance Documentary Film Program. She is also the co-author of How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cyclones, and Politics at the End of the World. More about our guest Alissa Wilkinson: For more info, visit www.alissawilkinson.com Follow Alissa on instagram @alissawilkinson Read the latest from Alissa Wilkinson at www.vox.com This podcast episode is sponsored by Women of Consequence: What if you had total clarity on who you are and what you're meant to do in the world? If you're ready to step into your unique life purpose, Chanel Dokun, Founder of the Women of Consequence community, is here to help you unlock your potential. Women of Consequence is an online membership community where ambitious women gather to explore their life purpose. Guided by certified life planner and relationship expert Chanel Dokun, you will identify your talents, cultivate your passions, and create an action plan to move into your version of the good life. Each month, your membership in the community gives you live access to transformational virtual workshops, an online program to walk you through writing your life purpose statement, and connection to an authentic community of like-hearted women. Whether you want to launch a purpose-driven business, start a new relationship or just live with more intention, Women of Consequence is for you. Chanel has helped hundreds of women find their purpose. What untapped potential will you discover in the community? Join today. To learn more, visit womenofconsequence.co now.

Yes, we're in the middle of a pandemic, but does that keep Robert DeNiro from making movies? Uh no, which is why we start with "The War With Grandpa." No, it's not a searing drama, it's a comedy but besides DeNeiro it's got Uma Thurman, Christopher Walken and Jane Seymore. Is it worth checking out? Then there's "Hubie Halloween< which besides starring Adam Sandler has Ray Liotta, Steve Buscemi and Oscar nominee June Squibb. So are all big stars acting up a storm or just cashing a check? We'll let you know. Bill McCuddy tells us about the Netflix series "Emily in Paris" which stars Lily Collins and is on Netflix. And speaking of Netflix...why are they all of a sudden canceling some of there most popular shows? Last week it was "GLOW." What gives? They can't be running out of money can they? We also tell you the latest on the Hamptons International Film Festival which we aren't really covering this year because it's uh, virtual. So there's lots to listen to this week and of course we're brought to you by The Accutron Show." Oh, and if you're looking for the Vulture article we reference in out Netflix discussion just paste this in your browser: https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/netflix-show-cancellations.html#_ga=2.202318230.684680695.1601030685-436740535.1597176300

Co-directors Glenn Kaino and Afshin Shahidi join us to discuss their film ”With Drawn Arms,” about an iconic image of protest at 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, which opens the Hamptons International Film Festival.

The Hamptons International Film Festival begins tomorrow through October 14. Executive director Anne Chaisson and artistic director David Nugent join to discuss.

At the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, acclaimed actor Alec Baldwin interviewed Academy-Award® winning director Guillermo del Toro. Del Toro discussed how he storyboards and prepares for shoots, the origin of his film school, and what all his movies are really about. Guillermo del Toro is among the most creative and visionary artists of his generation whose distinctive style is showcased through his work as a filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and author. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, he is best known for his 2006 Spanish language feature Pan’s Labyrinth (winner of 3 Oscars®) and his 2018, contemporary fairy tale The Shape of Water, which won the Golden Lion at the 2017 Venice Film Festival, and went on to win two Golden Globes®, three BAFTAs, DGA, PGA and Academy Awards® for Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Score and Best Production Design. Del Toro’s other films include, Cronos, Mimic, The Devil’s Backbone, Blade II, Hellboy, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Pacific Rim and Crimson Peak.Since 1980, Alec Baldwin has appeared in numerous productions on stage, in films and on television. He has received a Tony® nomination (A Streetcar Named Desire, 1992) an Oscar® nomination (The Cooler, 2004) and has won three Emmy awards®, three Golden Globes® and seven consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards as Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on NBC-TV's 30 Rock. His films include The Hunt for Red October, Glengarry Glen Ross, Malice, The Edge, It’s Complicated, Blue Jasmine, Still Alice, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, and The Boss Baby among many others.Baldwin earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1994 and has received honorary doctorates from NYU (2010) and Manhattan School of Music (2012). He serves on numerous boards related to the arts, the environment and progressive politics including the Hamptons International Film Festival and the New York Philharmonic. He is also the radio announcer for the New York Philharmonic.He has authored three books: A Promise to Ourselves, his memoir entitled Nevertheless and, with Kurt Andersen, the Donald Trump parody You Can’t Spell America Without Me.He is the host of a podcast, Here’s the Thing, for WNYC.Baldwin is married to author and wellness expert Hilaria Thomas Baldwin. They have four children: Carmen, Rafael, Leonardo and Romeo, as well as his eldest, Ireland Baldwin. Baldwin hosts ABC’s Match Game, the classic television game show; a portion of his fees are donated to charity through The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation.

Linda Goldstein Knowlton is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, working in both documentary and scripted feature films, as well as in television. Linda directed and produced WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD, one of the six, one-hour documentaries for the Emmy-nominated PBS MAKERS: Women Who Make America series. Prior to that, she produced CODE BLACK, Best Documentary winner at LA Film Festival and the Hamptons International Film Festival, and the basis for the new CBS one-hour drama of the same name. Previously she directed and produced SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, which won the Sundance Channel Audience Award at the Hot Docs Film Festival, and was released theatrically in over 80 cities across the US. The film was chosen as one of 10 films for the 2012 Sundance Film Forward: Advancing Cultural Dialogue program. For her directorial debut, Linda co-directed THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SESAME STREET, which debuted at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival in completion and aired nationally on PBS. Linda started her career producing feature films, including the award-winning WHALE RIDER and THE SHIPPING NEWS. Today, we talked to her about her most recent documentary, WE ARE THE RADICAL MONARCHS. The film follows the first troop of Radical Monarchs, an alternative to the Scout movement for girls of color, aged 8-13, for over three years, until they graduate. The film also documents the Co-Founders, Anayvette Martinez and Marilyn Hollinquest, struggle to respond to the needs of communities across the US and grow the organization after the viral explosion of interest in the troop's mission to create and inspire a new generation of social justice activists. Stream now on PBS until 8/19!

We're in The Hamptons, New York with Vanessa Gordon of EastEndTaste.com. Vanessa and I talk about the Sag Harbor Music Festival, the Hamptons International Film Festival, and the region’s incredible culinary scene. Show notes are at WeTravelThere.com/hamptons Bluffworks’ stylish clothing is designed with the modern traveler in mind. It is wrinkle-resistant, machine washable, and very comfortable with hidden pockets to protect your valuables. Save 10% with our promo code at WeTravelThere.com/bluffworks

This week, Alec and Bridget talk with Sag Harbor resident Nicole Delma, founder of the "Air, Land + Sea" environmental film series of the Hamptons International Film Festival, a former "Survivor" contestant, a mom, a maker, and a doer. Nicole has recently launched a petition campaign to see if Amazon will offer plastic-free packaging, and as of the show's recording, she had received over 356,000 signatures. She has also recently launched, pre-COVID-19, a company of eco-friendly "maker's kits" with her new company, mindoffline.org.

Brian De Palma's astonishingly diverse hits as a director include Blow Out, Scarface, The Untouchables, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Raising Cain, Carlito’s Way, and Mission: Impossible.  He wrote many of those screenplays, too.  With his distinctive visual style and proven box office success, he's among the undeniable greats of both auteur and commercial filmmaking.  In this live interview, he tells Alec about getting his start in directing as an undergrad at Columbia, and has stories from Blow Out, Scarface and Mission: Impossible.  In 2019, the Hamptons International Film Festival gave De Palma its Lifetime Achievement Award; this conversation was part of the ceremony.

Grace Kim is a Korean-American filmmaker and writer who uses absurdist and surrealist premises in film as a vehicle for sowing empathy. Dropping audiences into the otherworldly circumstances of her characters, she seeks to reflect to viewers their own humanity. If one is able to resonate with the loneliness of say, a man desperate for love after hearing a woman's voice on the other side of a banana phone, could human empathy not transcend arbitrary boundaries of race, gender, class, and beyond? ​Currently, Grace is in development for an animated TV series about climate change, The Grand Tammy, which was a second rounder for the Sundance Episodic Lab. She is a Viacom Viewfinder Program fellow and recently shadowed director/executive producer Dime Davis on the Paramount TV series Boomerang, executive produced by Lena Waithe and Halle Berry. In addition to television, Grace is a Picture Farm Directing Program fellow for female commercial directors. Grace's award-winning short films have screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival, Tall Grass Film Festival, and Sidewalk Film Festival amongst others. Her debut short Loveseat was a finalist for the Horizon Award at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and the Loveseat script was a quarterfinalist for the Screen Craft Short Film Fund. The script for her latest project Fissura was a finalist for the Cascadia International Women's Film Festival Script Studio as well as one of the top 100 submissions for the Shift Creative Fund. Grace was also a part of Ghetto Film School's EMERGE8 semi-finalists for their inaugural emerging directors program. Her work has been supported by the NYC Women's Fund funded by the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and NYFA. Her upcoming projects include Heart Tick Kaboom, a short film commissioned by Atlanta Film Society for the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport which will screen on the 500 screens throughout the airport starting in April 2020 and a narrative dance film, Fissura, which is slated to shoot in September 2020 and is supported in part by the Brooklyn Arts Council. ​Grace currently splits her time between the brownstones of Brooklyn and the sunny shores of Los Angeles. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coronachronicles/support

This week, in honor of the upcoming Academy Awards, Here's the Thing brings you a collection of conversations with Oscar-winners -- and, today, with a pair of 2020 nominees.  They are Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, the co-directors of For Sama, which is up for Best Documentary Feature.  It's a movie pieced together from more than 500 hours of footage shot by Al-Kateab, a young mother in rebel-controlled Aleppo, Syria, as government troops closed in.  For Sama is about what it's like for an ordinary, middle-class family to conceive and raise a child in a city under siege.  As the San Francisco Chronicle puts it, "For Sama is a film made with the instincts of a journalist, the passion of a revolutionary, and the beating heart of a mother."  Watts, Waad, and Waad's husband, Dr. Hamza Al-Kateab, joined Alec at a live taping of Here's the Thing at the Hamptons International Film Festival.

We had so much to talk about at this year's Hamptons International Film Festival that we had to do our podcast in two parts. In part two we start with "Red Penguins." It was a last-minute entry into the festival and you'll be able to tell why the festival's director was so eager to get it in there. We talk to director Gabe Polsky about his depiction of capitalism and opportunism run amok - complete with gangsters, strippers and live bears serving beer on a hockey rink in Moscow. It all happened when the Pittsburgh Penguins bought the fabled Russian National Hockey Team. And you'll hear from Steven Warshaw, whose job it was to make the whole deal come together. Then we hear from Tania Cypriano. She made "Born to Be" which tells how Dr. Jess Ting took on a new role as the lead gender-affirming suregeon at the Mount Sinai Center. It's as current a topic as there is now days. And finally, we have director Matthew Miele who talks to us about his documentary "Alan Pakula: Going for the Truth." It's all about the director of such landmark films as "All the President's Men," "Sophie's Choice" and "To Kill a Mockingbird." It's more than a podcast can handle but it's all right here! 

It's hard to believe it's been a whole year but here we are again at one of our favorite venues: The Hamptons International Film Festival. It's where we get to get up close and personal with some talented filmmakers and ask them about heir fascinating films and this year was especially fun. We start by talking to Ebs Burnough about his documentary "The Capote Tapes" which fetatures never-before-heard interviews and is a revelatory glimpse into author Truman Capote's life and work. Then Lesley Chilcott tells us about "Watson" which introduces us to Paul Watson, a lifelong defender of underwater ecosystems and environmental activist. The film also tells of the price he's paid for his fierce struggle. And finally, we have "Scandalous." Filmmaker Mark Landsman's probing look into the National Enquirer and tells how the sensational tabloid has pushed its own particular brand of fake news from the fringe into the mainstream. And that's not all folks!! Stay tuned for Part Two of our interviews from the Hamptons International Film Festival next week.

Steve Lawrence, an award-winning filmmaker previously interviewed by Stacy on CCP Episode 178, returns to CCP to discuss the documentary film he co-directed, The Cat Rescuers. The film premiered in October 2018 at the Hamptons International Film Festival, where it won an award for “giving voice to the voiceless.” Since then, Steve and his production company have set about making the film available for community screenings that can be used as fundraisers for rescue and TNR groups. This can be done either directly through the filmmakers, or through an online platform called Tugg, which will take care of the logistical details for you. Steve tells Stacy that his intention with this film was to make something that would help raise awareness about TNR and adoptions. One of the other points of the film was to make the point that much of this work that is being done to help cats is done on a volunteer basis and that the groups around the country need ways to sustain themselves. Steve hopes that the film allows people to raise awareness in their own communities about what it takes to do this kind of work, and also about why and how TNR is effective. “Our intention was to make a film that would be of use to the rescue community not only in the U.S. but around the world—but we also wanted to make a film that would be emotionally engaging and sufficiently entertaining that it would grab an average viewer who’s just looking for a good story, for an interesting story with compelling characters—and I think we’ve achieved both.” To learn more about The Cat Rescuers, including where/how to attend or host a screening, visit the film’s website. To host a screening where the details (like finding a location and ticket sales) are all taken care of for you, go can go through Tugg’s online booking interface.

Our guest this week is David Nugent, director of programming and artistic director of the Hamptons International Film Festival. David also directs the festival’s annual Screenwriting Lab. He has been a juror for the Student Academy Awards as well as the Sarasota, Newport International, Silverdocs, Galway, Gen Art, and Newfest Film Festivals. He has written festival coverage for Indiewire and participated on panels at the Sundance Film Festival and IFP’s Independent Film Week Script to Screen Conference. He has delivered guest lectures at Harvard University and Hunter College and served as a judge for student films at both New York University and the School for Visual Arts.

In this special Hamptons International Film Festival episode of RMR, Louis goes it alone as he reviews some of the very best films the festival had to offer, including Damien Chazelle's First Man, Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite, and Ben is Back! He also drops some weird stories about his time there.

Here's a podcast that takes you (and us) on a real trip. We start with "A Star is Born." It's the blockbuster starring Bardley Cooper and Lady Gaga. It's about the 4th time this story has been told by Hollywood but what makes this one different? Can Lady Gaga act? Can Bradley Cooper direct? We'll tell you what we think. There's also "First Man" starring Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong and Claire Foy ("The Crown") as his wife, Janet. It's directed by Damien Chazelle, who did "LaLa Land." Does it get off the ground or is it a failure to launch? And all of this happens while we're at the Hamptons International Film Festival. We talk to all sorts of interesting filmmakers about their very varied and interesting movies, all of which were impressive enough to be chosen for this prestigious film festival. Somehow they let us in too. So climb aboard, it's quite a ride!

After his parents divorced, 10-year-old Flynn McGarry wanted to feel useful, and maybe to reassert some control over his environment, too.  So he started cooking for his mom, Meg.  A passion was born.  Meg began homeschooling him, allowed him to turn his bedroom into a high-end kitchen, and hosted Flynn's pop-up restaurants at their suburban California home.  Massive publicity followed, and, this being the internet age, cruel online backlash.  Soon, documentary filmmaker Cameron Yates got interested, and embedded with Flynn as he rose and rose over six years, to the threshold of realizing his most lofty culinary dreams -- at age 19.  Cameron and Flynn joined Alec for a live event at the Hamptons International Film Festival, and the three talk candidly about life under the microscope, about the mixed blessings of precocity, and, most importantly, about the complicated relationship between Flynn and a mother who sees herself as having given up dreams of success as a filmmaker and writer to nurture her family.  Cameron's film, Chef Flynn, will be in theaters November 9.

Kim Jackson is the Co-Founder and President of Entertainment at SingularDTV. Prior to creating SingularDTV she was Producer and President of Evotion Media (formerly Streetwise Pictures), a New York City-based film production company providing collaborative investor relations and award-winning production services for feature films. An accomplished producer, she began her career in Los Angeles at Disney/ Touchstone, and has been intimately involved in numerous productions, including (among others), MUNICH directed by Steven Spielberg, CLICK directed by Frank Coraci and INSIDE MAN directed by Spike Lee. Kim studied Biochemistry and Environmental Science at Simmons College in Boston, and is an adjunct professor at the The New School University in Manhattan teaching "The Producers Craft", when she is not involved in a production. Ms. Jackson is honored to serve as a judge for the Student Academy Awards, Day Time Emmy’s and as a jury member for the Hamptons International Film Festival student short film competition, the SVA Dusty Film Festival and the NYU First Run Film Festival. Originally aired with host Laura Zarrow on August 22, 2018 on SiriusXM's Business Radio Powered by The Wharton School, Channel 132 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of digitalSoup, the guys discuss some issues the Duffer brothers are having with Stranger Things, Jason's new wrist rocket, and the future of Indiana Jones. Amazon Kindle Fire devices now have hands free Alexa voice services. A no brainer by Amazon to further unlock the usefulness of their tablet line up. Chrono Trigger's PC port is getting the original SNES graphics back Square Enix says that three patches are coming to fix the Steam version's problems. Chrono Trigger's surprise release on Steam in February was great news for fans of the classic role-playing game, right up until the point they saw what Square Enix had actually released. The Windows PC version of Chrono Trigger wasn't a faithful recreation of the SNES original, but a poorly received port of one of the company's mobile releases. Duffer Brothers Accused Of Lifting ‘Stranger Things' From 2012 Short Film Charlie Kessler, who directed the short film Montauk that debuted at the 2012 Hamptons International Film Festival, filed a lawsuit Tuesday (read it here) in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming he pitched the Montauk concept to Matt and Ross Duffer in April 2014 at a Tribeca Film Festival party and later presented “the script, ideas, story and film” to the duo that they allegedly used to develop their hit series. Spotify valued at nearly $30 billion in unusual Wall Street debut Spotify opened at $165.90 a share on the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday. The stock later fell below $150 a share. Its Wall Street debut has been closely followed in recent weeks as much for the unconventional approach to a public offering it chose as for the company itself. Unlike traditional IPOs, Spotify did not raise new capital. Instead it simply listed existing shares directly on the stock exchange without relying on underwriters to attract investors, set a price and stabilize the stock as it begins trading. Indiana Jones or Indiana Joan? Steven Spielberg has recently mentioned that if the franchise is to continue after Harrison Ford's final run as Indy, that he would want a woman to take on the iconic role. Who are your candidates for actresses that would make a great Indy in the future?

Hey there word nerds! Today I am delighted to have author and journalist Steven Gaines on the show! Steven is the bestselling author of a number of biographies and nonfiction books including Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons and The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of the Beatles. His journalism has appeared in several major publications such as Vanity Fair and The New York Times, and he is  the co-founder and past vice-chairman of the Hamptons International Film Festival. After decades of writing the life stories of others, Steven’s latest work, his memoir One of these Things First, showcases a defining moment in his own life. Listen in as we chat about the literary art of writing a memoir that is both truthful, and tells an engaging story for readers.   In this episode Steven and I discuss: How to identify the juicy moments of your life to craft into a memoir. Finding, but not clinging, to the “tent pole” of your story. Pushing the story forward and staying true to the events. The role of humor in memoir, and how to do it right. The when, where, and how of releasing your story to the world. Plus, Steven’s #1 tip for writers. For more info and show notes: DIYMFA.com/195

Creative differences on #bringmcleodsback2018; Our Gal Fry Day; The Other Einstein; the Louisville-Hollywood connection. At 6:40: Hollister’s verdict on Marshall, starring Chadwick Boseman as future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Co-starring Josh Gad (Beauty and the Beast), Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), Kate Hudson, and Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey). 12:32: It’s back to the Hamptons International Film Festival for our review of Goodbye Christopher Robin, with guest podcaster Diane Barrett. Directed by Simon Curtis (Woman in Gold); starring Domhnall Gleeson (Brooklyn), Margot Robbie (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot), and Kelly Macdonald. Click here for footage of Margot Robbie from the #HIFF25 Green Room. 32:10 List of Six: Inspired by Goodbye Christopher Robin, Our Favorite Father-Son Movies (where no stuffed bears are co-opted).

It's the second part of our special podcast from the 25th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival. We continue our fascinatiing conversations with stars and filmmakers starting with writer/director Vincent Gagliostro who tells us about his film "After Louie" which stars Alan Cumming who delivers a raw and riveting performance as a survivor of the AIDS crisis coming to terms with life after losing his partner. Then we talk to filmmaker Josh Klausner and star Tate Ellington about "Wonderland" which is an different sort of musical filmed in the Hamptons. Finally we talk to filmmakers about two intriguing short films: "Fry Day," which is a coming-of-age film set during the time of Ted Bundy's execution, and "Commodity City" which documents the largest wholesale consumer market in the whole world. It's a wonderful world of film and we've got it here for you!

Cher returns to the Big Screen; a truly triumphant story for spec script writers everywhere; a big reveal in episode 3 of Liar? ​ At 7:00: more original programming from Netflix: Hollister binges on Mindhunter. 10:50: It's back to the 25th annual Hamptons International Film Festival, where we reviewed Breathe with special guest Diane Barrett. Marking the directorial debut of motion capture genius Andy Serkis (who was on hand at the festival). Starring Claire Foy (The Crown) and Andrew Garfield as real-life couple Diana and Robin Cavendish; co-starring Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) (a/k/a Earl of Grantham) as their amazingly inventive friend. ​ 24:17: Inspired by Claire Foy and The Crown, this week's #ListofSix - Our 6 Favorite Royal Portrayals.

Screen Thoughts broadcasts from the 25th annual Hamptons International Film Festival, with special guest Diane Barrett. On red carpets; Itzhak Perlman; The Divine Order (“Die göttliche Ordnung”); and women's suffrage. At 7:45: Line judges: listeners did not love-love Hollister’s comments about Emma Stone playing Billie Jean King? 11:50: Hollister and Diane review Earth: One Amazing Day (narrated by Robert Redford), and at 16:02: Fry Day, a short by Laura Moss. 22:16: Mrs. Brown returns as Victoria and Abdul? Directed by Stephen Frears; starring Dame Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, and Adeel Akhtar (The Big Sick); based on the book by Shrabani Basu. 36:03: This week's #ListofSix - 6 Things O’Toole Learned About Dame Julie Andrews, recipient of #HIFF25's lifetime achievement award; featuring a Q&A with festival co-chair Alec Baldwin.

What better place to do our 100th podcast than at the 25th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival? Neil Rosen, Bill McCuddy and Bill Bregoli sit down outside with the stars and filmmakers and get the lowdown on some amazing films. We start with writer/director Onur Turkel and star Jamie Block who tell us about their ribald new film "The Misogynists" which is set in a single hotel room on the night of the 2016 general election. Then we talk to Alison Chernik about "Itzhak" which is her up close and personal documentary about the life and music of violinist Itzhak Perlman. And finally we have a unique story of hometown heroes called "Killer Bees" which is the story of the famed Bridgehampton basketball team. It's our 100th and their 25th but we definitely don't go by the numbers!

There's a new Tom Cruise movie in town. Usually you can't exape them but there's not a lot of buzz about "American Made." Why is that? Has Tom lost his mojo? We bring in Roger Friedman of Showbiz411.com who has all sorts of theories as to why Tom's not jumping up and down on couches for this movie even though it's pretty good (hint: it involves lawyers). Then Roger helps us sort though the glut of movies coming to The Hamptons International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. And stay tuned for Roger's amazing personal connection with the upcoming film "Marshall." All the movies you'll be talking about this awards season we're talking about right now. Give a listen.  

Guess which Oscar winner will be fêted at the Hamptons International Film Festival this year. (Hint: she might arrive via umbrella.) At 4:44: Either Hollister was kidnapped, or she snuck out and saw Snatched. Is the Amy Schumer-Goldie Hawn vehicle a Trainwreck? 9:34: O'Toole picks Cactus Flower (1969) - and Goldie Hawn's Oscar-winning turn - as this week's #BlastFromThePastFilm. Don't miss this clip - a dance scene with Goldie Hawn and Ingrid Bergman (yes, that Ingrid Bergman). Then it's on to pure genius (the non-dancing variety). 10:06: This week's #ListOfSix: Our 6 Favorite Math/Science Movies. 20:45: National Geographic's first foray into dramatic programming: Genius, a 10-episode series re-teaming the Oscar-winning duo of Executive Producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind; Apollo 13). Based on Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson; starring Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush as the older Einstein. O'Toole shares her 3 favorite Einstein facts (only one involves his brain). 32:49: Hollister on HBO's documentary Becoming Warren Buffett - which she might actually do, if she watches it one more time. (O'Toole is holding out for a mention of Dairy Queen.) 38:10: A stain on our history: Screen Thoughts discusses the documentary Relocation, Arkansas: Aftermath of Incarceration. Hollister interviews director (and author of Camp Nine) Vivienne Schiffer. Available on The World Channel and select PBS stations.

Robert Blake Whitehill is the award-winning author of the bestselling Ben Blackshaw series, which is available in English and German. He's the winner of the Hamptons International Film Festival and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Screenwriting Fellowship for Unexploded Ordnance and the Hudson Valley Film Festival for Blue Rinse, and was a finalist at the Telluride IndieFest for Blue Rinse. He's a proud native of Maryland's Eastern Shore and now lives in New Jersey with his family.

It's part 2 of our great time at the Hampstons International Festival and the first segment is a real doozy! We talk to filmmakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg about their stirring HBO documentary "Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing." And along with them are two survivors of the bombing, Jessia Kensky and Patrick Downes, who give us amazing insight into their struggles after the horrific attack. And on the lighter side they introduce us to one of the coolest dogs you'll ever meet. Then filmmakers Daniel Mehr and Andrew Becker stop by to tell us about "Santoalla," a documentary about a real-life murder mystery in Spain. Last, but certainly not least, legendary Hollywood actor Robert Davi tells us about "Davi's Way" which documents his quest to honor his friend and hero Frank Sinatra. It's a cool and glamorous time!

In this first of a special two-parter we're out there talking to stars and filmmakers at the Hamptons International Film Festival. We're outdoors in a relaxed setting that's just right for getting our interview subjects to open up and reveal some great inside info. First, Neil talks to Aaron Eckhart about "Bleed For This" which premiered at the festival and tells the story of boxer Vincent Pazienza and stars Miles Teller as "The Pazmanian Devil." Then actress Darine Hamze gives us incredible details about "Halal Love (and Sex)." It's a comic look at love behind the veil. And we end part one with director Jessie Auritt whose documentary "Supergirl" tells the story of an 11-year-old, 95 pound Orthodox Jewish girl from New Jersey who is a competitive powerlifter and can lift three times her own weight. It's fascinating stuff and we're just getting started. Watch for Part 2 next week!

On this week’s episode, a preview of Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch, set to be honored at the Hamptons International Film Festival. Meanwhile, Aaron Eckhart discusses his new films “Bleed For This” and “Sully." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Elise & Lesley sit down with Bat-Sheva Guez filmmaker, director and writer. They discuss the addiction of making art, her short film "Behind the Wall" featured in the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival & the Lighthouse International Film Festival and being children trying to make art. Bat-Sheva Guez is passionate about weaving dance, magic, and experimental techniques into visually compelling, character-driven stories. She has directed over a dozen short films and screened them in festivals worldwide including the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Rhode Island International Film Festival, the New York Television Festival, and more. She is the recipient of the JT3 Artist Award for Screenwriting & Directing. Her latest film, Behind the Wall, won the Panavision Grant for Best Cinematography at the Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival. She is a member of Film Fatales and the FilmmakeHERS. With her production company, Adventure Pants, Guez has directed web films for several years, including videos for Lincoln Center about artists and performers including New York City Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and American Ballet Theatre to name a few. She's directed a web series featuring New York's Underground Performing Arts scene as well as promo videos for think tanks, non-profits, dance companies, and brands. Bat-Sheva is currently in the financing phase of a magical realism feature film entitled, And How She… More info at: Behind the Wall on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/behindthewallmovie/ Me on twitter: @batshevaguez and you can see my movie posts using #BehindtheWallFilm Behind the Wall Website: www.adventurepants.tv/behind-the-wall My production company: www.adventurepants.tv My feature film in financing phases (aka we need money to start prepro) www.andhowthemovie.com

In the last of our podcasts from the Hamptons International Film Festival, Hollister and O'Toole - along with guests Bill Harts and Melissa Cohn - take a look at the delightful A Royal Night Out, a reimagining of a real-life event: V.E. Day, 1945. Winston Churchill has just declared the war in Europe over. In this "reverse Cinderella" story, a young Princess Elizabeth (wearing her wartime uniform) and Princess Margaret sneak out of Buckingham Palace to join all of London in a night of celebrating and revelry (incognito, of course). Starring Sarah Gadon and Bel Powley. Co-starring Rupert Everett and Emily Watson. Directed by Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane, Kinky Boots). It's a fresh take on the world's longest reigning monarch (click here to see photos of Queen Elizabeth II with 12 US Presidents over her 63-year reign). Podcast extra: in a rare interview, hear in the Queen's own words about that actual night - taken from the Channel 4 documentary The Queen's Big Night Out. Whether the real QE2 really did the Lindy hop that night, we may never know; but she has declared it to have been one of the most memorable nights of her life.

Hollister and O’Toole (and, later, special guests Bill Harts and Melissa Cohn, who very generously hosted us at the 23rd annual Hamptons International Film Festival) turn the spotlight on Spotlight - the much-touted film about the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning coverage of two terrible evils: the child molestation scandal - and the subsequent cover-up of the same - within the local Catholic Archdiocese. O’Toole would like to give a special shout-out to the journalists who actually broke the story before the Globe - including Kristen Lombardi of the now-defunct Boston Phoenix - who broke the story 9 months before the Spotlight series ran. To read her story Cardinal sin click here. Spotlight stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d'Arcy James, and Stanley Tucci. Directed by Tom McCarthy; co-written by McCarthy and Josh Singer. Filmed at the Boston Globe offices and in Toronto. Tell us: what's your favorite Boston movie?

Here are 10 Things We Learned from Emily Blunt at the 2015 Hamptons International Film Festival. Photo: #emilyblunt gracing the #stepandrepeat @hamptonsfilm before heading in for her fascinating #Q&A with @jenelleriley @variety. What she learned from #judidench and her reaction to #merylstreep claiming #emilyblunt saved her life on set of #intothewoods. @hamptonsfilm can really pick 'em: festival named #emilyblunt one of its Rising Stars 10 years ago. #HIFF2015

Dan Rather was the host and anchor of CBS Evening News for more than twenty years. He resigned the post in the wake of an investigation into then-President George W. Bush's Vietnam-era military service. A new film starring Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett, 'Truth,' explores that period and the outstanding questions raised by Rather's journalistic inquiry. Host Alec Baldwin spoke with Rather at a recent screening of the film at the Hamptons International Film Festival, where they discussed Rather's days as a White House correspondent, recent attempts to re-assess Nixon, and the state of news today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Dan Rather was the host and anchor of CBS Evening News for more than twenty years. He resigned the post in the wake of an investigation into then-President George W. Bush's Vietnam-era military service. A new film starring Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett, 'Truth,' explores that period and the outstanding questions raised by Rather's journalistic inquiry. Host Alec Baldwin spoke with Rather at a recent screening of the film at the Hamptons International Film Festival, where they discussed Rather's days as a White House correspondent, recent attempts to re-assess Nixon, and the state of news today.     

Hollister and O’Toole discuss Sicario (which, as we know from the trailer, means “hitman” in Mexico). Directed by Québec native Denis Villeneuve; written by Taylor Sheridan; starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro. Cinematography by Roger Deakins (a 12x Oscar nominee). The cross-border drug cartel theme leads to comparisons with Steven Soderbergh’s film Traffic and the FX series The Bridge (which starred Diane Kruger and Demian Bichir). Hollister loved the acting, the script, the direction, the cinematography. For her part, O’Toole can’t help but wonder how Sicario would have turned out had it been edited by long-time Martin Scorsese collaborator (and 3x Oscar winner) Thelma Schoonmaker (Raging Bull). Hollister and O’Toole can both agree: Sicario would not have been Sicario without Emily Blunt. Kudos to writer Taylor Sheridan for turning down the backers who offered a bigger budget if he would only replace Emily Blunt’s character (really, the only female character in the movie) with another man. Podcast extra: 10 Things O’Toole Learned from A Conversation With Emily Blunt at the Hamptons International Film Festival.

Screen Thoughts is thrilled to announce a special collaboration with LitLovers.com: each month, Hollister and O'Toole will review one movie inspired by a book. To start us off, the no. 1 book on LitLovers.com: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (by Malala Yousafzai and journalist Christina Lamb) and the newly-released documentary He Named Me Malala by Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). Hollister and O'Toole saw the documentary last week at the 23rd annual Hamptons International Film Festival - where they were joined in the audience by many fans of the book, and one Pakistani princess - a close family friend of Malala's, and the woman who inspired Malala's own mother to learn to read. Malala and her incredibly inspiring, courageous, and humorous voice are certainly a multimedia feast - an incredibly brave blogger at the age of 11, and by age 17, the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. As Malala herself says: "Let us pick up our books and our pens - they are our most powerful weapons." Long live the power of literature! And just for the record: this is our 59th podcast, and the 16th film we've reviewed inspired by a book!

This episode of Sitting Around Talking Movies was recorded live at the 23rd Annual Hamptons International Film Festival where Neil Rosen, Bill McCuddy and Bill Bregoli talk about the new films "Truth" and "Bridge of Spies" and we hear what Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks have to say about them. Then we're joined live by Marc Levin who talks about his new documentary being shown at the festival called "Class Divide." He's followed by up and coming actor Thomas Mann and his co-star Lucy Fry. They talk about their new indie feature "The Preppie Connection" and the challenge of trying to move beyond high school roles. Also, Lucy fry teaches us how to pronounce "Brisbane." 

Broadcasting from the 23rd annual Hamptons International Film Festival, Hollister and O’Toole welcome special guests Bill Harts and Melissa Cohn, film aficionados and Hampton denizens – to join in their discussion of this year’s opening night film. "Truth" tells the story (or at least one version of it) of the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report on President George W. Bush’s military service – that ultimately cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers. Starring Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid, Elisabeth Moss, Topher Grace, Stacy Keach, Bruce Greenwood, and Noni Hazlehurst. Based on Mary Mapes’ memoir "Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power".

Emmy Award winning film producer and director Marc Levin, along with his documentary film partner Daphne Pinkerson, has produced 11 films for HBO's documentary film division, most recently: Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags, and Hard Times: Lost on Long Island. His new film Class Divide, a look into the modern effects of gentrification in the New York neighborhood of West Chelsea is making its world premiere at this year's Hamptons International Film Festival. Levin is best known for the docu-series Brick City, about the city of Newark, New Jersey, its mayor, Cory Booker, and the people on the frontlines of a city struggling to change. The series won the 2010 Peabody award and was nominated for an Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking. It aired on the Sundance channel. Levin's dramatic feature film, SLAM, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Camera D'Or at Cannes in 1998.

The beauty of the land cannot mask the brutality of a farm town. As harvest draws near, Betty confronts a terrifying new reality. She will go to desperate lengths to save her family and must coldly decide whom to sacrifice. That is the description of the new film Runoff which debuted at the LA Film Festival and was featured at this year's Hamptons International Film Festival. In this conversation, Writer-Director Kimberly Levin and Producer Kurt Pitzer talk about what inspired the film, its universal theme of survival vs. integrity, why family farms are struggling to survive, and how our personal decisions can have global consequences for the earth.

"[Wildlike is] the story of Mackenzie, a troubled but daring teenage girl sent by her struggling mother to live with her uncle in Juneau, Alaska. At first he is a supportive caretaker and friend, but the relationship is not what it seems and Mackenzie must run away. Trying to make her way back to Seattle to find her absent mother, Mackenzie only winds up deeper in the Alaskan interior. With no one else to turn to, she shadows a loner backpacker, Bartlett, an unlikely father figure with scars of his own." -Production Weekly  Wildlike makes its world premiere this weekend at the Hamptons International Film Festival. Tune in to hear the film's writer and director Frank Hall Green talk about what prompted him to tell this story, and the healing power of nature. Plus, Frank talks about one of his earlier films, Shooting Script, a documentary about his experience getting shot in the stomach in New York City.

Since graduating North Carolina School of the Arts, Chad has pursued all aspects of film. Chad was actor in the award winning feature Dance Party USA, he co-wrote an animated short nominated for the Student Academy Award, and he as behind-the-scenes videographer for David Arquette’s directorial debut, The Tripper, along with making short films, like Surprise. Chad wrote and directed his first feature, Luke And Brie Are On A First Date which played at festivals across the globe including Hamptons International Film Festival and Mar Del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina. Chad’s second feature, This Is Martin Bonner, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and has also toured extensivelyat other film festivals, is a warm and perceptive meditation on friendship, human connection and getting a second chance at life, shot on location in Reno, NV.

Welcome to NWP at the Movies! This week, the pantsless ones are joined by film critic, actor, artist, and all around good dude, John Gholson. Movies are the topic of the day, but as always we begin with what we’ve been playing and listener mail. This week, we talk about Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, Patrick’s intro to iOS games, XCOM, and Julian’s existential gaming crisis. John attended the Fantastic Fest movie festival in Austin recently. This particular film fest focuses on quirky horror, action, and sci-fi movies, and John clues us in on Dredd, Cloud Atlas, and My Amityville Horror among others. We get deep into recent films as well, such as Argo and Seven Psycopaths, along with Rob’s recent trip to the Hamptons International Film Festival. We close out this episode talking about movies based on video games. Yeah, they all kind of suck, but there’s some fun to be had, as well. Enjoy Rob and John as they sit as polar opposites on nearly every movie! Thrill to Rob condemning Patrick and Julian’s favorite gaming flicks! Try not to fall asleep as we talk for far too long about the Resident Evil films! We hope you enjoyed this movie-centric episode. Join us in two weeks for our Halloween spectacular. Tell us your favorite scary games on our Facebook fan page and we’ll work them into the show. Featured Music: Hans Zimmer- Theme from The Critic Brendan Small- Jazz Fight Tomoyasu Hotei- Battle Without Honor or Humanity Utah Saints- Utah Saints Take on the Theme From Mortal Kombat

Welcome to NWP at the Movies! This week, the pantsless ones are joined by film critic, actor, artist, and all around good dude, John Gholson. Movies are the topic of the day, but as always we begin with what we’ve been playing and listener mail. This week, we talk about Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, Patrick’s intro to iOS games, XCOM, and Julian’s existential gaming crisis. John attended the Fantastic Fest movie festival in Austin recently. This particular film fest focuses on quirky horror, action, and sci-fi movies, and John clues us in on Dredd, Cloud Atlas, and My Amityville Horror among others. We get deep into recent films as well, such as Argo and Seven Psycopaths, along with Rob’s recent trip to the Hamptons International Film Festival. We close out this episode talking about movies based on video games. Yeah, they all kind of suck, but there’s some fun to be had, as well. Enjoy Rob and John as they sit as polar opposites on nearly every movie! Thrill to Rob condemning Patrick and Julian’s favorite gaming flicks! Try not to fall asleep as we talk for far too long about the Resident Evil films! We hope you enjoyed this movie-centric episode. Join us in two weeks for our Halloween spectacular. Tell us your favorite scary games on our Facebook fan page and we’ll work them into the show. Featured Music: Hans Zimmer- Theme from The Critic Brendan Small- Jazz Fight Tomoyasu Hotei- Battle Without Honor or Humanity Utah Saints- Utah Saints Take on the Theme From Mortal Kombat

Tom Hall has worked at the Hamptons International Film Festival and Nantucket Film Festival in Guest/Industry and Programming over the years along with work in New Media at Bravo/IFC. He has directed short films for Bob Mould’s Carnival of Light and Sound Tour and is a member of the indieWIRE blogging community with The Back Row Manifesto. Tom is also the Director of Programming at the Sarasota Film Festival and is currently the Artistic Director of the Newport International Film Festival which happens during the 1st week of June.