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Exploring exploring great art and the people who made it through deep dives and interviews.
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About Keith Jarrett
Becoming one of the greatest jazz pianists, classical interpreters, or composers of your generation is an incredible feat… Keith Jarrett is considered all three.
A prodigious talent, Keith was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1945, and began learning the piano at age three, two years later — at the age of 5, he had his first TV appearance, by...
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About Keith Jarrett
Becoming one of the greatest jazz pianists, classical interpreters, or composers of your generation is an incredible feat… Keith Jarrett is considered all three.
A prodigious talent, Keith was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1945, and began learning the piano at age three, two years later — at the age of 5, he had his first TV appearance, by s...
In 1989 Tom Schulman won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Dead Poets Society.
He followed this up with screenplays for two hit comedies, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, and What About Bob?.
In 1997 he made his directorial debut with the Joe Pesci led, Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag. He recently returned to the director’s chair for his 2022 film, Double Down South.
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More lessons and stories I cut from the Robin Williams deep dive.
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Robin Williams is an Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy award winning actor and comedian. He first rose to prominence for his breakout role as Mork in the hit '70s sitcom, Mork and Mindy. Following Mork, Robin received praise for his dramatic turn in films such as Dead Poets Society, Awakenings, and The Fisher King.
In the '90s, Williams became one of the highest-paid movie stars in the world thanks to films like Hook, Aladdin, Mrs. D...
Robin Williams is an Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy award winning actor and comedian. He first rose to prominence for his breakout role as Mork in the hit '70s sitcom, Mork and Mindy. Following Mork, Robin received praise for his dramatic turn in films such as Dead Poets Society, Awakenings, and The Fisher King.
In the '90s, Williams became one of the highest-paid movie stars in the world thanks to films like Hook, Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire...
My guest today is Howard Bloom, as a music publicist in the 1970s and ‘80s he worked with talent like Michael Jackson, Prince, Bob Marley, Queen, Joan Jett, and more. In 1979, New York Magazine put him in their "Hot 100 plus" list as one of its "Big Dealmakers"
This is Howard’s second appearance on this podcast, in our first interview back in 2023, we discussed his time in the music industry as I tried to underst...
What I learned interviewing writer and filmmaker Baron Ryan.
Get a copy of Baron's short story collection, A Comedy of Nobodies
Watch Baron's debut feature film, Two Sleep People: Coming Soon
Baron Ryan, also known as @americanbaron on TikTok (2.9M) and Instagram (1.3M) is a writer and filmmaker who rose to prominence making short films on the internet that wrestle with life, love, and the meaning of it all.
At the end of 2024 Baron released a collection of short stories called A Comedy of Nobodies, his fiction debut that traces a fall semester in the lives of four typical but unforgettable university students.
This...
What I learned interviewing Veronica Cartwright, actor, The Birds, Alien, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and The Witches of Eastwick.
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Veronica Cartwright has been acting for over six decades. After appearing in the William Wyler film "The Children's Hour", Alfred Hitchcock requested to meet her and cast her as Cathy Brenner.
After navigating the tough transition from child actor to adult actor, Veronica went on to act in films like Alien, The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Witches of Eastwick, Goin' South, and more.
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I wanted to try my hand at film analysis and I stumbled onto some interesting connections when watching the 1999 film Bicentennial Man, so figured I'd give it a shot.
An update on what to expect from Artwell this year.
This officially marks the end of Artwell Season 4 on George Miller. I have spent time thinking about the key lessons I learned this season of the show and have distilled them down into essays that I will share with you in this episode.
In this episode we explore why 'Your Art Is Not For You', and 'How to Tell a Story Like George Miller'. I also share two incredible stories from George Miller's collaborators, and...
Everything that didn't make it into my two deep dives on George Miller.
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Takeaways from my conversation analysing the hidden meaning of Mad Max: Fury Road with concept designer, story consultant, and lecturer Mike Hill.
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Mike Hill is a concept designer (Blade Runner 2049, Dune, Call of Duty), script and story consultant (Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Love Death and Robots), and lecturer on the hidden meaning of stories. He joined me for his second interview on Artwell to discuss the hidden meaning of Mad Max: Fury Road.
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...What I learned interviewing BAFTA Award winning Casting Director Nikki Barrett.
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Nikki Barrett is a BAFTA Award winning Casting Director for her work on Baz Luhrmann's Elvis. She is also known for her work on Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa, The Great Gatsby, Talk To Me, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hacksaw Ridge, and more.
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What I learned interviewing 3x Academy Award nominated editor Richard Francis-Bruce, known for editing films such as Mad Max 3, The Shawshank Redemption, The Rock, Se7en, The Green Mile, Air Force One, Perfect Storm, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and more.
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