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The Indie Film Podcast
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September 30, 2023 • 38 mins
The animator/filmmaker Signe Baumane makes her first appearance on FIlmwax with her latest feature film, "My Love Affair With Marriage". Her film opens at the Quad Cinema in NYC on Friday, October 6th.
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September 22, 2023 • 70 mins
The documentary team of Christopher Knight ("The Brady Bunch") and Phil Viardo with their film "TrueLove"; and the subject of Mark Cousins' latest documentary, the legendary Jeremy Thomas.
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September 15, 2023 • 55 mins
The author Dwayne Epstein ("Lee Marvin: Point Blank") returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, ": The Making of The Dirty Dozen, the Most Iconic WW II Movie of All Time" which is currently available.
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September 8, 2023 • 48 mins
Liz Abzug, daughter of Bella, is the guest. I invited Liz on to discuss her relationship with the director Jeff L. Lieberman, who made the documentary "Bella: This Woman's Place is in the House".
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September 1, 2023 • 64 mins
This past week we lost a great friend of the documentary community: Nancy Buirski. In addition to making a number of exceptional films through her career, she also founded the Full Frame documentary festival. Perhaps most of all, she was a generous and thoughtful human being.
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August 25, 2023 • 88 mins
Oscar winning filmmaker Guy Nattiv return to the podcast with his latest film "Golda". Faced with the potential of Israel's complete destruction, Prime Minister Golda Meir (an unrecognizable Helen Mirren) must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet and a complex relationship with U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Liev Schreiber) as millions of lives hang in the balance during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War ...
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August 12, 2023 • 63 mins
Filmmaker and actor Alex Winter ("Zappa", "the "Bill & Ted" franchise discusses his documentary "The YouTube Effect" which is currently available on streaming platforms; and Rick Goldsmith is trying to get his 2009 film "The Most Dangerous Man in American: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers" in the Library of Congress National Film Registry.
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August 4, 2023 • 54 mins
Steve James ("Hoop Dreams", "Life Itself") returns with his latest documentary "A Compassionate Spy", a timely Oppenheimer adjacent story of scientist Ted Hall. And Jeff L. Lieberman discusses his documentary about the pioneering congress member Bella Abzug in his film "Bella!".
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July 14, 2023 • 50 mins
The rock critic, music journalist & author Alan Light makes his first appearance on the podcast.
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July 7, 2023 • 51 mins
The great actor Richard E. Grant ("Withnail & I") returns to discuss his new film "The Lesson". Also, the documentary filmmaker Sam Pollard returns with his latest film. "The League". Both films premiere theatrically Friday, July 7th.
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June 30, 2023 • 61 mins
Documentary filmmaker Jim Lebrecht ("Crip Camp") comes on to discuss his podcast "The Art of Documentary" where he interviews documentary filmmakers such as past Filmwax guests as Roger Ross Williams, Kirsten Johnson and Bing Liu.
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June 23, 2023 • 52 mins
The filmmaking team behind the queer cinema classic "By Hook or By Crook" (2002), Silas Howard and Harry Dodge stop by. Also, documentary filmmaker Nancy Buirski returns for her 4th visit to discuss her new film "Desperate Hours, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy" which opens at FIlm Forum on Friday, 6/23.
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June 16, 2023 • 65 mins
The actor Merritt Wever ("Nurse Jackie") makes her first appearance on the podcast. She's joined by the co-director/co-writer of the film "Midday Black Midnight Blue" in which they both star and which premieres on demand on Friday, June 16th. Also film journalist and author Josh Karp returns to discuss his latest article in Airmail.
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June 10, 2023 • 65 mins
Mary Harron has directed the new film "Dalíland" about the surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. I speak to Harron and the actor Barbara Sukowa who plays wife Gala Dalí. Also, Jamie Boyle who made a documentary about her sister and mother's addictions to opioids. That documentary, "Anonymous Sister" is currently in theaters.
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June 3, 2023 • 68 mins
The Executive of the Nantucket Film Festival, Mystelle Brabbée, makes her first appearance on the show discussing the festival which runs June 21st through the 26th. And the casting team behind the hit comedy Apple TV+ series "Shrinking".
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May 26, 2023 • 65 mins
Podcaster Jason Cilo visits to discuss his popular culture podcasr Full Cast and Crew. Watch 2 podcasters geek out on process. And more.
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May 19, 2023 • 60 mins
The documentary filmmaker Ben Steinbauer ("Winnebago Man") make shis first appearance to discuss a new documentary he co-directed with Berndt Mader called "Chop & Steele". The film is on streaming platforms. Also, the Artistic Director & Founder of the Berkshire International Film Festival, Kelley Vickery, discusses the upcoming festival: June 1-4.
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May 14, 2023 • 59 mins
The filmmaker, photographer and now novelist, Nick Ebeling, makes his second appearance on the podcast. His new semi-autobiographical novel, "Earthquake Weather" is available wherever books are sold.
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May 5, 2023 • 34 mins
Filmmaker and comedian W. Kamau Bell ("United Shades of America") discusses his new documentary called "1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed" which is currently on HBO and HBO Max.
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April 21, 2023 • 78 mins
Zoe Lister Jones returns to the podcast to discuss the Roku Original Series she has written, directed and stars in: "Slip". And I'm joined by a editor Michael Taylor, ACE, editor/author Bobbie O'Steen, Molly O'Steen, and programmer Inge de Leeuw to discuss a screening of "The Graduate" to take place at the Metrograph on Saturday, April 22nd. It's part of the series of screenings at the art house cinema on editing.
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