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Ep 386: Kirsten Johnson

Ep 386: Kirsten Johnson

Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson (Cameraperson) is the guest on the first episode of the new year. The film has been short listed for an Oscar in the documentary category. It’s currently screening in NYC at the IFC Center. Tickets are currently available.

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Ep 380: Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern • Michael Sragow • Adam Irving

Ep 380: Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern • Michael Sragow • Adam Irving

Episode 380 [5 mins.] welcomes back Breakthru Films’ filmmakers Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern to the podcast. Their latest film is called Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing which covers the fateful day of the 2013 Boston Marathon and its aftermath. The documentary is currently on HBO. Also in this segment are two of the survivors from that devestating blasts, Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes.

Then in the second segment [23 mins. 50 secs.] I am joined by one of the programmers for the new streaming service FilmStruck, the result of a joint venture between The Criterion Collection and Turner Classic Movies. You can take advantage of a two week trial subscription at the moment and enjoy countless Criterion films as an abundance of ancillary content.

Last up, Adam Irving, the director of a new documentary, Off The Rails. The film follows Darius McCollum, a man singularly obsessed with the New York City subway system. McCollum, who has Asperger’s, has illegally commandeered countless subway trains, buses and other transit vehicles over decades of his life. The rest of the time he remains incarcerated.

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Ep 302: Mike S. Ryan • Ryan Miller (Guster) • Harrod Blank & Maureen Gosling

Ep 302: Mike S. Ryan • Ryan Miller (Guster) • Harrod Blank & Maureen Gosling

Mike S. Ryan, producer of The Missing Girl is the first guest; Guster front man Ryan Miller is up next; and last the producers of Les Blank’s never released doc, A Poem is a Naked Person, Maureen Gosling & Blank’s son Harrod.

Ep 264: Monte Hellman

Ep 264: Monte Hellman

The legendary director of Two-Lane Black Top, Cockfighter, and many other classic American films, Monte Hellman, is the guest on this year-end episode.

Ep 262: Pauly Shore • John Anderson

Ep 262: Pauly Shore • John Anderson

Comedian Pauly Shore discusses a documentary he has directed called Pauly Shore Stands Alone; journalist John Anderson and I discuss the career of Todd Haynes. A new Criterion edition of Safe has recently become available.

Ep 259: Robert Downey, Sr.

Ep 259: Robert Downey, Sr.

The father of underground cinema in America, Robert Downey, Sr., is the guest on this special episode of the podcast.

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