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John Badham
25 juli 2007 · 30 min
Elvis Mitchell hosts writer–director-producer John
Badham (Saturday Night Fever, Stakeout, Heroes, Wargames, Crossing Jordan), who
talks about his book I'll Be in My Trailer: The Creative Wars Between
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Danny Boyle
18 juli 2007 · 30 min
Tension and home play a key part in the work of director Danny Boyle. From Trainspotting, Shallow Grave and 28 Days Later to his latest, Sunshine, he discusses the connections.
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Kasi Lemmons
11 juli 2007 · 30 min
Seventies DJ Ralph "Petey" Greene was an old-school rapper with a truth-telling style. Don Cheadle brings him to life in the film Talk to Me. The director, Kasi Lemmons (Eve's Bayou), drops by to put the spotlight on radio on film.
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Brad Bird
27 juni 2007 · 30 min
Director Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles) uses animation as a format to tell stories of emotional intimacy. His lates film for Disney/Pixar is Ratatouille.
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Adrian Grenier
20 juni 2007 · 30 min
Actor Adrian Grenier (The
Devil Wears Prada) is best known for the breezy, open movie star he plays on Entourage. In his documentary, Shot in the Dark, he opens his life -- and his search for his
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Eli Roth
13 juni 2007 · 30 min
Elvis Mitchell
hosts director-writer-producer-actor Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel,
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Judd Apatow
6 juni 2007 · 30 min
Pettiness
and self-absorption…now, that’s the stuff of comedy. At least it is for writer-director Judd
Apatow, as he showed in The 40-Year Old Virgin and his newest, Knocked Up. -
Sarah Polley
30 mei 2007 · 30 min
Wim Wenders, Adam Egoyan, Michael Winterbottom
and Doug Lyman are but a few of the directors Sarah Polley (The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica,
The Secret Life of Words) has worked with.
Now, with her directorial feature-film debut, Away from Her, she joins them. We
hear about life for her from the other side of the camera. Lees meer -
Robert Greenblatt
23 mei 2007 · 30 min
Elvis Mitchell hosts award winning producer
Robert Greenblatt (Six Feet Under) to talk about his current role as President
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Hilary Brougher
16 mei 2007 · 30 min
Elvis Mitchell hosts writer-director Hilary Brougher (The
Sticky Fingers of Time) whose new film is the controversial, Sundance-lauded
Stephanie Daley, starring Tilda Swinton and Timothy Hutton, with an outstanding performance from newcomer Amber Tamblyn in the lead role. Lees meer -
Mike White
9 mei 2007 · 30 min
Writer-director and sometimes-actor Mike White has
mastered the comedy and drama of the outsider. His scripts include School of Rock,
The Good Girl, Nacho Libre and his newest, Year of the Dog. We discuss his shaggy career. -
Edgar Wright
2 mei 2007 · 30 min
Shaun of the Dead started as a satire of zombie films but
shifted into making points about friendship and loss. Hot Fuzz parodies the 80's action film and
Bruckheimer excess. British director and
co-writer Edgar Wright (UK TV series Spaced, 'fake' trailer segment in Grindhouse) discusses the weight of comedy - or laughs it off. Lees meer -
David Duchovny
25 april 2007 · 30 min
Wry, thoughtful, but not detached, David Duchovny (House of D, Trust the Man, Bones) ironic yet emotional approach to acting gave The
X-Files a center and also grounds his satiric new film, The TV set. -
Scott Frank
18 april 2007 · 30 min
From Little Man Tate to Out of Sight, screenwriter Scott Frank (Get Shorty, Minority Report) has written scripts about emotional honesty in intense situations. His first film as director, The Lookout, continues in that vein.
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John Frizzell
11 april 2007 · 30 min
Composer John Frizzell's score have covered a wide and deep expanse, from the excentricity of Office Space to the large-scale registers of Alien Resurrection. He talks about The Reaping, and bringing the music in his head to the movies.
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Robert Rodriguez
4 april 2007 · 30 min
Since creating El Mariachi, writer, director, cinematographer and composer Robert Rodriguez has done it his way with Spy Kids, Sin City and, his newest, Planet Terror. It's part of the Grindhouse double feature which he'll unspool for us.
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Quentin Tarantino
28 maart 2007 · 30 min
Writer-director Quentin Tarantino works when he wants to on what he wants. Reserve Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, the Kill Bill films and, now, his newest part of a double bill, Death Proof.
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Chris Rock
21 maart 2007 · 30 min
Chris Rock's first film as actor and director, Head of State, was a comedy about a black presidential candidate. His newest, I Think
I Love My Wife, is, for him, even more political, a romantic comedy about the
black middle class. He'll see if he can
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Rory Kennedy
14 maart 2007 · 30 min
Documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy (American Hollow) has melded her curiosity to subjects of social injustice. Her new documentary, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, took on different shadings as she learned.
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Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
7 maart 2007 · 30 min
The TV series Lost has changed television. But has it lost its way? We ask executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.
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Anne Beatts
28 februari 2007 · 30 min
In 1975, a comedy series connected to the politics and pop culture of young people, NBC's Saturday Night Live debuted. Its first season is now on DVD. Anne Beatts, one of a handful of women writers on the original Saturday Night Live, drops in to talk about being a pioneer among a group of pioneers. Lees meer
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Gay Talese
21 februari 2007 · 30 min
Writer Gay Talese's fame as a journalist began with his fine profiles for Esquire and continued with non-fiction books such as Honor Thy Father and Thy Neighbor's Wife. With his new book, A Writer's Life, he turns his eye on himself.
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James Sanders
14 februari 2007 · 30 min
The book, Scenes from the City: Filmmaking in New York, is not only a sumptuous and evocative photo-history of New York filmmaking, it's a sharp and compelling look at city's cultural and social history through cinema. Its editor, James Sanders (co-writer or the Emmy Award-winning PBS series New York: A Documentary Film and its companion volume, New York: An Illustrated History, as well as Celluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies), connects the dots, from Marlon Brando to Woody Allen. Lees meer
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Anthony Minghella
7 februari 2007 · 30 min
Breaking and Entering, the title of director Anthony Minghella's new film, could be used to describe the furtive movement between classes dramatized in his work. It's found in his Talented Mr Ripley, Cold Mountain and here.
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George Miller
31 januari 2007 · 30 min
There's not as big a gap between the Mad Max cycle of films, the Babe movie and Happy Feet as you might think. They all come from filmmaker George Miller, whose instincts as a entertainer also connect to using film as fable. He discusses the difference between making film for kids and for adults. Lees meer
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Christine Vachon
24 januari 2007 · 30 min
Christine Vachon, one of most prolific forces in independent films, has opened the door for some of the most singular talent in movies.
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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
17 januari 2007 · 30 min
Communication is not only a theme in the films of Alejandro González Iñárritu. In Amores Perros, 21 Grams and his newest, Babel, it's also a plot point.
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Bill Condon
10 januari 2007 · 30 min
Writer-director Bill Condon adapted Chicago, and he finally brings Dreamgirls to the big screen.
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Steven Soderbergh
27 december 2006 · 30 min
Director Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Erin Brockovich, Traffic) likes to use each film he makes as a way to clear his head and palate. He goes from low budget, stark digital film to lush the studio film, The New German. He'll discuss navigating both worlds and what they have in common. Lees meer
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Phil Rosenthal
20 december 2006 · 30 min
As creator and executive producer of Everybody Loves Raymond, Phil Rosenthal did more than just add humor. He helped the cast--from novice to veteran--understand its reality. It's all in his book, Youre Lucky You’re Funny.
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Morgan Freeman and Brad Silberling
13 december 2006 · 30 min
Writer-director Brad Silberling (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Moonlight Mile) came up with the film 10 Items or Less about an iconic star affair to dip his doe into indie-film waters. Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby, The Shawshank Redemption) decided to take the role as star and producer. Hear all about the ripple effect. Lees meer
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Edward Zwick
6 december 2006 · 30 min
Integrating movie stars into ensemble dramas is not just a social experiment for director Ed Zwick (About Last Night, Glory, Thirtysomething, Legends of the Fall, The Last Samurai), it's how he works. You can see it in his new film, Blood Diamond.
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Darren Aronofsky
29 november 2006 · 30 min
Writer-director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) continues exploring themes of life, death and rebirth in his new film, The Fountain. It's a lot to cram into an action-adventure, melodramatic epic.
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Christopher Guest
22 november 2006 · 30 min
Envy. Pettiness. Betrayal. They're all elements of –comedy? Yes, if you're talking about the work of writer-director-actor Christopher Guest. He follows Best in Show and Mighty Wind with For Your Consideration, inside dealist showbiz. It's all for your consideration. Lees meer
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Michael Apted
15 november 2006 · 30 min
Gorillas in the Mist.
Coalminer's Daughter. Many of director Michael Apted's films have a
journalistic bent. But his documentaries have a soulful touch, like the series
following a group of 12 people. The
first one was called 7 Up. The new one is 49 Up. We'll discuss marking time--on film. Lees meer -
Phillip Noyce
8 november 2006 · 30 min
Phillip Noyce's Catch a Fire follows he real life story of an black South African
who is radicalized after being wrongly accused. It follows the director's Rabbit Proof Fence
and The Quiet American. The film is about being awakened to the world
around you and moments that change your life forever. Lees meer -
John Cameron Mitchell
1 november 2006 · 30 min
Sex and a need to connect in the days after 9/11 are both
integral to the director John Cameron Mitchell's second film as a director, Shortbus. Lyrical, literal and fanciful,
it's his follow up to Hedwig and the Angry Inch. He reveals life from the other
side of the camera. Lees meer -
Forest Whitaker
25 oktober 2006 · 30 min
After career performances under directors such as
Martin Scorsese and Neil Jordan, Forest Whitaker (Platoon, Bird, The Crying Game,
Ghost Dog, The Shield) is getting noticed for his
work under a first-time director. Whitaker’s
portrayal of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland is taking him new
places. We find out exactly where. Lees meer -
Amy Berg
18 oktober 2006 · 30 min
A career as a producer for CBS News and CNN not only prepared
director Amy Berg for her film, Deliver Us from Evil, it sowed the seeds for
her documentary as well. It's the story
of the path of abuse left by Father Oliver O'Grady, who molested children in parishes throughout California for 22 year, and the awful authority of
power corrupted. Lees meer -
Todd Field
11 oktober 2006 · 30 min
Todd Field chose to complement his acting career,
which includes a no-doubt influential turn in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, with a career behind the camera. His directing
debut, In the Bedroom, won him a Best Picture nomination. His newest is an adaptation of Tom Perrotta’s
Little Children. Lees meer -
Thom Browne
4 oktober 2006 · 30 min
After being rejected as an actor, Thom Browne decided to
take control of his own fate. In just a
few years after starting his own line of elegant stark menswear, he's the hottest
thing going. He talks about turning the
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Ralph Gilles
27 september 2006 · 30 min
Director David Cronenberg said that the Chrysler 300c had movie-star charisma. Snoop Dog said he liked it so much he cthe company to demand one for himself. For "Style Month," Ralph Gilles, the Chrysler designer for the car, cruises by to share what's under the hood. Lees meer
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Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
20 september 2006 · 30 min
Portraits, frame and sobriety with a hint of wit. That defines the work of portrait photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, whose subjects range from authors to presidents to porn stars. Look, his newest book, adds models and designers.
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Scott Sternberg
13 september 2006 · 30 min
Elvis Mitchell hosts former CAA agent Scott Sternberg, founder and designer for Los Angeles' Band of Outsiders clothing label.
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Ozwald Boateng
6 september 2006 · 30 min
You've probably seen the fashions of Ozwald Boateng on Jamie Foxx in Miami Vice, as well as on Paul Bettany and Laurence Fishburne. He's also starring in the Sundance Channel documentary series, The House of Boateng, and brings us a little couture.
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Matt Dillon
30 augustus 2006 · 30 min
The allure of street-poet Charles Bukowski is such that actors Ben Gazzara and Mickey Rourke, and directors such as Barbet Schroeder have taken their shot at him. Now, Matt Dillon (Rumble Fish, Drugstore Cowboy, There's Something about Mary, Crash) can be added to that mix. He stars in Factotum. Lees meer
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Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden
23 augustus 2006 · 30 min
It's often the dream of indie filmmakers to expand a short film into a feature and see it hold up under that growth. Director Ryan Fleck and his writing partner, Anna Boden, did just that with Half Nelson. We'll talk about that nurturing process.>
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Craig Ferguson
16 augustus 2006 · 16 min
He's Mr. Wick from The Drew Carey Show. He's also host of the Late Late Show. And now, Craig Ferguson has written his first novel, Between the Bridge and the River. He talks about writing – and talking...
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William H. Macy
9 augustus 2006 · 30 min
Elvis Mitchell hosts actor William H. Macy (Fargo, Boogie Nights, The Cooler)whose new film is Edmond.
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Burt Bacharach
2 augustus 2006 · 30 min
The career of composer Burt Bacharach (The Look Of Love , Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Alfie , Magic Moments, I Say A Little Prayer) encompasses every decade of the last 50 years. He hits the 21st century with his newest DC, At This Time, and talks with us about these socially-conscious songs. Lees meer