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Tsai Ming-Liang in Conversation
November 17, 2009
Fans of new wave films were treated to a screening of Face, the latest film by acclaimed Taiwanese-Malaysian director Tsai Ming-Liang. The first film to be commissioned by the Louvre for its auteur ....
From the Archives: Reds (Originally Aired Friday, October 29, 2006)
The Fishko Files
November 13, 2009
‘Reds,’ Warren Beatty’s improbable epic saga about the Leftist American journalist John Reed, was released 28 years ago, just as a generation of early 20th Century activists was aging. Beatty’s film captured their stories and combined them with the star-studded drama. In this archival episode of The Fishko Files -- produced on the 25th anniversary of the film’s release, and its first appearance on DVD -- Sara Fishko talks with three of its editors about the film’s curious construction.
High School Tycoons
The Brian Lehrer Show
November 13, 2009
Bill Frisell Scores Buster Keaton
Studio 360
November 13, 2009
Old-timey piano music isn't the only way to watch the silent films of Buster Keaton. A new DVD features three Keaton classics with gorgeous and strange music by acclaimed jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. Frisell tells Studio 360's David Krasnow about his awe for Keaton and his attempt to capture the emotion of each scene.
Precious
Studio 360
November 13, 2009
Newcomer Gabourey Sidibe has been getting a lot of attention for her performance in the title role in the new film, "Precious." Studio 360's Jenny Lawton finds out what it's like for Sidibe to ride this wave of acclaim for a part that had her exploring the very depths of despair in the life of an abused teenager.
Pedro Almodóvar
Studio 360
November 13, 2009
Since the 1980s, the filmmaker has been giving audiences a tragicomic view of Spanish life the world had never seen before. His new release "Broken Embraces" has all of the hallmarks of his greatest films: a complex structure, an underlying mystery, and Penelope Cruz. It tells the story of a movie director who has lost his sight, and it reveals Almodóvar's own vision of cinema's meaning.
Waiting for Hockney
Studio 360
November 06, 2009
Billy Pappas spent eight years working on an intricate pencil drawing of a famous Marilyn Monroe photograph. The one person he hoped would appreciate his work was David Hockney. Kurt talks with Julie Checkoway, director of "Waiting for Hockney", which follows Pappas's pursuit. The documentary airs on the Sundance Channel November 23.
Precious: The Tricky Business of Teaching Onscreen
November 04, 2009
In the movies, if often seems like a failing student just needs one really charismatic teacher to succeed. That’s what happens in the films “Dangerous Minds,” “Stand and Deliver” and “Fre....
Roger Corman: King of the B-Movies (Nothing to be Ashamed Of)
October 30, 2009
Roger Corman wore many hats in Hollywood: director, producer, impresario, and mentor to some of the greats, like Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Ron Howard. Later this year he will be hono....
From the Archives: Scary Music (Originally Aired Friday, October 31, 2008)
The Fishko Files
October 30, 2009
Tomorrow is Halloween -- the spooky time of year when thoughts of spine-tingling horror and suspense are the order of the day. WNYC's Sara Fishko is thinking about scary music in this archival episode of The Fishko Files.
Zombies
Studio 360
October 30, 2009
To make a convincing zombie, it's all in the pacing. George Romero invented the modern zombie with his 1968 film "Night of the Living Dead," and he still likes them old-fashioned -- slow-moving but hard to stop. "I don't know if you're aware of the rift in the zombie community," says Ruben Fleischer, director "Zombieland." He's all for speeding up the undead. Produced by Jonathan Mitchell.
Aha Moment: TV On The North Slope
Studio 360
October 09, 2009
Filmmaker Andrew Okpeha MacLean is from an Inuit family in Barrow, Alaska. When TV was introduced to the North Slope, it began to decimate the Inupiaq language. Now he's making films that bring that language to the world beyond the Arctic. Produced by Anna Boiko-Weyrauch.
Aha Moment: A Bridge Between Cultures
Studio 360
October 09, 2009
Chie Sakakibara grew up in Japan but became fascinated with North American Indians after seeing them in the movie "Dances with Wolves." Her interest brought her to Alaska, as a student of cultural geography, where she continues to find connections between Inuit culture and her own. Produced by Studio 360’s Jenny Lawton.
Music And The Mouse
Studio 360
October 09, 2009
From Snow White to Hannah Montana, the Disney company knows how to use music to capture the hearts (and cash) of generations of kids. And those songs lead to theme park rides and Broadway shows. Studio 360's Eric Molinsky looks into how Disney used music to build its empire.
Marvin Hamlisch
Studio 360
October 02, 2009
For his visit to Studio 360, Hamlisch sat behind the piano and conjured up the melodies from his long list of musical credits. He's the composer behind the musical "A Chorus Line" and the movie "The Sting" and his latest effort is the soundtrack for the new film, "The Informant!" To come up with the movie's signature riff, Hamlisch had to get inside the mind of a bipolar corporate whistleblower.
47th New York Film Festival
September 21, 2009
The 47th New York Film Festival kicks off this Friday in the renovated Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. The 26 films being screened are from a variety of filmmakers, both familiar and unknown. A....
Diablo Cody
Studio 360
September 18, 2009
In the new movie "Jennifer's Body" a demonic high school cheerleader devours her male classmates. It's a horror movie with a comedic post-feminist twist. Its screenwriter, Diablo Cody, won an Oscar for 2007's "Juno," but she says this horror project was her dream script. She tells Kurt about the importance of "Heathers" and "Poltergeist" to a girl growing up in the '80s.
From the Archives: Sleepwalkers (Originall Aired: 1/19/07)
The Fishko Files
September 18, 2009
This episode of The Fishko Files originally aired just as Doug Aitken's Sleepwalkers opened at the Museum of Modern Art. The multi-screen, outdoor movie could be seen from various spots in midtown Manhattan -- and it had WNYC's Sara Fishko considering the role of 'accident' in our appreciation of artworks.
A Year of Living Sustainably
The Brian Lehrer Show
September 08, 2009
The September Issue
Studio 360
September 04, 2009
Filmmaker R.J. Cutler has covered politics and race -- now he's turned to another combustible topic: fashion. For "The September Issue," he goes behind the scenes at Vogue and watches its imperious editor Anna Wintour and her creative director Grace Coddington at work. Wintour "seems to be the descendant of the minister of fashion from the court of Louis XIV," he tells Kurt.
Passing Strange
Studio 360
August 21, 2009
Mark Stewart ("Stew"), created a Tony-winning rock musical about a black teen who leaves LA to become an artist in Berlin. He talks with Kurt about the show, which takes on race, identity, and mother-son relationships. Spike Lee's film version opens this weekend. (Originally aired: March 21, 2008)
Five Years After Phoebe
Studio 360
August 21, 2009
Lisa Kudrow didn't start out wanting to be an actor: she studied sociobiology in college and wanted to become a researcher. Plans changed, and she spent ten years playing flighty Phoebe on "Friends." Over the years she became more like her character: "I lost a lot of vocabulary."
VIDEO: Lisa Kudrow in "Web Therapy"
The Class
Studio 360
August 21, 2009
Just out on DVD, "The Class" is French film that looks so real, you might think it's a documentary. The screenplay is based on a memoir by a teacher – who also stars in the movie. Sarah Elzas talked with the film's director, Laurent Cantet, who spent several months in a Paris high school in preparing for the film. (Originally aired: February 20, 2009)
