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It looks like the big blockbuster of the summer is not a superhero or science fiction film, but, surprisingly, a movie set during World War II. Dun...
- Added: Oct 26, 2017
- Length: 04:33
Actor and comedian Kumail Nadjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon wrote a screenplay about their own very unusual courtship. With Michael Showalter d...
- Added: Oct 26, 2017
- Length: 03:49
Among the films of Federico Fellini are a few that have achieved classic status, and deservedly so, such as La Strada, La Dolce Vita, and 8 ½. But ...
- Added: Oct 26, 2017
- Length: 04:45
When you put something on a pedestal, it becomes a prime target for pigeons. Or to put it another way – if a certain movie consistently shows up on...
- Added: Sep 06, 2017
- Length: 05:52
This week, as promised, I’m continuing my discussion of Citizen Kane, Orson Welles’ famous debut film from 1941. Last time I talked about why the f...
- Added: Sep 06, 2017
- Length: 04:45
We lost a lot of people last year. One of them particularly close to my heart was the Iranian writer/director Abbas Kiarostami, who died in July of...
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 04:38
Starting around 2005, a burst of creative energy in filmmaking emerged from an unexpected corner of the world: Romania. The Romanian new wave has g...
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 04:09
One can view much of the silent era in movies as a process in which filmmakers gradually unearthed a narrative language appropriate to the new art ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 03:23
Those who only know Maggie Smith from her roles in later life—such as, most famously, in the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, I recommend chec...
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 03:43
In the early years of the 20th century, a film genre was invented that became hugely popular: the adventure serial.
- Added: Apr 13, 2017
- Length: 03:59
A man, a plan, a piano: For 10 days, Brazilian composer Manuel Lima ate, slept and played the piano in a 10 x 10 foot square cube erected on a tria...
- Added: Sep 19, 2016
- Length: 08:03
The magnificent Machito in Grammy-award-winning form kicks in the downbeat, a three-quarter time signature by and for jazz men (Joe Henderson, Cal ...
Bought by WMOT, WJSU, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more
- Added: Jul 26, 2016
- Length: 01:59:57
- Purchases: 6
For those who aren’t familiar with Godfrey Reggio’s films, they present a riddle about reality through stunning visual images tied together with an...
- Added: Feb 19, 2016
- Length: 29:44
In this edition of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack sits down with Professor Mark Eden to ta...
- Added: Feb 19, 2016
- Length: 31:23
The story of Moon Taxi is one of perseverance and belief that what they were doing would no doubt find its way into the collective consciousness of...
Bought by KUCB and KRCB 104.9
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 07:04
- Purchases: 2
Our 2nd hour continues with more great new music from both emerging and established indie artists including Joss Stone and Nathan Thompson. We also...
- Added: Sep 02, 2015
- Length: 59:00
Producer Todd Barkan is a friend of Full Moon Hacksaw on Facebook. Alligator Records President/Founder Bruce Iglauer was submitted a hacksaw demo i...
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 01:59:57
- Purchases: 2
Spencer McCall and Jeff Hull talk archetypes, the axis mundi, and the power of play.
- Added: Oct 25, 2013
- Length: 16:13
"I want to have clarity of ideas and I want to be able to execute ideas. So if I'm going to play something really sloppy, I want it to be sloppy on...
Bought by Delmarva Public Media and KREV-LP
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 18:32
- Purchases: 2
All Mixed Up with Hal David features tributes to Joe South, more from Bob Dylan and an interview done with the late Hal David on WBAI in May 2003.
- Added: Sep 12, 2012
- Length: 56:45
Michael Goldberg on Expectations
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 03:01
profile of experimental folk musician Ralph White, who may not have a wide audience, but has come to symbolize the uncompromising artist
- Added: Jul 20, 2006
- Length: 08:05
An interview with David Wilson, the creator and curator of the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles.
- Added: Aug 20, 2004
- Length: 13:23
An interview with clown, accordion player & medal award winning unicyclist Bartek Soroczynski about his experiences while traveling with Cirque E...
- Added: Aug 20, 2004
- Length: 10:09
An Audio Excursion in Los Angeles
- Added: Jun 20, 2004
- Length: 15:10
- Purchases: 4
