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This week, web series creator-turned cable TV sensation Issa Rae on her journey from YouTube to HBO, her desire for diversity on television and her...
- Added: Jan 26, 2022
- Length: 54:00
Mike Doyle and Scott Evans talk neurological confusion. not scaring the horses. and getting to use the word jejune.
- Added: Jul 17, 2019
- Length: 17:08
Game of Throne's Ciaran Hinds stars in TWO CROWS APART. A couple braces themselves for unwanted houseguests, political correctness, and a murder of...
- Added: Jan 30, 2018
- Length: 22:11
We look back on the life of novelist Kent Haruf (1943-2014). September 2017 marks the inaugural Kent Haruf Literary Celebration in Salida for this ...
Bought by WMUU-LP
- Added: Aug 10, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
There are plenty of good films out there, but I have to confess that the dominance of mediocre Hollywood pablum sometimes challenges my faith in ci...
- Added: Feb 26, 2017
- Length: 03:55
It seems that the more I love a film, the harder it is to describe exactly why. I think that’s because the best films reach a place that is deeper ...
- Added: Feb 26, 2017
- Length: 03:56
Aquarius, a new film by Brazilian writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho, wants to make us comfortable before we enter its main story. In a prologue...
- Added: Feb 26, 2017
- Length: 04:23
Many would agree that 2016 was a terrible year in general, and I don’t need to explain why. It is strange to have to admit, then, that it was a gre...
- Added: Feb 26, 2017
- Length: 04:48
August Wilson was one of our greatest playwrights, a titan of the American theater. He was careful about his legacy, and didn’t allow his plays to ...
- Added: Feb 26, 2017
- Length: 04:10
There’s a movie out called Jackie, with Natalie Portman playing Jackie Kennedy, and I kind of avoided it for awhile because I’m wary of films that ...
- Added: Feb 26, 2017
- Length: 04:33
Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq.
- Added: Feb 07, 2017
- Length: 03:03
Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Long Lavender Look by John D. MacDonald.
- Added: Feb 07, 2017
- Length: 03:16
Matt Johnson and Matt Miller talk going retro, the power of secrets, and cutting Bobby Kennedy out of their film.
- Added: Sep 23, 2016
- Length: 14:26
John Krasinski and Margo Martindale talk buoyancy, bonding, and being in the moment.
- Added: Aug 25, 2016
- Length: 13:32
Benjamin Dickinson and Reggie Watts talk multiple realities, space spores, and the difference between loops and spirals.
- Added: Mar 20, 2016
- Length: 21:35
Head Berry John Wilson talks dramatic oomph, Sylvester Stallone’s redemption, and Donald Trump’s surprising Razzie connection.
- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 25:27
Kent Jones talks the auteur theory, the power of print, and insight of Hitch’s self-doubt.
- Added: Dec 08, 2015
- Length: 14:43
Wes Craven talks strong women, sneaky men, and the post 9/11 zetigeist.
- Added: Aug 31, 2015
- Length: 13:06
In Forward Observer, Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins plays a harried Veterans Administration Hospital clerk. An elderly World War II veteran is giv...
Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM
- Added: Mar 17, 2015
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 4
Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett talk the allure of the psychopath, testing audience sympathy, and the strategic use of a key light.
- Added: Sep 19, 2014
- Length: 16:54
Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett talk the comfort of horror, art imitating life, and why violence isn’t the point.
- Added: Aug 22, 2013
- Length: 10:14
Producer Taylor Tower spoke with Andy Sturdevant, creative director and host of the Minneapolis-based live arts show, Salon Saloon. Featuring clips...
- Added: Apr 06, 2013
- Length: 16:16
Two short plays. Oscar winner Chris Cooper and multiple Emmy winner Margo Martindale star in BITE THE HAND directed by Tony winner, John Rando. Ton...
Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), Georgia Public Broadcasting, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more
- Added: Dec 07, 2012
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 8
Writer/director Martin McDonagh and star Sam Rockwell talk the impact of violence, the difference between stage and screen, and why Rockwell would ...
- Added: Oct 15, 2012
- Length: 10:32
