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Caption: Paul Haggis, San Francisco, CA 6/11/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Paul Haggis talks fiction as truth, discovering world cinema, and embracing imperfection.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 14:21
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David Michod talks cars in the desert, economic collapses, and how a haircut can speak volumes.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:53
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Kelly Reichardt talks community, isolation, and wanting to blow up a dam.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 11:30
Caption: Elliot Lavine, San Francisco, CA 5/8/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Programmer and Film Noir expert Elliot Lavine talks opaque experiences, waking dreams states, and why a film is always better sitting in the dark w...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 22:06
  • Purchases: 1
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100-second module, from our readings for May. The setting may remind you of Hitchcock's Rear Window.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
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100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Revisiting a classic.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Exploring life's grand mystery, part of our 100-second readings for MAY.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
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In Athens, Georgia, most roads lead back to education, to football, and to music. In turn, these cultural catalysts inspired development in visual...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 39:08
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This is one example of our 21 weekday 100-second modules for March, 2014.... -- A new author each day reading a compelling passage from their new ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
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Fredrik Bond on instinctive acting, fighting the dark side, and the pleasures of an underdog city.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 11:30
Caption: H.P. Mendoza, San Francisco, CA 3/10/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
H.P. Mendoza talks subversion, creative boosting, and the haunting nature of memory.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2013
  • Length: 15:28
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Writer/director Erik Matti talks by phone about politics, tracking shots, and why the hitmen in ON THE JOB are unique.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2013
  • Length: 16:13
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Zal Batmanglij talks tribes, alienation, and being soft enough.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 10:24
Caption: Amy Acker & Alexis Denisoff, San Francisco, CA 4/28/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof talk having no fear, short shooting schedules, and staircase soliloquies.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 09:03
Caption: Ramin Bahrani, San Francisco, CA 4/8/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ramin Bahrani talks corporate corruption, Roger Ebert’s friendship, and calling Werner Herzog for advice.

  • Added: May 19, 2013
  • Length: 17:52
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Antonio Campos talks religious prostitutes, music as plot point, and the choreography of life.

  • Added: May 04, 2013
  • Length: 21:18
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One of America’s greatest composers was Aaron Copland, who wrote among other things, an opera called The Tender Land, which premiered at the New Yo...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Robert Zemeckis, San Francisco, CA  10/24/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Robert Zemeckis talks comic relief, the finer points of injuring a leading man, and the seductive qualities of motion-capture technology.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: 09:01
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Helen Hunt talks honesty, trepidation, and being the new kid on the block.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2012
  • Length: 11:17
Caption: Peter Nicks, San Francisco, CA 10/9/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Peter Nicks talks access, compassion, and letting the audience think for itself.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 21:01
Caption: Martin McDonagh & Sam Rockwell, San Francisco, CA 10/6/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
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
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Stephen Chbosky talks being reborn, taking notes, and the mysteries of the grilled sticky.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2012
  • Length: 13:16
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Without sight, the blind must rely on the soundscapes around them to navigate through a world of audio overload. To truly experience this world, Pr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Asst Stage Manager  Jewell Fears checking an effect used in Women Beware Woman at Constellation Theatre, Credit: Courtesy: Andrew Hiller
A look behind the scenes at the fires, mishaps, injuries and backstage drama that arises during the intermission of the National Touring company of...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:44
Caption: Sterlin Harjo
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Sterlin Harjo about his feature film Barking Water.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2010
  • Length: 10:33