Today's Guest: Mark Cousins documentary director, The Story of Film: An Odyssey Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of American film students who think they know it all after watching all of the Harry Potter and Twilight films… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!... Continue Reading →
996 America Stripped: Clean talk, naked people with doc director! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: David Palmer, documentary filmmaker, America Stripped: Naked Las Vegas Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of scantily clad human beings whom I’m begging not to get any more tattoos… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! I never thought the day would come that I’d... Continue Reading →
935 Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky!) is now a children’s author! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Paul Michael Glaser, actor, "Starsky & Hutch," children's author, Chrystallia and the Source of Light Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of aging tough guys who still won’t admit they ever sang along with David Soul in the shower … in the NEW new media capital of the world,... Continue Reading →
933 Joseph Dorman makes Sholem Aleichem docu zing like a Fiddler on the Roof! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Joseph Dorman, documentary director, Sholem Aleicheim: Laughing in the Darkness Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of 16-year-old boys in heavy fake beards all speaking in high school Yiddish accents… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 of 4 I owe my... Continue Reading →
726 Can you handle The Truth? Ryan Barton-Grimley can! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Ryan Barton-Grimley, indie film director, The Truth There are essentially nine speaking parts in Ryan Barton-Grimley’s new indie film, The Truth. And two of those parts are in one scene--a couple of actors playing cops who are virtually superfluous to the story--so let’s say seven. RYAN BARTON-GRIMLEY podcast excerpt: "John Heard -- talk... Continue Reading →
Will Eisner documentary talk with Andrew Cooke and Jon Cooke! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Andrew Cooke and Jon Cooke – yes, they’re brothers – have devoted roughly eight years of their lives to producing and distributing the documentary film, Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist. I know the Brothers Cooke pretty well and feel their pain because for several years, we were on somewhat similar career tracks. ANDREW... Continue Reading →
Henry Jaglom, Tanna Frederick on Queen of the Lot chemistry! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Scorsese and DeNiro have this kind of relationship. So do Spielberg and Hanks. And Scorsese has it with DiCaprio, too, now that I think of it. Every so often, a director finds his match with an actor who “gets” their material, their vibe, their je ne sais qua. That’s what’s happening between writer/director Henry... Continue Reading →
The Sopranos’ scariest, Richie Aprile, roughs up Mr. Media! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Richie Aprile was crazy. Not gangster or organized crime crazy, but nuts. Way over the top, barely functioning in society, nuts. Of all the characters ever invented on HBO’s long-running mobster drama “The Sopranos," Aprile—played brilliantly by actor David Proval during season two—was the only one that genuinely scared me with his anger and quick-to-violence... Continue Reading →
Actress Karen Black remembers Hitchcock, Redford, Nicholson! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Some actresses land a single role and are known for it the rest of their lives. So how do you describe Karen Black, who added life to movies as different as Easy Rider with Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, Five Easy Pieces—and again with Nicholson—and The Great Gatsby with Robert Redford, as well... Continue Reading →
Henry Jaglom’s ‘It’ Girl Tanna Frederick acts out for him! PODCAST INTERVIEW
If you’re a woman in search of someone else’s emotional train wreck to make you feel better about your own life, film director Henry Jaglom has got a movie or two for you. Maybe it’s his latest, Irene in Time, about a young singer with severe daddy abandonment issues. Or maybe you’d like his previous... Continue Reading →