Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Jordan Brady, director of the stand-up comedy documentary films I Am Comic and I Am Road Comic, by clicking on the video player above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of howling, flying monkeys who always think they’re smarter and funnier than... Continue Reading →
959 Indie filmmaker Alex Ferrari turns to olive oil imports! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Alex Ferrari, Red Princess Blues, Broken, filmmaker, olive oil importer Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of slippery Hollywood producers hoping to grease the skids with olive oil imports to make appearances here annually… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! When Alex Ferrari... Continue Reading →
787 Docu director Geefwee Boedoe implores all: Let’s Pollute! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Geefwee Boedoe, documentary film director, Let's Pollute Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of whiny consumers sitting through this interview just long enough to see what free stuff Oprah is going to hand out… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Apparently, Geefwee Boedoe watched a... Continue Reading →
This is a Carbon Nation? You betcha says director Peter Byck! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Peter Byck, documentary filmmaker, Carbon Nation Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of climate change deniers who are happy to be sweating in winter and freezing in summer… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! I imagine that the first requirement of directing documentary... 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 →
705 How to ask 30 top directors about the film that changed their life! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Robert K. Elder, author, The Film That Changed My Life My 14-year-old son is thinking a lot about college these days and just last night asked me, “Why did you get a degree in film studies?” Good question, but I had to weigh telling him the truth with giving an answer that... Continue Reading →
701 Red Princess Blues short demos filmmaker Alex Ferrari’s skills! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Alex Ferrari, indie film director, Red Princess Blues, Broken Alex Ferrari hasn’t received the break he deserves yet from Hollywood so he continues to make his own luck. The independent filmmaker, who was one of my very first guests on Mr. Media Radio back in 2007 to promote his short horror story,... Continue Reading →
Alfred Hitchcock fans! Docu filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau gets vertigo! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Laurent Bouzereau, film producer, director, author, Hitchcock: Piece By Piece Psycho. Vertigo. Rear Window. The 39 Steps. It’s hard to imagine that an entire generation has grown up without Alfred Hitchcock as one of our leading, active filmmakers. The man was so imaginative, so inventive, so… unpredictable, that even on the rare occasion... 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 →
80 comedians walk into a bar… wind up in film, I Am Comic! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Jordan Brady has been on stage, told the jokes, suffered the hecklers and luxuriated in the belly laughs. He also knows the pitfalls of standup comedy and comedians. So who better to chronicle their lives than one of their own? I just finished watching I Am Comic, Brady’s funny, fast-moving tribute to the... Continue Reading →