|
|
||||||
 |
||||||
|
Aideen McCarthy - The Formorian Updated: 2008-03-24 00:00:31 Description: Aideen McCarthy is a a writer and director of short films, commercials, and music videos. Aideen McCarthy decided to pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker in 2001 after originally getting her law degree, obtaining her Masters Degree in Film Studie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Signe Baumane - Animation, Philosophy, Sex Updated: 2008-03-17 00:00:43 Description: Spoiler Alert Radio interviews renowned animator and sex expert, Signe Baumane. Signe Baumane was born and raised in Latvia, graduating from Moscow University in 1989 with a B.A. in Philosophy before starting work at Dauka Animation Studio in Riga as...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Rosenblatt - Film Festival World Updated: 2008-03-03 00:00:45 Description: Richard Rosenblatt is the publisher of the website Filmfestivalworld.com. He manages the FFW Network, and the overall operations and publication of FFW. FilmFestivalWorld.com is a membership site targeted to networking people who make films and mixe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brendt Barbur - Bicycle Film Festival Updated: 2008-02-22 13:30:53 Description: Brendt Barbur is the founding Director of the Bicycle Film Festival. The film festival celebrates the bicycles and bicycle culture through art, film, music and performance and brings together various aspects of bicycling together to advocate its abil...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Judy Laster - Woods Hole Film Festival Updated: 2008-02-15 13:30:08 Description: Judy Laster is the founder and Executive Director of the Woods Hole Film Festival. The Woods Hole Film Festival is a week long festival held in Woods Hole on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, from the end of July to the beginning of August. The festival inc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Casey Safron - Animation Block Party Updated: 2008-02-08 13:30:00 Description: Casey Safron is a film professor, filmmaker, and founder of Animation Block Party. Taking place in late July in Brooklyn, New York, the Animation Block Party (ABP) is a four-night film festival party with the best and most unique animated shorts from...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Anne S Lewis - Separate Vacations Updated: 2008-02-01 13:30:54 Description: Anne S. Lewis is a featured writer for the Austin Chronicle and writes a monthly column covering the the Austin Film Society documentary tour. Separate Vacations is an animated short film about a woman boarding her dog before going on vacation, who i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Liz Van Verth - Par Avion Updated: 2008-01-24 13:30:45 Description: Liz Van Verth is a filmmaker from Buffalo, NY, who received her BFA in Illustration at Syracuse and her MFA at Pratt Institute in New York. She worked as a graphic artist for NBC Nightly News and eventually as a 3-D animator for show graphics on Date...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lyn Elliot - Fish, But No Cigar Updated: 2008-01-18 13:30:20 Description: Lyn Elliot is a filmmaker who incorporates both narrative and experimental elements into her movies and creates short films that bring to the surface the strange undercurrents of everyday life. Her short films include The Boy in the Air and Mild Peop...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sarah Wickliffe - Arts Desire Updated: 2008-01-11 13:30:49 Description: Sarah Wickliffe was born in New York and raised in New Jersey, the only child of jazz vocalist Roseanna Vitro and record producer/engineer, Paul Wickliffe. She has completed three short animated films; the last of which, Arts Desire, is a 4 minute an...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dony Permedi - Kiwi Updated: 2008-01-03 13:30:47 Description: Dony Permedi is a character animator from the Los Angeles area. After receiving a BFA (BGSU, Ohio) and MFA (School Of Visual Arts, NYC), both with a focus on Computer Art, he has worked in animation for a variety of commercial, gaming, and corpora...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jonathan Browning - The Job Updated: 2007-12-13 13:30:24 Description: Jonathan Browning is an actor, director, and writer out of Los Angeles, CA. He is a co-founder of the film production company, Screaming Frog Productions. Jonathan Browning has strong background in traditional and alternative theatre. In Chicago, h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ben Peters - Frog Jesus Updated: 2007-12-06 13:30:40 Description: Ben Peters is writer and producer of a 90 second short short story film called Frog Jesus in addition to a variety of other great short short story films from a variety of genres. Frog Jesus has played a number of festivals and debuted in New England...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jonpaul Lewis - Jack The Ripper Updated: 2007-11-29 13:30:40 Description: Jonpaul Lewis is the “Jack” and master of many trades as an independent filmmaker. He is the writer, editor, director, producer, and lead actor of a three-minute short short story animation/live action character driven horror film called ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Craig Shapiro - Ice Kings Updated: 2007-11-22 20:20:17 Description: Craig Shapiro joins us to discuss his documentary film Ice Kings about an unparalleled hockey dynasty. This is the story of Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, a school that won twenty-six consecutive state champisonships between...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Greg Wilcox - Homage to a Catalonian Christmas Updated: 2007-11-15 13:30:10 Description: We are joined by Greg Wilcox, director of a short short story documentary called Homage to a Catalonian Christmas, featuring an entertaining look at a featuring the cultural winter holiday traditions of the Tio and the caganer (the crapper) and the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Raiya Corsiglia - Blue Dreams Downtown Updated: 2007-11-07 13:30:51 Description: Raiya Corsiglia is an actor, director, editor, and producer. She has worked on commercials, music videos, shorts, and has a fantasy feature planned as well. Her latest work is a short experimental film which she wrote, starred in, edited, and direct...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lidia Sheinin and Gary Cohen - Happily Ever After Updated: 2007-11-01 13:30:51 Description: Hailing from St. Petersburg, Russia, Writer/Director/Editor, Lidia Sheinin has made her first film Happily Ever After, unique short short story telling a sad romantic tale in four minutes using split screens. It won 1st Place for Best Experimental ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Shane McCabe - Lucky Escape Updated: 2007-11-01 13:00:04 Description: Shane McCabe is from Dublin, Ireland and began his artistic career as an actor before later moving to writing and eventually directing. He wrote and directed the short short story film Lucky Escape, about a man, a woman, a restaurant, and being care...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rob Sorrenti - Wednesday Updated: 2007-10-18 13:30:44 Description: Visit our new home HERE. Don’t worry, all the old interviews have been moved over there, plus fantastic new ones every week. If you have linked to this site, please update your link. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nitzan Mager - I Am God Updated: 2007-10-18 13:00:09 Description: Nitzan Mager, is the writer and director of the short film I Am God which had its World Premiere recently at the 11th annual Rhode Island International Film Festival. She has also appeared as an actress in a number of films and theatre including No...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Javier Gutierrez and Susana Jacques - Voodoo Bayou Updated: 2007-10-11 13:30:17 Description: We speak with the creators of the animated short film Voodoo Bayou, which won Second Prize for best animation at the 11th annual Rhode Island International Film Festival and screened at the eighth annual RIIFF Horror Film Festival. Javier Gutierrez i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stacy Dymalski and Billie Harsh - The Write Stuff Updated: 2007-10-11 13:00:19 Description: Filmmaker Stacy Dymalski and actress Billie Harsh speak with us about the comedic short film The Write Stuff which satirizes the hypocrisy of critics. A stand-up comic and writer, Stacy is the founder of the independent video production company Saffi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chris Burgard - Border Updated: 2007-10-04 13:30:47 Description: Chris Burgard is the director of the provocative documentary Border, which gives viewers a front row seat along the United States Border with Mexico. The film screened to much acclaim at the 11th annual Rhode Island International Film Festival. Chri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Marcin Glowacki - The Stewardess (Die Flugbegleiterin) Updated: 2007-10-04 13:00:35 Description: On this episode, we talk with Marcin Glowacki, director of the short film The Stewardess (Die Flugbegleiterin). Born in Poland and living in Germany, Marcin is both an actor and director, as well as the founder of Jim Pansen Production, a Berlin-base...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Paula Christensen - Tres Updated: 2007-09-27 13:30:14 Description: Paula Christensen was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina before relocating with her parents to New York and eventually attending Amherst (MA) College studying Theater and Anthropology. Her first full-length play In Vitro received a workshop reading at t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jodi L. Johnson - Script Writing Updated: 2007-09-27 13:00:23 Description: Rhode Island International Film Festival 2006 Screenplay Competition winner Jodi L. Johnson discusses her script Slidin’ Home, about how a young boy afflicted with chronic illness and his grandfather go on a cross-country adventure to fulfill h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kristian Söderström - Darkness Of Truth Updated: 2007-09-20 13:30:06 Description: On this episode, we talk with Kristian Söderström, director and writer of the short film Darkness Of Truth. The film is a surreal psychological thriller about the secrets of a middle-aged actress and former ballet dancer in Berlin and her tenant, a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Todd Robinson and Earnestine Rodgers Robinson - Sounds Of A Miracle Updated: 2007-09-20 13:00:30 Description: Todd Robinson is a surgeon in Memphis, TN, who was inspired to document his mother’s “miracle”, with his first forays into filmmaking, the feature-length Hidden Treasure and the short Sounds of A Miracle, both based on his mother...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Emmanuel Jespers - Personal Spectator Updated: 2007-09-13 13:30:40 Description: NEWS: Winner - First Prize for Best Screenplay at RIIFF! On this episode, we speak with Emmanuel Jespers , writer and director of the short film Personal Spectator, which screened at the 11th annual Rhode Island International Film Festival. Emmanuel ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Phil Allocco - Joseph Henry Updated: 2007-09-13 13:00:19 Description: Phil Allocco is the writer and director of the short film Joseph Henry, which screened recently at the 11th annual Rhode Island International Film Festival. Allocco began his career as a musician in the bands Law and Order and Dogma. From there, he ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JD Kelleher - One Last Drink Before Morning Updated: 2007-09-06 13:30:05 Description: NEWS: Winner - Second Prize for Best Screenplay at RIIFF! JD Kelleher is an actor making his directorial debut with the short film One Last Drink Before Morning. JD studied English at University College Cork and has an extensive acting background in ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chris Martini - The Stone Child Updated: 2007-09-06 13:00:51 Description: Christopher Martini, writer/director/producer of the film The Stone Child, joins us on this episode. He has worked behind the scenes in production in a variety of films including editing The Chris Isaac Show and the documentary Gulf War Syndrome: Ki...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ursula Burton - The Happiest Day Of His Life Updated: 2007-08-30 13:30:23 Description: NEWS: Winner - Grand Prize for Best Comedy Short at RIIFF! Ursula Burton is a Yale alumna who studied Theater and English Literature. Having done extensive theater work, she has more recently worked in television and film including The Office, The Wa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yoav Segal - The Battle Of Cable Street Updated: 2007-08-30 13:00:50 Description: Our guest is filmmaker Yoav Segal, director of The Battle Of Cable Street. In 1936, Oswald Mosley and his army of fascist Blackshirts planned to march through the East End. However, Segal’s grandfather, Ubby Cowan, and a host of others, includi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Carol Carimi Acutt - Been Down That Muddy Road Updated: 2007-08-30 13:00:18 Description: NEWS: Winner - First Prize for Best Documentary at RIIFF! On this episode, we talk with documentary filmmaker Carol Carimi Acutt of Safari Films. Carol is a native New Orleanian and has directed three documentaries about Louisiana musicians: Getting ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Awards Ceremony - 11th Annual RIIFF Updated: 2007-08-23 02:42:31 Description: The 2007 Awards Ceremony for the 11th annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), recorded live at the Federal Reserve Restaurant in Providence, RI. The ceremony was hosted by Don Farias of RIIFF, Steve Feinberg of the RI Television ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jason Connell - Strictly Background Updated: 2007-08-16 01:02:58 Description: We speak with Jason Connell, president of Connell Creations, a video and film production company in Los Angeles. Jason Connell has recently directed a documentary film about the lives of Hollywood background actors (or “extras”) called St...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Greg Cahill - The Golden Voice Updated: 2007-08-10 00:00:16 Description: Greg Cahill is originally from Boston and graduated from NYU in 2004. His thesis film there was Wolves of Chechnya, a short film about a Russian soldier’s harrowing experiences in the Chechen War. He then moved to LA, where he produces and dire...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Andrew Filippone, Jr. - Happy Monday Updated: 2007-08-06 00:00:50 Description: Boston native Andrew Filippone, Jr. attended Emerson college and worked on an unfinished project which has recently had new life breathed into it. Called Happy Monday, it is a unique experimental documentary, also referred to as a “documentary ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD George Harrar - The 5:22 Updated: 2007-07-03 14:31:41 Description: NEWS: Winner - 2nd place for Best Editing at RIIFF! On this episode we speak with writer George Harrar. George Harrar’s works have appeared in a number of literary magazines, and his 1999 work The 5:22 was selected for inclusion in The Best Ame...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brett Harvey - The Union: The Business Behind Getting High Updated: 2007-06-25 00:00:40 Description: NEWS: Winner - Grand Prize for Best Editing at RIIFF! On this episode, we talk with Brett Harvey. Brett Harvey is President and founder of BKS Crew Productions, a Vancouver based multimedia production company and has worked as a director of photogra...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Luc Beauchamp - Arthur’s Paradise Updated: 2007-06-21 00:00:57 Description: NEWS: Winner - 2nd place for Best Experimental Film at RIIFF! We speak with Montreal director Luc Beauchamp - writer, director, and producer of the film Arthur’s Paradise, which had its U.S. premiere at the 11th annual Rhode Island Internationa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dana Dorian - Axis Animation Updated: 2007-06-18 00:00:19 Description: We are joined by Dana Dorian, founder and director at the Glasgow, Scotland–based studio Axis Animation, where he has directed several award-winning commercials and broadcast projects. Dana recently made his first short film Fetch, winner of the BA...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nicholas Mason - Manhattan Short Film Festival Updated: 2007-06-11 00:00:20 Description: Our guest this week is Nicholas Mason, the founding director of the Manhattan Short Film Festival. The Manhattan Short Film Festival is a unique film festival which presents twelve short films from several countries, all screened during one week, in ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alex Merkin - Across The Hall Updated: 2007-06-04 00:00:31 Description: Today’s guest is Alex Merkin. Alex Merkin is the president of Production and Development of FiveLion Films, a music video, commercial, and film production company in New York City. He is also the director, creator, and editor of the award-winni...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Giovanna Chesler - Period: The End of Menstruation Updated: 2007-05-28 00:00:50 Description: We speak with Giovanna Chesler. Giovanna is an Assistant Professor in Communication at the University of California San Diego, and works professionally as a cinematographer and film/video curator and juror. She is the director and producer of interna...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fitness Special with Barbara Silvestro Updated: 2007-05-21 00:00:22 Description: May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. On this special episode of Spoiler Alert Radio, we talk with Barbara Silvestro. Barbara Silvestro is a 41 year old mother of three a who lost 65 pounds through diet and exercise, including using Lesl...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mary Mazzio - Mother’s Day Special Updated: 2007-05-14 00:00:02 Description: On Spoiler Alert Radio’s hour long Mother’s Day Special, we explore the theme of motherhood with Mary Mazzio of 50 Eggs Productions, who discusses her three documentary films: A Hero For Daisy, Apple Pie, and Lemonade Stories and her uni...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD JL Aronson - Danielson: A Family Movie Updated: 2007-05-07 00:00:42 Description: J.L. Aronson has written, directed, and produced Danielson: A Family Movie and discusses this and other documentary work of his. Danielson: A Family Movie follows Daniel Smith, an eccentric musician and visual artist, as he leads his four siblings an...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David Dean Bottrell - Available Men Updated: 2007-04-30 00:00:04 Description: We speak with actor, writer, and director David Dean Bottrell, who has recently written and directed an award winning comedy short film Available Men, representing his first effort as both writer and director. David Dean Bottrell has appeared on a nu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Craig Shapiro - Ice Kings Updated: 2007-04-09 00:00:22 Description: Craig Shapiro joins us to discuss his documentary film Ice Kings about an unparalleled hockey dynasty. This is the story of Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, a school that won twenty-six consecutive state champisonships between...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Skye Fitzgerald - Bombhunters Updated: 2007-04-02 00:00:05 Description: Director Skye Fitzgerald discusses his documentary Bombhunters and his work with his production company spinfilm. In 1969, the US launched secret bombing raids into Cambodia in pursuit of the Viet Cong during the Vietnam war. Until suspension as pa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Valerie Weiss - Transgressions Updated: 2007-03-26 00:00:42 Description: Valerie Weiss, filmmaker and BioPhysics PhD, discusses her AFI Women’s Fellowship, the Dudley Film program she created at Harvard, and her film projects Dance by Design, Transgressions, Losing Control, and more. Transgressions has been describe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Filmmaking Magic in Rhode Island Updated: 2007-03-19 00:00:10 Description: What does it take to make a movie in Rhode Island and why should a filmmaker ply their craft in the Ocean State? These questions were discussed on March 9th at Borders in Cranston, RI. Recorded guests included: Jonathan Raben, Producer/Director of t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Luke Bittel - “Some Assembly Required” (Success & Failure) Updated: 2007-03-05 00:00:12 Description: We discuss the success and failures of filmmaker/crew member Luke Bittel behind the scenes in LA and his doc on a failed film Help Wanted called Some Assembly Required. It is rare for a filmmaker to actually admit that their film is a failure – a p...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Oscar Shorts Part II - Live-Action Short Film Nominees Updated: 2007-02-26 00:30:46 Description: Part Two of the Oscar Short Film discussions features the live-action short nominees. Films include The Saviour, Helmer and Son, One Too Many (Eramos Pocos), Binta and The Great Idea, and West Bank Story. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Oscar Shorts Part I - Animated Short Film Nominees Updated: 2007-02-26 00:00:40 Description: Part One of the Oscar Short Film features the Oscar Animated Short nominees as well as the “Short-listed” films which almost were nominated. Animated nominee films include The Danish Poet, Maestro, The Little Matchgirl, No Time For Nuts, ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Michele Meek - Publisher/Founder of NEFilm.com Updated: 2007-02-19 00:00:04 Description: Publisher/founder Michele Meek joins us from nefilm.com to discuss its impact in the film community after approaching ten years of existence. She also discusses her own short children’s film Red Sneakers, and the developements of the internatio...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chris Sparling - Writer/Director/Producer - Grassroots Filmmaking 101 Updated: 2007-02-12 00:00:25 Description: Writer, Director/Producer, Instructor, and Actor Chris Sparling joins us to discuss differences in marketing two completely distinct films and about the grassroots approach to filmmaking. He also discusses his experiences in LA as an actor to focusi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cul De Sac - Focused on “Faust” and “The Snowman” Updated: 2007-01-18 00:00:40 Description: The renowned experimental band Cul de Sac joins us to discuss their work on live film composition, which includes currently focusing on F.W. Murnau’s “Faust” and starting an annual winter tradition of performing a live original scor...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD T.J. Paolino - “Renaissance Man” Updated: 2007-01-11 00:00:05 Description: Actor, Writer, Teacher, Counselor, philosopher, “renaissance man”… T.J. Paolino travels from L.A. to Providence, RI and discusses the process of casting for the role of former Providence mayor and “renaissance man” Buddy...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Annie Mulhall - LDI Casting Updated: 2007-01-04 00:00:03 Description: Casting Director Annie Mulhall of LDI Casting stops by Spoiler Alert to enlighten us on the casting process for major films in Southern New England. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
|
|||||
