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2019-05-28 22:55
by Maria Rhodes, Rooftop’s Programming & Festival Coordinator✊ RSVP for Thursday’s special free Fort Greene Park screening now! ✊ I first encountered Sweet S… Read More
2019-05-10 14:08
Y’all. We’re *so* incredibly excited to announce a bunch of feature films that’re playing our upcoming 23rd Summer Series! Tickets are now available for Sam de Jong’s… Read More
2019-02-06 16:38
A successful “house tuner” in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people’s homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can’t solve… Read More
2019-01-26 18:38
A look at the intersection of religion and activism, tracing the rise of The Satanic Temple: only six years old and already one of the most controversial religious movements in American hist… Read More
2019-01-25 22:32
After discovering a disturbing video from a night she doesn’t remember, sixteen-year-old Mandy must try to figure out what happened and how to navigate the escalating fallout. by Mark… Read More
2018-12-22 19:11
Please consider donating to the Rooftop Films Kickstarter. These types of asks are awkward, we get it! We’re not professional fundraisers: we’re film lovers, just like… Read More
2018-12-18 22:10
Please consider donating to the Rooftop Films Kickstarter. These types of asks are awkward, we get it. We’re not professional fundraisers, we’re film lovers, just like… Read More
2018-12-17 18:33
Please consider donating to the Rooftop Films Kickstarter. These types of asks are awkward, we get it. We’re not professional fundraisers, we’re film lovers, just like… Read More
2018-12-14 20:00
Please consider donating to the Rooftop Films Kickstarter. These types of asks are awkward, we get it! We’re not professional fundraisers, we’re film lovers—just… Read More
2018-12-01 01:12
Artist and filmmaker Beck Underwood has created an online shorts festival called the Creepy Christmas Film Festival which will launch a new short every day from 12/1 — 12/25 at creepyc… Read More
2018-11-29 01:02
The first of 4 segments dedicated to Hal Hartley's Long Island Trilogy; this one with the actor Martin Donovan who has appeared in a bunch of Hartley's films, including two from that trilogy… Read More
2018-11-23 00:27
Members of the original Purchase Mafia join me in this mash-up to share memories of making the three films that comprise Hal Hartley's Long Island Trilogy. Participants include Edie Falco, M… Read More
2018-11-16 00:19
Jeremy Workman returns to the podcast to discuss his latest documentary, The World Before Your Feet which will have its theatrical at the Quad Cinema in NYC beginning Wednesday, November 21s… Read More
2018-11-14 00:10
Amos Poe last visited the podcast back in December of 2016 on Episode 385. He's back to discuss his shorts film festival which takes place monthly at the Roxy Hotel's cinema in Tribeca. Also… Read More
2018-11-09 00:05
Actor Jeffrey Wright (Westworld) stops by to discuss a new documentary, a passion project of his, called We Are Not Done Yet which follows a group of veterans and antive-duty service members… Read More
2018-11-01 22:58
Executive Producer for Independent Lens, Lois Vossen, returns for her second visit. The PBS documentary series began its new season this week. Also, director Margarethe von Trotta discusses… Read More
2018-10-25 21:14
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman returns to the podcast for his third visit with his latest film Monrovia, Indiana; filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza and first-time actor Regina… Read More
2018-10-22 21:08
Last year actor Karen Pittman (Luke Cage, Broadway's Disgraced) starred as Nya Joseph in the Lincoln Center Theater off-Broadway play Pipeline. In the play, written by Dominique Morisseau, N… Read More
2018-10-18 21:02
Our man in the field, Ron Wohlman (aka Global Adman) returns from The Hamptons with a wrap-up of the recent film festival. And filmmaker Lynne Sachs, re-unites myself and two other participa… Read More
2018-10-15 20:49
On this episode, "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" author Peter Biskind with his latest, "The Sky is Falling" (The New Press, 2018); plus two actors from the new Marielle Heller film "Can You Ever… Read More
2018-10-12 19:24
[5 mins. 14 secs.] Reinaldo Marcus Green (Stop) returns to the podcast on the eve of the release of his feature, Monsters and Men. The film, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year &md&hell…Read More
2018-10-11 06:11
Jeff Springer is one third of the filmmaking team behind the entertaining new documentary Rodents of Unusual Size. The film is currently screening around the country and will be on Independe… Read More
2018-10-04 06:05
Peter Bogdanovich makes his first appearance on the podcast to discuss two major projects: the Quad Cinema theatrical release of his new documentary, "The Great Buster: A Celebration" (10/5)… Read More
2018-09-24 17:24
[4 mins. 54 secs.] Eugene Hernandez is the Deputy Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and is the guest on this segment of the podcast. Eugene joined the Film Society in 2010 to f… Read More
2018-09-20 18:39
[7 mins. 25 secs.] The filmmaker Jim Cummings visits the podcast to discuss his first feature film, Thunder Road which will be opening theatrically on Friday, October 12th. In the meantime y… Read More
2018-09-17 20:43
The Song of Sway Lake stars Rory Culkin (Hulu’s Castle Rock, Igby Goes Down, Signs), Robert Sheehan (Misfits, Love/Hate, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones)… Read More
2018-09-13 02:37
[7 mins. 20 secs.] Columbia School of the Arts film teachers Jack Lechner and Rob King are the guests on the first segment of this episode. They have produced a retrospective for Filmwax fri… Read More
2018-09-06 17:13
[6 mins. 9 secs.] In the first segment of this episode, first-time documentary filmmaker Amy Scott, with a film about the legendary 70's filmmaker Hal Ashby called Hal. Although Hal Ashby di… Read More
2018-08-30 17:50
[13 mins. 25 secs.] In this special episode of the podcast I welcome the director and the producer of the new indie Support The Girls. Back for his third appearance on the podcast (he was on… Read More
2018-08-23 15:24
[7 mins.] Filmwax Radio friend Frank Mosley returns to the podcast. He was last heard a year ago on Episode 417. While Frank is widely known for his acting roles in countless independent sho… Read More
2018-08-20 16:30
Larry Fessenden is back for his 6th visit to the podcast to discuss... well, quite a bit in fact. One of the things we talk about his the latest installment of his radio play series, Tales F… Read More
2018-08-16 17:18
[8 mins. 45 secs.] The team behind the new indie film We The Animals is in the first segment. In Part 1 I chat with director Jeremiah Zagar (Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart) and actor… Read More
2018-08-13 02:20
The director of an exceptionally moving documentary called Minding the Gap, Bing Liu, is up first on Episode 501. The film is opening in NYC on Friday, August 17th at the Metrograph Theater… Read More
2018-08-09 17:01
Filmwax Radio's 500th Episode welcomes the director Ramin Bahrani. Bahrani has made six feature films including the Neo-realism inspired Man Push Cart (2005) and Chop Shop (2007). The… Read More
2018-08-09 16:44
An expanded, feature-length version of the Sundance Grand Jury Prized dramatic short of the same title, Jim Cummings’ Thunder Road tells the story of flawed police officer Jim Arnaud (… Read More
2018-08-07 15:36
Maxim Pozdorovkin’s Our New President is a vodka-soaked fever-dream of a documentary that chronicles Donald Trump’s rise to power solely through Russian propaganda. Scr… Read More
2018-08-02 14:05
[9 mins. 5 secs.] I caught up with Amy Jenkins and her extremely personal non-fiction film, Instructions on Parting, at the Montclair Film Festival this past Spring. Jenkins' film weaves bre… Read More
2018-07-26 03:59
[3 mins. 55 secs.] A brief call from Film Forum programmer Mike Maggiore regarding the current renovations and addition of a 4th screening room at the esteemed NYC arthouse cinema, Film Foru… Read More
2018-07-19 04:23
[4 mins. 19 secs.] Finally, the legendary cinematographer Ed Lachman does the Filmwax Radio podcast. Ed has shot too many films to mention so other than The Lords of Flatbush and Desperately… Read More
2018-07-16 14:53
[6 mins. 51 secs.] A new documentary called Milford Graves Full Mantis directed by Jake Meginsky is currently screening at the Metrograph in New York City. The film is a portrait of ren… Read More
2018-07-13 14:30
While CherryPicks is about the critical end of the female gaze, our ultimate mission is to diversify voices all along the creative spectrum. We asked some of the filmmakers involved in Rooft… Read More
2018-07-12 22:17
“Fort Greene yesterday was crowded with people who sought, beneath the blue canopy of heaven and in the freedom of the fields, to worship ‘nature and nature’s God.” … Read More
2018-07-12 05:02
[11 mins.] The great filmmaker Gus Van Sant (To Die For, Milk) visits Filmwax Radio (for the first time) to discuss his exceptionally moving new movie, based on John Callahan’s memoir… Read More
2018-07-05 15:46
Documentary filmmaker Kimberly Reed (Prodigal Sons) makes her first appearance on the podcast. Her new film, Dark Money, is a political thriller which examines one of the greatest… Read More
2018-06-28 02:00
[2 mins. 55 secs.] In the first segment, a conversation with the director Andrew Fleming (Dick, Hamlet 2). Andrew has a new comedy called Ideal Home which stars Steve Coogan and Paul R… Read More
2018-06-26 22:07
As has become the annual tradition, Rooftop Films Founder and Artistic Director emiritus Mark Elijah Rosenberg has made the trailer for the 2018 Summer Series. Past trailers, which kick off… Read More
2018-06-25 23:17
[4 mins. 30 secs.] Debra Granik (Winter's Bone, Stray Dog) makes her first appearance on the podcast. Debra has a new film which opens on Friday, June 29th, called Leave No Trace. The film i… Read More
2018-06-21 18:18
The Brooklyn Army Terminal, also referred to as the ‘US Army Military Ocean Terminal’ or the ‘Brooklyn Army Base’ is an inter-modal rail and marine terminal originall… Read More
2018-06-21 13:46
The Zellner Brothers were last on Episode 279 discussing their film Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter. They're back on this episode with a brand new feature film called Damsel which had its premie… Read More
2018-06-20 17:27
Interning with Rooftop Films this summer has been so awesome! Who knew you could actually look forward to going to work?! As the 2018 Video and Photo Intern, I’ve gotten the chance to… Read More
2018-06-18 06:11
In this Father's Day special edition I interview my Dad, Bob Schartoff. Bob is 81 years old and currently resides in Queens, NY. He was greatly responsible, along with my mother, for introdu… Read More
2018-06-14 04:57
[8 mins. 8 secs.] In the first segment, actor Wendell Pierce (The Wire) and filmmaker Tim Rouhana discuss their new feature film, One Last Thing. The film is about a lonely Florida dentist (… Read More
2018-06-08 17:04
Meet Suzannah Herbert and Lauren Belfer, director and co-director of Wrestle, which makes its New York Premiere at Rooftop Films on Friday, June 8th. The film documents the experiences and s… Read More
2018-06-07 19:31
First up, the programming team behind the 2018 Brooklyn Film Festival, documentary programmer Julie Bridgeham and narrative programmer Jason Stefaniak. The festival, now in its 21st season… Read More
2018-05-31 16:16
Filmmaker Hal Hartley (Ned Rifle, Meanwhile) returns to the podcast to discuss his current Kickstarter campaign to create awareness and funds for the production of The Long Island Trilogy bo… Read More
2018-05-28 20:38
[4 mins. 50 secs.] In this first segment, filmmaker Silas Howard appears to discuss his new feature, A Kid Like Jake, which premiered at Sundance 2018 to great acclaim. The film, edited by F… Read More
2018-05-24 21:05
[6 mins. 55 secs.] Joe Swanberg returns for his 5th visit to the podcast. Other than a mention of some previous films and the upcoming 3rd season of his Netflix series, Easy, the conversatio… Read More
2018-05-21 14:17
[2 mins. 35 secs.] Founding Director of the Maryland Film Festival and President of the Producer’s Club of Maryland, Jed Dietz is the first guest on this special edition of the po… Read More
2018-05-17 02:49
The legendary screenwriter & director Paul Schrader (Hardcore, Light Sleeper) is on this episode to discuss his new film, First Reformed. The film, which opens in NYC and LA on Friday, M… Read More
2018-05-14 17:37
[10 mins.] This episode of the podcast celebrates the Montclair Film Festival where these two films screened to appreciative audiences. First up, returning to the podcast for their second ap… Read More
2018-05-10 13:47
Actor John Carroll Lynch returns to the podcast for his second visit (he was last on Episode 430), This time he’s joined by filmmaker Timothy McNeil who directed a new film he stars in… Read More
2018-05-03 17:15
In film and at our events, place is key. This summer, we’ll dive into the history of our newest venues and we start with Green-Wood Cemetery, host to Opening Night, Damsel, New York No… Read More
2018-05-03 15:29
[5 mins. 24 secs.] President of Entertainment & Co-founder of the blockchain entertainment studio SingularDTV, Kim Jackson, is the first guest. I first met Kim Jackson when I was asked t… Read More
2018-04-26 15:17
[3 mins. 55 secs.] Tribeca Film Festival 2018 Edition with documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter (Gideon's Army, Trapped) who makes her first appearance with this episode. Ms. Porter has a new l… Read More
2018-04-19 14:35
[3 mins. 22 secs.] More coverage from SxSW 2018 on this episode. First up, a conversation with the team behind a new dramedy called Boundaries including director Shana Feste and actors Vera… Read More
2018-04-16 19:47
Documentary filmmaker and their subjects occupy this SxSW 2018 Edition of the podcast. First up, is filmmaker Robert Bader and one of the subjects of his new documentary, Ali & Cavett: T… Read More
2018-04-12 16:55
[6 mins. 12 secs.] First up, Chloé Zhao (Songs My Brother Taught Me) discusses her second feature film, The Rider, along with her lead actor Brady Jandreau who plays a variation of hi… Read More
2018-04-10 00:22
[2 mins. 48 secs.] The host of an exceptional podcast, Criterion Now, Aaron West is the first guest. I was recently on an episode of Aaron’s podcast and then he returned the favor. The… Read More
2018-04-05 22:47
[4 mins. 10 secs.] Filmmaker Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher, We Need to Talk About Kevin) makes her first appearance on the podcast. Her latest film, which stars Joaquin Phoenix and which is being… Read More
2018-04-02 02:08
[3 mins. 41 secs.] Andrew Dosunmu returns to the podcast. He was last on Episode 161 with his previous feature Mother of George. He's back with a new feature called Where is Kyra? which prem… Read More
2018-03-29 17:53
[8 mins. 15 secs.] Returning to the podcast for her second visit, director Lynn Shelton; Lynn was was last on Episode 160. On this episode the Washington State native discusses her lat… Read More
2018-03-26 13:20
Film scholar, author, professor and interviewer Annette Insdorf, is the guest. Insdorf has a new book called "Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes" published by Columbia Universit… Read More
2018-03-22 02:14
Actor & filmmaker Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project, Hump Day) is in the latest Steven Soderbergh film —a thriller shot on an iPhone— called Unsane. The film stars Clai… Read More
2018-03-19 13:27
Lloyd Kaufman co-founded Troma Films with Michael Herz back in 1974. Troma is now the longest operating indie film studio in existence. I first got the notion to invite Kaufman on to the pod… Read More
2018-03-15 14:14
Grady Hendrix is an American author, journalist, public speaker, and screenwriter known for his best-selling 2014 novel Horrorstör. Hendrix lives in Manhattan and was one of the founder… Read More
2018-03-08 20:43
This is a roundtable discussion on the subject of filmmaker Paul Schrader. Among the 4 film nerds are yours truly, host Adam Schartoff, filmmaker Jeremy Workman, host of the popular podcast… Read More
2018-03-05 18:10
[8 mins. 18 secs.] The author of several books on the subject of Hollywood, Ed Sikov, is our first guest. In additions to his biographies on Bette Davis and Peter Sellers, Ed has recently wr… Read More
2018-03-01 05:13
[3 mins. 52 secs.] In the first segment, Debra Zimmerman of Women Make Movies joins me for a nuanced conversation about the organization which has been around for 40 years. Zimmerm… Read More
2018-02-26 16:26
The Indies Meet the Oscars! In the first segment of this episode we sit with Kickstarter‘s Director of Documentary Film, Liz Cook Mowe, and Director of Narrative Film, Elise McCave to… Read More
2018-02-22 06:07
[5 mins. 45 secs.] Upon the release of the Henry Fool Trilogy DVD box set, filmmaker Hal Hartley (Trust, Simple Men) returns to the podcast recorded from his Washington Heights apartment. (H… Read More
2018-02-19 18:32
[6 mins. 38 secs.] Filmmaker Sally Potter (Orlando, The Tango Lesson) makes her first appearance on Filmwax Radio correcting a long-standing problem with the podcast... the lack of Sally Pot… Read More
2018-02-15 20:58
[15 mins. 20 secs.] Remembering the legacy of the late documentary filmmaker St. Clair Bourne who is the subject of an upcoming retrospective this weekend at the Metrograph Theater in NYC. J… Read More
2018-02-08 14:25
On this episode, a rather laid back conversation on the craft of acting and the challenges of creating a career as such. Matthew Maher is an Obie Award winning actor who has been working in… Read More
2018-02-01 05:01
[6 mins. 10 secs.] Filmwax Radio's Sundance correspondent Ronald Wohlman is back reporting on his experience in Park City last week which includes having seen 18 films in 3 1/2 days.
[… Read More
2018-01-26 18:58
A special bonus edition of the podcast today since it's Henry Jaglom's 80th birthday. Here's an hour long conversation with one of the most independent filmmakers in the history of filmmakin… Read More
2018-01-25 15:41
[8 mins. 15 secs.] Filmwax Radio's Sundance correspondent, Ronald Wohlman, is back again having just appeared on our Episode 455. We continue devising Ronald's plan of attack in Park City. W… Read More
2018-01-18 23:06
On Episode 456 of the podcast, filmmaker & actor Zefrey Throwell is the sole guest. Zefrey recently co-directed a hybrid doc called Flames which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2017… Read More
2018-01-11 21:43
[3 mins. 54 secs.] My Sundance correspondent Ronald Wohlman joins me in the first segment on Episode 455 to discuss his upcoming assignment in Park City. More from Ronald in the coming weeks… Read More
2018-01-04 20:33
Berlin-based poster artist & illustrator Tony Stella is the guest on the first episode of 2018. We discuss Tony's illustration work as well as taking a deep dive in the classic undergrou… Read More
2017-12-29 00:05
The king of New York underground cinema, Abel Ferrara on the last episode of the year, Episode 453. We discuss his having transplanted to Rome and his enjoying a family life there. New proje… Read More
2017-12-27 17:29
Please consider donating to the Rooftop Films Kickstarter. These types of asks are awkward, we get it. We’re not professional fundraisers, we’re film lovers, just like… Read More
2017-12-26 20:06
When I first started Rooftop Films 22 years ago, it was just me and a few friends, working for free, because it was fun to do, because we thought filmmakers and audience members enjoyed it… Read More
2017-12-22 17:20
Please consider donating to the Rooftop Films Kickstarter. These types of asks are awkward, we get it. We’re not professional fundraisers, we&rsq&hell…Read More
2017-12-22 17:19
Please consider donating to the Rooftop Films Kickstarter. These types of asks are awkward, we get it. We’re not professional fundraisers, we’re film lovers, just like… Read More
2017-12-21 17:50
On this episode, two remote conversations from Los Angeles, first up filmmaker Jacob Kornbluth (Inequality For All) is back with another documentary about the economy, the result of another… Read More
2017-12-20 22:38
Please consider donating to the Rooftop Films Kickstarter. These types of asks are awkward, we get it. We’re not professional fundraisers, we’re film lovers, just like… Read More
2017-12-19 19:03
Please consider donating to the Rooftop Films Kickstarter. Championing voices like the ones below takes hard work and financial resources. These types of asks are awkward, we get it, we&rsqu&hell…Read More
2017-12-18 16:53
First up, Carlye Rubin & Katie Green, co-directors of the new documentary The Family I Had which is to have its broadcast premiere on Investigation Discovery on Thursday, December 21, 9P… Read More
2017-12-15 23:47
These types of asks are awkward, we get it. We’re not professional fundraisers, we’re film lovers, just like you. But we depend on your support to create the meaningful and impac… Read More
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