Seasons & Episodes
Spike Remembers, Waters Shocks
Spike Lee’s first decade; John and Bob the Mailman; HANG YOUR DOG IN THE WIND (movie about making movies); the real Fa
Linklater & Bogosian in New York
Richard Linklater and Eric Bogosian at the New York Film Festival with their film SUBURBIA; Linklater’s first film, IT
Kevin & Crumb at the Quick Stop
Kevin Smith and John co-host from New Jersey; a visit with CRUMB director Terry Zwigoff at home; the found video DIRECTI
Sundance on the Hudson
Bob the Mailman in L.A.; insights from filmmakers at the Cold Spring Film Workshop; Marina Zenovich explores the January
Breakthrough Screenwriting
Brian Flemming and Keythe Farley take a weekend “blockbuster” screenwriting course and make a film; Mary Harron and
Lurie Fishes, Gilliam Monkeys Around
John Lurie on his new series, FISHING WITH JOHN the musical ISLE OF LESBOS; Cyberhostage: two filmmaking cyberterrorists
Errol Morris Rocks, Gators Chomp
SWINGBLADE: SLING BLADE meets SWINGERS; Pierson travels to Orlando FL, the home of the Florida Film Festival and propose
Buscemi & Turturro on the Block
Mr. Pink and Barton Fink: Steve Buscemi and John Turturro on a stoop in Brooklyn; Irwin Young shows us how things work a
Meet the Skolnicks
Cinemoids: a portrait of the film obsessed family at Long Island's Cinema Arts Centre; Donnie Bosnia: the life story of
Enter the Blair Witch
Sunflower City: Lawrence, KS, the home of the family owned Sunflower Cable system, and CARNIVAL OF SOULS; HANDS ON A HAR
The Blair Witch: I Want to Believe
Sam Saldivar no-budget sci-fi thriller THE GIANT KILLER; one minute films loops with Gustav Deutsch at Windsor, ON’s K
John Wayne's Hairpiece
SPLIT SCREEN hits the road! Making a film vs. running the NYC Marathon; visiting IFFCON to talk indie film financing; Jo
Grizzly Man Walks, Orson Welles Talks
“The Illusion and Reality” episode: Dan Myrick visits musician/filmmaker Billy Yeager in a Purple Haze in Hollywood,
Carl Franklin Breaks It Down
Self-distributing a documentary about talking to elementary school kids about gay issues; Filming in Charleston, SC, fro
The Tin Drum: Banned in Oklahoma
'Reason to Believe” booking a film on college campuses with secret agent: Tedd Stuart; a visit with Bart Weiss, direct
Keep Austin Weird
Student activists and local film illuminati protest the shutting down of the UT Union Film program; a profile of the ini
The Real Dude Abides
The RV crew hangs with Barry Tubb, an ex rodeo rider, Hollywood actor in Synder, TX; meet “Big” Joe La Creta: actor,
All That KC Jazz
A visit with Bruce Ricker, director of THE LAST OF THE BLUE DEVILS, a 1979 film about a reunion of some of the town’s
Selective Service in Aspen
The Aspen Shortsfest; SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM, a brilliant short, made when the draft was mandatory and anti-war protes
Mr. MovieFone's Message
A visit with Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone himself; meet Al Milgrom the Minneapolis “czar of cinema”; witness Dan C
Damon & Norton Play Poker
Matt Damon and Ed Norton head to the World Series of Poker; self-taught stuntman crashing cars from a junkyard; Cronenbe
Todd Haynes' Goldmine
Haynes and his longtime producer Christine Vachon cuddle up in Cannes; NEA public funding at the local level; an unusual
Animal Talent
The Sweet Sunshine animal Talent Agency; RAT WOMEN: an excerpt from filmmaker Minkie Spiro’s short; what happens to th
Lars von Trier Is Dogmatic
Adam & Jo’s stuffed animal take on THE ENGLISH PATIENT; a rare visit with brilliant and phobic director Lars von Trier
Crispin Glover's Syndrome
A home tour and talk with Crispin Glover about his film WHAT IS IT?; Adam & Joe’s toy take on SHINE; mob character act
From Homicide to Ho Chi Minh
Movie Saves Town: an indie effort revitalizes Holland, MI; Doug Stone visits Tony Bui, director of THREE SEASONS, and hi
Billy Wilder's Shoes
Making Films, Selling Shoes: director Steven Proto enlists the help of Billy Wilder; How'd You Do That?, on working with
Kuchar Kuts Loose
George Kuchar, beloved innovator, underground filmmaker, and San Francisco film teacher; KIDS: promiscuous stuffed anima
Guy Maddin Mystifies
Manitoba Tonight: Guy Maddin; How'd You Do That: Archival FX; 'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Meets IRONSIDE”: Muscular Dystrophy
Almost Heaven, West Virginia
Regional filmmaker par excellence, Jacob Young, in his own backyard. Meet an Elvis-channeling schizophrenic tap dancer,
Run Jesse Ventura, Run
Citizen Jesse: T. J. and Beth Larson show us a local indie film starring Jesse Ventura; 16 mm educational film collector
Reverse Speech
Remember “Paul Is Dead”? David John Oates insists that reverse speech is the key to the truth; Producing Schlock: Ti
Mr. Kinski Rants, Miranda July Charms
Big Miss Moviola: Miranda July, filmmaker, performance artist, and creator of an inspired distribution concept called Bi
Thanksgiving Is Not for Turkeys
Young Turkeys: see what it takes to bring that big bird to a table near you; Hair Today, Film Tomorrow: Mike LaHaie visi
Tommy Lee Meets Bolexbrothers
Bolexbrothers is an animation studio in Bristol, England, who’ve created a series of indescribably amazing films; Bill
The Simpsons in Korea
Meet Al Kaplon, umpire turned filmmaker on the set of an X-FILES baseball episode; lady fetish wrestler Deena Zarra show
Godzilla Revealed
A visit with Japanese actor Haruo Nakajima, better known as the original Godzilla; T. J. and Beth Larson take a look at
Civil War Redux
Hanging out with a hard-core unit of Civil War reenactors down South; the story behind the cult masterpiece LADIES AND G
Waiting for Star Wars
Meet Robert Cartagena, a.k.a. Red Leader, for a look at the serious business of waiting in line for the new STAR WARS; e
Tinseltown & Vaudeville
Brian Flemming, Keythe Farley, and his wife Ann go for the gold at Tinsletown, an interactive dinner experience in Orang
Christopher Walken Cooks
Join Chris, Julian Schnabel, and Cha Cha for shopping and noshing; the strange story of director Richard Stanley—fired
Ross McElwee 101
Filmmaker Cop: Eugene Hernandez and Jonny Leahan meet one of the NYPD’s finest, Bill Lappe a cop who makes films; a mi
Scorsese, Imperioli & Ventimiglia
Waiting for Marty: Scorsese accepts an award at the Wexner Center in Ohio; catching up with Michael Imperioli and John V
How's Your News?
Inside the Eye of SCORPIO RISING: Jon Ausbrooks and Lee Daniel make a mind-blowing, information-packed homage to the mas
Cinemaniacs
If you’ve got a building to implode, call Controlled Demolition: Amy Elliott takes us there; Cinemaniac: Stephen Kijak
Jesus Is in the Mailbox
“Manitoba Tonight” with the brilliant filmmaker Atom Egoyan; “Jesus Video Project”: In 1998, Dr. Bob Cosby sent
Field of Feuds
Meet the feuding fields where FIELD OF DREAMS was shot; Janet Pierson profiles the Moth, the lively monthly gathering fo
Kevin Smith Uncensored
Over the years, Kevin Smith brought the funny to Split Screen on multiple occasions. His final appearance was this exten
The Fiji Stooges
Donal Lardner Ward and John Pierson visit the Meridian Theatre in Fiji, the most remote movie theater in the world, with
Animating Waking Life
Hanging out with Richard Linklater and Tommy Pallotta while making the uniquely animated feature WAKING LIFE; The Alloy
Woodworking with William Macy
“Multiplex II—The Manager”: welcome back to the Museum Place Cinemas; woodworking with William H. Macy in New York
Focus Group from Hell
“Video on Vinyl: Then and Now”: P. H. O’Brien and Doug Stone go from NYC to London in search of the legacy of the
Projections: Wes Anderson
In this installment of Projections, John Pierson speaks with director Wes Anderson about his early filmmaking experience
Projections: David Picker
Woody, Leone, Bertolucci, Schlesinger, Lester and 007. David Picker enabled them all, and many more, as production head
Projections: Christine Vachon
Quintessential NY producer Christine Vachon has been on the cutting edge with her company Killer Films for over 25 years
Projections: Harmony Korine
In this installment of Projections, a series of interviews about filmmaking in New York, John speaks one-on-one with Har
Projections: Jonas Mekas
Celebrating Jonas Mekas, a true underground hero who tirelessly championed experimental filmmakers and their “essentia
Projections: Walter Bernstein
Of all Projections interviews, Walter Bernstein’s tales are the stuff of a grand movie adventure. From WW2 hero/corres
Projections: David O. Russell
If these Projections interviews focus on New York filmmaking, why is David O. Russell sitting poolside in LA? After a qu
Projections: Buck Henry
In a two-year span early in his storied career, Buck Henry cocreated GET SMART and wrote THE GRADUATE, instantly showing
Projections: Schamus/Hope
Origin story of odd-couple producers Ted Hope and James Schamus, who nurtured many key directors, especially Ang Lee, wh
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