Paul and Kevin navigate the gauntlet of trying to watch movies at home. Stu Vanairsdale, The Reeler, reviews a lost gem from 1976, the newly restored and released film, Killer of Sheep. Kevin drops his two-cents on Will Ferrell’s Blades of Glory.
We’ve all got some movie stuck in our craw we stumbled on one night and we have no idea how to find it. One Spout member emailed me an MP3 file of a movie clip we’re stumped on. Also, the story of the missing a film group on spout.com, a bunch of film nerds devoted to solving such mysteries.
The SXSW Film Festival is over. Kevin reviews the documentary, Helvetica. Paul interviews SXSW award winners Michael Jacobs (Audience of One), Bill Haney (The Price of Sugar), and Ronald Bronstein (Frownland).
The Spout team went to Billy the Kid (2007) last night and really loved it. Paul interviews director Jennifer Venditti before the premier about her new documentary. By the end of the interview, we were sold and the doc definitely lives up to Venditti’s hype.
A few artists set out to make a small difference in a forgotten neighborhood in the third ward of Houston, TX. The results are huge. Paul talks to Andrew Garrison about his documentary of this story, Third Ward, TX.
In 2001, some punk ladies in Austin sparked a revival in Roller Derby. Hell on Wheels is their five year journey from fun loving friends to national sensation. Paul talks with filmmakers Bob Ray and Werner Campbell.
For certain political offices in Japan, candidates have exactly nine days to campaign. No time to debate issues, Kazuhiro Soda’s documentary, Campaign (2006), covers the whirlwind of Japanese politics and the campaign of a professional stamp collector (read bohemian) turned politician.
Standing outside the Paramount Theater in Austin, TX, opening night of the 2007 SXSW Film Festival, Paul and myself caught up with the producer of Confessions of a Superhero as well as a couple of the film’s stars, Superman and The Hulk.
Spout’s en route to Austin, TX for the SXSW Film Festival 2007. Kevin and Paul discuss what’s great about the festival with Matt Singer from IFC news. Paul interviews screenwriter Reed Fish about his new film, I’m Reed Fish.
The awards are in. Talking to Matt Singer from IFC News about the Independent Spirit Awards and the Spout guys recap the Oscars 2007. Forrest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson were great, but is it just us or are the Oscars trying to gain edge of the Spirit Awards?
Breaking from Oscar buzz, the Spout guys talk to Alison Willmore from IFC Blog about Sundance, what “independence” means these days and what role the Independent Spirit plays in filmmaking. Discussion continues from our interview with Tim Robbins, to the work of John Cassavetes and Terry Gilliam.
Hopwood DePree, screenwriter and co-founder for the Waterfront Film Festival, wraps up Sundance. Paul, Dave and Kevin debate questions like, who is The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? How do they pick a winner? Are losers chosen so they make better films? What is up with Dreamgirls among other bizarre anomalies of the 2007 Oscars?
It’s Friday and here’s the third weekly episode of Spout’s FilmCouch. Subscribe to it in the iTunes store (search for “filmcouch” or click here to launch iTunes) and a new free episode will download every Friday.
Sundance has begun. Paul and Dave reminisce over their memories of the festival and debate whether or not it’s actually a theme park. Kevin, Adam, and Paul talk to the writer of Unknown, Matthew Waynee, then discuss the film. Was it deep, or are we reading too much into it?
We’ve had a bit of trouble getting this episode to go through the iTunes feed, so we hope this re-post will fix the problem. The original post, with episode description and embedded player, is here.
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