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Elise MacAdam

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Elise MacAdam is a freelance writer and researcher in New York, and was a screenwriter for the film ''Office Killer'' (1997).

Shows and Series by Elise MacAdam

RADIO series // Cineopolis Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio series Hosted by Elise MacAdam, this series explores contemporary cinema through interviews with and discussions about its most pertinent contributors and contributions. Hosted by Elise MacAdam, this series explores contemporary cinema through interviews with and discussions about its most pertinent contributors and contributions. Listen Read More »	RADIO show // Cineopolis Lodge Kerrigan Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show Filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan discusses Keane, his third film. Earning rave reviews at the NY Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and the 2005 Cannes Director's Fortnight, the film was shot hand-held in NY's Port Authority Terminal. After a year-long tour of the festival circuit, earning rave reviews at the New York Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and the 2005 Cannes Director's Fortnight, filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan's third feature, Keane, opened in New... Originally aired 9/27/05 Listen Read More »	RADIO show // Cineopolis Albert Maysles, The Gates Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show Albert Maysles has been shooting "The Gates" since 1979, when artists Christo and Jean-Claude first proposed the project - a massive installation of 7,500 fabric-draped steel gates for New York's Central Park. Albert Maysles has been shooting The Gates since 1979, when artists Christo and Jean-Claude first proposed the project - a massive installation of 7,500 fabric-draped steel gates (requiring 600 workers to install) for New York's Central Park... Originally aired 2/7/05 Listen Read More »
RADIO show // Cineopolis The Jewish Film Festival Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show Aviva Weintraub, Director of Media and Public Programs for the Jewish Museum and Daniel Anker, director of the film, Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust, discuss tricky questions involving film, art-making and the Holocaust. Is Elie Wiesel correct in thinking that all depictions of the Holocaust are obscene? How can filmmakers and artists answer this charge? Should The Pawnbroker never have been made? Schindler's List? What about documentaries, and films... Originally aired 1/24/05 Listen Read More »	RADIO show // Cineopolis The Mysterious Henry Darger Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show In her new film - In the Realms of the Unreal: The Mystery of Henry Darger , writer/director/producer Jessica Yu avoids psychoanalyzing the fascinating but peculiar Henry Darger & encourages audiences to be equally nonjudgemental. In her new film, "In the Realms of the Unreal: The Mystery of Henry Darger", currently playing at New York's Film Forum, writer/director/producer Jessica Yu avoids psychoanalyzing the fascinating but peculiar Henry Darger and encourages audiences to... Originally aired 12/27/04 Listen Read More »	RADIO show // Cineopolis Gavin Lambert, The Ivan Moffat File Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show Author Gary Indiana and Elise MacAdam talk with biographer and screenwriter Gavin Lambert on his new novel about the life of Hollywood legend, British screenwriter Ivan Moffat. Author Gary Indiana joins host Elise MacAdam for this historic conference call with one of Hollywood's great insiders, biographer (Natalie Wood), novelist (Inside Daisy Clover) and screenwriter (Spartacus) Gavin Lambert, on his new... Originally aired 12/13/04 Listen Read More »
RADIO show // Cineopolis Jane Weinstock and Gloria Norris, Easy Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show Director/screenwriter Jane Weinstock and producer Gloria Norris' new romantic comedy Easy is about people who really want a dream date and are afraid they'll actually get one. Jane Weinstock started out writing a thriller at the Sundance lab but later wound up writing Easy, a romantic comedy that (blessedly) doesn't quite fit the mold. Shot in just 21 days, it is a Los Angeles story of people with jobs that have... Originally aired 12/6/04 Listen Read More »	RADIO show // Cineopolis The 2004 Margaret Mead Film Festival Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show Beauty Academy of Kabul Filmmaker Liz Mermin and Margaret Mead Film Festival director Kathy Brew take a close look at this year's lineup for the Museum of Natural History's anthropological annual. What would it be like to start a beauty academy in Afghanistan just after the fall of the Taliban? Find out here, as host Elise MacAdam brings filmmaker Liz Mermin and festival director Kathy Brew to her table for a close look at this year's lineup... Originally aired 11/15/04 Listen Read More »	RADIO show // Cineopolis Bill Morrison Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show Elise MacAdam interviews filmmaker Bill Morrison to discuss his current projects such as the extraordinary display of images that is Decasia, his film made from deteriorating nitrate film stock. Bill Morrison meets with host Elise MacAdam to speak of the extraordinary display of images that is Decasia - his film made from deteriorating nitrate stock - and other projects, such as The Film of Her. Originally aired 9/13/04 Listen Read More »
RADIO show // Cineopolis Alison MacLean and Tobias Perse, Persons of Interest Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show Alison MacLean and co-director Tobias Perse explore experiences of Muslim immigrants detained after 9/11 in their film "Persons of Interest". It is the first documentary to be produced by the Sundance Documentary Campaign for human rights issues. Are they terrorists or are they law-abiding Americans with Arabic names? That is one question that Alison MacLean and her co-director, Tobias Perse, peruse in their new film, Persons of Interest, where they interview several of the people who... Originally aired 8/30/04 Listen Read More »	RADIO show // Cineopolis Neistat Brothers, Guerilla Video Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show A conversation with guerrilla filmmakers: HBO's Neistat Brothers, Elise MacAdam and Creative Time's Ann Pasternak on bombs, goldfish and illicit bike rides through the Holland Tunnel. The energetic Neistat Brothers (Casey and Van) visit Elise MacAdam with Creative Time's Ann Pasternak, talking an illicit bicycle ride through New York's Holland Tunnel, turning the tables (or rather iPod wheels) on Apple and experimenting with... Originally aired 6/28/04 Listen Read More »	RADIO show // Cineopolis Evan Lurie Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show Film composer Evan Lurie has created the musical scores for Steve Buscemi's Trees Lounge, Cindy Sherman's Office Killer, and Stanley Tucci's Joe Gould's Secret, and the themes for Nickelodeon Jr.'s hit show "Oswald". Elise MacAdam learns the ins and outs of film composing from Evan Lurie; a founding member of the Lounge Lizards, he has created the musical scores for such movies as Steve Buscemi's Trees Lounge, Cindy Sherman's Office Killer, and Stanley Tucci's... Originally aired 6/21/04 Listen Read More »
RADIO show // Cineopolis Karen Cooper of Film Forum Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show Host Elise MacAdam meets with Karen Cooper, co-director of Film Forum, New York City's longest-lived repertory cinema, to discuss current and upcoming films and how to see them. Originally aired 5/31/04 Listen Read More »	RADIO show // Cineopolis Charles Atlas Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show Host Elise MacAdam speaks with video artist and filmmaker Charles Atlas about this summer's DVD release of The Legend of Leigh Bowery, his eye-opening documentary of the London-based artist recently played by Boy George on Broadway in Rosie O'Donnell Host Elise MacAdam speaks with video artist and filmmaker Charles Atlas about this summer's DVD release of The Legend of Leigh Bowery, his eye-opening documentary of the London-based artist recently played by Boy George on Broadway in Rosie O'... Originally aired 5/24/04 Listen Read More »	RADIO show // Cineopolis James Schamus Hosted by Elise MacAdam Radio show Academy Award nominated producer, screen-writer, and CEO of Focus Features James Schamus whose films include Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and The Ice Storm interviewed by fellow screenwriter Elise MacAdam. Screenwriter Elise MacAdam talks to the movers and makers of film and video art. Her guest today: Academy Award nominated screenwriter (The Ice Storm), producer (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), and CEO of Focus Features, James... Originally aired 4/22/04 Listen Read More »