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Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 3/11/13

The tall handsome Brit who first scored in Julie Taymor’s 2007 Beatles reverie, Across the Universe, has become a go-to guy for young romantics of various hues, including Upside Down where he pursues Kirsten Dunst in a futuristic – or is it? – world.

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Eleanor Tomlinson & Nicholas Hoult, Jack the Giant Slayer

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 2/18/13

The two stars of this fairy tale film re-telling (stop-motion man-eating Giants! in 3D!) talk about growing up as actors, bringing life to fantasy, and what exactly is that thing called "chemistry." Recorded on location at Hampton Court Castle.

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Christopher Walken, Stand Up Guys

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 1/30/13

Christopher Walken teams with Al Pacino in this mobster comedy that brings the two Oscar winners back in action with a third Academy Award honoree, Alan Arkin. Walken reflects on a career that began with singing and dancing in Broadway choruses.

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Amy Berg, West of Memphis

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 1/25/13

Director Berg on her documentary about 3 teenagers convicted in 1984 of murdering 3 boys; following the teens along with legal teams, activists, family and friends working toward their release. One, Damien Echols, co-produced with Peter Jackson.

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Matt Damon & John Krasinski, Promised Land

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 1/7/13

Stephen Schaefer interviews actor/writer/producers Matt Damon and John Krasinski on their film Promised Land (directed by Gus Van Sant) as a jumping off point to discuss oil fracking as well as an individual's responsibility to preserve the land.

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Christian Petzhold, Barbara

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 12/24/12

German writer-director Christian Petzhold won the 62nd Berlin Film Festival’s Best Director prize for this film starring his muse Nina Hoss in a thriller, character study and morality tale about individualism and secret police in 1980s East Germany.

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Dena Kaye, Danny Kaye's Centenary

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 12/17/12

As custodian of her mother and father’s legacy, Dena Kaye – the only child of Danny and Sylvia Fine Kaye – remains discreet about growing up with a multi-talented world famous father whose accomplishments are being celebrated during his centennial.

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Andrew Dominik, Killing Them Softly

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 12/3/12

The Australian based Andrew Dominik reunites with Brad Pitt, who serves as producer and star for Killing Them Softly. Dominik explains how they transformed a Boston-set 1970s crime novel into a '08 Obama era microcosm of deadly capitalist enterprise.

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Vittorio & Paolo Taviani, Caesar Must Die

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 11/26/12

An exhilarating study of Shakespeare’s "Julius Caesar" as performed by real inmates of Rome’s high security prison. In this interview, Italy's renowned filmmaking Taviani brothers describe some real behind the scenes drama to host Stephen Schaefer.

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Olivier Assayas, Something in the Air

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 11/19/12

Tackling the youthful concerns & rebellious attitude of his generation, Assayas’ drama Something in the Air brings back the early 70s like no other film has ever attempted. Assayas explains the era's politics & why the film is somewhat fictionalized.

RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Alice Winocour, Augustine Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Alice Winocour on her film "Augustine." With great attention to historical accuracy, the film investigates the history of young women being admitted to psychiatric hospitals as "hysterics" as told through the eyes of a teenage servent Augustine. Writer-director Alice Winocour's Augustine is rare film that actually stays close to the known facts. She vividly brings to life the 19th Century story of Augustine, a teenage servant who became the most famous patient of pioneering French... Originally aired 5/20/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Kerry Washington & Diahann Carroll, Tyler Perry presents Peeples Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Kerry Washington (who made this years before her star turn in Scandal) and Diahann Carroll (the legend. period. after a long hiatus) discuss their roles in the Tyler Perry film Peeples, a family comedy about dysfuntion, marriage and vacation. While it’s called Tyler Perry presents Peeples, the dysfunctional family comedy actually is written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism and stars Kerry Washington as the daddy-dominated Peeples daughter Grace with Diahann Carroll in a small role as... Originally aired 5/13/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Dominic Purcell, Assault on Wall Street Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Australian actor Dominic Purcell on his transition from four seasons with the TV series “Prison Break” to Uwe Boll's new film "Assault on Wall Street"; the story of blue collar, ex-soldier who loses all to Wall Street and takes dramatic revenge. Truly a live wire, Australia’s Dominic Purcell has no trouble expressing exactly what he feels about: Life after his global breakthrough, the four season TV series “Prison Break,” what prompted him to read the script for Uwe Boll’s “Assault on Wall... Originally aired 5/6/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Brandon Cronenberg, Antiviral Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Brandon Cronenberg on his directing debut "Antiviral;" a disturbing, needle-obsessed condemnation of science gone awry and celebrity worship in a soulless society. He also touches on Cannes 2012 and his famous father, David. As to the endless question that virtually begins every interview for his filmmaking debut with the contemporary horror entry Antiviral, Brandon Cronenberg manages to remain gracious and say as little as he politely can about his famous... Originally aired 4/29/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Francois Ozon, In the House Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show The French filmmaker Francois Ozon discusses his critically acclaimed movie "In the House". Having been dubbed the "French Hitchcock," Ozon reflects on his recent thriller; which is about a literature teacher's infatuation with one of his students. France’s precocious talent is now 45 and continues to mine suspense, sex, humor and psychology with his latest, the critically successful and popular French language In the House. Ozon talks about being dubbed “the French Hitchcock,” again... Originally aired 4/22/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Sally El Hosaini & James Floyd, My Brother the Devil Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Sally El Hosaini's "My Brother the Devil" details the relationship of two Egyptian-English brothers, lives that involve gangs, education, romance, art, identity and always a question of what exactly it means to be a man. From Hackney, England, Sally El Hosaini lives in public housing in her ethnically mixed neighborhood which she uses as the bright, often joyous setting for her feature writing and directing debut "My Brother the Devil". A festival favorite around... Originally aired 4/15/13 Listen Read More »
RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Pablo Berger, Blancanieves Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Spanish director Pablo Berger discusses his version of Snow White. It's a black and white silent film, with influences from 1920s matadors. The director reveals that he has spent nearly ten years conceptualizing how he wanted to tell the tale. Blancanieves is an audacious, to say the least, retelling of the classic Snow White story, by Spain's Pablo Berger. He has opted to do so with a cast of actual dwarfs (rather than with digital technologies), in black-and-white, and as a 1920s silent... Originally aired 4/8/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Gilles Bourdos, Renoir Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Gilles Bourdos discusses his film, Renoir, which is about a scandalous love triangle between the artist, his son Jean, and his model Andree Heuschling. Schaefer predicts that this movie will among some of the year's best. Could Renoir, a delicate portrait of the great Impressionist painter Auguste Renoir--plus his future filmmaker son Jean and the model they are both entranced by--be the most gorgeous, most beautiful, most glorious movie since Elvira... Originally aired 4/1/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Gerard Butler: Olympus Has Fallen Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Scottish actor Gerard Butler discusses his role in the action-thriller "Olympus Has Fallen" and reveals the training, discipline and meticulously itemized bruises, burns and mishaps that are part and parcel of making screen magic. Gerard Butler, the Scots actor who has succeeded in action (300), romance (opposite Jennifer Aniston in The Bounty Hunter) and drama (Law Abiding Citizen with Jamie Foxx) now must save the Free World in Olympus Has... Originally aired 3/25/13 Listen Read More »