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Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 3/26/12

Four years after his documentary "Of Time and the City", one of Britain’s most distinctive cinematic voices, Terence Davies, is back to fiction with an adaptation of a minor Fifties Terence Rattigan drama into a superbly played film.

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Muriel Coulin, 17 Girls

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 3/19/12

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at Lincoln Center: One half of a writing-directing team, Muriel Coulin’s sensual, strange odyssey 17 Girls, where 17 16-year-old French high schoolers become pregnant, can only be inspired by actual events.

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Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, Intouchables

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 3/12/12

Rendez-vous with French Cinema @ Lincoln Center: The men behind "one of the greatest blockbusters in French film history" interrupt each other's sentences like siblings, fitting for a 15-year writing/directing team. César-winner, coming to America.

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Faouzi Bensaidi, Death for Sale

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 3/5/12

Berlinale Special: Writer-director Faouzi Bensaidi discusses his drama, Death for Sale, a Moroccan noir about a trio's planned heist, that evokes the definitive aspects of Hollywood's '50s noir and classics from Kubrick, Huston and Welles.

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Joseph Cedar, Footnote

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 2/20/12

Joseph Cedar’s Footnote is easily the most captivating study of Talmudic scholarship rivalry ever made. Cedar explains how he came to write this father-son story which examines celebrity, the value of prizes and the perils of research.

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Agnieszka Holland, In Darkness

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 2/13/12

Director Agnieszka Holland discusses the difficulties of filming, casting and editing her latest, fact-based drama In Darkness which recounts a Polish thief’s transformation when he hides a group of Jews in the sewers to protect them from Nazis.

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Anh Hung Tran, Norwegian Wood

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 1/9/12

The Paris-based, Vietnamese-born filmmaker of The Scent of Green Papaya adapts one of Haruki Murakami’s most famous novels, a melancholy tale of a Japanese youth whose first great love is mentally ill.

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Oscar Picks of 2011, with Wilson Morales

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 1/2/12

Once again, into the breach! Or at least the morass of 2010 movies for a Top 10 list done, as is custom now, with another critic. This year Wilson Morales of BlackFilm.com has rejoined our gentle expert Stephen Schaefer to sift through entries.

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Gaby Dellal & Lynn Collins, Angels Crest

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 12/26/11

In this two-part interview, director Gaby Dellal and actor Lynn Collins consider the challenge of Angels Crest, an ensemble drama that illuminates how the tragedy of a child’s accidental death reverberates in a tiny Western community in the Rockies.

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Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 12/19/11

Director Farhadi’s film follows two couples, one middle class and contemplating divorce, the other poor and religious, in contemporary Iran through a legal systemthat--Roshomon-like--evokes questions of morality, honesty, truth and justice.

RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Tobias Lindholm, A Hijacking Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Stephen Schaefer speaks with screenwriter turned filmmaker, Tobias Lindholm, about his recent film "A Hijacking". The film being based on a true story, Lindholm discusses his efforts keep the movie consistent with the actual events that transpired. Tobias Lindholm, a screenwriter turned filmmaker, demonstrates in A Hijacking, his first solo feature, a fidelity to reality. He chronicles the awful dilemma of a Danish crew hijacked by Somali pirates and the negotiations that stretch for... Originally aired 6/10/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Andrea Riseborough, Shadow Dancer Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Talented and classically trained British actress Andrea Riseborough discusses her roles in several films including Oblivion, Hidden, and Birdman in the wake of her role in the 2013 film Shadow Dancer as a 1990s IRA terrorist turned informant. The steady rise of England's Andrea Riseborough can be attributed to talent, hard work and stamina: she never seems to stop working. The classically trained RADA grad has progressed from scene-stealers like the dewy ingènue in Brighton Rock... Originally aired 6/3/13 Listen Read More »	RADIO // Beyond the Subtitles Eric Rochant & Cecile deFrance, Mobius Hosted by Stephen Schaefer Radio show Eric Rochant's "Mobius" teams two of the most attractive people on planet Earth, Jean Dujardin and Cecile deFrance as spies in a torrid affair, in a Monaco-set spy thriller/love story. Shades of Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant in Hitchcock's Notorious? Tribeca Film Festival 2013: Eric Rochant's Mobius, which screened at Tribeca in the hope of getting American distribution, teams two of the most attractive people on planet Earth in a Monaco-set spy thriller cum love story that would seem to... Originally aired 5/27/13 Listen Read More »
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 »