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Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 7/4/11

Oscar winning documentarian James Marsh (Man on Wire) tells the world’s saddest monkey tale in Project Nim which starts with the chimpanzee as the subject of a Columbia University project to see if a primate could actually learn language. But then.

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Sue Bourne and Julia O’Rourke, Jig

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 6/27/11

Who knew Irish step dancing was a minefield of international competition? Host Stephen Schaefer sits down with director Sue Bourne and Julia O’Rourke, a featured dancer, to discuss their new documentary, Jig.

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Djo Tunda Wa Munga, Viva Riva!

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 6/20/11

Djo Tunda Wa Munga has made the first movie in the Republic of the Congo in 25 years. Host Stephen Schaefer sits down with the writer/director of the lurid film where prostitutes, a priest, lesbians, and sadistic killers mirror the local reality.

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Ewan McGregor, Beginners

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 6/13/11

Celebrated Scottish actor Ewan McGregor sits down with host Stephen Schaefer to discuss his movie Beginners (with Christopher Plummer) that premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and features a 75-year-old man happily coming out.

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Bobby Fischer Against the World

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 6/6/11

Bobby Fischer Against the World by documentarian Liz Garbus and partner Rory Kennedy kicks off HBO’s 2011 summer documentary series. Perhaps the greatest chess player ever, he became a cold war hero/villain, a fugitive, and arguably a madman as well.

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Werner Herzog, Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 5/16/11

On the phone with the pioneering director to talk about his 2011 3-D film about the 32,000 year old Chauvet Neanderthal caves, his lifelong fascination with the subject, and how he came to be allowed into such a restricted, fragile, historic place.

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Susanne Bier, In a Better World

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 5/3/11

Winner of this year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film with In a Better World, Susanne Bier is one of Denmark’s most accomplished and popular filmmakers. The writer/director has also won audiences with Brothers and After the Wedding.

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Jim Mickle and Nick Damici, Stake Land

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 5/2/11

Stake Land is a dark, vampire/zombie saga with screenwriters Nick Damici starring as a vampire hunter and Jim Mickle, an NYU Film School grad, directing. It stands as a riposte to currently popular sexy, sleek vampires; these ghouls bleed black bile.

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Rashida Jones, Monogamy

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 4/25/11

Rashida Jones, a winning presence on television’s Parks and Recreation, changes gears for a serious turn in Dana Adam Shapiro’s Monogamy, whose portrait of a couple coming undone serves as an emblem of today’s culture.

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Bertrand Tavernier, Princess of Montpensier

Hosted by Stephen Schaefer

Originally aired 4/18/11

Film critic-turned-filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier's new film, Princess of Montpensier, adapts Madame de La Fayette's short story set against the 16th century Catholic slaughter of the Protestant Huguenots.

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 »