Episode #41 - Adam Nayman (All Is Forgiven)

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"I try and keep my notes of doubt and discord when trying to build my response."

In a continent dominated by American cinema, it can be easy to forget how essential Toronto is for cinephilia: home of the famed film festival, base of the idiosyncratic magazine Cinema Scope, and the city where critic Adam Nayman has been writing and teaching. Nayman's latest writing opus is It Doesn't Suck, a fantastic book tracing the evolution of Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls from bomb to camp to cult to classic. Peter sits down with Adam to discuss the book, as well as his work for publications like Scope and Reverse Shot, his view of Canadian cinema, and much more. Finally, the two examine the first film from Mia Hansen-Love, All Is Forgiven, and how a film with seemingly little ambition can contain a great depth of feeling. 

0:00-1:17 Opening 

2:13-7:40 Establishing Shots - Blind Detective / Donations and Reviews

8:25-59:00 Deep Focus - Adam Nayman
59:44-1:09:09 It Doesn't Suck

1:21:24-1:41:35 Double Exposure - All Is Forgiven (Mia Hansen-Love)

1:41:42-1:43:32 Close / Outtake

Read Adam Nayman at Cinema-Scope, The Globe and The Mail, and Reverse Shot.
Buy It Doesn't Suck.
Follow Adam on Twitter.

Special Episode - 2013 Favorites (Part 1)

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With another year wrapped up, it's time for another countdown, so once again Peter is joined by Time Out New York's Keith Uhlich to talk about some of the truly original and wondrous movies of the year. From the inner workings of drug cartels in China to the drug-fueled crooks of Wall Street, from films about performance by actors young and old to films that speak honestly about our ability to be "fuck ups" as well as truly decent, the two highlight the best in both American and world cinema. Plus, a number of Peter's former guests and friends call in with their own picks, and the two also name some of their favorite films that didn't make it to American theaters this year

Look for Part 2 on Monday January 6th. 

0:00-1:33 Opening / Introduction

2:04-33:11 Picks for #10-#9

35:00-1:07:49 Picks for #8-7

1:11:06-1:25:24 Picks for #6

1:25:25-1:37:01 Picks for Unreleased Films

1:38:00-1:39:40 Close

Follow Keith Uhlich on Letterboxd and Twitter, and read his work at Time Out New York.

Also heard in this episode: David Hudson, Andreas Stoher, Craig Simpson, Monica Castillo, and Carson Lund.

Episode #29 - Nellie Killian (Five Year Diary)

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"The best type of programming is where there's no distinction between documentary, Classic Hollywood, experimental...They're all in conversation."

If repertory film culture is a slowly dying sect of cinephilia, then at least its final years will be lead by some of the most creative people possible, including BAMcinemtek's Nellie Killian. Nellie sits down with Peter to talk about growing up next to the Castro, finding an addiction to New York's repertory scene, and then becoming a programmer herself. The two then focus on Migrating Forms, an upcoming experimental film festival hosted at BAM December 11th-15th, which will feature audacious new works from the Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab, a electronic arts show featuring Merce Cunningham's coreography, and Johnnie To comedies. The two will finally focus on a special project Nellie brought to the festival, Anne Charlotte Robertson's Five Year Diary project, and focus on how the film's portrayal of mental illness is unlike anything you've ever seen.

0:00-1:27 Opening 

2:27-6:55 Establishing Shots - Mauvais Sang / Donations

7:40-1:04:33 Deep Focus - Nellie Killian

1:06:01-1:22:28 Double Exposure - Five Year Diary (Anne Charlotte Robertson)

1:22:32-1:24:47 Close / Outtake

Read up on BAMCinemtek and Migrating Forms.

Follow Nellie on Twitter.