Screen Slate Podcast

A legendary figure on the Screen Slate Podcast, writer-director Aaron Schimberg appears on mic for the very first time to discuss his critically acclaimed new film A Different Man, opening today [https://tickets.adifferentman.movie/] in New York and Los Angeles. Hosting this episode are screen actors Jon Dieringer (Johnny Handsome, A Different Man), John Klacsmann (Ostermeier, A Different Man) and Caroline Golum (Karaoke Singer, A Different Man). In this candid discussion, the quartet discuss meeting through Brooklyn's Spectacle theater, Schimberg's challenges completing and releasing his ambitious microbudget features Go Down Death and Chained for Life, and his experiences making A Different Man on a larger scale with many of the same collaborators in front of and behind the scenes. We also declare the end of the Screen Slate podcast and speculate as to what all of our futures may hold.  Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/screenslate] The Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up [https://www.patreon.com/screenslate] and get access to bonus episodes, our lockdown-era streaming series archives, discounts from partners like Criterion and Posteritati, event invitations, and more.

Visionary Between the Temples filmmakers Nathan Silver (writer/director) and C. Mason Wells (writer) join host Jon Dieringer for a housewarming pod in the new Screen Slate HQ. We speak about the duo’s long-running collaboration, the family history that inspired the story of an adult bat mitzvah, and casting Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane for performances that are standouts in two illustrious careers. Plus: Chris Wells is nearly killed, and (recording on July 30) Jon receives a chilling sign of Alain Delon’s impending death. Between the Temples opens today in theaters nationwide. Trailer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeqBcFAOOoU] Venues & showtimes [https://betweenthetemplesfilm.com/] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/screenslate] The Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up [https://www.patreon.com/screenslate] and get access to bonus episodes, our lockdown-era streaming series archives, discounts from partners like Criterion and Posteritati, event invitations, and more.

Princely filmmaker Lance Oppenheim speaks with Jon Dieringer about his new HBO docuseries Ren Faire. We talk about the genesis of the project, the research project, making it alongside his recently released feature Spermworld, and all the layers of palace intrigue within its unexpectedly twisty, treacherous story. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/screenslate] The Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up [https://www.patreon.com/screenslate] and get access to bonus episodes, our lockdown-era streaming series archives, discounts from partners like Criterion and Posteritati, event invitations, and more.

Uncompromising masterwork? Historically poor use of 150 million dollars with a direct-to-Tubi aesthetic? Or somewhere in between? Screen Slate's Jon Dieringer and Filmmaker Magazine's Vadim Rizov attended the first Cannes screening and sat down to discuss their impressions of this sui generis late-late-style work. Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/screenslate] The Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up [https://www.patreon.com/screenslate] and get access to bonus episodes, our lockdown-era streaming series archives, discounts from partners like Criterion and Posteritati, event invitations, and more.

Documentary filmmakers Brian Becker and Marley McDonald visit Screen Slate HQ to talk about Time Bomb Y2K, their fantastic new movie that deftly employs all archival footage to offer a panoramic view of turn-of-the-millennium digital hysteria. On the episode we share Y2K memories, dig into archival research, discuss the wider cultural context that precipitated the moment, and the films featured in the accompanying documentary series Cyber Spaces & Millennial Traces. Time Bomb Y2K opens for a weeklong run December 15 at DCTV then airs on HBO December 30 before landing on Max. Screen Slate founder/pod host Jon Dieringer hosts a Q&A with the filmmakers Saturday, December 16 at 8pm. This episode is sponsored by Film at Lincoln Center and the retrospective Desire/Expectations: The Films of Edward Yang [https://www.filmlinc.org/series/desire-expectations-the-films-of-edward-yang/], running December 22-January 4. Pod editor: AJ McKeon Related links Time Bomb Y2K trailer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Q8v7Z7TJs] Time Bomb Y2K tickets & showtimes [https://firehouse.dctvny.org/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=409569] Cyber Spaces & Millennial Traces [https://www.dctvny.org/s/firehousecinema/series/cyber-spaces-millennial-traces-MCPCS7REXBRVB2VHQ66KSR6HSN2A] series The Net write-up [https://www.screenslate.com/articles/net-0] on Screen Slate    1995: The Year the Internet Broke series [https://www.screenslate.com/series/1995-year-internet-broke] Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/screenslate] The Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up [https://www.patreon.com/screenslate] and get access to bonus episodes, our lockdown-era streaming series archives, discounts from partners like Criterion and Posteritati, event invitations, and more.