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Broadcast October 2009 - June 2010
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Episode 1 Temple of Cinema
Host Roger Garcia explores the National Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy and talks to its director Alberto Barbera.
Episode 2 Meeting Anna Biller
Cinepod interviews a true original - indie filmmaker Anna Biller who makes a virtue out of vice! Her first feature VIVA
was recently released.
Episode 3 An Interview with John Woo
Chanel Kong interviews John Woo on the occasion of the US release of his latest film,
the historical epic RED CLIFF.
Episode 4 Berlin International Film Festival - the old and the new
A report from the Berlin international film festival 2009; host Roger Garcia watches films
in 70mm, and also takes in Chen Kaige's historical biopic of Meilan Fang Forever Enthralled,
and finds true film talent in Cheng Yu-chieh's Taiwan film Yang Yang.
Episode 5: Season's Choices
Host Roger Garcia looks at some favorite films, TV, and books - long unavailable - for the Holiday Season! Picks:
films by Douglas Sirk and Frank Tashlin, "Yasmin Ahmad's Films", a superb study of the late filmmaker's
work by Amir Muhammad, and the seminal BBC mini-series "The Glittering Prizes." Episode 6: Anime Man Shinji Aramaki
An interview with director Shinji Aramaki whose 2004 production
"Appleseed" catapulted him to the first rank of Japanese anime filmmakers
Episode 7: Nick Broomfield Life & Times
An interview with Nick Broomfield, documentary filmmaker and also occasional feature film director, on his work and
his unusual feature film GHOSTS about a group of illegal Chinese immigrants in England and their tragic plight. |
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Episode 8: Tokyo Eyes
Roger Garcia reports on the Tokyo International Film Festival 2009 and chooses some of his favorites including Glen Goei's
stunning political comedy from Singapore, THE BLUE MANSION.
Episode 9: Pusher Rising
Roger Garcia interviews one of the most exciting young filmmakers working today, the Danish auteur Nicolas Winding Refn whose
PUSHER trilogy is one of the most internationally successful series of films from Europe. Roger discusses violence and art,
and the use of non-actors with Refn and reviews his career and films.
Episode 13 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2009
Chanel Kong and Roger Garcia preview the San Francisco International Film Festival 2009 (April 23 to May 7). Chanel interviews
Executive Director Graham Leggat, and discusses film picks with Roger Garcia including a strong selection of films from India,
China, Hong Kong and Korea.
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Episode 14: Mowelfund Film Museum
Roger Garcia takes a trip through the film history of the Philippines when he visits a unique institution - the Mowelfund
Film Museum in Manila. The Museum's creator and curator, Nick Deocampo (himself an icon in Filipino cinema and father
of its independent film movement) explains the development of cinema and the film industry from its earliest days through
Japanese collaboration in the Second World War, to its golden age in the 1950s with Gerry de Leon and Lamberto Avellana at
major studios like LVN and Sampuiguita Pictures. The collection concludes with the international profiles of Lino Brocka,
Ishmael Bernal, Mike de Leon, and the birth of contemporary Filipino cinema at the Mowelfund Film Insitute.
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Episode 16: Tokyo International Film Festival
A report from the Tokyo International Film Festival where everything has gone green! John Woo and
cast of RED CLIFF on the green carpet meet Japanese fans, critic Mark Schilling talks about Jun Ichikawa and his last masterpiece
BUY A SUIT, and filmmaker John Williams explains the purpose of J-Pitch.
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