Saturday, May 1, 2021
When the pandemic hit London, director Simon Godwin's National Theatre production of “Romeo & Juliet” shut down before it could open. So Godwin shot the play as a movie — never min…
SOURCE: KCRW at 07:41AMSaturday, April 24, 2021
Austin Winsberg, creator of the NBC series “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,” and producer-choreographer Mandy Moore check in from Canada, where they had just finished shooting the show�…
SOURCE: KCRW at 05:26PMAfter filmmaker Raoul Peck made his award-winning James Baldwin documentary “I Am Not Your Negro,” he had a lot of suitors in Hollywood. But it was HBO that didn’t blink when Peck expl…
SOURCE: KCRW at 05:26PMFriday, November 15, 2019
Peter Jackson generated whole worlds for his ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Hobbit’ trilogies. Last year he made a documentary that magically brought to life old footage shot on the front …
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 08:00PMMonday, August 13, 2018
Author Kevin Kwan and director Jon M. Chu passionately wanted the movie version of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ to play in theaters. So they turned down a huge offer from Netflix and took their c…
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 05:00PMMonday, June 11, 2018
Director Morgan Neville knew his new documentary about the life and legacy of Fred Rogers and his neighborhood would be emotional. But he wasn’t prepared for theaters full of mass sobbing.…
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 05:30PMMonday, March 5, 2018
As 'Black Panther' mauls box office records, we stopped by a theater showing the film in a new panoramic format called ScreenX. We get reactions from 'Black Panther' fans and talk to Paul Ki…
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 05:30PMSaturday, December 3, 2016
Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein won one of his several Tonys for his performance as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. Now, he's reprising the role for NBC's live version of the musical, which air…
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 03:30PMSaturday, August 20, 2016
Thomas Kail won a Tony for directing Hamilton on Broadway. Now he’s up for an Emmy after directing the TV musical Grease: Live on Fox. He tells us how having a specific vision for your pro…
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 03:30PMSaturday, August 6, 2016
Comedian Mike Birbiglia's new film Don't Think Twice follows a close-knit improv group that starts to feel the strain when one of its members gets a big break on a hit TV show. Birbiglia te…
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 03:30PMSaturday, July 11, 2015
Filmmaker Benjamin Statler hopes his new documentary Soaked in Bleach will help reopen the Kurt Cobain case. Meanwhile, Courtney Love and her lawyers are attempting to stop his film from bei…
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 03:30PMSaturday, April 18, 2015
When he switched from theater to film and television, Aasif Mandvi found himself relegated to roles as cab drivers and deli owners. Now The Daily Show correspondent created a new web sitcom,…
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 03:30PMSaturday, October 18, 2014
Filmmaker Lynn Shelton shares the unique career path that took her from New York theater actor to Seattle indie director. Her new movie Laggies stars Keira Knightley.
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 03:30PMSaturday, September 13, 2014
Filmmakers Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren set out to make a documentary about the bank robber who inspired Al Pacino’s character in Dog Day Afternoon. Now, after more than ten years of f…
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 03:30PMMonday, March 26, 2012
"The Hunger Games" is the biggest movie to hit theaters this year. Producer Nina Jacobson tells us how the movie came to be.
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 05:30PMMonday, December 5, 2011
Selling the NC-17 rated movie, Shame. Plus, the fate and state of movie theaters.
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 05:30PMMonday, August 17, 2009
Documentaries used to be relegated to PBS and college classrooms, but these days, they're just as liable to come to theater near you. We talk to Sheila Nevins, who's had a big part in grow…
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 05:30PMMonday, April 13, 2009
With 3-D movies seemingly raking in the dough, why are theaters so slow to upgrade? Plus, the hair-raising world of Hollywood fundraising and Hollywood power wives.
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 05:30PMMonday, October 29, 2007
The musical Wicked is a global phenomenon that's made scary profits for Universal Studios. We talk to producer Marc Platt about Hollywood's all-time most successful film--that isn't yet a fi…
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 05:30PMMonday, October 8, 2007
After a high-profile legal battle to take his name off American History X and replace it with a wacky pseudonym, Tony Kaye became persona non grata in Hollywood. Nearly a decade later, he's …
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 05:30PMMonday, June 11, 2007
We look at the wonderful world of the great white way through the lens of a new documentary called Show Business: The Road to Broadway.
SOURCE: play.cdnstream1.com at 05:30PM 
