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 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 showThe Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up 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.TrailerVenues & showtimesSupport the showThe Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up 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 showThe Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up 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 showThe Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up 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, running December 22-January 4.Pod editor: AJ McKeonRelated linksTime Bomb Y2K trailerTime Bomb Y2K tickets & showtimesCyber Spaces & Millennial Traces seriesThe Net write-up on Screen Slate   1995: The Year the Internet Broke seriesSupport the showThe Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up and get access to bonus episodes, our lockdown-era streaming series archives, discounts from partners like Criterion and Posteritati, event invitations, and more.

Screen Slate travels to Richard Hell’s East Village apartment to discuss his latest collection of poetry, What Just Happened. We talk about moving to New York to become a poet and his early jobs in bookstores, including Cinemabilia, the movie memorabilia store whose manager Terry Ork played a key role in early punk. We also get into Richard’s film roles, including Smithereens and Nick Zedd’s Geek Maggot Bingo, and what he’s been watching lately.LinksOrder: What Just HappenedRSVP: Reading Thursday, October 26 at POWERHOUSE ARENARead: Richard Hell, “My Godard” Support the showThe Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up and get access to bonus episodes, our lockdown-era streaming series archives, discounts from partners like Criterion and Posteritati, event invitations, and more.

Criterion Channel '90s Horror programmer Clyde Folley returns to the pod to hack into deep cuts like Def By Temptation, The Rapture, When a Stranger Calls Back, and perennial Screen Slate favorite Demon Knight. We also celebrate the inclusion of essential 2014 artifact Unfriended in the Channel's High School horror series. Plus: Caroline Golum returns as co-host!'90s Horror trailerUnfriended on the Criterion ChannelSupport the showThe Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up and get access to bonus episodes, our lockdown-era streaming series archives, discounts from partners like Criterion and Posteritati, event invitations, and more.

Filmmaker Jacqueline Castel joins us to talk about her feature debut My Animal, which unites Amandla Stenberg and Bobbi Salvör Menuez in a haunting, queer werewolf story set in a small town in Northern Ontario. A veteran music video director best known for her many collaborations with Sacred Bones artists like Zola Jesus and Pharmakon along with musician-directors such as Jim Jarmusch and John Carpenter, Castel speaks about the elements that aligned to make her first film. We get into casting, getting hooked up with screenwriter Jae Matthews of Boy Harsher, scouting the perfect eerie town,  shooting the breathtaking moon photography, and the unexpected fitness documentary that influenced the film.My Animal trailer & screeningsJacqueline Castel websiteMy Animal opens in select theaters Sept. 8 and is available to buy on digital Sept. 15Support the showThe Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up and get access to bonus episodes, our lockdown-era streaming series archives, discounts from partners like Criterion and Posteritati, event invitations, and more.

Ira Sachs visits the pod to talk about his new film Passages, in which the marriage of a gay couple (Franz Rogowski & Ben Whishaw) is thrown into disarray when one of them begins a passionate affair with a woman (Adèle Exarchopoulos). The stylish, sexy drama is one of the hottest films of the summer, not least for its expert direction and impeccable cast. Sachs talks to Screen Slate’s Jon Dieringer about mentorship, his strategy of not rehearsing with actors, the influential films on his cinematic “cheat sheet,” censorship, and filming heated love scenes.Support the showThe Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up and get access to bonus episodes, our lockdown-era streaming series archives, discounts from partners like Criterion and Posteritati, event invitations, and more.

Mary Bronstein visits Screen Slate HQ to talk about Yeast, her bracingly funny, often excruciating, and authentic 2008 portrait of toxic female friendship, which has had a recent string of sold-out repertory screenings in Los Angeles, New York, and London. On this episode we discuss how the cast and crew came together, channeling anger into creativity, and how the film is in many ways a response to the insular, male-centric mumblecore scene of the late 2000s and early 2010s. We also hear some exciting info about Mary’s second feature, due to shoot later this year.Yeast is streaming for free on Le Cinema Club (www.lecinemaclub.com), co-presented by Mezzanine, June 9-15. For a full-length bonus episode with Mary that gets deeper into the late 2000s indie film scene, Kim’s Video, and our favorite late-period Clint Eastwood movies, visit patreon.com/screenslate.Support the showThe Screen Slate Podcast is supported by its Patreon members. Sign up and get access to bonus episodes, our lockdown-era streaming series archives, discounts from partners like Criterion and Posteritati, event invitations, and more.