Ep 339: Dennis Lim • Caveh Zahedi • Jesse Wakeman & Kris Avedisian

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[3 mins. 30 secs.] Dennis Lim of the Film Society of Lincoln Center returns to discuss his new book on David Lynch: The Man From Another Place which is currently available where books are sold. We also discuss the upcoming New Directors/New Films series which runs March 16th — 27th. For tickets and the full schedule of films which screens at Lincoln Center and MoMA, click here. Additionally we touch on the upcoming The Art of the Reel Festival and Sam Peckinpah retrospective.

[36 mins. 30 secs.] Caveh Zahedi returns for his 4th visit on the podcast to discuss his episodic series on BRIC TV, The Show About The Show whose 4th episode just became available.

[1 hr. 8 mins.] The creators of a new festival hit, Donald Cried, director/actor Kris Avedisian & actor Jesse Wakeman recorded from SxSW 2016. The film will have one more screening at SxSW on Wednesday, March 16th, 11:15 AM at the Rollins Theater. Then it will screen at the New Directors/New Films series in NYC, first on Saturday, March 19th, 6:30PM at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, then again on Sunday, March 20th, 6:30PM at MoMA’s Titus 1 Theater. Synopsis: 15 years after Peter Latang (Wakeman) has left his working class Rhode Island town he’s forced to return home to bury his Grandmother he loses his wallet on the trip. Stranded, the only person he can think of to help him out is his next door neighbor and former childhood friend Donald Treebeck (Avedisian).

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