It was my great privilege to be the dumb guy talking to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Henry James scholar Megan Marshall after WBUR CitySpace’s Set In Boston screening of Merchant Ivory’s The Bostonians. Topics included the difficulties of shooting at the Athenaeum and how the movie tries to put an inspirational spin on the novel’s downbeat ending. – WBUR CitySpace, 07/11/2025
Had a terrific time talking to old friend and George V. Higgins expert Jake Mulligan about The Friends Of Eddie Coyle for WBUR CitySpace’s Set In Boston series. We discussed how the film spawned an entire genre of Boston crime films, even though none that followed had a fraction of the verisimilitude. Also, an excuse to tell some amazing Mitchum stories. – WBUR CitySpace, 05/16/2025
It was my great pleasure to host a panel with the young filmmakers selected for WBUR CitySpace’s Ones To Watch Short Film Festival. Here’s a chat about budgets, scheduling, sunlight and assorted other logistical nightmares with the talented Maria Servellón, Shaun Clarke, Sean Temple, Sarah Wisner, Brittany Severance and Herman Servatius. – WBUR CitySpace, 03/19/2025
Had a great time talking to Strawberry Mansion directors Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley in this virtual Q&A for the Independent Film Festival Boston. We discussed their movie’s nightmare scenario in which advertisers insert product placement into your dreams, the duo’s love of analog aesthetics and why sometimes it’s not such a bad thing to fall asleep during a movie. – IFFBoston, 05/14/2021
Honored I was asked to moderate this IFFBoston panel discussion about the state of local arthouse cinemas featuring friends Ian Judge from the Somerville Theatre, Ned Hinkle from the Brattle and Katherine Tallman from the Coolidge Corner Theatre. We discussed Covid-19 closures and coping methods, as well as what audiences can expect from the New Normal. – IFFBoston, 05/08/2021
My November conversation with the legendary Frederick Wiseman is part of the Coolidge Corner Theatre’s satellite programming for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Discussing his latest masterpiece City Hall, the filmmaker reflects on the heroism of local government and the madness of Donald Trump. Also, I got to tell Fred about Four Seasons Total Landscaping. – Coolidge Corner Theatre, 01/29/2021
On The ARTery Living Room Livestream I sat down for a virtual chat with my old friend Ed Siegel to discuss Joan Micklin Silver’s great 1977 Boston newspaper comedy Between The Lines, our experiences starting out at alt-weeklies much like the one depicted in the movie and why this film still feels relevant more than forty years later. – WBUR’s The ARTery, 05/22/2020
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