Honoring Tommy Lee Jones
On Friday night, Tommy Lee Jones was in town to accept the American Riviera Award. Andy Davis, who directed Jones in “The Fugitive,” was here to present. In addition to snagging interviews with each, we also managed to get a behind the scenes peak at went went on from the stage of the Arlington Theater.
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Host: Julie Ramos
Camera: Angelina Peterson
Editing: Scott Parent
Still Photography: Joseph Matheny
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2008 Virtuosos Award
Wednesday evening was about as star-packed as they come. Young Hollywood’s elite were at the Lobero Theater to accept the Virtuosos Award. Ivan Reitman (Director - Ghostbusters and Disturbia) presented the award to Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose), James McAvoy (Atonement), Ellen Page (Juno), and Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone).
We caught up with all of them on the red carpet!
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Host: Julie Ramos
Camera & Editing: Scott Parent
Still Photography: Joseph Matheny
Produced By: MediaTrust
Honoring Ryan Gosling
Tuesday Ryan Gosling was awarded the first annual Independent Award by the SBIFF. On hand to present was the director of “Lars and the Real Girl,” Craig Gillespie. In addition to chatting with Gosling and Gillespie, Melanie had a quick chat with Roger Durling and “Summerhood” director, Jacob Medjuck.
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Host: Melanie Waters
Camera: Angelina Peterson
Editing: Scott Parent
Still Photography: Joseph Matheny
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Honoring Javier Bardem
Monday night was short and sweet on the red carpet. Although Woody Harrelson was scheduled to walk the red carpet, a miscalculation of traffic got him into Santa Barbara too late. Julie Ramos did manage to speak with honoree, Javier Bardem about his role in No Country for Old Men.
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Host: Julie Ramos
Camera: Angelina Peterson
Editing: Scott Parent
Still Photography: Joseph Matheny
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Bustin’ Down the Door
Sunday night was the premiere of the highly anticipated surf documentary Bustin’ Down the Door. The line of locals waiting to get a seat stretched all the way through the courtyard of the Arlington Theatre and down the block - to date, the longest line we’ve seen at this year’s SBIFF.
We managed to snag interviews with director, Jeremy Gosch, and surf icons Shaun Tomson and Rabbit Bartholomew. The surf community has waited a long time for this film, let’s see what the buzz was about!
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Host: Melanie Waters
Camera & Editing: Scott Parent
Still Photography: Joseph Matheny
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2008 Modern Master Award: Cate Blanchett
The Modern Master award is the highest honor from the SBIFF, and Cate Blanchett was on hand Saturday evening to receive it. Our own Melanie Waters spoke with Cate, as well as director, Todd Haynes, who presented the award. And if that wasn’t enough, we spoke with festival juror and “House of Sand & Fog” actress, Shohreh Aghdashloo and TV’s “House” star, Olivia Wilde.
It was an amazing evening. After watching our coverage, we hope you’ll agree.
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Host: Melanie Waters
Camera & Editing: Scott Parent
Still Photography: Joseph Matheny
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Honoring Julie Christie
On Friday evening the festivities moved over to the more intimate Lobero Theater. Local celeb, and KTYD-FM personality, Julie Ramos, worked the red carpet and talked with legendary director, Norman Jewison, and iconic film critic, Leonard Maltin. Of course Julie also had a nice chat with honoree, Julie Christie.
If opening night was about youth and energy, Friday night was all about celebrating a lifetime of cinematic work.
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Camera: Angelina Peterson
Editing: Scott Parent
Host: Julie Ramos
Still Photography: Joseph Matheny
Sponsored by: MediaTrust
Opening Night: “Definitely, Maybe”
It poured buckets of rain down on Santa Barbara on Thursday, but that didn’t stop the thrill of opening night at the 23rd annual SBIFF! People were out in force to watch the world premiere of “Definitely, Maybe,” attend the gala, and maybe get a peek at their favorite celeb. If you couldn’t make it, don’t fret, we captured it all for you!
In our first show we speak with Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Adam Brooks, Derek Luke, and Liane Balaban. As if that wasn’t enough, we roped our very own Roger Durling in for a quick chat as well.
Take a look!
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Host: Melanie Waters
Camera & Editing: Scott Parent
Still Photography: Joseph Matheny
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Ready. Set. Go!
It’s Wednesday at 4:56 PM. We are a little more than a day away from the opening night film ‘Definitely, Maybe.’ The podcast production crew has been in preparation for weeks. I think we have an incredible team of camera people, on-camera talent, and editors. Additionally, Adam Curry’s PodShow will be airing our coverage on their streaming TV channel called thePLUS. In addition to the podcast content you’ll be able to download here, they’ll also have some pre-red carpet interviews that you can’t see anywhere else. Their coverage will air 24/7 from January 25 - February 4th.
Two year’s ago the SBIFF was first film festival to offer podcast coverage from the red carpet. This year, my company, MediaTrust, will introduce another industry first - we’ll not only be providing video for your iPod, but we’ll also be the first festival to offer Hi-Definition online video of the events!
We are scheduled to interview Angelina Jolie, Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Javier Bardem, Ryan Gosling, Abigail Breslin, Ryan Reynolds, Julie Christie, James McAvoy, Ellen Page, Casey Affleck, Amy Ryan and a ton more! If you thought last year’s coverage was star-studded, I think you’re going to be blown away this year.
Our goal is to have coverage of the previous evening’s event online by early afternoon the following day. Make sure you’ve subscribed to the RSS or entered your email address to the right so that you get our content the minute it’s available! then, feel free to comment on what you see.
I’ve got to head off to the Coffee Cat on Anacapa for our final production meeting. We’ll see you on the red carpet!
Gearing Up For This Year’s SBIFF - A Look Back at 2007
This year, like the past two, we’ll be covering events from the red carpet including celebrity interviews, gossip, and more. We’ll be there opening night, January 24th, and our first episode will be right here for you to enjoy on Friday. We’re expecting interviews with Angelina Jolie, Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Ryan Gosling, Casey Affleck, Ellen Page and more!
Let’s whet your appetite by looking back at some highlights from last year with William H. Macy, Helen Mirren, Sienna Miller, and Will Smith. Join our hosts Melanie Waters and Julie Ramos (of KTYD FM) as they take you along for the ride!
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Cinema Society: Juno
Juno is a whip-smart teen confronting an unplanned pregnancy by her classmate Bleeker. With the help of her hot best friend Leah, Juno finds her unborn child a “perfect” set of parents: an affluent suburban couple, Mark and Vanessa, longing to adopt. Luckily, Juno has the total support of her parents as she faces some tough decisions, flirts with adulthood and ultimately figures out where she belongs.
Join Roger for this amazing audio segment as he chats with Director Jason Reitman, Screenwriter Diablo Cody, and Actors Ellen Page and Allison Janney.
Audio & Video Podcasts sponsored by MediaTrust.
Cinema Society: The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
This week Roger sat down with director Julian Schnabel to talk about his new film The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, based on the true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, the editor of French Elle. Schnabel was named best director at this Year’s Cannes Film Festival. In this piece his discusses the imagery and the point of view of the movie. He also talks about why he decided to shoot the movie in French. (Click HERE for a Hi-Res Quicktime version of the video)
Cinema Society: The Savages
The last thing the two Savage siblings ever wanted to do was look back at their difficult family history. Having wriggled their way out from beneath their father’s domineering thumb, they are now firmly cocooned in their own complicated lives. Wendy is a struggling East Village playwright, AKA a temp who spends her days applying for grants, stealing office supplies and dating her very married neighbor. Jon is a neurotic college professor writing books on obscure subjects in Buffalo. Then comes the call that informs them that the father they have long feared and avoided, Lenny Savage, is slowly being consumed by dementia and they are the only ones that can help.
Now, as they put their already arrested lives on hold, Wendy and Jon are forced to live together under one roof for the first time since childhood, rediscovering the eccentricities that drove each other crazy. Faced with complete upheaval and battling over how to handle their father’s final days, they are confronted with what adulthood, family and, most surprisingly, each other are really about.
Join Roger as he interviews writer/director Tamara Jenkins and actor Laura Linney about what it was like to work on this wonderful film.
One technical note - the lighting at the Riviera Theater continues to be a problem so the picture is dark and grainy. (CLICK ON THE PICTURE BELOW TO START VIDEO)
Cinema Society: Eastern Promises
Roger Durling believes that David Cronenberg is “one of the greatest directors working today.” This interview took place on October 12th at Campbell Hall on the UCSB campus and was almost an hour and a half long. Here are some highlights of Roger’s chat with Cronenberg about the making of the Russian Mafia thriller Eastern Promises.
Cinema Society: The Kite Runner
This week we got an advanced screening of the amazing film, The Kite Runner. Screenwriter David Banioff and Actor, Shaun Toub sat down with Roger and talked about their experience making this epic motion picture. Click the picture to watch the video:
Cinema Society: In the Valley of Elah
This time around we have a great Q & A with “In the Valley of Elah” director, Paul Haggis. The film tells the story of a war veteran (Tommy Lee Jones), his wife (Susan Sarandon) and the search for their son, a soldier who recently returned from Iraq but has mysteriously gone missing, and the police detective (Charlize Theron) who helps in the investigation.
The lighting in the theater isn’t good, so the resulting video is a bit dark. Nonetheless, it’s well worth your time to check it out.(Click on the picture to watch video)
Cinema Society: 3:10 to Yuma
We’ve got some audio this time around from Cinema Society. Roger’s guests are James Mangold and Cathy Conrad as they talk about their new film 3:10 to Yuma starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. (Click Here to Play)
Cinema Society: Rocket Science
The podcast team is back in action and our first show is a Q & A with Rocket Science writer & director Jeffrey Blitz. You may have seen Jeffrey’s previous documentary film, Spellbound. After that experience he decided to try his hand at writing and directing his first fictional feature film. The product of that effort is Rocket Science. (Click on the picture to watch video)
SBIFF 07: A look back
Pod Squad member, Leslie Westbrook takes us on a guided tour of the SBIFF 07 party scene with pictures and narration. Sound and visual editing by Joseph Matheny.
YouTube for the Podless
For the non-Pod enabled, we’re launching a new YouTube channel which will eventually house all the files we have on this Podstation. We hope you enjoy this new service which will allow you to enjoy all of our content online. Another way in which the PodSquad endeavors to provide classic festival moments to the community at large. Enjoy.
We are also putting these videos on iFilm, MySpace and Google Video as well as pix on Flickr.
SCORING THE FILM: Composer’s Panel - Audio Only
AUDIO ONLY VERSION: Lobero Theatre, Saturday, February 3
Moderated by film critic and KUSC Radio host Jim Svedja and includes composers Gustavo Santaolalla (Babel), Mark Isham (Bobby) and Mychael Danna (Little Miss Sunshine / The Nativity Story)…
Camera and sound by Joseph Matheny and Scott Parent.
SCORING THE FILM: Composer’s Panel - Part 1
Lobero Theatre, Saturday, February 3
Moderated by film critic and KUSC Radio host Jim Svedja and includes composers Gustavo Santaolalla (Babel), Mark Isham (Bobby) and Mychael Danna (Little Miss Sunshine / The Nativity Story)…
Camera and sound by Joseph Matheny and Scott Parent.
SCORING THE FILM: Composer’s Panel - Part 2
Lobero Theatre, Saturday, February 3
Moderated by film critic and KUSC Radio host Jim Svedja and includes composers Gustavo Santaolalla (Babel), Mark Isham (Bobby) and Mychael Danna (Little Miss Sunshine / The Nativity Story)…
Camera and sound by Joseph Matheny and Scott Parent.
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Lobero Theatre, Saturday, February 3
Moderated by film critic and KUSC Radio host Jim Svedja and includes composers Gustavo Santaolalla (Babel), Mark Isham (Bobby) and Mychael Danna (Little Miss Sunshine / The Nativity Story)…
Camera and sound by Joseph Matheny and Scott Parent.
SCORING THE FILM: Composer’s Panel - Part 4
Lobero Theatre, Saturday, February 3
Moderated by film critic and KUSC Radio host Jim Svedja and includes composers Gustavo Santaolalla (Babel), Mark Isham (Bobby) and Mychael Danna (Little Miss Sunshine / The Nativity Story)…
Camera and sound by Joseph Matheny and Scott Parent.
Forest Whitaker Receives the Riviera Award
On the final night of the red carpet we got a chance to have a really deep, moving conversation with Sandra Bullock. We also ask Forest about his favorite role to date and his restaurant in L.A.. When it’s all over…we meet the Pod Squad!
On camera interviews conducted by: Meredith Medland and Ted McElwee. Camera: Joseph Matheny. Editing by: Scott Parent.
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Forest Whitaker/Meet the Pod Squad (AUDIO) [8:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (499)CREATIVE FORCES: WOMEN IN THE BIZ- Audio Only
Camera and sound by Joseph Matheny and Scott Parent.
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Camera and sound by Joseph Matheny and Scott Parent.
CREATIVE FORCES: WOMEN IN THE BIZ- Part. 3
Camera and sound by Joseph Matheny and Scott Parent.
CREATIVE FORCES: WOMEN IN THE BIZ- Part. 2
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