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.

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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)

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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)

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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.

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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:

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Q/A with Home of the Brave producer Rob Cowan, interviewed by Jeremy Platt

Part of the Cinema Society Podcast series.

Podcast made possible by Joseph Matheny and Metalepsis.

 Home of the Brave (Riviera Theater, 12/02) [25:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (69)

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Interview by Roger Durling Q/A with Notes on a Scandal director Richard Eyre, screenwriter Patrick Marber, novelist Zoe Heller.

Part of the Cinema Society Podcast series.

Podcast made possible by Joseph Matheny and Metalepsis.

 Interviews: Notes on a Scandal (Riviera Theater, 11/19): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (76)

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Interview by Roger Durling Q/A with director of The Pursuit of Happyness, Gabriele Muccino.

Part of the Cinema Society Podcast series.

Podcast made possible by Joseph Matheny and Metalepsis.

 Interview: The Pursuit of Happyness (Riviera Theater, 11/18) [31:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (68)

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Interview by Roger Durling with Director Emilio Estevez & Actor Freddy Rodriguez of Bobby.

Part of the Cinema Society Podcast series.

Podcast made possible by Joseph Matheny and Metalepsis.

 Interview: Bobby 11-11 at the Riveria : Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (75)

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Interview by Roger Durling with Director Guillermo del Toro of Pan’s Labyrinth.

Part of the Cinema Society Podcast series.

Podcast made possible by Joseph Matheny and Metalepsis.

 Interview: Pan's Labyrinth 11-08 at the Metro 4 : Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (65)

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Interview by Roger Durling with Director Anthony Minghella of Breaking and Entering.
Part of the Cinema Society Podcast series.

Podcast made possible by Joseph Matheny and Metalepsis.

 Interview: Breaking and Entering 11-04 at the Riveria : Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (71)

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Interview by Roger Durling with Directors Cecilia Peck and Barbara Kopple of Dixie Chicks- Shut up and Sing.
Part of the Cinema Society Podcast series.

Podcast made possible by Joseph Matheny and Metalepsis.

 Interview: Dixie Chicks- Shut up and Sing 10-29 at the Riveria: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (106)

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Interview by Roger Durling with Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu of Babel.

Part of the Cinema Society Podcast series.

Podcast made possible by Joseph Matheny and Metalepsis.

 Interview: Babel: 10-28-06 at the Riveria: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (70)

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Interview by Roger Durling with Producers Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa of Little Children.
Part of the Cinema Society Podcast series.

Podcast made possible by Joseph Matheny and Metalepsis.

 LITTLE CHILDREN: 10/14/2006 at the Riveria [20:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (79)

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Interview by Roger Durling with Last King of Scotland director Kevin Macdonald, and actors Forest Whitaker and James Mcavoy.
Part of the Cinema Society Podcast series.

Podcast made possible by Joseph Matheny and Metalepsis.

 he Last King of Scotland, Sept. 27th at the Metro 4 [28:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (70)

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Interview by Roger Durling with The Queen Actress Dame Helen Mirren.

Part of the Cinema Society Podcast series.

Podcast made possible by Joseph Matheny and Metalepsis.

 The Queen, Oct. 5th at the Metro 4: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (78)

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Interview by Roger Durling with The Departed producer Graham King.

Part of the Cinema Society Podcast series.

Podcast made possible by Joseph Matheny and Metalepsis.

 The Departed, Oct. 4th at the Metro 4 [22:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (75)

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Interview by Roger Durling with the director of Catch a Fire,

 Catch a Fire, Sept. 26th at the Metro 4 [28:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (101)

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