http://pod.sbiff.org The Official Podcast of the SBIFF Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:43:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2008/02/03/honoring-tommy-lee-jones/ 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2008/02/01/2008-virtuosos-award/ 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. CLICK HERE ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2008/01/30/honoring-ryan-gosling/ 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. CLICK ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2008/01/29/honoring-javier-bardem/ 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2008/01/28/bustin-down-the-door/ 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2008/01/27/2008-modern-master-award-cate-blanchett/ 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2008/01/26/honoring-julie-christie/ 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. ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2008/01/25/opening-night-definitely-maybe/ 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2008/01/23/ready-set-go/ 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, ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2008/01/15/a-look-back-at-2007/ 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/12/13/cinema-society-juno/ 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/12/04/cinema-society-the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly/ 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/11/13/cinema-society-the-savages/ 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/10/19/cinema-society-eastern-promises/ 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: Click To Play  You can also watch the video with ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/10/07/cinema-society-the-kite-runner/ 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/09/20/cinema-society-in-the-valley-of-elah/ 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) Share This http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/08/31/cinema-society-310-to-yuma/ 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/08/08/cinema-society-rocket-science/ 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.Share This http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/02/11/sbiff-07-a-look-back/ 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/02/07/youtube-for-the-podless/ 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.Download SCORING THE FILM: Composer's Panel - ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/02/05/scoring-the-film-composers-panel-audio-only/ 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.Download SCORING THE FILM: Composer's Panel - Part 1Share This http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/02/05/scoring-the-film-composers-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.Download SCORING THE FILM: Composer's Panel - Part 2Share This http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/02/05/scoring-the-film-composers-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.Download SCORING THE FILM: Composer's Panel - Part 3Share This http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/02/05/scoring-the-film-composers-panel-part-3/ 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.Download SCORING THE FILM: Composer's Panel - Part 4Share This http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/02/05/scoring-the-film-composers-panel-part-4/ 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 ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/02/05/forest-whitaker-receives-the-riviera-award/ MP3 of a panel Moderated by Madelyn Hammond, Senior Vice-President of Sales, Marketing and Retail for Landmark Theatres, participants so far include Adriana Barraza (actress, Babel), Virginia Katz (editor, Dreamgirls), Cecilia Peck (Director, Shut Up and Sing), Consolata Boyle (costume designer, The Queen), Lesley Chilcott (co-producer, An Inconvenient Truth), Timothy ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/02/04/creative-forces-women-in-the-biz-audio-only/ Part 4 of a panel Moderated by Madelyn Hammond, Senior Vice-President of Sales, Marketing and Retail for Landmark Theatres, participants so far include Adriana Barraza (actress, Babel), Virginia Katz (editor, Dreamgirls), Cecilia Peck (Director, Shut Up and Sing), Consolata Boyle (costume designer, The Queen), Lesley Chilcott (co-producer, An Inconvenient Truth), ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/02/04/creative-forces-women-in-the-biz-part-4/ Part 3 of a panel Moderated by Madelyn Hammond, Senior Vice-President of Sales, Marketing and Retail for Landmark Theatres, participants so far include Adriana Barraza (actress, Babel), Virginia Katz (editor, Dreamgirls), Cecilia Peck (Director, Shut Up and Sing), Consolata Boyle (costume designer, The Queen), Lesley Chilcott (co-producer, An Inconvenient Truth), ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/02/04/creative-forces-women-in-the-biz-part-3/ Part 2 of a panel Moderated by Madelyn Hammond, Senior Vice-President of Sales, Marketing and Retail for Landmark Theatres, participants so far include Adriana Barraza (actress, Babel), Virginia Katz (editor, Dreamgirls), Cecilia Peck (Director, Shut Up and Sing), Consolata Boyle (costume designer, The Queen), Lesley Chilcott (co-producer, An Inconvenient Truth), ... http://pod.sbiff.org/2007/02/04/creative-forces-women-in-the-biz-part-2/