At Berkeley with K. Austin Collins
We talk Frederick Wiseman's At Berkeley (2013) with film critic K. Austin Collins. 0:00: intro 145:00: chat w/Austin Collins wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Jun 23, 2025•4 hr•Ep. 45
Wiseman Podcast
A film-by-film analysis of the career of filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. Hosted by Shawn Glinis and Arlin Golden.
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Crazy Horse with Nellie Kluz
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Crazy Horse (2011) with filmmaker Nellie Kluz (The Dells). 0:00: intro 1:43:40: chat w/Kluz Shawn's interview about the Wiseman retrospective . wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Mar 17, 2025•2 hr 59 min•Ep. 44
Boxing Gym with Bill Nichols
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Boxing Gym (2010) with *the* documentary scholar, Bill Nichols. 0:00: intro 1:19:30: chat w/Nichols wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Dec 30, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 43
La Danse with JJ Bersch & Matt St. John
We talk Frederick Wiseman's La Danse (2009) with researcher JJ Bersch and archivist Matt St. John. 0:00: intro 1:18:55: chat w/Bersch & St. John wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Nov 12, 2024•2 hr 45 min•Ep. 42
State Legislature with Mark Asch
We talk Frederick Wiseman's State Legislature (2007) with film critic Mark Asch. 0:00: intro 1:45:00: chat w/Asch wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Sep 10, 2024•3 hr 5 min•Ep. 41
The Garden with Vadim Rizov
We talk Frederick Wiseman's The Garden (2005) with Vadim Rizov, director of editorial operations at Filmmaker Magazine. 0:00: intro 1:21:33: chat w/Rizov wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Jul 08, 2024•2 hr 30 min•Ep. 40
Interview with Jane Tolmachyov
We chat with Jane Tolmachyov, colorist at Goldcrest Post, about the new restorations of 33 of Frederick Wiseman's films. We also talk in depth about the new monograph from Carolyn Anderson and Thomas Benson, Making Documentary Film: Frederick Wiseman and His Collaborators. 0:00: on Making Documentary Film 1: 09:33: interview w/Tolmachyov The monograph can be downloaded here . Our guest episode on Aca-Media is here . wisemanpodcast@gmail.com...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 39
Domestic Violence 2 with Max Carpenter
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Domestic Violence 2 (2002) with programmer Max Carpenter. 0:00: intro 1:03:41: chat w/Carpenter wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
May 28, 2024•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 38
The Last Letter
We talk Frederick Wiseman's The Last Letter (2002). wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 37
Domestic Violence with Sophy Romvari
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Domestic Violence (2001) with filmmaker Sophy Romvari. 0:00: intro 1:24:00: chat w/Romvari wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Mar 04, 2024•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 36
Interview 2 with Frederick Wiseman
We talk with Frederick Wiseman about the second era of his filmography (The Store - Belfast, Maine). wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 35
Belfast, Maine with Leo Goldsmith
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Belfast, Maine (1999) with film critic and educator, Leo Goldsmith. 0:00: intro 1:32:29: chat w/Goldsmith wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Feb 12, 2024•2 hr 44 min•Ep. 34
Public Housing with Ben Sachs
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Public Housing (1997) with Chicago-based programmer and critic Ben Sachs. 0:00: intro 24:00: contemporaneous discourse 1:37:15: Shawn & Arlin on Public Housing 2:14:00: chat w/Sachs
Dec 17, 2023•3 hr 30 min•Ep. 33
La Comedie-Francaise with Kenji Fujishima
We talk Frederick Wiseman's La Comedie-Francaise ou L'amour joue (1996) with critic Kenji Fujishima. 0:00: intro 1:31:41 chat w/Fujishima wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Nov 18, 2023•2 hr 43 min•Ep. 32
Ballet with Sean Gilman
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Ballet (1995) with critic Sean Gilman. 0:00:00-1:13:55: intro 1:13:55-2:34:07: chat w/Gilman wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Oct 09, 2023•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 31
Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros: First Reactions
Shawn and Arlin review Frederick Wiseman's new film, Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros (2023).
Sep 15, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 30
High School II with Cynthia Lucia
We talk Frederick Wiseman's High School II (1994) with educator and film historian, Cynthia Lucia. 0:00:00-1:29:30: intro 1:29:31-3:34:57: chat w/Lucia wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Aug 05, 2023•3 hr 35 min•Ep. 29
Zoo with Lance Oppenheim
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Zoo (1993) with filmmaker Lance Oppenheim (Some Kind of Heaven). 0:00:00-1:20:29: intro 1:20:30-2:36:08: chat w/Oppenheim wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Jul 25, 2023•2 hr 36 min•Ep. 28
Interview with John Davey
We talk with Frederick Wiseman's cinematographer, John Davey. 0:00:00-07:47: intro 07:48-1:59:05: chat w/Davey wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
May 18, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 27
Aspen with A.S. Hamrah
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Aspen (1991) with film critic A.S. Hamrah. 0:00:00-1:27:41: intro 1:27:42-3:10:18: chat w/Hamrah wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
May 01, 2023•3 hr 10 min•Ep. 26
Central Park with Alex Sherman
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Central Park (1989) with film professor and cinematographer Alex Sherman. 0:00:00-1:21:35: intro 1:21:36-3:14:15: chat w/Sherman wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Mar 13, 2023•3 hr 14 min•Ep. 25
Near Death with Nicolas Rapold
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Near Death (1989) with critic Nicolas Rapold. 0:00:00-1:34:03: intro 1:34:04-3:02:53: chat w/Rapold wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Feb 05, 2023•3 hr 3 min•Ep. 24
Missile with Dan Schindel
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Missile (1987) with critic Dan Schindel. 0:00:00-1:03:11: intro 1:03:12-2:14:11: chat w/Schindel wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Dec 19, 2022•2 hr 14 min•Ep. 23
Multi-Handicapped with Stephen Mamber
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Multi-Handicapped (1986), the last film in the Deaf and Blind series, with returning guest Stephen Mamber, author of Cinema Verite in America and "Frederick Wiseman: A Journal." 0:00:00-1:01:54: intro 1:01:55-2:25:01: chat w/Mamber wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Dec 05, 2022•2 hr 25 min•Ep. 22
Adjustment & Work with John Wilson
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Adjustment & Work (1986) with John Wilson, filmmaker and creator of How To with John Wilson. 0:00:00-1:11:02: intro 1:11:03-2:20:32: chat w/Wilson wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Oct 26, 2022•2 hr 21 min•Ep. 21
Un Couple: First Reactions
Arlin and Shawn review Frederick Wiseman's new film, Un Couple (2022).
Oct 01, 2022•46 min•Ep. 20
Deaf with Brittany Gravely
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Deaf (1986) with Brittany Gravely, experimental filmmaker and publicist and designer at Harvard Film Archive. 0:00:00-1:01:32: intro 1:01:33-2:36:43: chat w/Gravely wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Sep 19, 2022•2 hr 37 min•Ep. 19
Blind with Jeff Griffith-Perham
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Blind (1986) with Jeff Griffith-Perham, film exhibition curatorial associate of BAMPFA. 0:00:00-1:17:17: intro 1:17:18-3:00:15: chat w/Griffth-Perham wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Aug 28, 2022•3 hr•Ep. 18
Racetrack with Esther Rosenfield
We talk Frederick Wiseman's Racetrack (1985) with writer and archivist Esther Rosenfield. 0:00:00-0:49:22: intro 0:49:23-1:53:33: chat w/Rosenfield interactive Wiseman map: https://maphub.net/slipkornbizkit/world-of-wiseman wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Aug 06, 2022•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 17
The Store with Miriam Bale
We talk Frederick Wiseman's The Store (1983) with Miriam Bale, artistic director of Indie Memphis Film Festival. 0:00:00-1:36:58: intro 1:36:59-2:53:29: chat w/Bale wisemanpodcast@gmail.com
Jul 10, 2022•2 hr 53 min•Ep. 16
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