Film and Television (Audio)

About Film and Television (Audio)

Go behind-the-scenes to learn more about the story-telling process as producers, directors, writers and actors discuss their craft.

Publisher

UCTV

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Mar 2005

Latest episode

18 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

1 of 334 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   18 Oct 2025

   Panic!: Swoon

   Artist and filmmaker Tom Kalin joins moderator Bhaskar Sarkar (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a discussion of his 1992 film Swoon. Kalin discusses the historical background of the film (the famous 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder case), how he reimagined the case through the lens of queer desire, and how he conducted archival research into the central figures of the murder. Kalin also discusses how his background and training as a visual artist fed into his work in feature-length film making. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 40927]

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   11 Oct 2025

   CWC Docs: Facing the Falls

   Film producer Liz Yale Marsh and mustang wrangler West Taylor join moderator and co-producer Wendy Eley Jackson to discuss their work on the documentary Facing the Falls, which follows disability rights advocate Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan and her twelve-day expedition through the Grand Canyon. They explore how Yar Khan’s muscle disease provided a unique challenge to navigating the Grand Canyon, as well as how Marsh and Jackson came onto the film in post-production and helped to finish the project. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 40926]

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   4 Oct 2025

   CWC Global: Captain Volkonogov Escaped

   Filmmakers Natasha Merkulova and Alexey Chupov join moderator Sasha Razor (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) to discuss their film Captain Volkonogov Escaped. Merkulova and Chupov share how they work as a film making team, how they researched the period of Stalinist purges in the 1930s, and how they sought to make the period of the film feel contemporary. They go on to discuss their experience working with lead actor Yura Borisov, who gained wider recognition for the 2024 film Anora. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 40925]

Inside a recent episode

Halloween Special with Barry Bostwick and Jonathan Stark - Anatomy of an Industry

Published 2 Mar 2015 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The best worst werewolves, I should say. Yeah. But the lesson here that I really want to emphasize is be that person that people want to rehire. No. That once they've worked with you, they want to work with you again. What would you say goes into, besides talent, besides being good at what you do, what goes into somebody wanting to work with you again, and again, wanting to have you around? It's being nice, being a team player. You know, be willing to go the extra mile, you know, help out where you can, and listen to take notes. And, you know, you don't have to take every single note, but at least listen and discuss. […]

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