Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle

About Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle

Past Present Feature is a film appreciation podcast hosted by Emmy-winning director Marcus Mizelle, showcasing today’s filmmakers, their latest release, and the past cinema that inspired them.

Publisher

Marcus Mizelle

Category

tv & film · tv & film · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 May 2024

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

89 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   The Past Present Feature Film Festival • Nov. 21 • Hollywood, CA

   The Past Present Feature Film Festival returns Saturday, November 21, 2026, for a full day celebrating independent cinema at Eastwood Performing Arts Center in Hollywood, California. Three eras. One celebration of cinema. The Past - films worth rediscovering. The Present - acclaimed new releases and festival favorites. The Future - bold new work from the next generation of filmmakers. Join us for feature films, shorts, and conversations with filmmakers, including an in-person Q&A with Shi...

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   E82 • Finding Truth in Imperfection • YOON DAN-BI, dir. of ‘The World Before’ at TIFF & San Sebastian

   Yoon Dan-bi discusses her second feature, The World Before, ahead of her premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. We explore her fascination with emotions that resist easy explanation, her search for authenticity in fiction, and an intentionally restrained approach to filmmaking that leaves room for actors, accidents, and imperfections to shape the film. Yoon also reflects on her first feature, Moving On, finding a sense of belonging through cinema, and Yasujiro Ozu’s Good M...

3. 

   22 Sept 2026

   E81 • Storytelling Beyond Heroes & Conflict • IRENE KALTENBORN, dir. of ‘The Mother Age‘ at CPH:DOX

   Irene Kaltenborn discusses The Mother Age, her sensory documentary which premiered in CPH:DOX’s NEXT:WAVE competition. Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, which explores a different approach to storytelling that questions our fixation on heroes, conflict, and competition in favor of coexistence, care, and connection. We also discuss Irene’s intuitive filmmaking process, creating the film in the Finnish forest, and the cinema that inspires her, including Robin Pe...

Who has been a guest on Past Present Feature with Marcus Mizelle

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Julia Max
• David Joseph Craig
• Brian Crano
• Gianluca Matarrese

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

16 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2,180 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

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Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

94

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