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A Fresh Face in Hell with Jonathan EvisonChris Wilcha - Keeping the Dream AliveI speak with filmmaker Chris Wilcha about the themes of his new film, "Flipside." In the film, Chris tells his career story beginning as a young, idealistic filmmaker who sets out to become a documentarian but finds himself later in life as a commercial director with hard drives full of unfinished films. Ironically, many of the films are about artists and characters with unrealized dreams of their own. In an act of self-realization, Chris stitches all of these films together to make (and finish) his opus - "Flipside." Check it out on Amazon Prime, Criterion, Apple, and on most...2025-05-211h 00
The Stroke of Midnite#9- FlipsideReach out to add to the discussion! This week we take a dive into the phenomenal documentary "Flipside" by Chris Wilcha. The film examines several aspects of creativity with a major focus on one of the great struggles we all deal with: What do we do with all the ideas that get placed on a shelf collecting dust? Support the show2025-05-0652 min
The WatchersFlipside with Chris WilchaAndrea and Jodie sit down with filmmaker Chris Wilcha to talk about his beautiful documentary, Flipside. In the film, Chris revisits the New Jersey record store he worked at as a teenager—a quirky, once-thriving music haven that’s now struggling to survive. But Flipside is so much more than just a nostalgic look back. We dive into the making of the film, Chris’s journey with archives, and the challenges of pursuing a creative career. We get into everything from New Jersey nostalgia to the surprising connections between Ira Glass, jazz photographer Herman Leonard, writer David Milch, David Bowie’...2024-12-181h 29The WatchersThe Watchers Watch Getting LOSTThis week on The Watchers, Jodie and Andrea dive into the new LOST documentary, Getting LOST. We share our thoughts on how well it captures the show’s legacy, LOST’s profound and lasting impact on fandom culture, what makes the show resonate years later, and–most important–why it’s not friggin’ purgatory.Next week, we’ll be watching the documentary Flipside and chatting with its director, Chris WIlcha. Watch on AppleTV or Amazon Prime.Check out Cancer Gets LOST at cancergetslost.orgGetting LOST is still available to watch until December 18th. Check it o...2024-12-1156 min
Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film190: Chris Wilcha — from "This American Life" to "Flipside""Flipside" is a personal essay film in which director Chris Wilcha grapples with middle age by trying to document the New Jersey record store where he worked as a teenager. In the process, he returns to multiple other documentary projects that never came to fruition - interweaving interviews with jazz photographer Herman Leonard, TV writer David Milch, radio host Ira Glass, writer Starlee Kine, director Judd Apatow, comedian Uncle Floyd, and others.This subject hits close to home for Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers who was once was featured in the New York Times article Untold Stories, Ab...2024-06-0644 minPure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film190: Chris Wilcha — from "This American Life" to "Flipside""Flipside" is a personal essay film in which director Chris Wilcha grapples with middle age by trying to document the New Jersey record store where he worked as a teenager. In the process, he returns to multiple other documentary projects that never came to fruition - interweaving interviews with jazz photographer Herman Leonard, TV writer David Milch, radio host Ira Glass, writer Starlee Kine, director Judd Apatow, comedian Uncle Floyd, and others.This subject hits close to home for Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers who was once was featured in the New York Times article Untold Stories, Ab...2024-06-0644 min
Double Feature - podkast filmowySpecial #12 - Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2024Podsumowujemy 21. edycję Millennium Docs Against Gravity oraz wskazujemy filmy, które naszym zdaniem były w tym roku najbardziej interesujące. Część z nich można oglądać online na stronie festiwalu jeszcze do 2 czerwca.
"Hollywoodgate" reż. Ibrahim Nash’at
"Nie chcemy innej ziemi" reż. Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor [ONLINE]
"Skradzione ciało" reż. Sophie Compton [ONLINE]
"Dzienniki Black Box" reż. Shiori Ito
"Dwójka nieznajomych próbujących się nie pozabijać" reż. Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Oimet [ONLINE]
"Pamięć jest wieczna" reż. Maite Alber...2024-06-0150 min
Documentary of the WeekCollecting records and reviving dreams in 'Flipside'Filmmaker Chris Wilcha tells a personal story of reckoning with youthful dreams in middle age as he tries to save an old record store in 'Flipside.' The film weaves together the perspectives of many others including Ira Glass, Judd Apatow and Starlee Kine.
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Infinite LoopsChris Wilcha — Flipside (EP.218)Chris Wilcha is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and commercial director. His latest film, Flipside, which is co-executive produced by Jim and presented in association with Infinite Films (among others), opens in select US theaters tomorrow (May 31st, 2024). An ode to creative failure, abandoned projects, and rekindled passion, Flipside premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival to rave reviews. Here’s the full description: “When filmmaker Chris Wilcha revisits the record store he worked at as a teenager in New Jersey, he finds the once-thriving bastion of music and weirdness from his youth slowly fall...2024-05-301h 16
Learn, Make, LearnThe Perils of Crossing Over from Niche to MainstreamWe dig into the perils of crossing over from niche to mainstream. How can a brand built on a niche product or service successfully expand its appeal? Should this even be an aspiration?FOLLOW-UPS – 01:24“Low-Resource” Text Classification78% MNIST accuracy using GZIP in under 10 lines of codeMNIST by zipClustering by compressionKolmogorov complexityNormalized compression distanceChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the WebLast week’s cover artApple’s LaserWriter Changed Everything (paywall)Adobe, Stability AI & Canva are starting to pay artistsOn Thr...2024-02-0846 min