Marquee Mixtape

Today’s guest is programmer, film critic, and author of the new film book, THAT VERY WITCH ,  Payton McCarty-Simas!  📚Pre-order the book HERE 🎟️Get tix to Season of the Witch at Nitehawk Cinema HERE ✨Follow Payton on Instagram HERE Support Marquee Mixtape by subscribing and rating on your podcaster of choice.  Follow Marquee Mixtape on ⁠Instagram⁠ , ⁠Substack⁠ , and ⁠BlueSky⁠ .  Credits: Produce...

On today’s episode, Host Alec Rodriguez hears about the Naqoyqatsi live score experience at Town Hall from guest Patrick Ellis . They also discuss their first time watches of the Qatsi Trilogy, their gateways to experimental film, the music of Philip Glass, and more. ✨Learn more about The Philip Glass Ensemble HERE ✨Learn more about The Town Hall HERE Support Marquee Mixtape by subscribing and r...

Film programmer FRANK YAN returns to the show to talk about his newest and most personal rep series: WUHAN, DIFFERENT EVERY DAY .  🎟Get your tickets now at BAM ✨Follow Frank Yan on Instagram ✨Learn more about CineCina Film Festival at their website HERE Support Marquee Mixtape by subscribing and rating on your podcaster of choice.  Follow Marquee Mixtape on ⁠Instagram⁠ , ⁠Substack⁠ , and ⁠BlueSk...

We’re thrilled to welcome our next guests on the show: the Music Director and General Manager of the The Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman and Andrew Sterman. They’re returning to The Town Hall on April 19 for a live score accompaniment to Godfrey Reggio’s NAQOYQATSI (2002). In the last couple of years they also performed the first entries to the Qatsi trilogy at the Town Hall: KOYANNISQATSI...

Marya E. Gates just published her first film book, CINEMA HER WAY: Visionary Female Directors In Their Own Words, and she’s programming several rep screenings across the nation for her book tour. In collaboration with The Future of Film is Female, Marya’s book tour is bringing GIRLFIGHT to Nitehawk Cinema and MI VIDA LOCA on 35mm at MoMA. ✨Follow Marya E. Gates on Substack and Instagram 🎟Get your...

We’re covering a “Movie Palace” for the first time on the pod and it’s one of the five legendary Loew’s Wonder Theatres still standing and operating as a cinema today — THE UNITED PALACE in Washington Heights! Our guest on this episode is their Movie Program Director, GREG IPPOLITO, and he shares how they’re celebrating the United Palace’s 95th anniversary by kicking off with a STAR WARS TRIPLE FE...

EL CINE makes their NY debut with rep screenings of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s SANTA SANGRE at The Roxy Cinema this week. Our next guest is El Cine’s Founder and Programmer — MARIANA DA SILVA! El Cine is a 501-c3 that provides free film education for the community through Latin focused screenings and conversations.  ✨Follow El Cine on Instagram HERE ✨Follow Mariana on Instagram HERE ✨Follow The Rox...

ALEX VEGA is on the show this week to help Host Alec Rodriguez share their reactions watching Disney/Pixar’s COCO with a live score accompaniment by The Sinfonietta and Mariachi Flor de Toloache at Town Hall on Día de los Muertos!  ✨Follow Alex on Instagram HERE ✨Follow The Sinfonietta on Instagram HERE ✨Follow Flor de Toloache on Instagram HERE 🎟Learn more about the next Film Concerts at Town...

HUNTER LU visits the show to discuss the new film book Revolution in 35mm and the movie BLOODY FRIDAY (1972) that was screened at Nitehawk Cinema and programmed by the book’s co-editor, SAMM DEIGHAN !  ✨Follow Samm on Instagram and Patreon ✨Follow Hunter at his website HERE 📚Get a digital or physical copy of REVOLUTION IN 35MM Support Marquee Mixtape by subscribing and rating on your podcaster...

This week’s guest, Dani Duarte, joined Host Alec Rodriguez for a 35mm screening of THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE — part of the rep film series HISPANIC HORROR! On this episode they’re chatting about Hispanic folk horror, their gateways to magical realism, their love for Guillermo del Toro, and a deep dive into revisiting his 2001 masterpiece.  This episode is a direct response to Episode #22 with Kat Rodri...

Brooklyn-based writer Brittany Troye is on the show this week to help Host Alec Rodriguez share their reactions to the movies they saw at The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival . This year, TWO rep sidebars were programmed at the festival: FEAR IN FOCUS [SPAIN] and VAMPIRES . The movies discussed in this episode are THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE (1972) and THE ADDICTION (1995) . ✨Follow Brittany  on Insta...

This episode’s guest is SAMM DEIGHAN. She is a film historian, author, programmer, hosts the podcast EROS + MASSACRE, and has contributed to the special features of over 200 Blu-ray releases. She just launched her new film book, Revolution in 35mm: Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse, 1960–1990.  ✨Follow Samm on Instagram and Patreon 📚Get a digital or...

Today’s guest, INA E. , joined Host Alec Rodriguez on a couple of trips to the Alamo Drafthouse in Downtown Brooklyn for the WEIRD WEDNESDAY series back in September. Programmed by LIZ PURCHELL — who was our guest on episode #20 See what Liz has programmed for Weird Wednesday in the rest of October and Novembe r by planning your visit to the Alamo Drafthouse in Downtown Brooklyn! Support Marquee M...

Joann Syrek joined Host Alec Rodriguez on their journey through Shusuke Kaneko’s 1990’s GAMERA TRILOGY and they’re reporting on their experience discovering these kaiju gems at the community-driven and voluntter-ran SPECTACLE microcinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Theses movies were programmed by Steve MacFarlane and he was the guest on episode #21 of the show.  Check out Steve’s current rep serie...

Nitehawk Cinema 35mm Projectionist MCKEGG COLLINS is this episode’s guest and he’ll be handling the 35mm midnight rep screening for THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE at THE BROOKLYN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL!  We’re chatting about his new-ish career as a film projectionist, what we love about the BK Horror Film Fest past and present, and all things movies, horror, and film projection!  Check out the rep offeri...

This week’s guest is the Tony award-winning Founder of THE SINFONIETTA — an all-women and majority WOC Orchestra renowned for reimagining the music of popular culture in a symphonic setting — MACY SCHMIDT. They’re bringing Disney/Pixar’s Coco in Concert LIVE TO FILM to Town Hall on Dia de los Muertos (Nov 1) and joining them is NYC’s first and only all-women and GRAMMY-winning Mariachi group, FLOR...

A vital characteristic of Nitehawk Cinema isn’t just the movie you’re going there to watch — it’s everything leading up to showtime: THE PRE-SHOW. That includes carefully curated clips, music videos, interview sound bites, custom-made trailers, and other media artifacts that are relevant to the screening audiences are seated for. We’re so thrilled to welcome the person responsible for all this, Ni...

2024 is the 70th anniversary of Godzilla and we’re continuing to give the Kaiju genre its flowers by covering the GAMERA TRILOGY (1995-1999) screening at SPECTACLE all month long in September. This week’s guest is STEVE MACFARLANE — the Spectacle film programmer who is also giving an in-person introduction to GODZILLA 1985 on 9/18 at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn for their WEIRD WEDNESDAY...

Our next guest is LIZ PURCHELL — she’s the film programmer behind the ongoing monthly rep series WEIRD WEDNESDAY at Alamo Drafthouse’s Downtown Brooklyn location! In September she’s programming all 35mm screenings of Corey Yuen’s SO CLOSE (2002), Larry Cohen’s BONE (1972), GODZILLA 1985 , and Roger Corman’s THE TRIP (1967). Tap in to learn all about Liz’s extraordinary work as a queer film histori...

ANDREW ABREU visits the pod to help Host Alec Rodriguez share his reactions to SPECTACLE EVERY DAY: MEXICAN POPULAR CINEMA — the 22-film retrospective on Mexico Cinema’s Golden Age which ended its run last week at the Film at Lincoln Center. 🎞️The films from this retrospective can be found on THIS Letterboxd list! Support Marquee Mixtape by subscribing and rating on your podcaster of choice. Follo...

Meet Tomoko Takedani Sater — the interpreter at JAPAN CUTS responsible for connecting NY audiences with the Japanese filmmakers that gave live introductions and post-screening Q&As at the film festival! ✨Follow Tomoko on Twitter and learn more about her services at her website ✨Follow Japan Society Film on Instagram and Twitter Support Marquee Mixtape by subscribing and rating on your podcas...

JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM 2024 came to a stirring close with a screening of SHIN GODZILLA: ORTHOCHROMATIC at Japan Society in NYC! On this episode Host Alec Rodriguez shares his reactions to the film festival’s repertory offerings and he’s joined by a new guest — LORI NAVARRO ! ICYMI: Japan Society Film Programmer ⁠ ALEXANDER FEE ⁠ returned to the show in episode #016 to highlight...

The guests on this episode are Cecilia Barrionuevo and Tyler Wilson — the programmers behind SPECTACLE EVERY DAY: MEXICAN POPULAR CINEMA — the 22-film retrospective on the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema screening at FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER from July 26-Aug 8. 🎞️Films in this retrospective can be found on THIS Letterboxd list! 🎟️Get tix ⁠ HERE ⁠ 🌟Support Marquee Mixtape by subscribing and rating on y...

Film programmer ALEXANDER FEE returns to the show to hype up the 17th edition of JAPAN CUTS: FESTIVAL OF NEW JAPANESE FILM 2024 at Japan Society in NYC. We highlight the festival's repertory offerings in the Classics Slate : 🎞️Films in this program include: August in Water (1995) Moving (1993) Mermaid Legend (1984) Shin Godzilla: Orthochromatic (2023) 🎟️Get tix HERE ✨Follow Alexander on Twitt...

DAN LAM returns to the show to share his anecdotes, observations and reactions to The Roxy Cinema , Spectacle , and the rep film series PRIMATE VISION with Host Alec Rodriguez! Check out the previous episode of the show for Alec's interview with NICO PEDRERO-SETZER , the film critic and curator behind PRIMATE VISION! 🎞️ The film series includes: THE SON OF KONG ALTERED STATES HUMAN NATURE DUNS...