Marquee Mixtape

Apes have been dominating the silver screen with recent first run releases such as ⁠MONKEY MAN⁠ , SASQUATCH SUNSET , GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE , and KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES . Naturally, this inspired programmer Steve McFarlane to curate a sequel to his 2017 dual film series at Anthology Film Archives and Spectacle: Simian Vérité and Missing Links. This time around he enlisted Nico...

Kijun Lee visits the show this week! He is the founder of Next2Silence Productions and the concert producer for the specially curated double feature at Town Hall : BYEONG WOO LEE Guitar Concert + BONG JOON HO'S MOTHER LIVE. A one night only event in NYC at Town Hall on Saturday April 20 at 7PM. Get your tickets HERE !  Town Hall is a 1,500-seat, 501C3 non-profit national historic landmark venu...

#BONGHIVE activate! Town Hall 's artistic director Melay Araya joins Alec to discuss what her job entails when producing the one night only event to celebrate the innovative Korean Guitarist and Film Composer Byeong Woo Lee . Town Hall presents a specially curated double feature that includes a BYEONG WOO LEE GUITAR CONCERT and a film screening with live score accompaniment to BONG JOON-HO&#39...

ANGELINE QUINTILLA has been watching first run and repertory films with me for over a decade. She also happens to be my partner in life! On this episode of the show we're reacting to the rep film series at IFC Center — SHADOWS OF CHANGE: Women & Horror in 2014 — programmed by Caryn Coleman and presented by her non-profit org THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE . Angeline and I saw A GIRL WALKS HO...

CARYN COLEMAN is the founder and executive director of THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE — the non-profit org supporting women and non-binary filmmakers in all stages of production with a focus on getting their shorts and features on the silver screen. She is a film programmer who screens contemporary and repertory films in NYC, LA, ATL, and Portland, Oregon. She is also the former Director of Programm...

Filmmaker DAN LAM joins the show to share his reactions to the Museum of the Moving Image 's rep film series WELCOME TO THE MACHINE which acts as a companion to David Levine's holographic film DISSOLUTION that was on display at the museum for the last several months. WELCOME TO THE MACHINE is programmed by David Levine and Sonia Epstein (Curator of Science & Technology, MoMI). The film...

Joining the show this week are SONIA EPSTEIN and DAVID LEVINE, the programmers behind ⁠ Welcome to the Machine ⁠ — the rep film series presented by ⁠Science on Screen⁠ at the ⁠Museum of the Moving Image⁠ .  Welcome to the Machine features a selection of films that depict digital devices entrapping humans, and it coincides with the exhibition of artist David Levine's DISSOLUTION . Sonia is the...

This week joining the show is Nitehawk Cinema 's Director of Programming, CRISTINA CACIOPPO ! We're talking about the Robert De Niro deep cuts she programmed for the $10 Late Round series Bobby B-Sides in conjunction with the Bobby's World rep film series that screened all through January 2024. We also learn about Cristina's 20+ years of programming in NYC, a closer look into acqui...

In this episode of Marquee Mixtape we are pleased to welcome to the show the Repertory Film Programmer at Nitehawk Cinema , DESMOND THORNE ! We get into Desmond's career story as a film programmer from NewFest to Nitehawk, the challenges and rewards of repertory programming for Brooklyn audiences, and we preview his January 2024 film series, Bobby's World: The Selected Works of Robert De N...

We wrap up our coverage of the Taisho Roman film series at Japan Society with a reaction episode featuring Jeremy Bullen , the man behind the original music for this show! In Part 1 of our coverage of Taisho Roman , the film programmer behind that series, Alexander Fee , was a guest on the show. Jeremy and Host Alec Rodriguez visited Japan Society to watch an imported 35mm print of Dogra Magra (19...

DEDE LOVELACE is a skater and DJ working in TV. She also recently made her debut as a live score accompaniment artist as part of a duo with Larry Love. The two DJs scored Special Agent X-7 (1966) from the projection booth at Film at Lincoln Center for the September film series Korean Cinema's Golden Decade: The 1960's . That film series was co-presented and organized by the folks at Subway...

CLAUDIA FRANCOIS is the theater manager at Film Forum . She's also their designated hype person, brimming with excitement and love for everything the cinema offers to its audiences. In this episode, we chat about what makes Film Forum so unique as a non-profit cinema with the devoted customers they attract. Claudia also shares her experience as a theater manager at Film Forum for the past 5+ y...

Japan Society 's very own Film Programmer, ALEXANDER FEE joins Host Alec Rodriguez in a chat about his upcoming repertory film series Taisho Roman: Fever Dreams of the Great Rectitude opening on Dec 9. The film series includes: Dogra Magra Grass Labyrinth A Page of Madness Horrors of Malformed Men Zigeunerweisen Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis . They also discuss how Alexander started out as a Rep...

Catherine Cramer and Robert Kennedy — the duo behind THE FLUSHING REMONSTRANCE — sit down with Host Alec Rodriguez to discuss the art of live scoring in cinemas and other venues in NYC including their recent live score accompaniment to A PAGE OF MADNESS (1926) at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival last month. Find their upcoming shows at www.flushingremonstrance.com 2024 badges for the Brooklyn Hor...

Co-Founder and Director of Programming at CineCina Film Festival , FRANK YAN joins Alec in a conversation about the life of a Programmer, reacting to the 4K restoration of FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE , creating NYC's first and only Chinese film festival, and fighting to keep physical media alive with the distribution of Steelbook Blu-rays, vinyl and CDs from his companies Soundtrack Magazine and Cre...