Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies

This week Steve brings back author, producer, writer, former studio executive, distributor and broadcaster Julian Schlossberg, whose latest book "My First Book Part 2" continues diving into his eclectic entertainment resume, with stops along the way with John Cassavetes, Elaine May, Charles Grodin, Elia Kazan, Marlo Thomas and many more.        

Steve interviews writer/director/producer and former studio executive/distributor Mark Amin all about his directorial debut - the pre-Civil War epic drama "Emperor"       

Steve continues his conversation with former Showtime president of programming Jerry Offsay, discussing such films as "Bastard out of Carolina," "Riot," "Alone," "Dirty Pictures," "Laughter on the 23rd Floor," how they were financed and much more.

Steve interviews film director, author, journalist, and historian Sam Irvin about his early career as a fanzine editor, journalist and programmer, his position as assistant to Brian De Palma, and his eclectic genre films, which include, amongst many others, "Elvira's Haunted Hills."      

This week Steve interviews Academy Award-winning actor George Chakiris ("West Side Story") about his career, his films and his new book, "My West Side Story: A Memoir."

As part of a Cinefantastique retrospective back in the 70s, Steve returns to an interview he conducted with Alfred Hitchcock, where the master of suspense discusses the making of his classic end-of-the-world story: "The Birds." 

This week Steve interviews eclectic writer/producer Dimitri Villard whose credits include the sci-fi comedy “Flight of the Navigator,” Jim Carrey’s first starring role in “Once Bitten,” and the Sandra Bullock/Chris O’Donnell starrer “In Love and War.” He has great war stories in the Hollywood trenches.  

Steve brings author Robert Florczak back to discuss the war films Errol Flynn starred in during the Second World War, including "Desperate Journey," "Edge of Darkness" and "Objective Burma."      

This week, Steve interviews Oscar-nominated screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart all about his 1982 classic "An Officer and a Gentleman." He also discusses the sequel novel he has written, "An Officer and a Gentleman's Daughter."      

This week, Steve interviews former Showtime president of programming Jerry Offsay, who engineered one of the biggest original motion picture movie development slates in history, green lighting over 300 films over a ten-year period.  In Part One of a two parter, we learn all about Jerry’s early life, and how he transitioned from lawyer to top studio executive.

This week Steve interviews filmmaker Ron Maxwell all about his epic film "Gettysburg" and the challenges of putting the decisive Civil War battle on film

Carolyn Pfeiffer has enjoyed a long and prolific career in motion pictures. Her new autobiography "Chasing the Panther" intimately charts her rise from executive star assistant in Europe to leading publicity agency owner to studio executive, producer, educator and author. This week Steve interviews her all about her formative years in show business.

Alan Gasmer was legendary at the William Morris Agency as a top film packaging agent and all around great guy. Turning to producing, one of his first hits was the action packed "Vikings" television series.  This week, Steve interviews Mr. Gasme, learning all about how he came to be such an effective Hollywood player.  

This week, three-time Emmy nominated actor Robert Walden returns for the conclusion of his interview with Steve, wherein he shares fascinating behind the scenes insight into his feature film debut in "Bloody Mama," plus "All the President's Men" and "Capricorn One."        

This week, Steve interviews author/film historian Michael F. Blake who has written a wonderful new book, The Cavalry Trilogy: John Ford, John Wayne and the Making of Three Classic Westerns. If you're a fan of those iconic films, you'll love this interview where Blake goes deep behind-the-scenes.        

This week on Saturday Night at the Movies, Steve speaks with screenwriter Matt Redd, digging deep into the cool Welsh comedy thriller "Tollbooth." 

This week Steve interviews filmmaker David Lee Miller and author Alessandra Seggi, who has written the important book "Youth and Suicide in American Film." Together they discuss the history of how suicide has been featured in our cinema history, dating back to "It's a Wonderful Life," "Rebel Without a Cause," and including Miller's game changing teen dramedy "My Suicide," which was recently renewe...

To help celebrate the 18th Anniversary of the clever 2006 comedy fantasy "Night at the Museum," Steve interviews the delightful Jake Cherry, who played Ben Stiller's son, Nick.

This week, Steve interviews author/film historian Manny Pacheco (Forgotten Hollywood, Forgotten HIstory) who has wonderful behind-the-scenes stories about such iconic American character actors as Frank Morgan ("The Wizard of Oz"), Lionel Barrymore ("It's a Wonderful Life"), Peter Lorre ("Casablanca"), Arthur Lake ("Blondie"), Van Heflin ("Patterns") and more.

This week, Steve speaks with veteran character actor Robert Walden about his origins and his experience working with writer Paddy Chayefsky and actor George C. Scott on the classic dark comedy "The Hospital" (1971)

From the Dead End Kids to the East Side Kids to "The Bowery Boys," this week Steve interviews journalist and film historian Craig Edwards about the history of Slip, Satch and the rest of those wacky Bowery Boys whose 48 films form one helluva comedy legacy. 

To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of "Ghostbusters" and the 100th Episode of "Saturday Night at the Movies," Steve Interviews producer Joe Medjuck about his long association with director Ivan Reitman and the legacy of those wacky spectral exterminators.         

Steve interviews screenwriter Nicholas Meyer all about his original screenplay for the Richard Gere/Jodie Foster post-Civil War drama Sommersby (1993)

Steve interviews veteran film and theatrical producer Julian Schlossberg about his newly released audio book "Try Not To Hold It Against Me," his longtime creative relationship with writer/director Elaine May and his frustrating experience as a production VP at Paramount in the late 70s.

Steve is joined by screenwriter and film historian Steve Bonds as they discuss the MGM war film "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" on its 80th anniversary and the legacy of the original Doolittle Raiders.