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Steve and John talk with Vincenzo Natali, director of the horror/scifi film, Splice.

John and Steve discuss the merits of the the sequel to the popular TV show and the blockbuster movie, Sex and the City in which Carrie Bradshaw and her friends continue their quest for complete satisfaction. Send us your comments about our review or your takeaway from the movie if you disagree with us. John also recommends a movie called All my Friends are Funeral Singers starring Angela Bettis, who was the lead actress in Drones. Amber Benson was the co director of Drones and you can listen to an interview with her recorded during the Independent Film Festival in Boston in April of 2010. There's also a sidebar about last episode's interview with zombie movie godfather George Romero and a quick review of Survival of the Dead.

John participated in a round-table discussion with George Romero, iconic director of zombie movies. This conversations centers around the upcoming release, Survival of the Dead and provides insights into George's approach to making movies.

Amber Benson, who played Tara on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, was in Boston a few weeks ago promoting her new film Drones at the Independent Film Festival. In this show, John Black and Steve Head discuss her experiences producing and directing the film.

This week, Steve and John discuss the new Ridley Scott film Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe, and the French film Bluebeard, which is now playing at the Brattle Theatre. Plus, in a moment of brave admissions, they reveal a film or two that actually caused them to shed a tear. Remember, we still have Anime DVDs to give away, you just have to write in to postmoviepodcast@gmail.com. Listen to the end of the show for details. Visit us online at post-movie.net

In this interview, John Black talks with Rodrigo Garcia, director of the film Mother and Child, revealing insight into the value of casting in a small film and how to say a lot with little details. Visit us online at post-movie.net Feedback? Let us know what you think. Send us an email at postmoviepodcast@gmail.com

This week, over buffalo wings and bagels, John and I review the new Iron Man sequel, while still under its influence an hour after seeing it. Also, we discuss the unspeakably disgusting: a horror (?) film from the Netherlands entitled The Human Centipede: The First Sequence, which is now playing in limited release; plus the new DVDs Crazy Heart, Hong Kong Godfather, and the Iraq war documentary Severe Clear. This we recorded live at the Trident Booksellers & Cafe on Newbury Street in Boston.

Miao Wang, director of Beijing Taxi talks with Steve and John about her experience in China documenting the lives of 3 taxi drivers during the massive building program that was the result of Beijing's preparation for hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics.

John talks with Ruba Nadda about the film she directed, Cairo Time, a love story for grown upsThe film is currently showing at the Independent Film Festival in Boston.

You need the right fuel to meet the raging torrent of films that the Independent Film Festival offers and Steve and John place it all in perspective right off the bat with a review of the local coffee and how to work the festival system so you don't have to wait in long lines with a cold cup of the wrong brew in your hand. In this show the guys review Teenage Paparazzo, a documentary about a 13 year old paparazzi, Lemmy a year in the life of Lemmy Kilmister, the founder of Motorhead and Life 2.0, which follows the real-world and virtual lives of people who are members of Second Life, the online world where you can choose to be anyone at all.

Steve and John meetup at the Diesel Cafe in Davis Square, Boston and discuss the movies they've see as of Day 2 of the Boston Independent Film Festival. These include short documentaries, Harmony and Me which is a Mumblecore film, War Don Don (see the earlier episosde for a for the interview with the director, Rebecca Richman Cohen), Cyrus and Drones. John talks about Lemmy, the documentary about the founder of Motorhead that he is planning to see and will review in the next update. Steve is going to pass on Lemmy and see Life 2.0, the film about virtual world, Second Life, which is playing at the same time.

John Black interviews  Rebecca Richman Cohen, director of War Don Don who talks about her experience as an intern on a defense team and how that led to the production of her documentary about the international war crime tribunal's trial of Issa Sesay, commander in the Revolutionary United Front of Siera Leone.

John Black sits down with Todd Solondz, director of Life During Wartime and discusses the nature of storytelling in his films (Happiness, Welcome to the Dollhouse) and how he uses music to create multiple layers to each story.

John talks with Director Ricki Stern who discusses the absorbing experience of documenting the personal and professional life of Joan Rivers. Annie Sundberg codirected.

John and Steve talk about the films of the first day of the Independent Film Festival in Boston, including The Extra Man, Kevin Klines new film.

Q&A recorded opening night of the Independent Film Festival following the screening the Kevin Kline and director Robert Pulcini's movie, The Exra Man.

In this episode, Steve and John review The Losers, starring Jeffery Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana and Chris Evans, and Erasing David - a documentary by David Bond, which has its New England premiere this week at the Independent Film Festival of Boston 2010. http://www.iffboston.org Visit us online at Post-Movie.net And let us know if you like the show. Send us an email at postmoviepodcast@gamil.com

8th Annual Independent Film Festival Boston : April 21 - 28, 2010 International Film Festival Films discussed in the show: 02:13 -  Kevin Kline award - The Extra Man 03:54 -  Opening night party at Orleans 04:34 -  Cyrus 07:44 -  Le Donk and Scor-zey-zee 11:36 -  Lovers of Hate              Beijing Taxi              Bass Akwards 13:45 -  Joan Rivers - A Piece of Work 15:37 -  Lemmy 16:15 -  Colony 18:18 -  Life 2.0 19:49 -  The Killer Inside Me \ 21:03 -  My Suicide 21:31 -  Elephant in the Living Room 22:33 -  Hipsters 23:19 -  Short Animated Films 23:56 -  Searching for Elliot Smith 25:54 -  Basquiat 26:42 -  Marwencol 27:34 -  Saturday Night 29:00 -  Cairo Time 33:20 -  Cracks 43:14 -  Orgasim Inc. 46:44 -  Strange Powers 48:49 -  Short Films 49:19 -  The Parking Lot Movie 49:57 -  The Good, the Bad and the Weird   

Steve and John review Date Night staring Tina Fey and Steve Carell. Also included are DVD reviews and a consideration of the merits of Battlestar Galactica. Visit our website at http://www.postmovie.net

In this show Steve and John review The Clash of the Titants in another Post Screening review at the Trident Cafe on Newbury Street in Boston. Also included are never before hearch stories of the  valiant trials of the humble movie reviewer and confessions of pivotal horror movie experiences.