Marquee Mixtape – Details, episodes & analysis

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 series.

Get tickets to the Gamera Trilogy at Spectacle HERE

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠, original music by ⁠Jeremy Bullen⁠.

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 historian including her expertise as a film restorationist, archivist, home video producer/curator, and the creator of ASK ANY BUDDY.

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠, original music by ⁠Jeremy Bullen⁠.

#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'S MOTHER (2009). Melay describes the collaborative efforts involved in the double feature event from Pulitzer Prize-winning conductor Tania León to an orchestra assembled by the Harlem Chamber Players, and Byeong Woo Lee's titanic efforts at re-orchestrating the score to MOTHER, performing it, and even composing all-new material for the film's ONE NIGHT ONLY LIVE SCORE EVENT. 

Get your tickets to the BYEONG WOO LEE Guitar Concert + BONG JOON-HO'S MOTHER LIVE at Town Hall on Saturday April 20. 

Town Hall is a 1,500-seat, 501C3 non-profit national historic landmark venue in the heart of New York City, created by suffragists in 1921 and host to countless cultural and musical milestones. 

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by Cristina Montes, with music excerpts in this episode by Byeong Woo Lee.

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 HOME ALONE AT NIGHT and the Q&A that Caryn had with director Ana Lily Amirpour at IFC Center. In this episode we're also talking about our relationship with horror and the impact women have had on the genre in front of and behind the camera.  We encourage you to learn more about The Future of Film is Female and consider donating! Check out my conversation with Caryn Coleman in the previous episode of the show.  Support Marquee Mixtape by subscribing and rating on your podcaster of choice. Follow Marquee Mixtape on Instagram, Substack, and BlueSky.

Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by Cristina Montes, and original music by Jeremy Bullen.

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 Programming at Nitehawk Cinema who was responsible for bringing several festivals there including The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Nitehawk Shorts Fest, and NoBudge. Her next rep film series is SHADOWS OF CHANGE: WOMEN & HORROR IN 2014 and it starts on Friday, March 29 at IFC Center. The film series includes:

• A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT
• THE BABADOOK
• IT FOLLOWS
• GOODNIGHT MOMMY
• THE GUEST

There will be live introductions and filmmaker Q&As. Get tickets HERE! Follow Caryn on Twitter and Letterboxd! Follow her org The Future of Film is Female on Instagram! Support Marquee Mixtape by subscribing and rating on your podcaster of choice. Follow Marquee Mixtape on Instagram, Substack, and BlueSky.

Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by Cristina Montes, and original music by Jeremy Bullen.

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 series concludes with the NY Premiere of KNIT'S ISLAND during FIRST LOOK 2024 at MoMI on Saturday March 16. Get your tickets HERE! 

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by Cristina Montes, and original music by Jeremy Bullen.

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 Curator of Science and Technology at MoMI, and the Executive Editor at Sloan Science & Film. David's installation ⁠DISSOLUTION⁠ is a 20-minute holographic film currently on view at MoMI. 

🎞️Film in this series include:

Plan your visit to MoMI and listen to this episode in the meantime!

Marquee Mixtape will return with Part 2 of our coverage of this film series in early March!  

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠, and original music by ⁠Jeremy Bullen⁠.

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 acquiring celluloid film prints, the types of films she loves to excavate (pre-code, underground films about women, and over the top bombastic cinema), and so much more!

Then stick around afterwards to hear KRISTINE GADDI and I share our reactions and takeaways from Bobby's World and Bobby B-Sides at Nitehawk Cinema!  Follow Cristina on Letterboxd and Twitter!

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by Cristina Montes, and original music by Jeremy Bullen.

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 Niro. 

🎞️The film series includes:

• THE GODFATHER: PART II
• GOODFELLAS
• HI, MOM!
• CAPE FEAR
• MEAN STREETS
• ANGEL HEART
• CASINO
• TAXI DRIVER
• THE KING OF COMEDY
• MIDNIGHT RUN
• ANALYZE THIS
• JACKIE BROWN
• RAGING BULL
• THE FAN
• THE DEER HUNTER
• HEAT

Marquee Mixtape will return with Part 2 of our coverage of this film series later in January 2024. 

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by Cristina Montes, and original music by Jeremy Bullen.

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 (1988) and are on this episode to discuss the overall experience they had.

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by Cristina Montes, and original music by Jeremy Bullen.