Cedar Lee Radio - An Art House Film Podcast

On this week's episode: Olivia Wilde's Booksmart, John Chester The Biggest Little Farm, Ralph Fiennes' The White Crow and Ritesh Batra's Photograph.

We also discuss an obscure 'mad woman out for revenge film', a new political doc that will actually make you feel good (and possibly inspired) and our #CedarLee3 picks for favorite 'Schools Out!' films.  

New Films:

Booksmart 

The Biggest Little Farm 

The White Crow 

Photograph 

This week's list of films you should be watching was inspired by Booksmart. We count down our list of our favorite Schools Out! ' films. What will teens do when they have infinite free time...

Tell us about your favorites @CedarLeeTheatre using #CedarLee3. 

On this week's episode: Edward Zwick's Trial by Fire, Penny Lane's Hail Satan?, Werner Herzog & Andre Singer's Meeting Gorbachev and Collin Schiffli's All Creatures Here Below.

We also discuss the Chinese disaster film The Wandering Earth, the Cannes Film Festival Jury members and our #CedarLee3 picks for favorite courtroom dramas.

New Films:

Trial by Fire [Trailer]

Hail Satan? [Trailer]

Meeting Gorbachev [Trailer]

All Creatures Here Below [Trailer]

This week's list of films you should be watching was inspired by Trial by Fire. We count down our list of our favorite courtroom dramas.

Tell us about your favorites @CedarLeeTheatre using #CedarLee3. 

On this week's episode: Sir Trevor Nunn's Red Joan, Zara Hayes' Poms, Dome Karukoski's Tolkien and David Robert Mitchell's Under the Silver Lake.

We also discuss the late addition of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to the Cannes Film Festival lineup, a potential Amélie mockumentary and our #CedarLee3 picks for great spy films.

HERE is the interview with Quentin Tarantino Aaron mentioned.

New Films:

Red Joan [Trailer]

Poms [Trailer]

Tolkien [Trailer]

Under the Silver Lake [Trailer]

This week's list of films you should be watching was inspired by Red Joan. We count down our list of our favorite spy films.

Tell us about your favorites @CedarLeeTheatre using #CedarLee3.

On this week's episode: Ryan White's Ask Dr. Ruth, Patrick Creadon's Hesburgh, Michael Engler's The Chaperone, László Nemes' Sunset and Alex Ross Perry's Her Smell.

We also discuss the Cannes Film Festival lineup for 2019, explaining the juggalos to the uninitiated and our #CedarLee3 picks for great self-destructive characters in film. 

New Films:

Ask Dr. Ruth [Trailer]

Hesburgh [Trailer]

The Chaperone [Trailer]

Sunset [Trailer]

Her Smell [Trailer]

This week's list of films you should be watching was inspired by Her Smell and Elizabeth Moss' portrayal of a self-destructive punk rock star.  We count down our list of favorite self-destructive film characters.

Tell us about your favorites @CedarLeeTheatre using #CedarLee3.

On this week's episode: Madeline Olnek's Wild Nights with Emily and Laura Steinel's Family.

We also discuss the growing evidence for a streaming service bubble, niche documentaries that keep finding an audiences and our #CedarLee3 picks for great Bio Pics.

New Films:

Wild Nights with Emily [Trailer]

Family [Trailer]

This week's list of films you should be watching was inspired by Wild Nights with Emily.  For this week's list, we count down our favorite Bio Pics.

Tell us about your favorites @CedarLeeTheatre using #CedarLee3.

On this week's episode: Sydney Pollack & Alan Elliott's Amazing Grace, Claire Denis' High Life, Mike Leigh's Peterloo and Max Minghella's Teen Spirit.

Dave says the DC film universe finally got it right (Shazam!), we discuss exactly how people pick the films they watch in a theatre and our #CedarLee3 picks for great Music Documentaries.

New Films:

Amazing Grace [Trailer]

High Life [Trailer]

Peterloo [Trailer]

Teen Spirit [Trailer]

#CedarLee3:

This week's list of films you should be watching was inspired by the music documentary Amazing Grace.  For this week's list, we count down our favorite Music Docs.

Tell us about your favorites @CedarLeeTheatre using #CedarLee3.

On this week's episode: Emilio Estevez's The Public, Kent Jones' Diane and Benedikt Erlingsson's Woman at War.

We also discuss a few films we caught at the 43rd Cleveland International Film Festival and our #CedarLee3 picks for great Activist Films.

New Films:

The Public [Trailer]

Diane [Trailer]

Woman at War [Trailer]

#CedarLee3:

This week's list of films you should be watching was inspired by Woman at War and it's main character's environmental activism against the aluminum industry.  For this week's list, we count down our favorite Activist Films.

Tell us about your favorites @CedarLeeTheatre using #CedarLee3.

On this week's episode: Jia Zhangke's Ash is Purest White & James Kent's The Aftermath.

We deviate from our usual format a little as the 43rd Cleveland International Film Festival is in full swing and we're busy watching as many films as we can.  But, we do still discuss our #CedarLee3 picks for great Chinese Action Films.

We've been nominated for Best Local Podcast! If you'd like to help us out with a vote, use this link to cast your ballot.

New Films:

Ash is Purest White [Trailer]

The Aftermath [Trailer]

#CedarLee3:

This week's list of films you should be watching was inspired by Jia Zhangke's Ash is Purest White.  We count down our top Chinese Action Films.

Tell us about your favorites @CedarLeeTheatre using #CedarLee3.

On this week's episode: Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum, Anthony Maras' Hotel Mumbai, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre's The Mustang and Kim Nguyen's The Hummingbird Project. 

We also discuss cinematic palate cleansers, is Robert Bronzi the new Charles Bronson (he's not), a new streaming service for cinephiles (Ovid.tv) and our #CedarLee3 picks for great Cinematic Provocateurs.

Dave says you have to see this poster.

We've been nominated for Best Local Podcast! If you'd like to help us out with a vote, use this link to cast your ballot.

New Films:

The Beach Bum [Trailer]

Hotel Mumbai [Trailer]

The Mustang [Trailer]

The Hummingbird Project [Trailer]

#CedarLee3:

This week's list of films you should be watching was inspired by Harmony Korine.  He's been labelled a provocateur filmmaker since his debut as a screenwriter: Kids (1995).  This week we count down our top Cinematic Provocateurs.

Tell us about your favorites @CedarLeeTheatre using #CedarLee3.

On this week's episode: Sebastián Lelio's Gloria Bell and Milorad Krstic's Ruben Brandt, Collector.  

We also discuss the proper way to shoot a "trippy" drug scene, J.C. Chandor's Triple Frontier, SXSW Film Festival programming and our #CedarLee3 picks for great American Remakes of Foreign Films.

Trailer recommendation: Olivia Wilde's Booksmart

New Films:

Gloria Bell (Sebastián Lelio) [Trailer]

Ruben Brandt, Collector (Milorad Krstic) [Trailer]

#CedarLee3:

This week's list of films you should be watching was inspired by Gloria Bell.  Writer/Director Sebastian Lelio has remade his own film - in English this time - so we discuss our picks for great American Remakes of Foreign Films.

Tell us about your favorites @CedarLeeTheatre using #CedarLee3.