This is a roundtable discussion on the subject of filmmaker Paul Schrader. Among the four film nerds are yours truly, host Adam Schartoff, filmmaker Jeremy Workman, host of the popular podcast Wrong Reel, James Hancock, and podcast savant Chico Leo.

The author Ed Sikov on the subject of Billy Wilder. His book, "On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder" (University of Mississippi Press) is still widely available after 20 years in print. Check out filmmaker Joseph Lingad's Kickstarter campaign for his project, "Don't Look Away: A Film About Adults with Facial Differences".

Filmwax Radio celebrates 5 films that have been nominated for an Oscar this year: Yance Ford with "Strong Island" & Steve James with "Abacus: Too Small to Jail" in the Best Documentary category; Tatiana Riegel has been nominated for Best Editor for her work on "I, Tonya"; Laura Checkoway and her film "Edith+Eddie" & Thomas Lennon with "Knife Skills" in the Best Short Documentary category.

The Executive Director of Women Make Movies, Debra Zimmerman comes on for a long conversation about supporting females in the pursuit of making the documentary film; and documentary composer Paul Brill ("One October", "Gideon's Army"). Music on this episode by Paul Brill.

Indies Meet The Oscars on this episode with 2 nominated filmmakers, Laura Checkoway ("Edith+Eddie") & Thomas Lennon ("Knife Skills") in the Short Documentary category. Also, we talk to Kickstarter's Director of Documentary Film, Liz Cook Mowe and Director of Narrative Film, Elise McCave, abut films that had their own Oscar-related trajectories.

Hal Hartley returns to the podcast to discuss the release of the Henry Fool Trilogy DVD box set which packages the 3 Grim Family tales ("Henry Fool", "Fay Grim", and "Ned Rifle") together for the first time. Also, a never before released conversation from 2014 with Hal Hartley and Ted Hope upon the release of Hal's film "My America". The music on this episode is from Hartley's instrumental album "After the Catastrophe" (2017).

The great filmmaker Sally Potter ("Orlando") has a new film currently in theaters called "The Party" starring an exceptional A-list ensemble; the Director of Film Programs at the JCC in Manhattan discusses the 10th Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival which runs March 8th through the 14th in NYC.

Celebrating the legacy of documentary filmmaker St. Clair Bourne with filmmakers Yoruba Richen & Carol Bash. A retrospective of Bourne's work takes place this weekend at the Metrograph in NYC; first time filmmaker Sophie Brooks with her romantic comedy "The Boy Downstairs" which hits theaters on Friday, February 16th in NYC and on the 23rd in LA.

A rather laid back conversation on the craft of acting & the challenges of creating a career as such. Matthew Maher is an Obie Award winning actor who has been working in theater, film ("Gone Baby Gone", "While We're Young") and television ("Mozart in the Jungle", "Nurse Jackie") for over 2 decades. But I know him from our idle days back in a Vermont summer camp. Matthew is currently a resident of Brooklyn.

Filmwax Radio's Sundance correspondent Ronald Wohlman is back reporting on his experience in Park City; film programmer Pawel Wieszczecinski returns to the podcast to chat about his newly launched indie film streaming service, Kinoscope; and filmmaker Matthew Lessner & actor David Henry Lessner with "Automatic at Sea"