Talking Pictures with Paul Booth

Host Paul Booth and Co-Executive Producer Carolyn Booth review this new documentary. The Dodgers have been in our family for (now) a third generation.

PBS SoCal and KCET, Southern California's home for award-winning public media programming and premieres of new PBS programs, announced today the debut of a new documentary DODGERS STORIES: 6 DECADES IN LA. The special is a look back at the colorful history of the team through the eyes of the fans, as well as the players. Through archival footage, interviews and historical photos, the program will explore the rich saga of the team that has been in LA since 1958. The program premieres this Thanksgiving on Thurs., Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. on PBS SoCal and will also air at 8:30 p.m. on KCET. Following the broadcast, the film will be available for streaming exclusively on PBS Passport, the member-supported streaming service.

The list of Dodgers greats featured in the program is prolific, from Roy Campanella and Jackie Robinson to Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, as well as Orel Hershiser and Fernando Valenzuela. The film will include interviews with former all-star players including Steve Garvey, Bill Russell, Ron Cey, Steve Yeager, Manny Mota, Steve Sax, Nomar Garciaparra, Kenny Landreaux and others about their most memorable games. Current Dodgers player Justin Turner shares his thoughts about being part of the Dodgers history. Other Dodgers legends featured include former manager Tommy Lasorda and former LA mayor James Hahn, who was a Dodgers batboy. Also included are celebrated sportscasters Vin Scully and Jaime Jarrin, as well as in-depth interviews with Dodgers historian Mark Langill and former LA councilmember Rosalind Wyman, who was influential in bringing the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.

Rather than a chronological history of the team in LA, the program is divided into themes such as “The Stadium,” “Rivalries,” and “Trailblazers.”

Host Paul Booth reviews Oscar-Nominee Daniel Raim's new Film Image Makers. 

Daniel's films get to the very heart of why we love Cinema. He presents a perfect balance of what we know, want to know and need to know. He writes, Directs and edits in this incindiary-Documentary. It has informative interviews with Oscar-Nominees John Bailey A.S.C. (Ordinary People), Rachel Morrison A.S.C. (Mudbound) and others.

Featured cinematographers and selected filmography Billy Bitzer (April 21, 1872 – April 29, 1944) A Corner in Wheat (1909), The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916)

Roland Totheroh, ASC (November 29, 1890 – June 18, 1967) The Rink (1916), The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), The Circus (1928), City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), The Great Dictator (1940), Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Charles Rosher, ASC (November 17, 1885 – January 15, 1974) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921), Little Annie Rooney (1925), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), What Price Hollywood? (1932)  

William H. Daniels, ASC (December 1, 1901 – June 14, 1970) Foolish Wives (1922), Greed (1924) Grand Hotel (1931), Ninotchka (1939), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), The Naked City (1949), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Valley of the Dolls (1967)

Karl Struss, ASC (November 30, 1886 – December 15, 1981) Ben-Hur (1925), Sunrise, Abraham Lincoln (1930), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), The Great Dictator (1940), Limelight (1952), The Fly (1958)

James Wong Howe, ASC (August 28, 1899 – July 12, 1976) Peter Pan (1924) The Thin Man (1934), Kings Row (1942), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Hud (1963)

Gregg Toland, ASC (May 29, 1904 – September 28, 1948): Wuthering Heights (1939), Intermezzo (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Citizen Kane (1941), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Host Paul Booth reviews SXSW sensation (Speical Jury-Prize Winner) from HBO Documentary films: ERNIE AND JOE: CRISIS COPS

Ernie and Joe's jail diversion work is humane and desperately needed to improve not only the health of the mentally ill, but also of their families. Drawing on their own experiences, the duo has learned that the old ways of policing and dealing with mental health issues weren’t working. The issues they face as a department are the issues every community and police department in the country faces. The two officers and their colleagues in this unique department provide hope and inspiration at a time when we need it most, and show that great ideas and inspiration can come from any corner of the country. 

We hope you will take a moment and become inspired and discover these two  officers who are making change in policing in America, and revolutionizing the way law enforcement deals with mental health calls. Many films illustrate the multitude of sins in police departments across the country, but ERNIE & JOE: CRISIS COPS, allows you to meet these incredible officers who are trying and succeeding in doing good and truly making an impact.

Host Paul Booth will interview filmmaker's Miles Doleac and Sean McCarthy.

 

EPISODE 350: Both guest's create Award-Winning Films as writer-producer-director-actor-editor/filmmaker's: Miles Doleac has The Historian, The Hollow, Demons, Hallowed Ground on Amazon Prime.

Sean McCarthy currently "killing it" with his Web-series DOUCHEAHOLICS and stand-alone episode FANBOY DOUCHE. On Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, etc...

These guest's are friend's of the show, incredible filmmaker's and  Miles will bring some NOLA spiece to this Gumbo and Sean has that wonderful S.F. Bay Area vibe we all love.

Host Paul Booth interviews Award-winning Documentary Filmmaker April Wright 

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

World Theatrical Premiere - Laemmle Los Angeles Oct 24-31

Distributor Passion River Films

Awards:

Best Feature Documentary - Coney Island Film Festival, Grand Prize, Best Feature Documentary - Silver State Film Festival, Director’s Choice - Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival, Best Feature Documentary - Niagra Falls International Film Festival 

This is a wonderful and important time-capsule of our heritage. This film captures a time that is sadly leaving us with the advent of streaming. As a viewer, I ask the question if we have returned to the '1950s and are seeing what T.V. did to Cinema? This film does a wonderful job of capturing the essence of the Cinema

Host Paul Booth reviews Award-winning Documentary from Director April Wright 

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

World Theatrical Premiere - Laemmle Los Angeles Oct 24-31

Distributor Passion River Films

Awards:

Best Feature Documentary - Coney Island Film Festival, Grand Prize, Best Feature Documentary - Silver State Film Festival, Director’s Choice - Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival, Best Feature Documentary - Niagra Falls International Film Festival 

This is a wonderful and important time-capsule of our heritage. This film captures a time that is sadly leaving us with the advent of streaming. As a viewer, I ask the question if we have returned to the '1950s and are seeing what T.V. did to Cinema? This film does a wonderful job of capturing the essence of the Cinema. April Wright's POV took me down memory lane of all the old theatres I grew up with that are now a Home Depot or Whole Foods.

Host Paul Booth interviews Oscar-Nominated Cinematographer (Nebraska) about his upcoming release Ford v. Ferrari with Director James Mangold. 

Ford v. Ferrari debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in Sep., stars Christian Bale, Matt Damon, and Caitriona Balfe. The film, directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line), focuses on the audacious attempt of the Ford racing team to dethrone Enzo Ferrari's race track domination at the 24-hour race of Le Mans in 1966

Host Paul Booth reviews HORN FROM THE HEART: THE PAUL BUTTERFIELD STORY. This documentary premiered at The Newport Beach Film Festival in 2017. Talking Pictures caught the permiere, where the Film received two additional screenings and won a Special Achievement in Editing Award. 

"The sound of Paul Butterfield (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) was born in Chicago circa 1965. The music only gets more potent. This musician and band mixed blues, rock, Jazz, Indian music, learned from the masters, Chicago, racism, Vietnam, the '60s, their youth with acid, weed, sex, being white and they walked into BLACK CLUBS. They knew it was about all of it, not just the good. The times were when youth embraced youth and did not hold back. They came from a time you could like the opposite sex and admire it, without there being a PR scandal. Carlos Santana quote "Good Art: is cursing, praying and making love."

Ultimately the music is FEARLESS. Lay, Arnold, Bishop, Bloomers and Paul Butterfield had no fear of the known or unknown. Only musicians like Miles, Santana and Jimi are how to bring new listeners in.

Host Paul Booth interviews writer/director//Producer/Co-Star Quincy Rose of The Narcissists.It is available on Amazon Prime and other VOD platforms.

Host Paul Booth witll review some films, examine Fuqua's relationship with frequent collaborators Denzel, Wahlberg and Ethan Hawke (all Oscar-Nominees, Denzel has won two) and discuss his experiences with repeat viewings and study of the Film Director Antoine Fuqua. Here he goes Training Day, Brooklyn's Finest, Shooter, Lightning in a Bottle, Southpaw and The Magnifcent Seven.