SIFTER for the Ear presents:
Remembering Gene Wilder on Netflix
Remembering Gene Wilder looks at the comic actor’s films, including interviews with Mel Brooks, Alan Alda and Harry Connick, Jr. It played Richmond as part of the Weinstein JCC’s Israeli & Jewish Film Festival last January. Since it just dropped on Netflix, I’m “remembering” my interview with Ron Frank (billed as the director) & Glenn Kirschbaum (writer). Topics include:
– Mel Brooks and his great stories
– Why Harry Connick. Jr.?
– Using Wilder’s own voiceover
– Finding hilarious outtakes from Young Frankenstein
– The Alzheimer’s connection
LINKS
Remembering Gene Wilder (Netflix)
48HR Film Project
Jerry Williams SIFTER for the Ear June 28th, 2024
Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics – It’s the Mayor’s Race – Check out the Candidates
Mayoral Forum – Check out the Candidates for Richmond Mayor.. Part 1
We are sharing our platform and bringing you the the candidates from this week’s Mayoral Forum. Next week will be part 2. Listen, learn, and vote!
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Follow our show on our social media on twitter, facebook, and our blog – look for womenpoliticsva
Follow our host and producer at @sherishannon27 and @carololson
Carol Olson Women & Politics June 27th, 2024
Posted In: Music, Music Shows, News
SIFTER for the Ear presents:
This film buyer went to the Oscars
Paul Serwitz has made his career as a film buyer, including 25 years for Regal Cinemas and most recently, President and COO of Landmark Theatres. He’s now consulting as a distributor for Roadside Attractions and has lots of interesting insights into the biz of buying and distributing films, including.
– Outlook for 2025 and beyond
– Upcoming films from CinemaCon
– Musical trailers with no music
– Theatrical windows
– The 4-audience quadrants
– How movies are marketed now
– Why horror movies open almost every week
– What is Day and Date releasing
– Attending the Oscars
LINKS
Good 4 Her (film screening)
Jerry Williams SIFTER for the Ear June 21st, 2024
Women & Politics presents:
Women & Politics with Ashley Short
Ashley Short – Founder and Creative Director of Noire Creative Agency
As a multi-hyphenated creative and serial entrepreneur, I don’t have time for fluff, boring strategies, or playing small- that same energy provide my clients and communities. I know that business owners and other creatives don’t have the time as well and my job is to take on the burden of all the things that keep you from your craft and purpose. I specialize in merging social media tactics with sustainable, long-term strategies to build brand identity for businesses that translate to their audiences. Not too long ago, I struggled with social media especially around the numbers of the game. I had very relatable and creative content but didn’t know how to turn that into results such as conversion and brand awareness. It was only when I realized the secret sauce was strategy, consistency, and authenticity. That formula would also be applied to my production and creative direction work. It is a formula that I hold true to my heart. I have creative directed a plethora of photoshoots and large productions over the past decade, have created event content for my community of clients since 2020, and I’ve had the honor of producing my very first music video in 2022.
That is what I bring to the table to help reach your goals with social media, production, event content creation, and creative direction- my years of experience, natural-born talent, and heart for breathing life into any creative vision whether my own or others. I’ve been doing this work for 11+ years and seek to continue to find tribes of folks who want to alchemize the world. As you evolve with me and I grow with you, everything we manifest through this partnership will come to fruition with the space to learn, educate, and push boundaries.
With a B.A. in Communications from James Madison University and currently located in Richmond, VA, I help busy people with big dreams to build THRIVING businesses, brands, and content WITHOUT sacrificing the beautiful things in life or their sanity. You are officially exactly where you need to be. If you like what you see and hear so far, I am only one vision call away. I can’t wait to be your strategist, manager, producer, or creative director.
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Follow our host and producer at @sherishannon27 and @carololson
Carol Olson Women & Politics June 20th, 2024
Posted In: Music, Music Shows, News
WRIR Presents: Discussing Disability (1st) & Final Friday Signal Boost presents:
WRIR Presents… Discussing Disability with SOAR 365
Hosted by Nate Wise. This month’s episode focuses on volunteering!
One Hit Wanda WRIR Presents: Discussing Disability (1st) & Final Friday Signal Boost June 14th, 2024
Posted In: Local, News, Volunteering
POP Goes The World! presents:
Giving *The People What **They Want
*…….and by “the people” I mean “ME”!
**…….and by “they” I mean “I”!
enzo’s playlist:
enzo POP Goes The World! June 7th, 2024
Posted In: Music Shows, News
SIFTER for the Ear presents:
Richmond actor in new Jerry Seinfeld movie
In UNFROSTED Bailey Sheetz is discovered by Jerry Seinfeld’s character in a dumpster eating what would become a Pop-Tart. This young actor has a funny part in the new Netflix hit that was written, directed and stars Jerry Seinfeld. Our lively interview covers much more than any of the local print stories, including:
– His relationship to the gas station/restaurant with the same last name
– His love of antiques, esp. vacuum cleaners
– Being called “an old soul” on Big Little Shots with Melissa McCarthy
– His first role as the voice of a squirrel for Apple
– Working with Seinfeld, McCarthy and Jim Gaffigan
– Flying on top of a truck
– Almost getting strangled by a candy necklace
LINKS
My review of UNFROSTED
Podcast on Pine Grove School
The vacuum cleaner episode was on How to with John Wilson, Season 3, Ep 4 of (my 5-star review)
Jerry Williams SIFTER for the Ear June 7th, 2024
Brain Box presents:
What’s Flying at the Science Museum of Virginia?
Quetzalcoatlus northropi exhibit at the Science Museum of Virginia. Photo by Melissa Vaughn.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… Quetzalcoatlus northropi?!? Timshel Purdum, the Science Museum of Virginia’s Virginia C. Ellett Deputy Director of Education, is back in WRIR studios to tell us about this prehistoric creature. While the Quetzalcoatlus has been long extinct (it lived at the same time as the dinosaurs… but it’s not a dinosaur!), you can experience for yourself what they were like at the SMoVA where a 3-D life-size replica has recently been installed in the Speed exhibit. There’s also a 2-D sculpture that you can stand next to and see for yourself how huge these ancient bird-like creatures were.
SIFTER for the Ear presents:
Buying films for thousands of theaters
Paul Serwitz has made his career as a film buyer, including Regal Cinemas for 25 years and most recently, President and COO of Landmark Theatres. He’s now consulting as a distributor on a new comedy opening this weekend called Summer Camp. Paul will talk about that movie, but he’s also got lots of interesting insights into the biz of buying and distributing films.
– The difference between buying & booking a film
– The sliding scale and bidding process for film rentals
– Negotiating with film companies to get the right films in the right cinemas
– How Landmark Cinemas is different and how they coped with Covid
– Why art house theaters are suffering
On Part 2, he’ll talk about booking issues for various genres, what’s coming in 2024 and going to Oscars.
LINKS
Summer Camp trailer
Ray Bentley’s podcast about the Midnight Movies
Joe Masher podcast Part One
Joe Masher podcast Part Two
My review of Anyone But You
Jerry Williams SIFTER for the Ear May 31st, 2024
SIFTER for the Ear presents:
Two new docs on Virginia’s Black heritage
DANVILLE 1963, LEGACY OF A MOVEMENT is a documentary featuring first-hand accounts of the peaceful Civil Rights protest in Danville on June 10, 1963, that was met with shocking violence by the local police department. It became known as Bloody Monday and was an event that would shape Civil Rights history. There’s a free screening at the Library of Virginia on June 6 from 5:30 to 8:30pm with a panel discussion. Producer Jonathan Parker talks about making the doc.
LINKS
Register for the Virginia Library screening
Where else you can watch THE MOVEMENT
THE MOVEMENT trailer
Parker Productions
Our History Matters
BEYOND WILDER DREAMS is a new film about L. Douglas Wilder, who was the first Black governor in the country. There’s already one documentary about his political career, but this one puts the emphasis on his personal experiences, including his painting skills. I’m joined by writer/director Brian Bullock and DP Ryan Pace.
LINKS
The trailer for BEYOND WILDER DREAMS
Wilder: An American First (the 2006 doc from PBS)
Hidden History with Brian Bullock
Jerry Williams SIFTER for the Ear May 24th, 2024