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The SOUNDS Podcast with Tom Needham features in-depth conversations with leading filmmakers, composers, authors, politicians, artists, scientists, actors and philosophers.The SOUNDS Podcast also brings listeners classic interviews from the deep archives of America's longest…
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Tessa Blake, Director of IF I TELL YOU Up Next on SOUNDS OF FILM (opens the original)
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The next episode of SOUNDS OF FILM features special guest Tessa Blake, the award-winning writer and director of IF I TELL YOU. An alumna of AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, Blake has worked extensively in film, television and theater, with her films premiering at Cannes and SXSW and receiving recognition from festivals including the Nantucket Film Festival and Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Set against the rugged beauty of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters region, IF I TELL YOU is a tender and s
Big Chill: Staged Reading by Marisa Tomei & Matthew Broderick at Guild Hall for Center at West Park (opens the original)
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Director David Saint and Debby Hirshman, Executive Director of The Center at West Park, join Tom Needham on Sounds of Film to discuss the one-night-only staged reading of The Big Chill, taking place on Monday, August 31, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at Guild Hall in East Hampton. They discuss bringing the beloved 1983 classic to the stage with an all-star cast, the enduring appeal of its unforgettable characters and themes, and how this special evening supports The Center at West Park’s mission of making
WESTHAMPTON Director Christian Nilsson Up Next on the SOUNDS OF FILM (opens the original)
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On this episode of Sounds of Film, host Tom Needham welcomes Emmy Award-winning writer, director, and producer Christian Nilsson to discuss his acclaimed feature Westhampton. Nilsson reflects on the film’s remarkable fourteen-year journey from screenplay to screen, its recent theatrical release, and its celebrated encore screening presented by the Stony Brook Film Festival at Stony Brook Southampton’s Avram Theater, where audiences gathered for a special reception and filmmaker Q&A following the
Writer/Director Lynn Dow Talks BULL STREET on The Sounds of Film (opens the original)
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On this episode of Sounds of Film, host Tom Needham welcomes writer and director Lynn Dow to discuss her feature directorial debut, Bull Street. Dow shares the personal inspiration behind the film, her family’s roots in Summerton, South Carolina, her transition from a career on Wall Street to filmmaking, and how she crafted a powerful story about family, justice, legacy, and resilience. Bull Street follows LouEster Gibbs, a small-town South Carolina attorney who faces the legal battle of her lif
Body of Work’s Cassidy Rast & Odin Wadleigh Talk Eric Anfinson, Art & Movies (opens the original)
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This episode of The Sounds of Film features directors Cassidy Rast and Odin Wadleigh discussing their documentary Body of Work, which was an official selection of the Stony Brook International Film Festival. The filmmakers share the inspiration behind bringing artist Eric Anfinson’s remarkable life story to the screen, the creative choices that shaped the film, and the experience of premiering it before festival audiences. Body of Work is a cinematic portrait of Eric Anfinson, whose life changed
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