# Frederick Wiseman

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Bookwaves/Artwaves – June 11, 2026: The Films of Stanley Kubrick

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to assorted local theater & book venues   Jeff Griffith-Perham, Stanley Kubrick Retrospective at Pacific Film Archive Jeff Griffith-Perham is the curator of a retrospective “A Complete Stanley Kubrick” at Berkeley Art Museum/P…

Evaluating AI World Models w/ Keyon Vafa

Keyon Vafa (postdoc at Harvard) studies the implicit world models that generative models learn (or at least are constrained into representing). How do we make sense of these models and how do they make sense of us? Experimentally, answering this question often looks like giving the model anything a…

Boutique: To Preserve and Collect - Director Ry Levey

Director Ry Levey’s wildly entertaining documentary BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE AND COLLECT chronicles the remarkable resurgence of collectible Blu-ray culture and the specialty labels around the world dedicated to preserving, restoring, and reintroducing long-lost obscurities and cinematic landmarks to …

[Uncut Conversation] Surviving and Thriving in Turbulent Times Third World Newsreel's Enduring Legacy

This month, on Laura Flanders & Friends, we turn to the state of journalism—at a moment of deep disruption, consolidation, and consequence.  But journalists aren’t simply standing by—they’re pushing back, reimagining their work, and, in many cases, taking matters into their own hands.   This week w…

[episode cut] Surviving and Thriving in Turbulent Times Third World Newsreel's Enduring Legacy

This month, on Laura Flanders & Friends, we turn to the state of journalism—at a moment of deep disruption, consolidation, and consequence.  But journalists aren’t simply standing by—they’re pushing back, reimagining their work, and, in many cases, taking matters into their own hands.   This week w…

Four Films by Frederick Wiseman

Our series of New Hollywood elegies continues with no signs of stopping in sight! This episode we present a paen to visionary documentarian Frederick Wiseman, whose stark narratives of life within institutions provided not just education but true entertainment value throughout his seven decade care…

Ep: 4 Frederick Wiseman

The Drunk Projectionist's Todd Melby interviews Frederick Wiseman director of "Titicut Follies," a 1967 documentary about a hospital for the criminally insane. In this interview with Todd Melby, he also reveals why he shot most of his movies on 16mm, how his films are structurally similar to plays …

Frederick Wiseman and the Architecture of Observation

What happens when you point a camera at an institution and refuse to look away? In this episode of Eidos, we hit the pause button on our hyper-edited, algorithmic culture to honor the monumental life and legacy of documentarian Frederick Wiseman (1930–2026). For more than fifty years, Wiseman explo…

Frederick Wiseman Retrospective #1: The Institutions | Titicut Follies, High School, Law and Order & Hospital

In the first episode of a new ongoing series, Cole and Zach discuss Wiseman's first four feature-length documentaries: Titicut Follies (1967), High School (1968), Law and Order (1969), and Hospital (1970).We begin with an overview of Wiseman's observational/direct cinema approach before exploring t…

Belfast, Maine with Lukas Fryer

Manniac and Wisemanite Lukas Fryer returns to the pod to discuss Frederick Wiseman's 1999 documentary, Belfast, Maine. Featured in this episode: - Kenny Nixon on Belfast, Maine in BW/DR - Richard Brody's tribute to Wiseman in the New Yorker - Stephen Mamber's Wiseman Journal at UCLA - Wiseman's int…