Plus Comics Nick Mullen and Jimmy LeChase. Nick Mullen is a hysterical performer, comedy writer and prankster and Jimmy LeChase is a comedy guru who will be headlining Montreal at the end of February. Check them both out at a club near you!
Film Critic Michael Snyder tells us about the new Star Wars movie and Down With Tyranny’s Howie Klein on Bernie, Paul Ryan and Hillary.
Howie Klein is the founder and treasurer of The Blue America PAC. He also writes the Down With Tyranny blog. Then we are joined by Film Critic Michael Snyder who talks about holiday movies.
Also Director of “The Babushkas of Chernobyl” Holly Morris along with Liam McEneaney and Gabe Laks. Alex tapes his new BBC special in London next week, and Holly’s documentary about Chernobyl can be seen this week at DOC NYC 2015.
Academy Award Nominee Hanna Polak’s latest documentary is “Something Better To Come.” Hanna is a Polish director, cinematographer and producer. For her short documentary film, “The Children of Leningradsky,” about a community of homeless children living in the Leningradsky railway station in Moscow, she was nominated for an Academy Award and an Emmy Award. In 2003, she was awarded Best Producer of Documentary Movies at the Kraków Film Festival for Railway Station Ballad.
Comedian Barry Crimmins’ life and work in comedy and politics are the subject of a brand new documentary entitled “Call Me Lucky” directed by filmmaker and fellow comedian Bobcat Goldthwait. Crimmins is also personally responsible for the Boston comedy scene and the reason any Boston comic exists.