Hangover Lounge Podcasts

10/19/2021

Raymond De Felitta discusses with Adell Aldrich, a pioneering filmmaker who was the first woman to direct a network movie of the week, the details of her work with Burt Young, the actor most known for his role as Paulie in the ‘Rocky’ franchise, as well as how being a woman and the daughter of Robert Aldrich affected her career, in this special-edition guest episode of XCU: The Viewfinder. Click here to listen to the episode: https://www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/blog/movies-til-dawn-an-interview-with-adell-aldrich-by-raymond-de-felitta

In this special-edition guest episode of XCU: The Viewfinder, Raymond De Felitta interviews Adell Aldrich — a pioneering filmmaker who was the first woman to direct a network movie of the week. The film, ‘Daddy I Don’t Like It Like This’ (1978) starred and was written by Burt Young (the acto...

09/10/2021

The New York Times recognized our documentary “Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story” in an article of theirs in August. Click here to watch our documentary: http://www.bookersplace.com/watchbookersplace/

Director Raymond De Felitta, takes a journey into the Mississippi Yazoo Delta with Booker Wright’s granddaughter in search of who Booker Wright was, the mystery surrounding his courageous life and untimely murder, and the role Frank De Felitta’s NBC News documentary may have played in it.

09/05/2021

Mike Medavoy was the studio head behind such films as 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest', 'Silence of The Lambs’,
'Annie Hall’, ‘Coming Home’, 'Amadeus', ‘Platoon’, ‘The Terminator' and many others. Hangover Lounge Co-Founder Raymond De Felitta’s conversation with him is now on Raymond’s Movies ‘Til Dawn Podcast that you can listen to when you click here: https://www.moviestildawnpodcast.com

Raymond De Felitta hosts a monthly podcast featuring conversations about filmmaking with legendary directors, producers and actors including Andy Garcia, Peter Bogdanovich, John Sayles, Mary Harron, John G. Avildsen, Griffin Dunne and many others. For supporting video materials of the guests please....

08/20/2021

The New York Times recognizes our documentary “Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story,” directed by Hangover Lounge co-founder Raymond De Felitta, in their article about the closing of the formerly whites-only restaurant Lusco's, where Booker Wright worked for twenty-five years.

We are honored to be recognized by The New York Times and hope that this serves to share Mr. Booker Wright's story with the world.

You can read the article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/dining/mississippi-restaurant-jim-crow.html

Lusco’s, a century-old fixture in the Delta, became known for its food, and for Booker Wright, a Black waiter who dared to tell the truth about the Jim Crow-era South.

08/12/2021

Hangover Lounge presents Part II of our conversation with award-winning filmmaker Iman Zawahry, as she joyfully reveals the challenges and nuances of the culture of submitting to film festivals that she worked to overcome when she began submitting her feature, Americanish Film, to festivals, the current state of hijabi female filmmaker representation, how her short films and the awards she won for them, including a Student Emmy and the Princess Grace Award, helped advance her career, and shares advice she has for being authentic in your writing and art.

Click here to tune into Part II of our conversation with Iman: https://www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/blog/an-interview-with-iman-zawahry-part-ii

Award-winning filmmaker Iman Zawahry joyfully reveals the challenges and nuances of the culture of submitting to film festivals that she worked to overcome when she began submitting her feature, Americanish , to festivals, the current state of hijabi female filmmaker representation, how her short f

08/05/2021

Hangover Lounge presents Part I of our conversation with filmmaker, educator, and advocate Iman Zawahry, whose feature film Americanish won the 2021 CAAMFest Audience Award and was selected for several other film festivals, including the Bentonville Film Festival, the DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival, the New York Asian Film Festival, and the Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival, discusses her path through making short films to making Americanish, how social media has played a role in her career, and her thoughts on cancel culture.

Tune into Part I of our conversation here: https://www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/blog/an-interview-with-iman-zawahry-part-i

Filmmaker and educator Iman Zawahry, whose feature film, Americanish , won the 2021 CAAMFest Audience Award and was selected for several other film festivals, including the Bentonville Film Festival, the DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival, the New York Asian Film Festival, and the Over-the-Rhi

05/18/2021

Tune into Part II of the conversation between Scott Rosenfelt, Robert Bruzio, and Raymond De Felitta on XCU: The Viewfinder, where they discuss Scott and Robert’s work on their new screenplay about legendary jazz club owner Skinny D’Amato, how much freedom actors should be given with the script in their performance, and whether or not films and TV should be dialogue or visually-driven.

They also discuss the possibility for their screenplay to be expanded into a limited series and how Scott enjoys working with up and coming talent in the entertainment industry.

Tune into the conversation here:
https://www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/blog/a-conversation-with-scott-rosenfelt-part-ii

Scott Rosenfelt, Robert Bruzio, and Raymond De Felitta discuss Scott and Robert’s work on their new screenplay about legendary jazz club owner Skinny D’Amato, how much freedom actors should be given with the script in their performance, and whether or not films and TV should be dialogue or visua...

05/07/2021

Co-Founder of Hangover Lounge Raymond De Felitta hosts a podcast called Movies 'Til Dawn that features conversations with entertainment legends like John G. Avildsen, Harold Becker, Peter Bogdanovich, and Andy Garcia. He also spotlights his love for The Three Stooges and his friendship with their director Edward L. Bernds. Raymond recently recorded a conversation with the legendary film mogul, Mike Medavoy, which will be available soon on Movies 'Til Dawn. You can listen to these episodes and more when you click here:
https://www.moviestildawnpodcast.com/new-page-2

Raymond chats with director Harold Becker about his unlikely arrival in Hollywood, giving Tom Cruise his first movie role, and his unique bond with Al Pacino.

04/23/2021

Scott Rosenfelt, Robert Bruzio, and Raymond De Felitta discuss the trend of remaking movies, Scott's experience switching between the roles of writer and producer, and Scott and Robert's work together on a screenplay about legendary jazz club owner Skinny D'Amato in Part I of our two-part conversation with them that you can tune into here:

https://www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/blog/a-conversation-with-scott-rosenfelt

Scott Rosenfelt, Robert Bruzio, and Raymond De Felitta discuss the trend of remaking movies, Scott's experience switching between the roles of writer and producer, and Scott and Robert's work together on a screenplay about legendary jazz club owner Skinny D'Amato.

02/18/2021

Screenwriting team Kristin Ilagan and Patrick Mediate reveal how they wrote the characters in Soul Passage, their thoughts on horror as a genre, and their advice to aspiring screenwriters in Part II of our two-part interview with them that you can listen to here:
https://www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/blog/an-interview-with-screenwriters-kristin-ilagan-and-patrick-mediate-part-ii

Award-winning screenwriting team Kristin Ilagan and Patrick Mediate discuss their screenplay Soul Passage and the universality they aimed for when writing it, how they wrote their characters, horror as a genre, and their advice to aspiring screenwriters.

02/16/2021

We've commemorated the first anniversary of Kevin Conway's passing with a special recollection from director Raymond De Felitta, who reflects on Kevin's work in the film, "Two Family House," as well as Kevin's work in the titular role of Murdering Michael Malloy for Season One of our podcast, Screenplay Resurrection. You can listen to the episode here:
https://www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/screenplay-resurrection/

02/04/2021

Screenwriting team Kristin Ilagan and Patrick Mediate discuss their award-winning screenplay Soul Passage, their best friendship, and the research on Haitian Voodoo and Zombification they did while writing Soul Passage in Part I of our two-part interview with them that you can find here: https://www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/blog/an-interview-with-screenwriters-kristin-ilagan-and-patrick-mediate

Screenwriting team Kristin Ilagan and Patrick Mediate discuss their award-winning screenplay Soul Passage and how their best friendship influences their writing process, the research they had to do to write Soul Passage, their inspiration for the screenplay, and how real-life stories of Haitian Vood

01/05/2021

Screenwriter Cristina Kotz Cornejo discusses how her and past influence her work and the projects she's compelled to create in Part II of her two-part interview that you can find here:

www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/blog/an-interview-with-screenwriter-cristina-kotz-cornejo-part-ii

Screenwriter, director and Chair of Emerson College's Department of Visual and Media Arts, Cristina Kotz Cornejo, discusses how identity, personal history and perspective influence her work and the projects she's compelled to create. She also talks about her multi-cultural background and her past

12/17/2020

Screenwriter Cristina Kotz Cornejo reveals the creative advice she gives her students at Emerson College in Part I of our two-part interview with her that you can listen to here: https://www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/blog/an-interview-with-screenwriter-cristina-kotz-cornejo

Screenwriter, filmmaker, Professor and Chair of the Visual and Media Arts Department at Emerson College in Boston, Cristina Kotz Cornejo reveals the creative advice she gives her students at Emerson, one of the leading Film schools in the U.S. She also discusses her experience at NYU’s graduate fi

11/10/2020

Screenwriter Robert Bruzio reveals how he brought , , Raymond DeFelitta, and John Avildsen on board his movie Bottom of the Ninth in Part II of our two-part blogcast with him that you can find here: https://www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/blog/an-interview-with-robert-bruzio-part-ii

Screenwriter Robert Bruzio reveals how he brought Sofia Vergara, Joe Manganiello and director Raymond De Felitta on board his movie Bottom of the Ninth . Raymond and Robert discuss how the project bounced back from the loss of the film’s original director and collaborator, John Avildsen ( Rocky )

11/09/2020

In case you missed Part I of our blogcast interview on XCU: The Viewfinder with screenwriter Robert Bruzio, you can check it out here: https://www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/blog/raymond-de-felitta-interviews-robert-bruzio-part-1

Stay tuned for Part II of this series, which will be released tomorrow on XCU: The Viewfinder at 7:30am EST.

Screenwriter Robert Bruzio details his familial inspiration behind the film Bottom of the Ninth (starring Joe Mangienello and Sofia Vergara) with Raymond De Felitta, who directed the film. Robert and Raymond discuss a host of topics including how the script gained traction after submission to a re

10/29/2020

Hangover Lounge presents XCU: The Viewfinder, our blogcast interview with screenwriter Robert Bruzio on writing and making the film, Bottom of the Ninth. The film's director, Raymond De Felitta, and Robert discuss the odds Robert overcame to get the screenplay produced on its journey to the big screen.

Robert Bruzio's insights on screenwriting, networking and filmmaking are important observations for screenwriters of any level trying to get their script made. Part one of two…
https://www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/blog/raymond-de-felitta-interviews-robert-bruzio-part-1

Screenwriter Robert Bruzio details his familial inspiration behind the film Bottom of the Ninth (starring Joe Mangienello and Sofia Vergara) with Raymond De Felitta, who directed the film. Robert and Raymond discuss a host of topics including how the script gained traction after submission to a re

09/12/2020

We’re proud to announce the launch of our new community blog, XCU: The Viewfinder, with an interview with indie-film director and co-founder, Raymond De Felitta! We discuss with Raymond the community we’re building, our various projects, including Season 2 of Screenplay Resurrection, and much more. Click here to see the interview: https://www.hangoverloungepodcasts.com/blog/blog-post-001.

An interview with Hangover Lounge co-founder Raymond De Felitta Sep 10 Written By Lauren Taglienti Film director and co-founder of Hangover Lounge Raymond De Felitta and our Communications Coordinator and Contributor Lauren Taglienti met remotely for our very first posting of XCU: The Viewfinder. Fr...