All The President's Minutes - Minute 86 with Danny Bowes
All the President's Minutes is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. Each show we use the seminal and increasingly prescient 1976 film All The President's Men as a portal, to engage with the themes and the warnings of the film resonating since its release. For minute 86, I join writer, critic, filmmaker and source of much Twitter joy, Danny Bowes. Danny and I discuss the desiccated ideal of American journalism, unguarded moments, and Pakula and Redford take film seriously as an art form.
About Danny Bowes
"New York-based Danny Bowes makes film and theatre pieces when he isn't writing criticism of many kinds. A constant (and constantly humourous) presence on Twitter, Bowes is deeply connected to the continuing saga of film and film criticism, bringing wit and enthusiasm to the stories behind classic films as well as the state of modern TV and movies. He started writing for Premiere, which led to many other gigs, many of them online, including dedicated himself to reviewing Bollywood films for Rogerebert.com, giving them the attention they aren't often afforded elsewhere. He communicates a love for his favourite auteurs that extends to their making project choices that play to their strengths. He lets his personal obsessions and loves drift into his writing because the success of the medium is personal to him. His writing on the state of criticism and his words in tribute of Roger Ebert aren't just relevant; they're deeply touching. He knows better than most that one must have a love for the medium to keep writing criticism because it isn't always a rewarding profession. He has an infectious conversational style, illuminating every aspect of a production with such glee that you can practically see his eyes lighting up as he discusses everything right with Kiss Me Deadly and Buckaroo Banzai. He's willing to go to bat not merely for films or artists he admires, but for the idea of a rational, civil critical conversation, an endangered species in 2014, making him a most vital voice."
- Scout Tafoya, The Encyclopedia of Film Criticism, 2014
Twitter: @bybowes
Outlets: Rogerebert.com, Premiere
Website: http://www.bydannybowes.com/
