HEAT 2 BOOK CLUB - "Part Four, US-Mexican Border, 1988" w/Joshua Caldwell and Katie Walsh
In this special episode of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the HEAT 2 BOOK CLUB, host Blake Howard joins filmmaker Joshua Caldwell and film critic/podcaster Katie Walsh to discuss "Part Four, US-Mexican Border, 1988" of the novel HEAT 2.
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ABOUT JOSHUA CALDWELL
Joshua Caldwell is an accomplished director, writer, producer, and MTV Movie Award winner born and raised in Seattle, Washington.
His debut feature film Layover, a French-language film about a young woman stuck in Los Angeles overnight, had its World Premiere to sold-out crowds at the 2014 Seattle International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the prestigious FIPRESCI New American Cinema Award. David Chen of /Film.com highlighted it "a beautiful, moving, wistful film." Scott Beggs of FilmSchoolRejects.com called it "a beautiful antidote for big budget fatigue" and a "beautifully mature work from a promising young director." He directed the feature Be Somebody for Paramount Pictures and Studio 71, the first season of the Hulu drama series South Beach and the MarVista Entertainment thriller Negative, starring Katia Winter (Blood and Treasure) and Simon Quarterman (Westworld).
His latest film is the crime thriller Infamous starring Bella Thorne and Jake Manley. In addition to his feature work, Joshua has also helmed a number of high profile short films, including Dig, the story of a young Holocaust survivor who, following his exodus from Europe twenty years ago, comes face to face with the Nazi who killed his family. The film stars Mark Margolis and Aaron Himelstein and was an Official Selection of numerous festivals across the country. Another was Resignation, a short film about a world in which Superman has taken off his cape and turned his back on humanity. It was featured on Kotaku.com, GeekTryrant.com and ScreenRant.com, calling it a film that's "handled smartly with a strong script, nuanced performances, and a clever twist." Joshua and the film's creators were featured on a panel at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con.
Prior to launching his career as a director, Joshua was an executive for CSI: creator Anthony E. Zuiker. Calling him the "best kept secret in Hollywood," Zuiker turned to Joshua to oversee several of his high-profile digital projects, including producing Cybergeddon the online global motion picture event for Yahoo! In addition, Joshua wrote/directed/produced all of Cybergeddon's narrative ancillary content for the immersive website. Joshua oversaw Dare to Pass's involvement with BlackBoxTV, one of YouTube's new premium channels. He served as a co-producer on the Silverwood series and producer on Anthony Zuiker Presents. Joshua was also a key player in Zuiker's digi-novel series, Level 26, which includes Dark Origins, Dark Prophecy and Dark Revelations, writing, directing, producing and editing the cyber-bridges for the final installment in the trilogy, Dark Revelations. Joshua resides in New York State with his wife Danielle, son Austin, daughter Everly and rescue dog Hadley.
TWITTER: @Joshua_Caldwell
ABOUT KATIE WALSH:
Katie Walsh is a Los Angeles-based film critic, journalist, podcast host, and moderator. She reviews weekly film releases for the Tribune News Service, and the Los Angeles Times, and is a frequent guest host of the Maximum Fun podcast Switchblade Sisters. Her writing has been published inVanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Playboy,The Playlist, Nerdist,Slate, The Hairpin, indieWIRE, Women and Hollywood, Town & Country, Movieline, CAP the Magazine, and Nonfics, and she frequently contributes film reviews to KCRW’s Press Play with Madeline Brand. She has covered many international film festivals as a critic and reporter, and has moderated dozens of Q&As with filmmakers and actors around LA. She is a part-time lecturer at Chapman University, teaching the Film Studies class “Practices of Writing About Film.”
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