josh slates

Film critic Josh Slates is just back from the 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival, and he fills us in on the latest in martial arts and action cinema, from Herman Yau’s “Ip Man:  The Final Fight” to Wong Kar-Wai’s “The Grand Master”

We’re joined by father-and-son duo Ken and Brad Kolodner, who play old-time music together on banjo, fiddle, and hammered dulcimer

Signal film critic Josh Slates has reported on the film festivals at Sundance, Toronto, Cannes, and Sitges.  Now, Slates has added ‘Hong Kong’ to his passport.  He joins The Signal’s Aaron Henkin for a look the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

April 27th & 28th, 2012, on The Signal…

Ugandan multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Kinobe has toured the world, but he comes from a country where there’s no word for ‘music’ in the vocabulary.  We talk with Kinobe about the beauty of that paradox, and we hear the ancient sounds of the kora, the ndongo, and the akogo.

John Waters unveils his annual special-screening pick for the 2012 Maryland Film Festival, and Signal film critic Josh Slates drops in with an overview of the festival’s upcoming cinematic highlights.