Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Movies: Remembering the Maysles Brothers
Legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles died last night at the age of 88. Maysles and his late brother, David, essentially created the verite style of documentary filmmaking: the fly-on-the-wall, non-narrated approach. Their films include the classics Grey Gardens and Gimme Shelter.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readLegendary filmmaker Albert Maysles died last night at the age of 88. Maysles and his late brother, David, essentially created the verite style of documentary filmmaking: the fly-on-the-wall, non-narrated approach. Their films include the classics Grey Gardens and Gimme Shelter. Today, we kick off our weekly film segment with an appreciation of the Maysles before moving on to the latest box office releases.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
William Bibbiani
film critic for the Wrap and co-host of the Critically Acclaimed Network
Witney Seibold
senior writer at SlashFilm and co-host of the podcast Critically Acclaimed Network
The full episode
4 of 5Dov Charney Can’t Quit American Apparel, Albert Maysles, and Tickling Science- 0:00Dov Charney Stokes American Apparel Rift
- 8:45Death Rates for White Women on the Rise
- 17:19A High-Powered Silicon Valley Discrimination Trial
- 26:58Movies: Remembering the Maysles BrothersYou’re reading this
- 42:16The Science of Tickling