Graham Flanagan

Guest Programmer

Hometown: New York City, NY (Originally from Tuscaloosa, AL)

FilmNerds Forum Alias: Mr. Strickland

Background: I'm a 2005 U of A grad - while there I served as the film critic for The Crimson White and also wrote about film for the local bi-weekly tabloid CITY MAGAZINE. I also discussed film on various radio shows on WVUA-FM. I made a handful of shorts while at Bama, notably Jumbo (where I met Ben Stark), and The Machine, where I got to direct and co-star with Stark (who had promised never to return in front of the camera) and Matt Scalici. My brother Ben worked on both of those movies and most of the other projects I worked on. I'm now a TV news producer in New York, and I'm working on a few independent projects, including the long-gestating Jazz McGee, which will hopefully be ready by this summer, weather permitting. Also coming down the pipe is my short entitled Merry Christmas from Werner Herzog.

Top Five Films:
1. Barry Lyndon
2. Back to the Future
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. Lawrence of Arabia
5. Citizen Kane

Podcasts:

RoundTable Podcasts
        * The Dark Knight
        * Vicky Cristina Barcelona
        * Burn After Reading
        * Paul Newman: A Tribute
        * FilmNerds Halloween Special
        * 2009 Oscar Preview
        * 2009 Oscar Wrap-Up

Woody Allen in Black & White Series
        * Manhattan
        * Stardust Memories
        * Zelig
        * Broadway Danny Rose
        * Shadows and Fog
        * Celebrity

Major Chaplin Series
        * Part I: Intro & The Gold Rush
        * Part II: City Lights & Modern Times