Episode 50: Alex Halpern, friday, may 16, 2025
Friday, May 16th at 2:30 PM ET USA
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Alex Halpern is an award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, and founder of Smoking Cat Films. Prior to launching his production company, he founded and later sold PostFactoryNY, one of New York's premier post-production facilities, which he established in 1998 with his documentary-producing partner Caryn Horowitz.
Nine Good Teeth, 2002 screening at the Orpheum in Saugerties, NY on Sunday, May 18, 2:00PM
Alex Halpern’s feature-length documentary unfolds through the stories and recollections of his 102-year-old grandmother Mary Mirabito, an outspoken and fiercely independent woman.
In a revealing and often hilarious portrait, Mary dispenses homespun wisdom while divulging family secrets and rivalries. Nine Good Teeth reveals many of the common truths hidden away in all our families, as well as the unexpected – late night visits from Jack Kerouac, illicit love affairs and the occasional murder.’ (dir. Alex Halpern, U.S., 2002, 75 mins.)