James Ristas is filmmaker currently working out
of Marlborough, MA. He attended the New York
Film Academy Director’s Workshop class of ’97
and has a degree in Radio, TV and Film from
South Dakota State University.
His short film, RAMGOG has been on the festival
circuit for the last year and was nominated for
The Delta Award at the 2024 Festival of
Fantastic Films in Manchester, UK.
His animated series, PASSION OF RAMGOG will run
this Friday from 2:30 - 5PM on CCTV channel 8,
and he’s here to talk about THE EXHIBITION OF
RAMGOG, a gallery showcase to be held at
Industry Lab in Cambridge on the evening of
Saturday, the 18th of October, 7PM-9PM. It’s a free event
and will also be the premiere of his new short
film, RAMGOG VS GOGMAR.
For more information on that, go to
www.passionoframgog.org
Experimentally ILL Podcast with Michael O'Toole #119: Hartley Pleshaw (Host of Active Radio, Writer for Imagine Magazine and Actor for Experimentally ILL) 5/18/25.
Michael welcomes radio host, writer, actor and Experimentally ILL: The Movie series' orator Hartley Pleshaw to wax poetic about his varied career in New England media, giving a historical look-see into Boston Radio, the club scene and 60's and 70's counter-culture along the way. Hear more Hartley Monday through Thursday and Saturdays on WCAP 1080 AM in Lowell, Massachusetts and online.
Experimentally ILL Podcast with Michael O'Toole #118 features a chat with Mike's mom/Artist/Poet Patrice O'Toole on her 71st birthday.
Appearing in Experimentally ILL: The Movie 7, 9 and 10, which played at Lyric Hyperion in LA, Somerville Theatre during IFFBoston and The Coolidge Corner Theatre as part of Boston Open Screen.
Working at the New England Aquarium with the famous Andre The Seal, who later had a Disney film made about him.
1970's poetry, alternative high school, faith-ful car washes and more life story!
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Experimentally ILL Podcast #117 Michael O'Toole & Lawrence Hollie talk their ten Experimentally ILL movies and pay tribute to late friend/videographer Robert W. Lee of Sha La La La Productions & actor Val Kilmer 4/4/25
Filmmakers Michael O'Toole & Lawrence Hollie reunite for the return of their podcast concurrent with the recent debut of Experimentally ILL: The Movie #9 at Coolidge Corner Theatre's Boston Open Screen. The duo also talk the Experimentally ILL collective at large and the Experimentally ILL movie series.
Experimentally ILL with Michael O'Toole #113 9/30/23 Guest: LA Filmmaker Lawrence Hollie to talk ILL CCTV Cambridge debut and public access TV at large. Michael's documentary plays The Screaming Ostrich Film Fest 10/14/23 1PM West Newton Cinema
Experimentally ILL podcast presents this clip of Active Radio with Hartley Pleshaw 10-5-2023 broadcast from WCAP-AM 980. Guests: John McGuinness of Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival and Filmmaker Michael Phelan O'Toole of Experimentally ILL on CCTV Cambridge.John speaks about the history of the Ostrich fest and Michael talks about his short "Artificial Intelligence with Hartley Pleshaw" (playing 10-14-23 at West Newton Cinema) and his media career retrospective documentary (playing at the fest 10-15-23 - both at 1PM EST).Visit ScreamingOstrich.wordpress.com and ExperimentallyILL.com for more information. Active Radio is live every Saturday 10AM EST from 980 WCAP-AM and on https://980wcap.com
Experimentally ILL Radio 97 with @MikeOToole ExperimentallyILL.com AIR DATE 6.10.2016 Guest: I.T. genius Chris Kimball talks technology, social media, creating good, conscious internet content, the Experimentally ILL brand and podcasting, internet security concerns, pop culture and entertainment like his love for the philosophies of Star Trek, being a fan of the film Starship Troopers and it’s animated series, his hatred for Speed 2: Cruise Control, the invention of recyclable rockets, Facebook collecting and selling personal data and it’s ad program, Japan’s high-tech toilets, the use of sexy chat-bots that dudes thought were real women, augmented reality interactive video games, Facebook curating their trending news topics, the Hilary Clinton email server controversy and her being investigated by the FBI, on-the-job anecdotes as an IT guy, his Star Trek shirt, @xmissmarymackx and the phenomenon of taking selfies and more!
Experimentally ILL 99 with @MikeOToole Guest: Filmmaker John Hartman of Reel Groovy Films 11/10/2016
Experimentally ILL Radio 98 with #MikeOToole ExperimentallyILL.com AIR DATE 6/23/2016 Guest: Spoken Word Poet/Musician/Actor and expert comic book fan Joseph James Bellamy via phone talks comic book and geek culture becoming pop culture, current technology based off Star Trek premises, Marvel and DC comics history, his superhero-themed tattoos and finding positive role models in DC & Marvel's iconic heroes, superhero film and TV properties like Batman V Superman, Teen Titans, Fantastic 4 and the Johnny Storm "race swapping" controversy and how he hooked up with a bunch of aliens, The Flash, the Blade films helping kick off the superhero film boom, Martian Manhunter VS Cyborg and the Justice League movie, Wonder Wonder and the lasso of truth's BDSM origins, Spider-Man history, his appearance in Captain America: Civil War and how the character targets Marvel's original key demographic and teaches young people to cope with tragedy and take responsibility to help others, Jurassic Park and dinosaurs, killer whales, his distaste for cats and love of sharks, his own film acting endeavors, how to approach differences in opinion and more! Where there is an ILL, there is a way -so be part of the Experiment! Thanks to the always-engaging Joe for these 2 hours of well-spoken, passionate chatter on cinema, heroes, art and storytelling at large!
Ring in the new year by thrilling to the unceremonious return of our illustrious long-running #ExperimentallyILL #podcast.
Enjoy consuming this lowfi recording of Experimentally ILL Radio 106 with your cackling host @MichaelPOToole, captured on 11/28/2020. This edition features regular guests the hilarious and insightful pop culture aficionado LA Indie Filmmaker @LawrenceHollie73 & quirky pun master and political satirist Allston, MA Artist/Writer @D.L.Polonsky via the magic of telephone.
Post-Thanksgiving weekend, our heroes reflect on past Turkey Days together (like at #DennysDiner in #california seen here), indie film and radio show production and more, including the state of the movie industry and life at large amidst a global pandemic.
Lawrence gets into a Curb Your Enthusiasm-like conflict regarding using his single dumbbell with beach security.
D.L. talks Trump, his political art and movie career. Anti-internet Newburyport musician Raleigh Stein calls in and commiserates with him about life in “the digital prison.”
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