Film and television star who first became known for playing Yara in the horror film It Follows. She would then go on to play recurring roles in Orange Is the New Black and The Deuce. She also earned the role of Alice Woods in Channel Zero: Butcher's Block in 2018. She made her screen debut in 2009 in the short film Bleeding. I had her on the show today to discuss her latest film GO/DON'T GO.
Written and directed by first time filmmaker, Alex Knapp and ‘Go/Don’t Go’ will be released on digital and cable VOD platforms on January 12, 2021. The thriller stars Alex Knapp, Olivia Luccardi, Nore Davis, Bettina Skye, Tom Essig, and Zoey Wagner. After an unknown cataclysm, Adam (Alex Knapp) is alone. The sole inhabitant of a vacant, unchanged world, or so he thinks. While attempting to stay grounded in the desolate landscape, visions come to him—the fateful night his best friend Kyle (Nore D...
Today I'm joined by Jason Richard Miller to discuss his latest film BLOODHOUND. Private investigator Abel Walker (Ackerman) along with his cameraman, Jim (Foy), are on the hunt for a missing woman. As they unravel the mystery of her disappearance, they become caught in a sick and violent game that will end in murder. If you haven't already, please subscribe and leave a review.
Accidental Climber tells the story of Jim Geiger, a retired forest-worker, and amateur mountaineer from Sacramento, CA who at 68 years old, attempts to become the oldest American and first great grandfather to summit Mt. Everest. The film follows Jim as he embarks on a journey to transform from a weekend hiker to attempting one of the most extreme and physically demanding feats known to man. Driven by a desire to prove that age is just a number, Jim pushes his body to the limits, in a record-bre...
Today I'm joined by Justin G. Dyck and Keith Cooper to discuss their Shutter film ANYTHING FOR JACKSON. A bereaved Satanist couple kidnaps a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child but end up summoning more than they bargained for. We also chat about John Carpenter, commentary tracks, and my inability to hit the record button.
Geraldine Singer is an actress, known for Get Out (2017), Mudbound (2017), and Green Book (2018). I had her on the show to discuss her latest film ARMY OF ONE that's currently available on VOD.
Born in Bogota, Colombia, Richard J Bosner is a Latinx award-winning Producer/Director who has established himself as one of the leading voices for a new generation of diverse, politically charged filmmakers. He is best known for producing the true story Fruitvale Station starring Octavia Spencer and Michael B. Jordan which received the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category and the Sundance Audience Award along with 44 nominations/wins during the 2013 Awards Seaso...
Today I'm joined by Kevin Mcdonald from The Kids in The Hall, Colin Mochrie from Whose Line is it Anyway and director Mike Stasko to discuss their film Boys Vs. Girls. The film is set squarely in 1990 and is about a summer camp that is forced to go co-ed for the first time for financial reasons. The counsellors don’t like the change and a battle of the sexes ensues. The film is currently available on VOD.
Today I'm joined by Andre Welsh to discuss his film DISRUPTED For longtime Oakland resident, Pete, survival is an endless struggle in a gentrified, tech-driven world that’s left him in its dust. But he’s clean and sober, has rectified a relationship with his daughter, and the memories of his wife’s unsolved murder from decades ago rarely haunt him these days. That is until a local killing is strikingly familiar. Reluctantly pulled back in by the retired detective who worked the original case, Pe...
Today I’m joined by Tom Putnam and David Cross to discuss their film The Dark Divide. Based on the story of renowned butterfly expert Robert Pyle (David Cross) who embarked on a life-changing trek through one of America's most important unprotected wildlands in the summer of 1995 Dark Divide is currently available on VOD for more information go to darkdividefilm.com.
On this episode I chat with director Jimmy Olsson about his incredible short film ALIVE.
“HEADLINES ARE FRONTLINES,” a new film and music installation, will display news headlines from 1,460 days of the Trump presidency on the sides of moving trucks in cities across the U.S. from October 26 to 28, 2020, ahead of the presidential election.
Caitlin Kramer, a woman overcoming a tragic past, is among several people who see a man being fatally assaulted. When the witnesses start dying mysteriously, she must unearth if they’re being targeted by a killer or something far more insidious. Today my guest is Jeffrey Reddick and I had him on to discuss his latest film DON'T LOOK BACK. The film will have a day and date release on 10/16.
Sue Kramer is a multi-hyphen talent. Filmmaker & creative director/founder of Connecting Dots Guru, a bespoke branding agency. Sue a proud Latina activist consistently fighting for diversity and inclusion. Kramer graduated UCLA Film school, winning the coveted “Best Direction/Jim Morrison Award.” As an accomplished Filmmaker & Screenwriter and film festival circuit darling, Sue has written & directed extensively for film and TV under her production banner, Bella Films. Sue has worked...
In 1988, young, mid-level HBO employee Art Bell was not about to let skepticism from everyone including top executives and his own mother stop him from creating what he believed to be the next big thing in cable television: a channel devoted 100% to comedy. Today, Comedy Central is not only a successful station, but is a culture-maker. How did he make it happen? In this new book, Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor , Art shares his path to success and provide...
After the disappearance of her husband, Lemon, a struggling farmer in an isolated Appalachian community, must repay her husband’s debt to the oldest family on the mountain and their murderous biscuit-making matriarch in order to save her young son’s life. Armed with only her wits and tenacity, Lemon must unravel the mysteries her husband left behind or lose everything she’s ever loved. From directors Ruckus Skye and Lane Skye, Danielle Deadwyler, Catherine Dyer, Jayson Warner Smith, Brad Carter,...
With his writing work dried up, and knowing he may spend a year in pandemic self-isolation, award-winning comedian Steven Shehori ( Twitter: @StevenShehori ) realized he needed a project to focus on to keep his clinical anxiety in check. So the Los Angeles-based comedy writer made a challenge to himself in March: he'd spend six months learning music, audio engineering, and animation, to create a comedic music video of him covering There's No Other Way , the classic (and hard-to-play!) song from ...
The feature directorial debut for Brown, THE BEACH HOUSE is an indie apocalyptic sci-fi thriller that presents an alluring mix of scorching seaside imagery, claustrophobic isolation, mysterious contagion and gruesome body horror, with a breakout lead performance from Liberato. A hit on the festival circuit, and now available on Shudder. Director Jeffrey A. Brown joins me to talk about THE BEACH HOUSE , Killing Joke, Cronenberg, Lynch, and Carpenter. Check this film out!!! Even if you don't subsc...
THE YEAR OF SPECTACULAR MEN is an upcoming film directed by actress Lea Thompson and stars her daughters, Madelyn Deutch (who also wrote the screenplay) and Zoey Deutch. I had Lea on the Show today to discuss her film, the beauty of creating art with your children, how the protracted process of giving birth is like making an indie film, and the type of film Woody Allen would make if he were a 20-year-old girl.
Today my guest is Thure Riefenstein, an actor, director, and producer best known for his work on THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE , 12 MONKEYS , and BEHIND THE CANDELABRA . I had him on the show to discuss his latest film TORPEDO U-235 . The film is about World War II: Resistance fighters who accept a suicide mission to deliver a stolen Nazi submarine carrying atomic uranium. It's one of the best films I’ve seen this year and is currently available on VOD. Do yourself a favor and watch this film....
Toby Oliver is an award-winning cinematographer whose career extends from his native Australia to the United States and internationally. Named as one of Variety's 10 Cinematographers to Watch, Toby now resides in Los Angeles and has forged a remarkable and varied range of credits on feature films, documentaries, and television. Toby returns!!! This time I had him on the podcast to discuss his work on DEAD TO ME, but we also cover the HAPPY DEATH DAY films, FANTASY ISLAND, and BARB AND STAR GO TO...
Sam is a dedicated filmmaker who constantly challenges himself by the roles he takes on in Hollywood. He's an actor, writer, producer and director. Sam recently co-wrote, produced and starred in “Mother’s Little Helpers,” an independent film which premiered at SXSW 2019. “Mother’s Little Helpers” is available for streaming today.
Today my guest is John Scheinfeld, a director best known for two widely acclaimed feature documentaries: The U.S. vs. John Lennon, which tells the true story of the US government's attempt to silence the beloved musician and iconic advocate for peace and Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?, a compelling yet wildly entertaining documentary about one of the most talented and uncompromising singer-songwriters in pop music history. I had John on the show today to talk abou...
While in college Sean Spillane co-founded a band called Otto which eventually became ARLO and went on to sign with Sub Pop Records in 2000. ARLO toured extensively in the U.S. and played with bands like The Shins, Wilco, and The Foo Fighters. After ARLO disbanded he joined Midway, a Los Angeles based band with a rabid following. In 2010 he wrote, produced, recorded and performed original songs and the score for Lucky Mckee's "The Woman" which melted faces and made heads explode when it premiered...
Healy was born in Chicago, Illinois. He played the lead character "Craig" in E.L. Katz’ dark comedy thriller Cheap Thrills, and substantial central roles in Ti West's The Innkeepers, Craig Zobel's Great World of Sound, and Compliance (also directed by Zobel). He has also appeared in memorable supporting roles in Magnolia (as the pharmacist at the receiving end of Julianne Moore's profane meltdown), Ghost World, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Harmony and Me, Dirty Gir...
On this episode I chat with Kevin Makely and Jennifer Ambrose about their latest film BADLAND, as well as what it means to be an overnight success 24 years in, and of course the Sly Stallone classic Nighthawks. You can find BADLAND on Netflix and all the VOD platforms, but who are we kidding? You have Netflix, if you listen to this podcast, you have Netflix, right? If you don't let me know. Leave me a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/followingfilms/message . Enjoy the show!...
Shot on the 200th Anniversary of Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN, veteran genre writer-director Larry Fessenden’s brings his unique vision of the literary classic in DEPRAVED, set in modern Brooklyn. This meditative reimagining of the novel explores the crisis of masculinity and ideas about loneliness, memory and the subtle psychological shocks that shape us as individuals.
Toby Oliver ACS is an award-winning cinematographer whose career extends from his native Australia to the United States and internationally. Toby now resides in Los Angeles and has forged a remarkable and varied range of credits on feature films, documentaries and television. In the United States Toby shot Jordan Peele's racially-charged thriller horror 'Get Out' in Alabama in early 2016 with Allison Williams and Daniel Kaluuya. 'Get Out' went on to score a rare 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and rank ...
Roger Nygard is probably best known for his highly-successful and acclaimed documentary Trekkies, about the most obsessive fans in the Universe. Nygard's previous documentary, The Nature of Existence, addressed the impossible subject of the world's philosophies, religions, and belief systems. Nygard has made several other award-winning films, including the car-salesman cult-film, Suckers, and a profile of UFO fanatics, Six Days In Roswell, and now the documentary The Truth About Marriage, accomp...
In ALL SQUARE John (Michael Kelly) is a small town bookie having a hard time collecting on outstanding debts. After a one night stand with an ex-girlfriend, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with her 12-year old son, Brian, and develops a plan to recoup the money owed to him by taking bets on Brian’s Youth League Baseball games. The film also stars Josh Lucas, Tom Everett Scott, and Yeardley Smith. I had Yeardley on the show to discuss her work on ALL SQUARE as both a producer and star, we al...
