Sara Tomko is an actor, singer, producer & poet currently residing in Los Angeles. She moved from the east coast in 2007 to pursue film & television. Her most notable roles are The Cave Woman on HBO’s Season Two opener of The Leftovers, a recurring guest star as Suzanne on Amazon Prime’s Sneaky Pete and she is currently starring as Asta Twelvetrees on SyFy’s Resident Alien. Sara has a film production company with her husband, Theodore Pederson, called In The Pocket Productions. They prod...
May 10, 2022•24 min
Today I'm joined by Keoni Waxman (The Hard Way) to discuss his latest film, THE RAVINE. The film stars Eric Dane (“Euphoria"), Teri Polo (Meet the Parents), Peter Facinelli (The Vanished), Byron Mann (The Big Short), Leslie Uggams (Deadpool) and Kyle Lowder (“Days of Our Live”). In THE RAVINE, when an unspeakable crime rocks a peaceful community, family and friends are left to wonder if they overlooked the murderer among them or if there might be more to the story. Inspired by true events, this ...
May 05, 2022•20 min
Today I'm joined by Michael John Warren to discuss SPRING AWAKENING: THOSE YOU’VE KNOWN 15 years after the smash, Tony-winning Broadway run of “Spring Awakening,” the original cast and creative team reunite for a spectacular, one-night only reunion concert to benefit The Actors Fund. Chronicling their whirlwind journey back to the stage, the film follows the players as they reconnect and rediscover the beauty and timelessness of the hit musical, sharing the show’s underdog origins, its path to T...
May 03, 2022•34 min
Today I'm joined by Emmy-Award Winner Keith Maitland (TOWER) to discuss his latest film DER MR. BRODY. When hippie-millionaire Michael Brody Jr. publicly announced that he would be giving away his fortune in 1970, he and his wife became instant celebrities. They were mobbed by the public, scrutinized by the press, and overwhelmed by a crush of personal letters from across America responding to his extraordinary offer. DEAR MR. BRODY uses a mix of archival footage, psychedelic animation, stylized...
Apr 27, 2022•31 min
The newly formed animation company, Spire Animation Studios has created a new way to produce animated movies that is game changing for filmmaking. Most recently, they have announced two new films in development, Century Goddess and Trouble with Danny McBride. Spire Animation has created a team of elite industry leaders to form their own ‘creative cadre’ to bring a new wave in animation. Together, animation pioneers including Michael Surrey (Creative Director of Story and Animation), Shawn Krause...
Apr 26, 2022•40 min
Noah Weisberg is an actor and director, known for Super Pumped (2022), Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020) and Modern Family (2009). I had Noah on the show today to discuss his role in Super Pumped. The Showtime limited series tells the “stranger than fiction” story about the rise of Uber....
Apr 22, 2022•38 min
Today I’m joined by Gigi Gaston to discuss her film 9 BULLETS. 9 BULLETS stars Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones) as a former burlesque dancer turned author who suddenly becomes the guardian of her 11-year-old neighbor after he witnesses his parents’ murder. Along with Headey, the film stars Lala Anthony (Power) and Sam Worthington (Avatar) in supporting roles. You can read more about the film and their other upcoming projects below. Lena is EP’ing and starring in a new series cal...
Apr 20, 2022•30 min
Angelika Film Center , with operating theaters across the nation in New York City, Texas, Washington, D.C, California, and Virginia, and Sony Pictures Classics have launched a special "Bring A Friend Back To The Movies" initiative timed to the April 22 release of the upcoming Sony Pictures Classics dramatic comedy, The Duke starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. In addition, Angelika Film Center announced that the Angelika Membership program will be launching on Friday, April 29, 2022. The "Br...
Apr 18, 2022•22 min
A COWGIRL'S SONG is a coming-of-age drama that follows an aspiring but adrift teen singer who goes to live with her grandmother, once a country music legend, but has fallen on hard times after the death of her husband five years earlier. Together they overcome adversity and find redemption through their love of music. Today I’m joined by writer/director Timothy Armstrong and star Savannah Lee May to discuss their work on A COWGIRL’S SONG The film will be in theaters and VOD on April 22...
Apr 15, 2022•24 min
Rhys lives in the zombie-infested wasteland. His job is to capture civilians and deliver them to what's left of the military. When Rhys captures a half-zombie-half-human named Grace, he comes to believe she is the key to ending the apocalypse. The latest feature from Australian filmmaking brother duo Kiah Roache-Turner and Tristan Roache-Turner , whose previous collaborations include their breakout feature debut WYRMWOOD: ROAD OF THE DEAD , which premiered at the 2014 Fantastic Fest and put them...
Apr 13, 2022•59 min
Today I chat with Sam Jones about his latest documentary film Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off. Centering around intimate new interviews with Tony Hawk himself, the film is an all-encompassing look at the skateboarder’s life, legendary career, and relationship with the sport with which he’s been synonymous for decades. Hawk, a pioneer of modern vertical skating who is still pushing his limits at the age of 53, remains one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. Tony Hawk: Until Th...
Apr 06, 2022•20 min
Today I'm joined by Hazel Doupe. She is best known for her role as Frances, an Irish Traveller teen who idolizes boxing legend Muhammad Ali and trains herself to become a boxer in the 2018 film Float Like a Butterfly , which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival . In 2021, Doupe portrayed Ingrid in the RTÉ One thriller drama series Smother , which also starred Dervla Kirwan , Niamh Walsh , Seána Kerslake and Gemma-Leah Devereux . I had Hazel on the show to discuss her latest ...
Mar 29, 2022•21 min
Last night at the Oscars, in a truly unprecedented moment, Will Smith left his seat, walked on stage, and hit Chris Rock in the face. While many wondered for a second (including me) whether this all might have been staged, it clearly was not. According to Aron Solomon, chief legal analyst for Esquire Digital , “The question that millions of people are asking today is whether Will Smith’s actions legally constituted assault and battery. While the Oscars are broadcast to a massive audience around ...
Mar 28, 2022•16 min
He's a Canadian, British, and naturalized American citizen. He started in amateur theatre and operatic societies as well as community cable television while still in high school. The first film was as an assistant makeup artist on "Joshua Then and Now" and continued working as assistant makeup on numerous projects including "Anne of Green Gables" 'The Fly" "The Believers" and "Frontier" While just in his twenties he was makeup department head on "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future" win...
Mar 22, 2022•41 min
Today I'm joined by Joey Ally, writer/director/star of THE HATER. The film satrs Joey Ally, Bruce Dern, Meredith Hagner, Ali Larter, Ian Harding, Nora Dunn Synopsis: After losing her job on a U.S. Senate campaign, a liberal environmentalist returns to her conservative Texas hometown to regroup. Upon learning her childhood nemesis is running for state legislature, she creates an elaborate scheme to go undercover as his opponent on the Republican ticket with the ultimate goal of forcing a Democra...
Mar 19, 2022•35 min
EXPIRED is written and directed by Ivan Sen ( Goldstone, Mystery Road ) and stars Ryan Kwanten (“True Blood,” Dead Silence ), Hugo Weaving ( The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings franchise), and Jillian Nguyen ("Clickbait"). SYNOPSIS: Ryan Kwanten (“True Blood”) and Hugo Weaving (The Matrix series) star in this futuristic thriller about a hitman who meets a mysterious woman and comes down with a deadly illness. Lionsgate will release the sci-fi film EXPIRED In Select Theaters, on Digital and On D...
Mar 16, 2022•31 min
Thank you for listening to the Following Films Podcast. Today I’m joined by Jocelin Donahue to discuss her latest film OFFSEASON. The film is about a woman who quickly returns to the isolated offshore island where her late mother is buried after receiving a mysterious letter that her mother’s gravesite has been vandalized. When she arrives, she discovers that the island is closing for the offseason with the bridges raised until Spring, leaving her stranded. One strange interaction with the local...
Mar 05, 2022•21 min
Bernardo, a Latin performer of Mexican descent, started acting at his high school in Santa Ana, California, before receiving his B.A. in theater from UCLA, followed by the master’s program at the prestigious Actors Studio Drama School in New York City. Throughout his education he trained under notable teachers such as Moctesuma Esparza, Jose Luis Valenzuela, Jacque Heim at UCLA and Ron Leibman, Barbara Poitier, and Susan Aston among others in New York. Since returning to Los Angeles, he has stea...
Mar 02, 2022•28 min
Studio 666 is an upcoming supernatural horror comedy film directed by B. J. McDonnell, with a screenplay by Jeff Buhler and Rebecca Hughes, based on a story from Dave Grohl. Grohl stars in the film alongside his Foo Fighters bandmates Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, and Rami Jaffee, while Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Will Forte, Jenna Ortega and Jeff Garlin co-star. Studio 666 also marks the first film to feature the Foo Fighters that is not a documentary: The band ...
Feb 23, 2022•37 min
Today I'm joined by Matt Glass and Jordan Wayne Long the co-directors behind GHOSTS OF THE OZARKS Tim Blake Nelson, David Arquette, Angela Bettis, Thomas Hobson, Phil Morris and Tara Perry star in this exciting new take on the southern ghost story. In post-Civil War Arkansas, a young doctor is mysteriously summoned to a remote town in the Ozarks only to discover that the utopian paradise is filled with secrets and surrounded by a menacing, supernatural presence GHOSTS OF THE OZARKS is available ...
Feb 18, 2022•34 min
Today I'm joined by Barbara Crampton to discuss ALONE WITH YOU. As a young woman painstakingly prepares a romantic homecoming for her girlfriend, their apartment begins to feel more like a tomb when voices, shadows, and hallucinations reveal a truth she has been unwilling to face. In Theaters February 4, 2022 and On Demand, Digital and DVD February 8, 2022
Feb 09, 2022•26 min
Today I'm joined by director/writer Victor Gabriel to discuss one of the highlights of this years Sundance Film Festival, the short HALLELUJAH. After being stuck with the guardianship of their annoying, bookworm nephew, two brothers in Compton, California, have to decide if they are willing to take on the responsibility of being caretakers.
Feb 04, 2022•39 min
Josh is writer, filmmaker and Dread Central’s managing editor. He also hosts ‘Development Hell’ on the DREAD Podcast Network where he unearths unmade horror films. Josh was kind enough to sit down with me and chat about the Sundance film PIGGY. We also talk about DEAD END, HELLRAISER, FRIDAY THE 13th, HALLOWEEN, LEPRECHAUN, horror in space and the delightful genre trash we both love. I had a great time chatting with Josh and hope to speak with him again. See the synopsis for PIGGY below: With th...
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Today I'm joined by Rachael DeCruz and Jeremy S. Levine to discuss their Sundance documentary THE PANOLA PROJECT Highlighting the heroic efforts of Dorothy Oliver, who vaccinated nearly 99% of her small town of Panola, Alabama against COVID-19, THE PANOLA PROJECT chronicles how an often-overlooked rural Black community came together in creative ways to survive.
Jan 30, 2022•23 min
RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to the horror film SUPERHOST from Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. RLJE Films will release SUPERHOST on VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on February 1, 2022.Directed and written by Brandon Christensen ( Z , Still/Born ), SUPERHOST stars Sara Canning (“9-1-1”, “Nancy Drew”), Osric Chau (“The Flash”, “Nancy Drew”), Gracie Gillam (“Z Nation,” “Scream Queens”), and Barb...
Jan 29, 2022•14 min
Today I'm joined by actor Malcolm Goodwin to discuss his role in the upcoming Amazon Prime series REACHER REACHER follows Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson), a veteran military police investigator who has just recently entered civilian life. Reacher is a drifter, carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country and explores the nation he once served. When Reacher arrives in the small town of Margrave, Georgia, he finds a community grappling with its first homicide in 20 years. ...
Jan 28, 2022•13 min
Today I'm joined by director John Patton Ford to discuss his film EMILY THE CRIMINAL. Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record. Desperate for income, she takes a shady gig as a “dummy shopper,” buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a middleman named Youcef (Theo Rossi). Faced with a series of dead-end job interviews, Emily soon finds herself seduced not only by the quick cash and illicit thrills of black market ...
Jan 28, 2022•14 min
Los Angeles based Editor Michael Felker worked on the Sundance project Something In The Dirt , a film by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. In the film, when two neighbors witness supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment building, they realize documenting the paranormal could inject some fame and fortune into their wasted lives. An ever-deeper, darker rabbit hole, their friendship frays as they uncover the dangers of the phenomena, the city and each other. DIY wonderkids Aaron Moorhead ...
Jan 27, 2022•33 min
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Jan 25, 2022•1 min
SALT IN MY SOUL will be released on VOD in the US, Canada, and UK & Ireland and key territories worldwide on January 25. Based on the posthumously published bestselling memoir of the same name, the film takes you inside the mind of a young woman who tries to live a full life while dying. Mallory Smith was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the age of three. In her twenty five-year battle with the deadly disease, she carved out a life that most of us don’t come close to. Using Mallory’s posthu...
Jan 25, 2022•45 min
