Zach Kuperstein, a New York-based cinematographer listed among Variety's Artisan Elites, has a passion for visual storytelling. He burst onto the field with the southern gothic film, "The Eyes of My Mother," premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016. His work earned him nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards and the Camerimage International Film Festival. Since then he's lensed many more features including "The Climb," winning the jury's heart award at 2019's Cannes Film Festival fo...
Sep 16, 2022•39 min
Welcome to Westerberg High, where Veronica Sawyer is just another one of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. Until JD shows up – the mysterious teen rebel who teaches her that everyone fears being a nobody, but its murder being a somebody... Today I'm joined by HEATHERS THE MUSICAL Director Andy Fickman HEATHERS THE MUSICAL will premier o...
Sep 15, 2022•17 min
Today I'm joined by writer/director Duncan Birmingham to discuss his work on the incredible Shudder original film WHO INVITED THEM. Adam and Margo's housewarming party is a success. One couple linger after the other guests, revealing themselves to be wealthy neighbors. As one night cap leads to another, Adam and Margo suspect their new friends are duplicitous strangers
Sep 12, 2022•46 min
Hoping to escape their past, Daniel and Theresa Snyder move their troubled young daughter Rosalie to a quaint Midwestern town, but they are followed by the evil they tried to leave behind. When locals begin to die, the Snyders turn to a Native American seer and uncover a legend that may hold the key to saving their family, or a path to a grisly end for them and all they hold dear. Today I'm joined by Will Klipstine to discuss his work on THE HARBINGER. The film is currently in select theatres an...
Sep 07, 2022•39 min
Addiction is an all-encompassing force, in not only of the lives of the afflicted, but also those around them. OUR AMERICAN FAMILY provides an honest, unfiltered look at a close-knit Philadelphia family dealing with generational substance abuse. Captured at a pivotal “nothing to lose” moment, for over the course of a year, five family members tired of life with addiction on center stage, each struggle to transcend their crippling histories. What will it take to shift this entrenched, wrenching p...
Sep 02, 2022•26 min
Finally, a documentary about scientists who get misrepresented by the media. Those TV documentaries you see, and the science experts they feature? Did you know that producers often edit them out of context, and twist their words, to make it seem like they promoted some pop sensationalism instead of the real facts? Science Friction exposes this practice and gives the scientists a chance to clear the record. The film was financed by private grants and donations. The film is currently available on ...
Aug 26, 2022•34 min
Theodore Michael Shapiro is an American film composer from Washington D.C. who is known for composing various films such as Jennifer's Body, Old School, Safe Men, Idiocracy, Wet Hot American Summer, Zoolander 2, Year One, DodgeBall, Tropic Thunder, On the Ropes, 13 Going on 30, Girlfight, Captain Underpants and The Devil Wears Prada. I had the chance to chat with Teddy about his Emmy-nominated work on the Apple+ series Severance.
Aug 17, 2022•40 min
Wild Eye Releasing will release a Special Edition Blu-ray of Daniel Benedict’s The Bloody Man, a supernatural horror film reuniting A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 : The Dream Master stars Lisa Wilcox and Tuesday Knight, this December. The film is currently available on VOD. Penned by Daniel and Casi Benedict, and produced by Red Serial Films, the film tells of a young boy who, after the death of his mother, becomes obsessed with a comic book she gave him that ultimately summons the ancient monster ...
Aug 15, 2022•39 min
What Josiah Saw is the third feature from American filmmaker Vincent Grashaw (Coldwater, And Then I Go) and world premiered to high praise at the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival and went on to win awards at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Screamfest, and more. In What Josiah Saw, after two decades, a damaged family reunites at their remote farmhouse, where they confront long-buried secrets and sins of the past. The film stars Robert Patrick (The Terminator), Nick Stahl (Sin City), Scott Haze (Chi...
Aug 05, 2022•23 min
In an effort to heal after witnessing her sister’s horrific murder, Nic travels to a tropical resort with her friends for a kayaking and diving adventure. Only hours into their expedition, the women are stalked and then attacked by a great white shark. To survive they will need to band together and Nic will have to overcome her post-traumatic stress, face her fears and slay the monster. Starring: Teressa Liane, Ann Truong, Saskia Archer, Kate Lister, Tim Ross Written and Directed by: Andrew Trau...
Aug 01, 2022•15 min
George Jung, the drug smuggler immortalized by Johnny Depp in “Blow,” left Weymouth for California in the late ’60s with pennies in his pocket, two cases of Budweiser in the backseat and his best pal riding shotgun. Forty years – and four prison stints later – Jung returned to visit his boyhood home at 30 Abigail Adams Circle. He was unsure if neighbors would throw rocks or tell him to “politely leave town.” Jung’s homecoming can be seen in the documentary “Boston George,” which charts his impro...
Jul 25, 2022•41 min
Fact is indeed sometimes stranger than fiction, and such is the case with My Old School . Despite actor Alan Cumming’s top billing, this is really a documentary—and not one about him. The actual subject agreed to be profiled, but declines to appear on camera, so Cumming stands in for him, lip-syncing the testimonial. Around 1993, a pupil known as Brandon Lee pulled an elaborate hoax at the Bearsden Academy in posh suburban Glasgow, Scotland, and created a media circus when he got busted for it t...
Jul 21, 2022•20 min
Conceived as a way to interrogate processes of neo-colonialism, and highlighting the alienating effects of technological progress, Palo Alto native Jake Wachtel's KARMALINK is a mind-bending tale of reincarnation, artificial consciousness, and the search for enlightenment. KARMALINK will be released in the US Theatrically in major cities and on VOD in the US and Canada on Friday, July 15.
Jul 14, 2022•36 min
Directed by Rouzbeh Heydari ( Together Again ), Dana Abraham ( Prisoner of Fear ) wrote the film and stars in the movie along with Brenna Coates (“Coroner”), Brit MacRae (“The Eden Theory”), Stephen Tracey (“Good Sam”), Rene Escobar, Jr. (“Air Crash Investigation”), Erika Swayze (“Workin’ Moms”), Lauren Howe (“Reacher”) and Kim Coates ("Sons of Anarchy").In NEON LIGHTS , guests begin disappearing in an off-grid location, during a family reunion of misfit siblings and their offspring. Momentum Pi...
Jul 07, 2022•30 min
Today I'm joined by Ash Gordon to discuss her self-titled double album After 10+ years working behind the scenes as a song stylist for some of your favorite artists, tv shows, and movies, LGBTQIA+ music maven Ash Gordon is ready to take the leap into the spotlight with her debut double album, Ash Gordon & Ash Gordon II . Complete with collaborations from drag legends like Trixie Mattel, Alaska Thunderfuck, BONAVEGA, Bob the Drag Queen , and many others, the albums provide sixteen psychedelic...
Jul 01, 2022•46 min
Today I'm joined by Sierra McCormick (“American Horror Stories”, The Vast of Night, Some Kind of Hate ) to discuss her latest film WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. Seeking Shelter from a storm, a family find themselves trapped for days with no sign of rescue and untold evils lurking just beyond the walls in this wildly fun horse-of-horrors thrill ride To learn more about the film, please visit: https://www.weneedtodosomething.movie/ WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING is currently available on Blu-ray, DVD, and dig...
Jun 30, 2022•30 min
Obi-Wan Kenobi is a television miniseries created for the streaming service Disney+ . It is part of the Star Wars franchise and stars Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi , reprising his role from the Star Wars prequel trilogy . Set ten years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), the series follows Kenobi as he sets out to rescue the kidnapped Princess Leia ( Vivien Lyra Blair ) from the Galactic Empire , leading to a confrontation with his former apprentice, Darth ...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Today I'm joined by Leni Lauritsch and Julia Franz Richter to discuss their IFC Midnight release, RUBIKON. The film is set 30 years in the future, where a mysterious cloud of toxic pollution has suddenly covered the earth. On the space station Rubikon, the three crewmembers on board with vastly differing world views must decide whether they risk their own lives to save those who may still be alive on earth or ignore the old world to build a new one of safety and solitude, living off the station’...
Jun 27, 2022•24 min
Thank you for listening to the Following Films podcast. Today I’m joined by Anthony Hayes. I had Anthony on the show to discuss his latest film Gold that he wrote directed and co-stars in with Zac Efron. The film is centered on two drifters traveling through the desert who stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found, then the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to protect and excavate their bounty with one man leaving to secure the necessary equipment. The other...
Jun 24, 2022•42 min
Cinematographer Manuel Billeter, alongside fellow DP Vanja Cernjul, ASC, HFS, recently lensed The Gilded Age, directors Julian Fellowes and Sonja Warfield’s episodic period-piece streaming on HBO Max
Jun 23, 2022•42 min
Fathom Events completely dropped the ball on the recent 40th anniversary rerelease of The Thing. Don't see this movie in a theatre near you
Jun 22, 2022•7 min
Today I'm joined by director/writer/actor Mark Schwab to discuss his latest film BROTHERLY LIES. Two estranged brothers - one recovering from a suicide attempt, the other about to be married - are forced to confront a deadly secret from their past. BROTHERLY LIES will be coming out this June 17th on the Fearless streaming service.
Jun 15, 2022•42 min
Elena Engel is an award winning filmmaker who has worked with Disney, Warner Brothers, Amblin, PBS, and the UN among others. Stories that instill a deeper understanding of the human condition are her passion. I had Elena on the show today to discuss her documentary short film JOHN LEGUIZAMO LIVE AT RIKERS. In the film actor, John Leguizamo performs his play Ghetto Klown at Rikers Island prison, inspiring justice-involved young men to reflect openly on their own lives and the serious challenges o...
Jun 12, 2022•32 min
Today I’m joined by John Pogue ( The Quiet Ones , Deep Blue Sea 3 ) to discuss his latest film ERASER REBORN. ERASER REBORN is the next chapter to Eraser (1996) the Chuck Russell directed action thriller that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as a U.S. Marshall assigned to “erase” the identity of a witness he is assigned to protect. U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard specializes in “erasing” people – faking the deaths of high-risk witnesses. With the technological advances of the last 25 years, the game has...
Jun 08, 2022•43 min
Director and liquor store baby, So Yun Um and her father have never seen eye to eye on anything, especially not her career choices. Although his liquor store has provided her financial stability to dream big, there’s tension between father and daughter, and how their Korean culture and store have had a complicated past within a Black community. So goes on a journey to unpack this tension as well as the generational divide between her and her father. In contrast, in the wake of his father’s passi...
Jun 07, 2022•26 min
Today I'm joined by director Josh Leong to discuss his live-action narrative short, CHICKEN. The film was inspired by the true stories of real children he first met while volunteering in NYC juvenile detention centers in the summer of 2021. This topical film will screen in competition at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival, featuring a real prison chick-hatching program, that the filmmakers partnered with. Screenings at the Tribeca Film Festival will be held on Sunday, June 12th at 5:45 pm and...
Jun 02, 2022•25 min
Today I'm joined by Dan Mirvish to discuss his latest film, 18 1/2. "18½" acclaimed cast is led by stars Willa Fitzgerald (Amazon’s “Reacher”) , John Magaro (“First Cow”), Vondie Curtis Hall (“Harriet”), Catherine Curtin (Netflix’s “Stranger Things”), Richard Kind (“Argo”), Sullivan Jones (“The Gilded Age”), Alanna Saunders, Claire Saunders, and the legendary voices of Ted Raimi (“Spider-Man”) , Jon Cryer (“Two and a Half Men”), and Bruce Campbell (“Evil Dead”) as President Richard Nixon. The fi...
May 24, 2022•35 min
Today I'm joined by Antonia Campbell-Hughes to discuss her latest film, Cordelia. Cordelia meets her mysterious London neighbor Frank (Johnny Flynn) for the first time and quickly becomes suspicious of his motives. She begins to unravel and sink back into past traumas with Frank around, making her paranoid and dangerous.
May 22, 2022•27 min
Today I'm joined by Naveen A. Chathapuram to discuss his film THE LAST VICTIM In this stylized neo-western thriller, a group of modern-day outlaws and their terrifying leader are pursued by a local sheriff (Ron Perlman), after committing a horrific crime in a desolate southwest town. When a professor (Ali Larter) and her husband cross paths with the criminals, everyone is drawn into a spiral of violence and retribution where morality becomes ambiguous, and survival is the only option. The Last V...
May 13, 2022•21 min
Today I’m joined by Director Carey Williams and Writer KD Davila to discuss their Amazon original film EMERGENCY Kunle (Donald Elise Watkins) and his best friend, Sean (RJ Cyler), are both seniors in college about to embark on an epic night of Spring Break parties. Sean has the whole night planned out, including every party they will hit on their “legendary tour.” Kunle is down, yet mostly concerned with finishing up his mold experiment in his lab, as his acceptance to Princeton is hinging on th...
May 12, 2022•26 min
