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This week on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor sit down to discuss Conor’s endeavor to watch 31 horror movies for October and the surprising effect it has had on his psyche. Plus, Tom talks about his experience with “Zombieland: Double Tap”, “The Lighthouse” and “JoJo Rabbit” and whether or not satire and Nazis can […]

No Coast Cinema’s coverage of the Adirondack Film Festival continues with more exclusive interviews with up and coming filmmakers from all over the country. In part 2, Tom sits down with the minds behind Virgin Blacktop, Signal to Noise, Some of Her Parts and Once Upon a River. Like the show? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and follow No […]

On this edition of No Coast Cinema, Tom travels to Glens Falls, New York for the Adirondack Film Festival. Featuring filmmakers from across the country, the Adirondack Film Festival brings together some of the best in independent cinema in a community-oriented extravaganza. In part 1 of our coverage, Tom sits down with the folks behind Camp […]

This week on No Coast Cinema, it’s all things micro-cinema with film programmers who are working small. Nando Herrera from Comfort Station and Paul Freitag-Fey of Daily Grindhouse join in to talk about the upcoming Halloween-themed series starting Wednesday as part of Comfort Film. The series will showcase some of the strangest selections from the […]

On this edition of No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor preview two huge screenings at the Music Box Theatre. First, filmmaker Molly Hewitt talks about their inventive and wholly original feature film, Holy Trinity, which follows a dominatrix who is able to commune with the dead. Hewitt’s vision makes it to the big screen here in Chicago […]

This week on No Coast Cinema, Tom sits down with the organizers behind Filmscape Chicago, an industry expo that brings filmmaking professionals together under one roof to learn about the latest tech in the film world. Filmscape Chicago takes place on September 7th and 8th at Cinespace Studios. For more information, visit filmscapechicago.com.  

This week on No Coast Cinema: Now that Tom and Conor have had time to process their individual viewings of Quentin Tarantino’s 9th picture, the pair convene to share their thoughts on “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”. Like the show? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and follow No Coast Cinema on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

This week on No Coast Cinema: Tom and Conor welcome filmmakers Kelechi Aguwncha and Julius Jefferson to talk about their new webseries Hoops. The three episode series collects unique shorts from 17 up and coming filmmakers that tell stories set in single locations, like a basketball courts, shorelines and more. The pair discuss the origins […]

This week on No Coast Cinema: Tom chats with the co-founders of “Destroy Your Art”, a one of a kind event where five up and coming filmmakers are invited to create an original, one of a kind film that will only be shown once before being utterly destroyed, never to be seen again. They discuss […]

No Coast Cinema is back from a small summer vacation to talk about SDCC, that terrifying trailer for “Cats” and where Kevin Smith stands with “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot”. Like the show? Subscribe to No Coast Cinema on iTunes and follow us on  Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

It’s a special Saturday night episode of No Coast Cinema! Tom and Conor sit down with Chris Larkin to discuss his Metal Movie Nights screening series sponsored by 3 Floyds Brewing Company held at the greatest movie theater in Chicago, the Music Box. Bringing you oft-forgotten gems from the realms of horror and obscure cult […]

This week on No Coast Cinema, Tom is joined by critic Matt Cipolla to talk about his experience at the Cannes Film Festival and his thoughts on the latest in the long running “Godzilla” franchise.

On this edition of No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor welcome writer/director Zach Lona and producer Anthony Gibson to talk about their feature in-production, “He Who Lives in Hidden Lakes”. In this mockumentary, we follow the many characters searching for the mythical “Hidden Man”, a cryptid in the same vein as Bigfoot or the Mothman. […]

On this special edition of No Coast Cinema, Tom Hush chats with the director and star of the award-winning film “Still Human”, Oliver Chan and Crisel Consunji. The film follows a young domestic worker from the Philippines as she begins a new job as a caretake of a paralyzed man in Hong Kong. As they […]

No Coast Cinema is LIVE at Elastic Arts at 3429 W Diversey Ave. chatting with Heather Mingo and John Sutton, co-writers of the film “Graffito”, before a screening of the film with live accompaniment  by a jazz quartet. Together, they discuss the writing process behind the film, the ideas and themes presented and the spectacular […]

This week on No Coast Cinema, Tom sits down with director/editor Ashley Thompson to talk about her new short, “I Miss Jamie When She’s Gone”. “I Miss Jamie When She’s Gone” is a millennial, coming of age story that centers around two sisters returning to the suburbs of Chicago ten months after their father’s sudden […]

No Coast Cinema returns with a sit down conversation with the folks behind “A Missed Connection”, the new film from writer/director Matthew Weinstein that tackles the all too familiar feeling of a relationship that could have been. Weinstein and leading actors Kimberly Vaughn and Tyler Pistorius discuss the making of the film, their backgrounds in […]

This week on No Coast Cinema: The 22nd annual European Union Film Festival is underway at the Gene Siskel Film Center and director of programming Barbara Scharres joins Tom by phone to talk about this year’s fest. For tickets and showtimes, visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org Writer/director Nick Alonzo also returns to the show with cinematographer Greg Garibay […]

This week on No Coast Cinema: Nat Alder and Connor Wiles return to the show to talk all things New Trash, including some very fresh videos and what’s next for Chicago’s premier music video crew. They also get into the changing landscape of media following Steven Spielberg’s comments on award eligibility for Netflix films and […]

This week on No Coast Cinema: Tom is joined by Bing Liu, Academy Award nominated director of Minding the Gap, a stellar documentary that traces the lives of three young men (including Liu himself) growing up in Rockford, IL. As they deal with the difficulties of becoming adults, they must also contend with histories of […]

This week on No Coast Cinema: Tom and Conor sit down with Alexandra Halkin, founding director of the Americas Media Initiative, to talk about the Cuban Visions screening series. Presented in conjunction with Full Spectrum Features and the Athenaeum Theatre, Cuban Visions presents a variety of films from a diverse set of filmmakers that display […]

It’s a No Coast Cinema special feature with a panel of critics who have just returned from this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Tom sits down with Matt Cipolla of Filmmonthly, Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com and Robert Daniels of 812 Film Reviews to talk about which films impressed them and which ones fell (very) flat on […]

This week on No Coast Cinema: Tom and Conor sit down with Colleen Griffen, producer of the new film An Acceptable Loss starring Tika Sumpter and Jamie Lee Curtis. The film centers around Libby (Sumpter) as she struggles to come to terms with her past as a national security advisor to the ruthless politician Rachel (Curtis). […]

This week on No Coast Cinema: It’s that time of year again: the Oscar race is in full swing and Tom and Conor are ready for the biggest award show in Hollywood. As ever, the nominations are riddled with controversy and who better than NIU professor Joseph Flynn help to us make sense of it […]

Today on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor sit down with writer/director Kyle Leland and actor Hannah Kopen. Together, we discuss their backgrounds, their careers, and their award-winning short film Hammersmith: Hurdle of Dreams. Made for Chicago’s 48-Hour Film Festival and having led them overseas to the Cannes Film Festival, it is now being made […]

This week on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor usher in a new year of independent film exploration! Amy  Guth (the Executive Director of the Midwest Film Festival) joins to educate us about the Best of the Midwest Awards. The event will be held at the Promontory on Thursday, January 17th – you can purchase […]

Today, Tom and Conor connect with Marty Rubin, the Associate Director of Programming for the Gene Siskel Film Center. Together they discuss the Film Center’s history as well as dive into the upcoming 4K restoration screenings of Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour and Wim Wender’s Wings of Desire. Later, Tom and Conor address this year’s slew […]

This week on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor welcome back Amy Guth, Executive Director of the Midwest Independent Film Festival to preview the Best of the Midwest nomination party on December 4th. For 50% off your ticket, use code NOCOAST. Plus, the board of review convenes to look at the best (and worst) films […]

This week on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor discuss the continuing issue of remakes, reboots and sequels in Hollywood and how companies and creators might be destroying their own legacy. They look at the case of J.K Rowling and the Fantastic Beasts franchise as well as Disney’s latest remakes of “renaissance era” classics Aladdin and The Lion […]

On this very special edition of No Coast Cinema, host Tom Hush talks with filmmaker Jake S. Weisman about the curious case of Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind. They discuss the story of the film’s completion and a little bit of the history behind it, including its haphazard shooting and the legal battle […]

Today on the No Coast Cinema Board of Review, film critic Matt Cipolla returns to review the latest films to hit theaters this October with venerable Chairmen of the Board Tom and Conor. Later; Michael Heidemann of the Sound Sessions podcast and the Patti Vasquez Show with Andrea Darlas joins to discuss film soundtracks, including […]

On this edition of No Coast Cinema, Tom sits down with regular guests John Davies and Matt Cipolla to talk about Sinema Obscura’s jump to broadcast television and Matt’s experience covering the Chicago International Film Festival. Sinema Obscura debuts on CAN TV on November 5th (check your local listings) You can read more of Matt […]

This week on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor sit down with the cast and the writer/director of one of their favorite Chicago indies this year, Rendezvous in Chicago. Split into three vignettes, the film depicts three different relationships in their beginning, middle and end. Each pairing is unique, relatable, and portrayed with an effortless nuance […]

Today on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor sit down with director Kyle Henry to discuss his film Rogers Park, a critically acclaimed dramedy that examines four people struggling amidst midlife crises. Kyle shares insight into the production and distribution processes for the film, his background in the independent film scene, and touches on the […]

No Coast host Tom Hush and film critic Matt Cipolla dive into the last month in movies and break down films such as The Predator, The Nun, Assassination Nation and Mandy.

Today on No Coast Cinema, we speak with four of the minds behind the brilliant feature Banana Season – actors Eve Rydberg and Brennan Stacker, writer/director Sanghoon Lee, and producer/editor James Choi. We learn about Sanghoon’s background as a filmmaker and what led him to the craft starting with his time in South Korea, discuss […]

Tom and Conor sit down with young filmmaker Karson Pilote at the Middle Coast Film Festival to talk about his short documentary, “Heart of the Blackhawks: The Pierre Pilote Story” The film tells the story of legendary Blackhawk and hockey hall of famer Pierre Pilote, who happens to be Karson’s grandfather. Karson talks about capturing […]

No Coast host Tom Hush sits down with up and coming Filipino director Raya Martin to discuss his gripping crime drama, “Smaller and Smaller Circles”. Based on the novel of the same name, the film follows two Jesuit priests in the Philippines tracking down a serial killer who is targeting young boys. Martin discusses adapting […]

On this very special episode of No Coast Cinema, we celebrate our fiftieth episode – the big L! Later, we interview returning guests director David A. Holcombe, producer Spence Warren, and screenwriter Adia Ivey about Soft Cage Film’s upcoming project Blacksite: The Musical! It’s a rollicking musical about police brutality in which a community finds […]

Today on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor spend a moment discussing the life and legacy of legendary actor and sex icon Burt Reynolds. Later, they celebrate the Academy’s decision to remove the ‘Most Popular Film’ category from next year’s Academy Awards and conjure some ideas for other, similarly wrong-headed Oscar categories. Finally, the boys […]

This week on No Coast Cinema: The Asian Pop-Up Cinema returns to Chicago for its 7th season this September with some of the best and brightest films from the Asian continent. Bringing together a variety of voices and nationalities under one roof, the Asian Pop-Up Cinema presents a unique opportunity for cinephiles and casual moviegoers […]

Today on No Coast Cinema, the boys discuss the rise, fall, and potential return of MoviePass as well as consider what the service did for movie goers in the modern age. Later, they speak with NIU Associate Professor and author of White Fatigue: Rethinking Resistance for Social Justice Joseph Flynn. Together, they discuss Crazy Rich […]