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"The Lost King" had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews, and it is now being released in theaters in the U.S. by IFC Films. Part of the film's charm comes from its irresistible cast, but another part comes from the delightful screenplay, which is based on an incredible true story. Co-screenwriter Jeff Pope was nice enough to spend some time talking with us about his work on the film, working with co-screenwriter Steve Coogan, how director Stephen Frears brought the story to life, and more! Please check out the interview below and enjoy! Thank you! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retirement is not what it used to be! Join us to discover how the best is yet to be realized as we welcome Executive Vice-Chairman of AMC Networks, Inc., Josh Sapan, the former President & Chief Executive Officer of AMC Networks Inc. and author of THE THIRD ACT: Reinventing Your Next Chapter. Josh shares more than 60 stories of later life passions in The Third Act all with a common theme—conventional retirement is dead!Since 1987, Josh oversaw the creation and growth of entertainment brands including AMC, BBC AMERICA, IFC and SundanceTV and signature series including “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad,” “The Walking Dead" and “Killing Eve.” Sapan also oversaw the creation of the film production and distribution company IFC Films as well as AMC Studios and AMC Networks International, along with several popular subscription video on-demand brands beginning with the horror genre service Shudder and Sundance Now, after 35 years with AMC Networks, 25 as CEO and currently Executive Vice Chairman, Sapan left the company at the end of 2022 to embark on a third Act of his own, one sure to entail moves in more creative avenues. He shares how his Third Act is going so far and what he's learning along life's way. But one thing is certain, he's passionate about all things The Third Act holds. THE THIRD ACT is an eye-opening exploration of the fast-growing movement toward “reinvention over traditional retirement” and an invitation to say goodbye to conventional retirement. Today, everyone from celebrities like Robert Redford, Rita Morena and 100-year-old TV icon Norman Lear, to dozens of lesser knowns are turning life's “third act” into a time when they pursue new passions – ones that can benefit the society at large or help them achieve a long-deferred personal dream.We discover the third go-round really is a charm and with the gift of longevity, we can continue to explore new careers and passion-centered projects. Josh reminds of the incredible potential we each hold to make the world and our lives a better place, rich with meaning and experiences. From well-knowns to unknowns, stories in The Third Act are certain to inspire and elevate our own stake in growing older. We also talk about his incredible career as former President & Chief Executive Officer of AMC Networks, Inc., including what some of our favorite television shows and series actually teach us about life and being human. Think: Breaking Bad, clearly one of my personal favorites! But also, that we're never to old to live out and write our own life script! Josh also shares some favorite inspiring stories from his book and how each person empowers us all to do more, be more, and turn our dreams into reality. But if you don't know how to get started on your Third Act or what you want to do next, that's okay too—Josh shares his wisdom on how to begin to uncover your Third Act direction. It's an amazing power-hour from beginning to end certain to educate, empower and enlighten! THE THIRD ACT: Reinventing Your Next Chapter, is available on Amazon in hardcover or kindle here https://a.co/d/gdQTBAL and certain to be enjoyable mobilizing read for all! Thank you, amazing Aging Rebels, for listening to the Aging GreatFULLy show! We are proud to be the Listener's Show and create this show for YOU! If you enjoy this episode, please share it with your friends and family and leave us a positive show review on your favorite platform! We are GreatFULL and love spotlighting listener reviews on air who do! To listen, stream, connect, share, download, subscribe, visit our host page at or https://www.spreaker.com/show/aging-greatfully-with-gerontologist-holl OR find more ways to listen, audio content & access our line of exclusive #AgingRebels™ Merch at: https://www.latterlifeplanninginstitute.com/aging-greatfully-radio-show.html or you can always connect with host Holley Kelley at: www.HolleyKelley.com. Always remember, you rock and you ROLE model!

If you're listening to this podcast, the question of what's next is probably on your mind. Here's a helpful way to think about it. Some see life as a three-act play. Act One is birth through your twenties, Act Two is your 30s until age 60, which is often your most productive period professionally and for many raising a family. And then, there's a Third Act, which for many people presents a new blank canvas to explore new or long-deferred pursuits and make a difference in the lives of others. Josh Sapan is the author of The Third Act: Reinventing Your Next Chapter.  The book profiles 63 people who are pursuing meaningful third acts. Some are names you'll know like Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Norman Lear. But most are people like you and I, and they are living inspiring stories that illustrate the wide range of opportunities for people to thrive and contribute in their third acts. Josh Sapan joins us from New York. (Three of the people profiled have visited with us on the podcast and you can find the links below). ___________________________ Bio Josh Sapan is the recently retired President and CEO of AMC Networks. During his 36-year leadership of the company, with 26 as CEO, he's been credited for creating some of the most celebrated and groundbreaking original content in television history, including Mad Men; Breaking Bad,  Better Call Saul; and The Walking Dead, and with building a portfolio of brands that includes AMC, BBC AMERICA IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv, IFC Films among others. ________________________ For More on Josh Sapan The Third Act: Reinventing Your Next Chapter ________________________ Ready to Design Your New Life in Retirement? Learn more here ________________________ Podcast Episodes You May Like Retired, But Not Done Yet – Dr. Cynthia Barnett Not Exactly Retired – David Jarmul From the NBA Hardwood to the Altar – Steve Javie A Rock Star's Second Act – Brett Anderson ___________________________ Wise Quotes On Curiosity  "...the book has people who are well known, like Robert Redford, Alan Alda and Gloria Steinem. It also has many people who no one has never heard of. And there is, I think, something thematically consistent between those who are luminaries and those who are not, and I think that it is a few, a couple different things. One is curiosity. And I think a second thing is the ability somehow to actualize what is often resident in many people, which is a desire or a fantasy to do something. It can be socially impactful or it just can be a fantasy, but they all somehow have the capability to implement that which is in their heads and making it real in the world." On Mentoring "...it was a bit of an experiment. And I just immediately warmed to it because I just thought that it would be a nice thing to do. And also a friend introduced me to an organization in New York called The Fortune Society, which is a remarkable organization that does more than mentoring. It provides a whole range of services to people who've been incarcerated, and it helps them adjust in multiple ways. There's a residential facility and there's instruction. And so I've been also going out to the facility in Queens and doing -  I hesitate to call it mentoring, it's my attempt at mentoring. But the truth is I hope it's good for them. It's definitely good for me. And I really don't know if I'm helping them enough or perfectly. I am trying. It is spectacular to be around people whose day-to-day is entirely different than mine and whose frame of reference is different. Either a student or someone who's been in prison for 26 years - and I'm listening to what their challenges are in life, work, the world, and how they see the world. And I don't want to get coy and say it's really inspiring, but it is. And you mentioned something earlier when we were speaking about doing doing the exercises, and it does seem to me, at least for me,

Historien om underbarnet från New York som blev "a voice of a generation" med sin epokgörande tv-serie för att sedan bli ökänd för alla gånger hon sagt förlåt. Lena Dunham (f. 1986) är regissören, manusförfattaren och skådespelaren som skapar Girls, en av 10-talets mest omtalade tv-serier, innan hon fyllt 25. Hon kröns till "queen of comedy" och hyllas för sina banbrytande kvinnoporträtt och skarpa blick på samtiden, sex och relationer.Samtidigt kantas Dunhams karriär av hälsoproblem, hård kritik och anklagelser bland annat om rasism. Gång efter annan följs uppmärksammade inlägg och uttalanden av offentliga ursäkter.P3 ID om Lena Dunham är en berättelse om skapande, sociala medier och några av vår tids mest brännande kulturfrågor.I avsnittet medverkar Lydia Farran-Lee, kulturreporter på SVT och Adam Cwejman, liberal debattör och politisk redaktör på Göteborgs-Posten.Avsnittet gjordes av Studio Olga vintern 2022/2023Programledare: Carl-Johan Ulvenäs Avsnittsmakare: Alice Dadgostar Producent: Carl-Johan Ulvenäs Ljudmix: Fredrik NilssonKlippen i avsnittet är hämtade från Sveriges Radio, Daily Mail, The 92nd Street Y, podcasten Women of the hour, Guggenheim Museum, Youtubekontot criterioncollection, IFC Films, PressPausPlay, Graham Bensingers podcast, Talk easy with Sam Fragoso, CBS, Bafta, MGM Studios, HBO, United Artists, Cosmopolitan, The Drew Barrymore show, Channel 4Boken "Not that kind of girl" av Lena Dunham har varit till särskilt stor hjälp under researcharbetet.

There was lots of big movie news this week, highlighted by one of our favorite punching bags from a few years back. AMC unveiled a new ticket price plan and naturally we are...indifferent about it? We talk about live events versus movie theaters and the performances of 80 for Brady and Knock at the Cabin.Consecration has everything needed for a discomforting horror film. The poster and images released have been downright frightening, the Scottish location gives the proper gloomy atmosphere, and the acting is spot on. Then comes the story. A suspicious murder that takes place in a creepy abbey has loads of potential.Instead, the film is one of the most frustrating we have ever talked about. It looks good and the cast do a fine job, but there is just too much going on. What starts as a fishy murder soon involves, the Crusades, half-ass attempts at folk horror,  kids in cages, and nonsensical visits to prisons. At least the nuns laying face down in church looked cool.Firestarter was one of the worst received movies of 2022. It recently reentered the conversation when its young start was nominated for a Razzie. How could we not watch it? We were expecting an awful movie filled with terrible performances. Is the remake as bad as everyone says? And what does Stranger Things have to do with it?Adventures in Movies! is a part of the Morbidly Beautiful Podcast Network. Morbidly Beautiful is your one stop shop for all your horror needs. From the latest news and reviews to interviews and old favorites, it can be found at Morbidly Beautiful.Adventures in Movies! is hosted by Nathaniel and Blake. You can find Nathaniel on Instagram at nathaninpoortaste. Blake can be found on Twitter @foureyedhorror and on Instagram at foureyedhorror. You can reach us personally or on Twitter @AdventuresinMo1.Music in the background from https://www.FesliyanStudios.com 

Josh Sapan is the former President & Chief Executive Officer of AMC Networks Inc. where, since 1987, he oversaw the creation and growth of entertainment brands including AMC, BBC AMERICA, IFC and SundanceTV and signature series including “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad,” “The Walking Dead" and “Killing Eve.” Sapan also oversaw the creation of the film production and distribution company IFC Films as well as AMC Studios and AMC Networks International. Now, after 35 years with AMC Networks, 25 as CEO and currently Executive Vice Chairman, Sapan is embarking on a third Act of his own, one sure to entail moves in more creative avenues. Josh has also authored his new book called, “The Third Act, Reinventing Your Next Chapter."

Today on the show we have writer, producer, actor, director and Emmy® winning show runner Danny Strong. Danny started his career as an actor in numerous classic films and TV shows such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Gilmore Girls, then transitioned into screenwriting, exploding onto the scene with his 2007 script Recount which was #1 on the Hollywood Blacklist and became an award winning HBO Film.Since then he has become a prolific film and TV writer, director and producer, garnering numerous awards for various projects, including two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two WGA awards, a PGA Award, and the Peabody Award.Through out his career he has shown a wide range and versatility moving between mediums and genres with films like the political docudramas Recount and Game Change, the civil rights epic The Butler and the big budget action blockbusters Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part I and II).He co-created the smash hit TV show Empire which won him the NAACP Image Award and he produced the civil rights drama The Best of Enemies starring Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell. He has also written numerous theater projects having made his theatrical debut with a new book to the musical Chess that premiered at the Kennedy Center.Strong transitioned into directing with several episodes of Empire. He made his feature directorial debut with Rebel in the Rye that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was distributed by IFC Films.Over the years he has continued his acting career with recurring roles in many highly acclaimed TV shows including Mad Men, Girls, Justified, Billions and The Right Stuff. He grew up in Manhattan Beach, California and attended the USC School of Dramatic Arts.Enjoy my enlightening conversation with Danny Strong.

Q&A on the IFC Films movie Corsage with actor Vicky Krieps and writer & director Marie Kreutzer. Moderated by Mara Webster, In Creative Company. Faced with a future of strict ceremonies and royal duties, Empress Elisabeth of Austria rebels against her public image and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.

Q&A on the IFC Films movie Four Samosa with writer & director Ravi Kapoor and producer & actor Venk Potula. Moderated by Mara Webster, In Creative Company. When a wanna-be rapper learns his ex-girlfriend is engaged to his rival, he teams up with three other misfits to steal her wedding diamonds and win her back.

For our last episode of Find Your Film, we review the Netflix feature Slumberland (37:00), the IFC Films release Bad Axe (24:52),  The Last Manhunt (47:33), Smile (16:30), All Quiet on the Western Front, and Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill (52:12).Bruce Purkey also reviewed Netflix's The Wonder (10:04) Manchester by the Sea (62:17).Thank you so much for your two plus years of listenership!Follow Greg Srisavasdi, Eric Holmes, and Bruce Purkey as they move their FYF stylings to the CinemAddicts podcast:1. Buzzsprout: https://cinemaddicts.buzzsprout.com2. Spotify: http://bit.ly/3hPt5js3. 3. Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/3EEOlkIJoin our CinemAddicts Facebook Group for daily movie recommendations and chatter: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cinemaddictspodcast/Support the show

After writing and directing his debut film in 2012, Andrew Semans worked on a screenplay for a new idea that centered around a single mother battling against feelings of fear and paranoia when it came time to protect her child. The screenplay ended up on the infamous Black List — an annual group of the most liked scripts that haven't been picked up or produced by a major studio. Numerous award winning films have come from the Black List and Semans' latest screenplay ended up there as one of the top choices in 2019 alongside future films such as “Don't Worry Darling,” “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” and “The Menu,” which is also due out in 2022. The finished product was eventually picked up for distribution by IFC Films and Shudder with the story centered around a woman who escaped an abusive past only to discover that her tormentor has found her more than 20 years later and now she's got more to protect than just herself when her daughter also lands in his crosshairs….In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we're going to do a kindness for our listeners as we review the 2022 film “Resurrection”…. (Music provided courtesy of Andrew Scott Bell) 

Resurrection is a 2022 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Andrew Semans. It stars Rebecca Hall, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper, Angela Wong Carbone and Tim Roth. The plot follows Margaret (Hall) as she tries to maintain control of her life when an abusive ex-boyfriend (Roth) re-appears in her vicinity. The film was shot in Albany, New York. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022, and was released in the United States on July 29, 2022, by IFC Films. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who noted flaws in the story's execution but commended Hall's performance in the lead role. 1000 stickers for $79 ONLY at this link www.riotstickers.com/frumess - the best in the business! JOIN THE PATREON FOR LESS THAN A $2 CUP OF COFFEE!! https://www.patreon.com/Frumess

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@EchoChamberFPhttps://www.instagram.com/echochamberfp/ is coming at you this week with another 'TWO Parter!!!' Four films in 'Part One', two from Netflix, an office comedy, and a teen revenge story. We have a dating tale from Prime Video and a home invasion Shudder original! In 'Part One' we have: Mirror, Mirror (aka 'Espejo, Espejo') Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/ZsD-sOHWpUo Digital Release Date: 16th September 2022 Director: Marc Crehuet Cast: Malena Alterio, Santi Millán, Natalia de Molina, Carlos Areces, Carlos Bardem, Betsy Túrnez, Toni Acosta, María Adánez, Verónica Forqué, Loles León, Tito Valverde Credit: Rodar y Rodar, Nos gusta el cine AIE, Filmax, Netflix Genre: Comedy Running Time: 79 min Cert: 15 Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/yP7ujvjT1Pk Watch via Netflix: Here. https://www.netflix.com/title/81215184 ------------ Dating & New York Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/5jH0c0qlB1I Tribeca Film Festival Release Date: 13th June 2021 Digital Release Date: 10th September 2022 Director: Jonah Feingold Cast: Jaboukie Young-White, Francesca Reale, Catherine Cohen, Brian Muller, Jerry Ferrara, Arturo Castro, Taylor Hill, Alex Moffat, Eva Victor, Yedoye Travis Credit: MXN Entertainment, IFC Films, Amazon Studios, Prime Video Genre: Comedy Running Time: 91 min Cert: 12a Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/wKfOZGfyrG8 Watch via Apple TV+: Here. https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/dating--new-york/umc.cmc.2voy8zm16tpsxavh21d3gnal0 Watch via Prime Video: Here. https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Dating-New-York/0I9R4X0PBV6IAIQ3SJCDY96D9G Watch via Prime Video UK: Here. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dating-New-York-Francesa-Reale/dp/B09R6CBHRY Website: Here. https://www.datingandnewyork.movie/ Instagram: @datingandnewyork https://www.instagram.com/datingandnewyork/ ------------ Who Invited Them Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/q2qwSCrsOeE FrightFest Release Date: 26th August 2022 Digital Release Date: 1st September 2022 Director: Duncan Birmingham Cast: Ryan Hansen, Melissa Tang, Kalo Moss, Timothy Granaderos, Perry Mattfeld, Tipper Newton, Barry Rothbart, Matthew Kimbrough, Judy Kain Credit: Shudder Genre: Comedy, Horror Running Time: 107 min Cert: 15 Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/Tgavhhzfsg8 Watch via Shudder: Here. https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/who-invited-them/aa2f1402d3368526 ------------ Do Revenge Watch Review: Here. https://youtu.be/ncEtd0qQicQ Digital Release Date: 16th September 2022 DVD Release Date: 3rd October 2022 Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson Cast: Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Rish Shah, Sophie Turner, Austin Abrams, Eliza Bennett, Alisha Boe, Talia Ryder, Paris Berelc, Jonathan Daviss, Maia Reficco, Ava Capri Credit: Likely Story, Netflix Genre: Comedy, Drama Running Time: 118 min Cert: 15 Trailer: Here. https://youtu.be/rK-JQU_bShc Watch via Netflix: Here. https://www.netflix.com/title/81127150 ------------ *(Music) 'Run-in' by Grits - 2002 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eftv/message

5:30 Pearl22:05 Blonde41:25 See How They Run50:35 The Woman King59:51 The Silent Twins 01:07:03 God's Country01:13:59 Moonage Daydream01:22:21 Confess Fletch01:29:58 Goodnight Mommy (2022 U.S. remake)On this Friday's new release movie review episode of 'Roger & Me, join Brett Arnold and  co-host Mark Dujsik of markreviewsmovies.com as they tackle nine (9) movies out in theaters, or with a day-and-date paid video-on-demand (PVOD) or streaming release, for the week of Friday September 16 2022 (9/16/2022)https://www.patreon.com/rogerandme to support the show and get bonus episodesThank you to Banshee Beat for the incredible original theme song.  Alien Ant Farm's music video for 'Movies' closes the show.Pearl is an A24 film from Ti West. It is a prequel to Ti West's 'X' which came out earlier this. It stars Mia Goth.Blonde is the long-awaited Andrew Dominik film based on Joyce Carol Oates' work of fiction about Marilyn Monroe. It is debuting on Netflix next week after a limited run in theaters this weekend. It stars Ana De Armas. See How They Run is a Searchlight Pictures whodunnit mystery comedy film starring Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell, Adrien Brody and revolves around a production of Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap.'The Woman King is a Gina Prince-Bythewood film starring Viola Davis, out wide in theaters this weekend. The Silent Twins is based on a true story and from Focus Features, starring Letitia Wright.God's Country is an IFC Films release starring Thandiwe Newton.  Moonage Daydream is Brett Morgen's documentary about David Bowie, featuring never-before-seen footage that he had exclusive access to via his estate. Exclusively in IMAX this week, out wider the following week. Confess Fletch is the third film in the 'Fletch' series, and the first since the late '80s. The title role that belonged to Chevy Chase is now Jon Hamm's. They are based on a series of books. It is in theaters and will be on Showtime in a month. Goodnight Mommy is the U.S. remake of an Austrian film from 2014 of the same name. Naomi Watts stars. It is on Amazon Prime."Roger & Me" is a celebration of the late, great Roger Ebert, keeping his unique spirit of film criticism alive through his own words on his seminal television program and by reviewing new movies in an easily digestible format. Every Tuesday, Brett Arnold and a guest revisit an old episode of Siskel & Ebert's movie review TV show and reevaluate the movies from a modern perspective. Would today's audiences give Roger's take a “Thumbs Up?” And every Friday, join Brett and film critic Mark Dujsik as they review all the movies set for theatrical release that day and let you know if they're worth your time and money.

We're all Golden Eagles here. Gemma is away on festival assignment, so filling in for her we've got Letterboxd senior editor and Weekend Watchlist co-host Mitchell Beaupre! Slim and Mitchell are joined by Julian Higgins, director and co-writer of God's Country—his neo-Western debut feature which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and is hitting theaters September 16 from IFC Films. We also dive deep into Julian's four favorite films: Rashomon, Chimes at Midnight, The Return and Foxcatcher. Plus: Julian growing up with college professor cinephile parents; why he's never seen a single Star Wars movie (hint: those two things are related); why is everyone in Rashomon sweating so much?; Toshiro Mifune is the last 30 seconds of a bag of Skittles; Slim (still) isn't a Shakespeare person; the relentless pursuit of making a juicy period epic; going “full on Orson Welles”; Thandiwe Newton having bigger balls than Slim; “We all gotta play by the same rules if this is gonna work”; Julian being afraid of reading reviews from writers he loves; Mitchell watching Foxcatcher in the heart of Du Pont country; rich people can get away with anything; ornithologist, philatelist, philanthropist; nostalgia for HD DVD and how they made Slim's dad cry and Julian's childhood hero Basil Rathbone. Credits: This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Delaware and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Brian Formo. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Art by Samm. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque' by Moniker. Lists and links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned; The Emperor and the Wolf: The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune by Stuart Goldbraith IV; The Criterion Collection's HQ page; Julian's Instagram, Winter Light by James Lee Burke; New Novel, New Wave, New Politics: Fiction and the Representation of History in Postwar France by Lynn A. Higgins—Julian's mother Reviews of Rashomon by Esther Rosenfield and DallasFrance, Chimes at Midnight by Alyssa Heflin, God's Country by Brian Tallerico, The Return by Marcissus

Matt Eskandari immigrated to the United States as a child with his family, following the Iranian revolution. He is an alumnus of the University of Southern California, and would direct several award-winning shorts; including "The Taking" (Screamfest Award for Best Student Short). The film propelled him to nationwide exposure when he was chosen by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett; from a pool of 12,000 candidates, to participate in the Fox filmmaker competition 'On the Lot.'Matt would go on to make his feature directorial debut with the psychological thriller "Victim." The controversial work was distributed by Ifc Films for theatrical release and hailed by Ain't it Cool News as, "a thinking man's Saw" and "both original and disturbing." Eskandari's next feature, "The Gauntlet," starring international stars Bai Ling and Dustin Nguyen was produced and shot entirely in China. It was one of the first China/US co-productions recognized by the Beijing Film Bureau and after a successful worldwide festival run was distributed as "Game of Assassins" by Lionsgate StudiosMatt's third feature, the self-contained swimming pool thriller "12 Feet Deep," starring Tobin Bell and Alexandra Park was praised by critics as, "a tensely directed hidden gem that will leave you struggling to breathe," and has gone on to become the single top selling title for MarVista - having amassed a record 40 million trailer views in its first months release.Inspired by true events, sisters Bree and Jonna get trapped beneath the fiberglass cover of an Olympic sized public pool after it closes for the holiday weekend. They find themselves at the mercy of the night janitor, Clara, who sees the trapped sisters as an opportunity to solve a few problems of her own.Coming from a unique cultural perspective and honing his directorial craft in genre films, Eskandari is ready to use his distinct voice to embark into a further exploration of human nature and delve into the relevant fears and themes of our modern day world.His latest film is "Wire Room" and has been said that this will be Bruce Willis' last film before his retirement.Action legend Bruce Willis comes out with guns blazing as Shane Mueller, a Homeland Security agent who runs the Wire Room, a high-tech command center surveilling the most dangerous criminals. New recruit Justin Rosa (Kevin Dillon, “Entourage”) must monitor arms-smuggling cartel member Eddie Flynn — and keep him alive at all costs. When a SWAT team descends on Flynn's home, Rosa breaks protocol and contacts the gangster directly to save his life. As gunmen break into the Wire Room and chaos erupts, Mueller and Rosa make a final, desperate stand against the corrupt agents and officials who seek to destroy evidence and kill them both.Enjoy my conversation with Matt Eskandari.

This week we're diving into the fantastic new Prime Video series A League of Their Own, plus a few other new releases including Glorious and Watcher. We also discuss the he said/she said story that is Wilde v. LaBeouf, and why "having the receipts" doesn't always tell the whole (or accurate) story. *Clip from Watcher courtesy of IFC Films

The immensely talented actor, writer, and producer Alison Brie is our episode 115 guest. A four-time collaborator of writer-director Jeff Baena, the pair have just put out Spin Me Round, a masterful and modern rom-com with a titanic twist, for IFC Films. Our captivating cover star is equal parts fan favorite and actor's-actor, and on this podcast we discuss specific roles she's played, her big body of work, roles on Mad Men, Community, GLOW and so much more. We talk tv versus film and the changed entertainment landscape, all peppered with intimate stories around her cool corral of creative collaborators, including husband Dave Franco, of course. We talk to the two-time Golden Globe and five-time SAG Award-nominated actor about what it's truly like, being widely and publicly recognized for your work. We talk about her turn as a writer;  about how she does it, where she writes from (literally and figuratively), and about creative partnership. We discuss refueling and recharging as an artist, and the important role exercise plays in her life. You'll hear about the kinds of work Alison would like to take part in making in the future, as a writer, director and producer, and also as an actor, including her desire for doing something “dangerous and messy” when it comes to film. We talk working with women, basking in all things GLOW, Promising Young Woman, and exciting new project, Somebody I Used To Know, including the story about co-writing it in quarantine with her husband Dave, who is also director. Alison explains why fans of Community will get a kick out of its casting. She shares her special moment with Spielberg, all the details about unlike-anything-you've-seen Spin Me Round, down to Molly Shannon's crazy costumes and how part of the film's premise was sparked by an article about a certain Italian restaurant chain, and more. Then there's her #Obsixed list of latest obsessions, spanning skincare and touting tv. It's an incredible conversation with Story + Rain cover star, Alison Brie. Shop the podcast:Spin Me Round on AMC+Horse Girl on NetflixGLOW on NetflixCommunity Box SetMad Men Box SetShop Alison Brie's Favorite Facial ToolShop Alison Brie's Favorite Sauna BlanketShop one of Alison Brie's Favorite BooksShop the Alison Brie + Story + Rain Cover Story

Q&A on the IFC Films movie Rogue Agent with actor & producer James Norton, director/co-writer/executive producer Declan Lawn, director/co-writer/executive producer Adam Patterson, co-writer & executive producer Michael Bronner Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

“Behind the Mitten” is Michigan's premiere travel radio show and Podcast, and it has more than 430 episodes. It is co-hosted by veteran journalist John Gonzalez and former chef/beer expert Amy Sherman. The show has been recognized by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters as Best in Category. This week's show is presented by the Great Lakes Beer Festival in Midland, which is Aug. 20 at Dow Diamond. More info at https://www.greatlakesbeerfestival.com/.00:30 - The show opens with an interview with reps from the Michigan Irish Music Festival in Muskegon, which is Sept. 15-18 at Heritage Landing. Learn more at https://michiganirish.org/.11:00 - Learn about the Inland Seas Education Foundation, which is offering public sail opportunities on their 77-foot Inland Seas Schooner on Aug. 17-19 and Aug. 25-27. Learn more at https://schoolship.org/.12:22 - We talk to Ed Fritz of the Great Lakes Beer Festival in Midland.22:39 - John interviews the Siev family from Bad Axe, which stars in the documentary film "Bad Axe," which won the Audience Award at the recent Traverse City Film Festival. The film's director, David Siev, filmed his family's story through Covid and how they kept their restaurant together during a tumultuous time in our country's history. The film will be released in November by IFC Films. 33:53 - Bob Lukens of Visit Muskegon joins the show to talk about the things to do in the area, including how to enjoy their 26 miles of beach on Lake Michigan. Learn more at https://visitmuskegon.org/. This show aired Aug. 6-7, 2022.Stations: *8 a.m. Saturdays on WBRN - 1460 AM and 107.7 FM in Big Rapids *8 a.m. Saturdays on Kalamazoo Talk Radio 1360 WKMI *8 a.m. Saturdays on WILS-1320 AM in Lansing *10 a.m. Saturdays 95.3 WBCK-FM in Battle Creek *10 a.m. Saturdays on News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM in Benton Harbor *Noon Sundays on News, Talk and Sports - 1380-AM WPHM in Port Huron *1 p.m. Sundays on WSGW-AM (790) and FM (100.5) in Saginaw *6 p.m. Sundays on WOOD-AM (1300) and (106.9) in Grand Rapids Follow John and Amy on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/behindthemitten orTwitter at @BehindTheMitten and Instagram at @BehindTheMitten_.

Hey Friends,We went the Harris to see IFC's/Andrew Semans' new psychological thriller "Resurrection" sees a woman's (Rebecca Hall) carefully constructed life gets upended when an unwelcome shadow from her past returns (Tim Roth), forcing her to confront the monster she's evaded for two decades. It's beautifully shot. But is it one of the most discomforting films we've seen?Content Warning: This film features imagery and discussion of the death of a child Released:July 29, 2022Featuring: Bob Rudenborg, Jon MarekEditing: Jon MarekTheme: Brian Adams-Find Us Across the Web: https://www.thebutchandthebi.com/Jon's Links: https://linktr.ee/jonklobsterBob's Links: https://linktr.ee/asmallfrogart

Special thanks to the folks at IFC Films for sending us a copy of We need to Do something.   We Need to Do Something is a 2021 American psychological horror film directed by Sean King O'Grady and starring Sierra McCormick, Vinessa Shaw, Pat Healy, and Ozzy Osbourne. Based on the novella of the same name, the film centers on a family trapped in their bathroom during a tornado. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mmr20/support

Q&A on the IFC Film's movie Flux Gourmet with writer & director Peter Strickland. Moderated by Isaac Feldberg. Presented in partnership with IFC Films. Set at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance, a collective finds itself embroiled in power struggles, artistic vendettas and gastrointestinal disorders.

With Cannes 2022 kicking off this week, Film Comment is on the ground, reporting on all the cinematic excitement at the film industry's grandest annual event with the help of our on-the-Croisette crew of contributors. On today's podcast, FC Publisher Eugene Hernandez sits down with Arianna Bocco, President of IFC Films, to take the temperature of Cannes, mid-way through. The two talk about her history with festival, how Cannes' role in the film industry has evolved over the years, and how seeing 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days from Cristian Mungiu (director of this year's standout drama R.M.N.) changed her career. Don't forget to subscribe to the Film Comment Letter today for early access to a steady stream of our Cannes 2022 coverage, including interviews, dispatches, and podcasts, at filmcomment.com.

Q&A on the IFC Films movie Hold Your Fire with director/producer/cinematographer/editor Stefan Forbes. Moderated by Mara Webster, In Creative Company. When Shu'aib Raheem tried to steal guns for self-defense, it sparked the longest hostage siege in NYPD history and resulted in the tragic death of an NYPD officer. Dr. Harvey Schlossberg fought to reform police policy with words, not guns.

Bruce Purkey and Eric Holmes are back to preview the first two weeks of May. both of them recommend the French drama Happening and the Iranian feature Hit The Road. Bruce gives a preview of the upcoming thriller The Innocents, and Greg continues to wax poetic about Petite Maman.CinemAddicts and the Find Your Film podcasts will be housed on the rebranded Find Your Film website. Check it out here: https://findyourfilms.com/For exclusive movie interviews, check out Greg Srisavasdi's Deepest Dream YouTube Channel Thanks again for your support, please rate and review CinemAddicts on Apple Podcasts!For our Patreon subscribers, our bonus episode of will have us covering the 1985 movies Runaway Train and Re-Animator.Gillian's Facebook MarketplaceCheck out Anderson Cowan's website:  andersoncowan.comHAVE A CHAT WITH ANDY HERELinks to the promised CCP shorts are below.THE COLD COCKLE SHORTSRULES OF REDUCTIONMORMOANTHE CULT OF CARANOSubscribe to my Andersobn's Channel HereGROUPERS TRAILERPlease Give Groupers a Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score HerePlease Rate It on IMDB HereThe Blu-ray, USGroupers is now available on these platforms:The Blu-ray, InternationalOn AmazonOn Google Play On iTunesOn YoutubeOn Tubi On VuduSupport the show

We review the Tom Hughes headlined thriller Shepherd (7:19), the acclaimed Iranian feature Hit The Road (20:44), the IFC Films drama Happening (33:33), and the Emma Stone feature Easy A (49:09). For movie news, spoilers, and more Find Your Film podcast/video content, check out our website findyourfilms.com! Buy our Find Your Film merch (T-shirts, Hoodies, Mugs, Pint Glasses) via findyourfilmpodcast.com!Join our CinemAddicts Facebook Group, where we give Blu-rays and DVDs out weekly to our members!We receive a commission if you purchase/rent films using our Amazon Links for Easy A and Hit The Road.Bruce Purkey's YouTube Channel is RustomireFollow Eric Holmes On Twitter.Find Your Film is on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Q&A on the IFC Films movie Happening with writer & director Audrey Diwan. Moderated by Mara Webster, In Creative Company. In 1963, student Anne has a bright future ahead of her, but her dreams of finishing her studies is shattered when she becomes pregnant. As her final exams approach, Anne decides to take matters into her own hands.

Movies reviewed on this episode include Riley Sterns' new feature Dual, the Jacques Audiard feature Paris, 13th District (32:30), Dual (3:52),  The Girl and the Spider (20:03), Sweet Smell of Success (61:08), and Minamata (16:47).  For Greg Srisavasdi's interviews, subscribe to his Deepest Dream YouTube ChannelFor an archive of actors and directors' favorite films as well as extra podcast content, subscribe to our CinemAddicts & FYF YouTube Channel.Join our CinemAddicts Facebook Group, where we give Blu-rays and DVDs out weekly to our members!For questions/comments, email us at info@findyourseen.com!Bruce Purkey's YouTube Channel is RustomireFollow Eric Holmes On Twitter.Find Your Film is on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

The 27th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema wrapped up in New York a few weeks ago, and as always, the Film at Lincoln Center did a fantastic job with their programming, talks, and events. The acclaimed festival highlights the best of what contemporary French filmmaking has to offer, with many great artists from across the sea attending in-person, including Claire Denis, Arnaud Desplechin, Mathieu Almaric, Emmanuel Carrère, Emilie Carpentier, Vincent Maël Cardona, and Leyla Bouzid. One of the great auteur filmmakers of our time is Jacques Audiard, who brought his film "Prais, 13th District" to the festival after its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. The film is a fascinating exploration of casual sex and relationships set in modern-day Paris, seen through the eyes of complex adults starring Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Jehnny Beth & Noémie Merlant. Audiard and Zhang were kind enough to talk with me about the film, their work together, and what they plan to do next. Please take a listen to my conversation with them below and be sure to check out the film which is opening in limited release this week from IFC Films. Thank you. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

Movies reviewed this week include Barbarians (8:17), Midnight (16:38), Cow (25:36),  Metal Lords (35:01), Alaskan Nets (41:21), and Mystics in Bali (66:15). Plus Eric Holmes and Bruce Purkey talk about the films of Mattie Do (49:32). For Greg Srisavasdi's interviews, subscribe to his Deepest Dream YouTube ChannelFor an archive of actors and directors' favorite films as well as extra podcast content, subscribe to our CinemAddicts & FYF YouTube Channel.Join our CinemAddicts Facebook Group, where we give Blu-rays and DVDs out weekly to our members!For questions/comments, email us at info@findyourseen.com!Bruce Purkey's YouTube Channel is RustomireFollow Eric Holmes On Twitter.Find Your Film is on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Codename Thor joins Caitlin to talk about 2012's Byzantium, which is the first vampire movie we've covered on the show. It's a beautiful movie, and we had a great time dissecting its themes of mothers and daughters, carrying the past, and sex work. I quiz Thor on his vampire knowledge, and we somehow land on X-Men for a while. Be sure to check out Thor's Hour of Thunder, available wherever you get your podcasts.

What really happened to the Dyatlov hikers?In 1959 a group of Russian hikers disappeared in the Ural mountains. Months later their bodies were found, showing signs of mutilation, exposure to strange chemical substances, and exposure to radiation. We examine a new theory in this episode that we think solves this decades-old Russian mystery, involving the US Cold War spying flights orchestrated by the USAF Strategic Air Command and CIA, and a Chernobyl-esque nuclear accident at the Kyshtym plutonium enrichment facility which the Soviets tried to hide from the rest of the world. If you like our content please subscribe to our bonus episodes. The theories about the reason for the Dyatlov party's demise run the gamut from kadabatic winds, to avalanche, to yetis and ghosts. But we think it far more likely that they were inadvertently struck by a photo flash bomb: a device dropped by a spy plane for night time aerial photography. 1, 2 There are documented cases of photoflash bomb accidents in America as early as 1938, and they were used regularly for night flight spy missions during the Korean War in the early 1950s. The photoflash bomb theory explains many of the mysteries surrounding the condition of the bodies of these hikers. The strange grey material on their bodies could be magnesium, burns to their skin could have been caused by proximity to the blast, photos of bright orbs in their camera film could have been the flash bombs themselves, seemingly frantic behavior that caused them to lose contact with each other, all of these details lend more credence to this theory of a photoflash bomb causing their deaths. 3 We think this is the most likely explanation for what happened to these people, and we cover all of the details in this episode. If anything, declassified books and documents from the US military give further weight to this theory about the Dyatlov party, as they paint a more clear picture of the mentality of the people in charge of operating the US military and intelligence agencies at the time. In particular, a declassified book from the CIA covers in some detail the disagreement between USAF officials Curtis Lemay and Jimmy Doolittle and CIA director Allen Dulles about the role of recon flights, generally. 4 We also talk a bit about the found-footage horror film "Devil's Pass" which is a pretty good encapsulation of all of the crazy theories about this incident in fictional form. 5 Over 200 members of US military and intelligence flight crews were shot down over Soviet airspace during the cold war. The vast majority of their families were lied to about their condition and whereabouts. As we publish this there is a brand new war brewing between Russia and NATO over control of Ukraine. Hopefully one of these days we get past World War II, but not today it seems... 1. Harrington Aviation Museum, Photoflash Bomb , American military design. ⇤2. Andrei Shepelev, Documentary promo (Russian), April 2021. ⇤3. The New York Times, Photoflash Bomb Wrecks Windows Near Air 'War', May 1938. ⇤4. Gregory W. Pedlow and Donald E. Welzenbach, The CIA and the U2 Program, US Central Intelligence Agency, 1998. ⇤5. Devil's Pass, written by Vikram Weet and directed by Renny Harlin, IFC Films, 2013. ⇤

Today on the show we have writer, producer, actor, director and Emmy® winning show runner Danny Strong.Danny started his career as an actor in numerous classic films and TV shows such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Gilmore Girls, then transitioned into screenwriting, exploding onto the scene with his 2007 script Recount which was #1 on the Hollywood Blacklist and became an award winning HBO Film.Since then he has become a prolific film and TV writer, director and producer, garnering numerous awards for various projects, including two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two WGA awards, a PGA Award, and the Peabody Award.Through out his career he has shown a wide range and versatility moving between mediums and genres with films like the political docudramas Recount and Game Change, the civil rights epic The Butler and the big budget action blockbusters Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part I and II).He co-created the smash hit TV show Empire which won him the NAACP Image Award and he produced the civil rights drama The Best of Enemies starring Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell. He has also written numerous theater projects having made his theatrical debut with a new book to the musical Chess that premiered at the Kennedy Center.Strong transitioned into directing with several episodes of Empire. He made his feature directorial debut with Rebel in the Rye that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was distributed by IFC Films.Over the years he has continued his acting career with recurring roles in many highly acclaimed TV shows including Mad Men, Girls, Justified, Billions and The Right Stuff. He grew up in Manhattan Beach, California and attended the USC School of Dramatic Arts.Enjoy my enlightening conversation with Danny Strong.

Q&A on the IFC Films movie A Banquet with director Ruth Paxton. Moderated by Mara Webster, In Creative Company. This Q&A was filmed live in front of a virtual audience. A widowed mother is radically tested when her teenage daughter insists a supernatural experience has left her body in service to a higher power.

Q&A on the IFC Films movie The Novice with writer/director/editor Lauren Hadaway. Moderated by Mara Webster, In Creative Company. This Q&A was filmed live in front of a virtual audience. A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.

Q&A on the IFC film Catch the Fair one with actor & story by Kali Reis and writer & director Josef Kubota Wladyka. Moderated by Mara Webster, In Creative Company. This Q&A was recorded live in front of a virtual audience. Presented in partnership with IFC Films. A Native American boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.

What a special episode! Dr. Natalie Feinblatt joined me to cover the new psychological horror movie A Banquet, and I had the pleasure of interviewing the film's director, Ruth Paxton. Natlaie and I talked about themes of eating disorders and general mentall illness, monstrous motherhood, and body horror, and Ruth gave some really beautiful insights into the film. This is a new-new one, and we do get into spoilers, so heads up! I feel very close to the movie and can't recommend it enough. Special thanks to Ruth Paxton for joining!

The MUBI Podcast returns this week with a special episode. Host Rico Gagliano speaks with Oscar-winning filmmaker Andrea Arnold (AMERICAN HONEY, FISH TANK) about COW — her gripping debut documentary chronicling the life of a single dairy cow.In the interview, Arnold opens up about the deeply personal interpretations audiences have brought to the nearly dialogue-free film, and how making it has affected her own interactions with creatures great and small.Fresh off receiving a BAFTA nomination for “Best Documentary”,  COW is now showing in select UK cinemas and will be exclusively streaming on MUBI starting February 11th in many countries, including the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Italy, India, Latin America & more. MUBI is also featuring a series of Arnold's shorts, including the Oscar-winning WASP. IFC Films is the film's US distributor and has plans for an April theatrical release. MUBI's series will be timed in the US with this April release.  If available in your country, you can stream the film exclusively on MUBI here and the series here. Subscribe to stay tuned for more bonus episodes and Season 2.MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor. A place to discover and watch beautiful, interesting, incredible films. A new hand-picked film arrives on MUBI, every single day. From iconic directors, to emerging auteurs. All carefully chosen by MUBI's curators.

"I was 23 when I first approached him about making this film," filmmaker Robert Weide says in the trailer for his IFC Films documentary Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time."I became obsessed. What high school kid isn't going to gobble this up?" Weide continudes, holding a copy of the author's dark comic novel Breakfast of Champions, "He thinks what I think about the world."Thirty-nine years ago, Weide reached out to his literary idol proposing a documentary on Vonnegut's life and work. Shooting began in 1988 and the doc reflects the friendship and bond Weide and Vonnegut formed over the decades."I was always filming on and off with him over the years," says Weide in the trailer. Vonnegut died on April 11, 2007.Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time dives into the author's upbringing and his creative output, spanning his childhood in Indianapolis, his experience as a prisoner of war in World War II, his marriage, family and divorce, his early careers as a publicist for General Electric and a car salesman, and his long years as a struggling writer, leading to eventual superstardom in 1969 following the publication of his lightning-bolt anti-war novel Slaughterhouse-Five (which would later be adapted into the 1972 movie from George Roy Hill).The documentary follows Weide's odyssey as he examines the impact of Vonnegut's legacy on his own life, extending far beyond the printed page.Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time was announced as part of the lineup for Doc NYC today. IFC is releasing the documentary in theaters and VOD on November 19.Weide produced and wrote Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time and he co-directed with Don Argott.Weide was nominated for a Documentary Feature Oscar in 1999 for Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth. He would go on to win a Primetime Emmy for that docu in Non-Fiction Programming, Picture Editing, as well as two other Emmy wins for Directing in a Comedy Series (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Outstanding Informational Special (W.C. Fields: Straight Up). He is the EP of HBO's award winning comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm and has directed 29 episodes throughout the series' 10 seasons.

Josh Ruben is an award-winning actor, writer, and director whose feature film SCARE ME, which he wrote, directed & starred alongside Aya Cash and Chris Redd, debuted at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Shudder, AMC's horror platform, bought the feature in advance of the festival premiere. For television, Josh directed sketches for "The Late Late Show" with James Corden and episodes of TruTV's "Adam Ruins Everything." As one of the founding members of CollegeHumor's "Originals" department, Ruben has directed and/or starred in thousands of comedic shorts, amassing views well into the billions. He directed and cameos in all 10 episodes of Funny or Die & Spotify's narrative podcast, THE LAST DEGREE OF KEVIN BACON opposite Rob Reiner, Lamorne Morris, Kyra Sedgwick, and Bacon himself. His second feature, WEREWOLVES WITHIN, premieres at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and in theatres June 25th, distributed by IFC Films. Sponsors: Goodtreatments.space Tagi.tv

"The Novice" quietly had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this past June, where it won the Best U.S. Narrative Feature Film prize. It was later picked up for distribution by IFC Films and has now garnered five Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actress for the incredibly committed Isabelle Fuhrman. The film's director and writer, Lauren Hadaway, was kind enough to spend some time with us talking about her feature directorial debut. Take a listen down below and be sure to check out one of the year's most intense films now playing in limited release and available to rent on VOD. Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

You've probably heard of Jim Cummings' last two films, "Thunder Road" and "The Wolf Of Snow Hollow." Well, now he's partnering with his buddy PJ McCabe and together, the two are co-directing, co-writing, and co-starring in one of the year's best comedies, "The Best Test." With a biting commentary on toxic masculinity, today's Hollywood culture, data privacy, and more, the film is as ambitious as it is outrageous. Both Jim and PJ were kind enough to spend some time talking with me about their film, which will be playing in theaters and available to rent on VOD from IFC Films on November 5th. Please take a listen down below and enjoy!  Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

Writer, director, hopeful romantic and Letterboxd member Jonah Feingold chats about how Jurassic Park influenced his rom-com feature debut Dating & New York, and his four Letterboxd favorites: Hook; When Harry Met Sally…; The Lion King; and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Also: Meg Ryan's glorious back-lit hair, filming New York with a Pro-Mist filter, cold-emailing Hans Zimmer for a job, being filmmaking besties with Aneesh Chaganty, and the emotional rollercoaster of being on Letterboxd with a new movie out (“I celebrate all the reviews of my film. Some of the five star ones made me cry, some of the three star ones made me cry…”). Dating & New York stars Jaboukie Young-White and Francesca Reale and is in select US theaters and everywhere films are rented from September 10, 2021, via IFC Films. Links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode Dating & New York inspo Kicked in the Balls: A Cinematic History of Testicular Trauma Movies where a character says “Jack” in an emotional way The Jupiter Ascending Stigma Men get pegged The City is a Character The Good Dads Cinematic Universe Anna Swanson's review of Hook Cowboy Like Eely's review of The Curse of the Black Pearl Credits: This episode was recorded in New York, Pennsylvania and Auckland, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Theme music: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque' by film and television composing trio Moniker. Transcript by Sophie Shin.

“Enemies of the State” looks at the strange case of Matt DeHart, a member of the hacktivist group Anonymous who was prosecuted for child pornography. He claimed the charges were a cover up to seize his computers containing government secrets. Director Sonia Kennebeck and producer Ines Hoffman Kanna spent years trying to untangle the knotty mysteries of his case. Their previous film National Bird (2016) won the Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize for its profile of three people who worked on the U.S. military's drone program and became whistle blowers. One of the film's subjects Daniel Hale was recently convicted under the Espionage Act. Sonia discusses his case recently covered in The Washington Post. Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviews Sonia about both films.Enemies of the State is now available on VOD from IFC Films.Warning: this episode reveals details from “Enemies of the State” that might be considered spoilers if you haven't seen the film.On Twitter: @soniakennebeck @c_odebreaker @thompowers @PureNonfiction

“I should have never agreed to this podcast,” says indie filmmaking champion Jim Cummings as he sobs his way through his four Letterboxd faves (Inside Out; Krisha; Children of Men; and The 'Burbs) with hosts Slim and Gemma. Also: arm wrestling, humiliating characters, being an actor-director, DILFs, a Halloween Kills scoop, Tom Hanks' comedy chops, exploding plates, and Jim's next feature film, The Beta Test, which is coming out this fall via IFC Films. Related links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode Ugly Cry! list Demi's review of Thunder Road Subverting the studio logo list List of films that anticipated the notion of being too online Credits: This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Pennsylvania and Auckland, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Theme music: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque' by Moniker. Transcript by Sophie Shin.

Who wants to live off the grid on Mars? We talk to Wyatt Rockefeller about his new film Settlers from IFC Films. The director talks about trying to bring realism to humans living on the planet, the performances of amazing actors like Brooklynn Prince and Nell Tiger Free, who the true villain of the film is and much more. Plus find out if there could be more to the story coming! SEE SETTLERS IN THEATERS AND ON DEMAND NOW FROM IFC FILMS. We also have a couple of big reviews this week, starting with the highly anticipated Masters of the Universe: Revelation! We'll also share some quotes from a press conference we attended for the series. You can also hear our review of the new Prime Video movie, Jolt! We also share our thoughts on the recent Batgirl casting, trailers for Dune, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf and more. Plus, more comic book reviews! Hear more from us at https://www.downandnerdypodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. First I interview the directors and co-stars of The Beta Test, a crackling new comedy of panic set in the double-talking world of Hollywood agents. Then it's the thrilling conclusion of my conversation with writer/critic Bruce Bennett, about the 1961 Japanese mystery/melodrama Zero Focus and bizarro 1975 thriller The 'Human' Factor, starring George Kennedy. The Beta Test screens in this year's Tribeca Film Festival and comes out in November from IFC Films. You can support this podcast and read show notes with links at: rapold.substack.com Opening music: “Monserrate” by The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Today we talk to Eric Walter about the mysterious disappearance of Keith Reinhard in Silver Plume, Colorado.Eric Walter is an award-winning director, editor, and documentary filmmaker in Los Angeles, known for producing investigative nonfiction films that explore bizarre cold cases, unexplained phenomena, and the dark side of human psychology.His directorial debut, My Amityville Horror, was named one of the top 10 festival genre films of 2012. The film was distributed theatrically by IFC Films and is currently available on streaming services. As a lead editor for feature films, docuseries, and commercial advertising campaigns, Eric's work has spanned across a variety of platforms including Netflix, Amazon Prime, FX, AMC, Disney+ and many others.He also frequently serves as an expert on the Amityville Horror case, having recently been profiled by networks such as ABC, A&E, and Travel Channel.Eric's second documentary feature, Dark Side of the Mountain, is slated for release in 2021.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/armchairhistorians)