Podcast appearances and mentions of Joel Potrykus

We rarely get to hear Joel Potrykus talk about himself as an actor. The independent filmmaker of such beloved low-budget treasures as “Ape,” “Buzzard,” and “Relaxer” says he has, in fact, never talked about it. In his latest, “Vulcanizadora,” he once again co-stars with the man he loves to point his camera at, Joshua Burge. The two reprise their roles of Derek and Marty exactly ten years after they birthed those characters in “Buzzard.” On this episode, Potrykus explains the decision to take on the role in both films, why he loves working with the “machine” that is Burge, the part of directing actors he likes the least, how the end of “Field of Dreams” helped his acting process, and much more. Back To One is the in-depth, no-nonsense, actors-on-acting podcast from  Filmmaker Magazine. In each episode, host Peter Rinaldi invites one working actor to do a deep dive into their unique process, psychology, and approach to the craft.  Follow Back To One on Instagram

Adam sits down with film writer Violet Lucca to discuss David Cronenberg's provocative filmography and his latest foray into body horror, THE SHROUDS. Plus, he revisits STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH for the first time since his five-star review in 2005, Josh has a review of the new VULCANIZADORA from director Joel Potrykus, and a new Madness Champion is crowned. This episode is presented by Regal Unlimited, the all-you-can-watch movie subscription pass that pays for itself in just two visits. (Timecodes will not be precise with ads; chapters may start early.) Intro (00:00:00-00:01:55) Review: “Revenge of the Sith” at 20 (00:01:56-00:35:56) Review (JL): “Vulcanizadora” (00:35:57-00:42:52) Filmspotting Family (00:42:53-00:46:34) Next Week / Notes (00:46:35-00:51:54) Preview: Chicago Critics Film Festival (00:51:55-00:57:58) Filmspotting Madness Champion (00:57:59-01:09:41) Violet Lucca Interview (01:09:42-01:39:57) Josh on “The Shrouds” (01:39:58-01:43:06) Credits / New Releases (01:43:07-01:45:47) Links: -Chicago Critics Film Fest ⁠https://www.chicagocriticsfilmfestival.com/⁠ -Filmspotting Madness ⁠https://www.filmspotting.net/madness⁠ -Madness '26 Shortlist ⁠https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting/list/filmspotting-madness-2026-best-of-the-1940s/⁠ -Violet Lucca (“David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials”) ⁠https://www.filmdeskbooks.com/shop/p/david-cronenberg-clinical-trials-by-violet-lucca⁠ Feedback: -Email us at ⁠feedback@filmspotting.net⁠. -⁠Ask Us Anything⁠ and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and complete archive access. ⁠http://filmspottingfamily.com⁠ -T-shirts (and more) on sale at the Filmspotting Shop. ⁠https://filmspotting.net/shop⁠ Follow: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/filmspotting⁠ ⁠https://letterboxd.com/filmspotting⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/filmspotting⁠ ⁠https://facebook.com/filmspotting⁠ ⁠https://letterboxd.com/larsenonfilm⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/larsenonfilm⁠ ⁠https://facebook.com/larsenonfilm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lucas Anders interviews Joel Potrykus (director/writer/actor) about his new film VULCANIZADORA. See the Alberta Premiere as part of the Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF) on Saturday April 26th, 2025 at 4:15 pm at the Globe CInema. A heavy metal slacker comedy, VULCANIZADORA cascades into an existential nightmare and journey through themes of friendship, guilt, and contemplations of mortality. Two friends trudge through a Michigan forest with the intention of following through on a disturbing pact. After they fail, one of them must return home to deal with the legal and emotional repercussions. Director and star Joel Potrykus (BUZZARD, THE ALCHEMIST COOKBOOK, and CUFF 2018 Secret Screening RELAXER) serves up another deliciously dark film, and possibly the most well-realized culmination of the themes featured throughout his body of work. The Tribeca and Fantasia Film Festival selected film is a masterful combination of jet-black humour and psychological horror.

Hello everyone! I am no longer putting out episodes via Libsyn, they are now hosted right here at my Substack. Formerly known as the 5 Years Substack, this is now the hub for all-things Director's Club including a new URL. Learn about all this and more during my 8-minute preamble before we get to the subject at hand - indeed a very special one since today's guest is responsible for my favorite film of 2024 (soon to be released next year so stay tuned). I was lucky enough to spend a half hour talking with director Joel Potrykus, responsible for films that both Patrick and I have loved in the past particularly Buzzard and Relaxer which contain the same lead actor Joshua Burge. Burge and Potrykus are co-leads in his latest film, Vulcanizadora and we talk all about the experience of putting it all together and much more. We avoid spoilers so I encourage you to listen to this interview and seek out his work ASAP. Thank you to all for listening, the continued support and looking forward to sharing all content here from this point onward. 00:00 - 08:20 - Introduction / Changes To The Show08:21 - 44:48 - Interview with JoelDirector's Club is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Director's Club at directorsclub.substack.com/subscribe

Send us a textOn this episode of Remainders we dive into Psycho 2. Picking up 22 years after Hitchcock's classic, it's a true continuation of the character of Norman Bates. Perkins' give an all time great performance in what is more of psychological thriller than a straight up horror movie - although the classic 80s gore is not abandoned completely. A first time watch, Psycho 2 has become an all time favorite. Other topics includes the role of legacy sequels in film, Darren's recent trip to Chicago and the return of The Scissors, new horror movies we're watching for October, Joel Potrykus introducing his new film at the Chicago International Film Festival, Vertigo and the Music Box of Horrors, thoughts on Joker 2, and the Terrifier movies creating a franchise that may rival the all time great 80s killers. Songs of the WeekLong Dark Night by Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsI Don't Know How to Say Goodbye by The MopesRemainders Podcast JukeboxWebsiteFacebookInstagramYouTubeTwitter

This week Drusilla and Josh cover the 2016 micro-budget horror film, The Alchemist Cookbook. Josh is sick, being lazy is anti-capitalist, How to Do Nothing, They talk a long time about SCREIVI or SCREAM 6. From wiki: “The Alchemist Cookbook is a horror film directed by Joel Potrykus. The film was released on the 7th of October 2016 in New York City. The film stars Ty Hickson as "Sean" and Amari Cheatom as "Cortez". The film was produced by Oscilloscope Laboratories and by producers Andrew D. Corkin, Bryan Reisberg and Ashley Young.[1] "Sean" is an outcast who isolates himself from society to practice alchemy, accompanied by only his cat. As his mental condition deteriorates the line of what is real and what is not becomes blurred, and as his chemistry turns to black magic, he instead summons a demon.[1] The film breaks the conventional boundaries of genre, as elements of a black comedy, horror and a psychological thriller are all incorporated and intertwined.[2] The Alchemist cookbook was released on an alternate release strategy, as a pay what you want film, in both theatres and on BitTorrent bundle.[2] The film was an official selection at the 2016 South by Southwest Film Festival.[1]”  NEXT WEEK: Don't Deliver Us From Evil (1972) Website: http://www.bloodhauspod.com  Twitter: https://twitter.com/BloodhausPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/ Email: bloodhauspod@gmail.com         Drusilla's art: https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/  Drusilla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hydesister/  Drusilla's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/drew_phillips/         Joshua's website: https://www.joshuaconkel.com/  Joshua's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshuaConkel   Joshua's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/  Joshua's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/joshuaconkel

Joel Potrykus, class of 1999, talks with Charles Beale and Jake Bowen, both class of 2011, about their experience in the world of making movies with small budgets and “Studio Fest” the unique film festival they created. Here's the link to StudioFest: https://studiofest.com/ To learn about ways you can support GVSU film and video students: The Dirk Koning Memorial Film and Video Scholarship The Chuck Peterson Memorial Fellowship

Host Sarah Nawrocki talks with filmmakers Deanna Morse, Jackson Ezinga, John Otterbacher, and Joel Potrykus discuss their experiences with film festivals. They emphasize the importance of entering and attending film festivals as well as how to research and enter festivals. To learn about ways you can support GVSU film and video students: The Dirk Koning Memorial Film and Video Scholarship The Chuck Peterson Memorial Fellowship

Professor and filmmaker Joel Potrykus discusses his scriptwriting classes at GVSU with Host Randy Strobl. Students learn about the elements of a script, how to write in different genres, and what to do after completing a script. Joel also explains the assignments, from writing a 10-page script in Scriptwriting 1 to a feature-length one in Scriptwriting 2. To learn about ways you can support GVSU film and video students: The Dirk Koning Memorial Film and Video Scholarship The Chuck Peterson Memorial Fellowship

'This week, Darren and Patrick discuss the 2014 independent film "Buzzard" by writer/director Joel Potrykus. The story of a low-level scam artist, Marty is a petty idealist who thinks the world owes him something. Our hosts talk up this masterful and hilarious journey of what it means to barely survive as a human vulture. Bring the spaghetti and check this one out.'

Episode 267."The Revenant”Actor.Joshua Burge. Michigan native Joshua Burge has appeared in The Revenant opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, 20th Century Women opposite Greta Gerwig and Burden opposite Garrett Hedlund, which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Relaxer, Joshua's third collaboration with filmmaker Joel Potrykus, premiered to great reviews at SXSW. This collaboration follows Ape (2012) and Buzzard (2014), the latter of which also made its world premiere at SXSW and was named one of Indiewire's top film of the year. The Revenant is one of the most gorgeous movies in cinematic history. Welcome, Joshua Burge. Instagram: Monday Morning Critic Podcast.Facebook: Monday Morning Critic Podcast.Twitter:  @mdmcriticWebsite: www.mmcpodcast.comContact: Mondaymorningcritic@gmail.com

Hey everybody and welcome to another episode of The Wrinkled Rabbit Podcast! This week we're talking about Joel Potrykus' slacker comedy, Buzzard. The film is about a small time scam artist named Marty who flees his hometown and hides out in a dangerous Detroit. It stars Joshua Burge, Joel Potrykus, Teri Ann Nelson, and Joe Anderson.   Next Week's Movie: [REC] YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/WrinkledRabbitProductions Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrinkledRabbit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wrinkledrabbit/

Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of The Wrinkled Rabbit Podcast. This week we're talking about Joel Potrykus' horror drama, The Alchemist Cookbook. The film is about a recluse living in an old trailer in the woods, suffers from pill-popping delusions of fortune. When his manic attempts at cracking the ancient secret of alchemy go awry he unleashes something far more sinister and dangerous. It stars Ty Hickson and Amari Cheatom.   Next Week's Movie: O' Brother Where Art Thou? YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/WrinkledRabbitProductions Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrinkledRabbit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wrinkledrabbit/

We've all been isolated, to some degree, for the last year. Austin Allan James' debut feature Who's With Me?, available for free on YouTube, perfectly captures the sense of loneliness and paranoia to which many of us have become accustomed. His film was also almost entirely finished pre-pandemic. Paul and Arlo talk with Austin about his clairvoyant powers, working on a shoestring budget, the inspiration he draws from filmmakers such as David Lynch and Joel Potrykus, how much of a fee turtles can demand, and what it all means, man.   NEXT: at long last, we go undercover with Wesley "Wezzo" Mead for a discussion of The Americans season 1.     BREAKDOWN 00:00:52  -  Intro / Guest 00:04:40  -  Main Topic 01:08:25  -  Outro / Next     LINKS   Who’s With Me? - Full Feature (2021 Sci-Fi, Drama, Horror) [YouTube]     MUSIC “Locked Inside” by Reef, Rides (1999)     GOBBLEDYCARES Support AAPI communities and those affected by anti-Asian violence: https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate Support the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund: https://aapifund.org/ Support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Help teachers and classrooms in need: https://www.donorschoose.org/ Do your part to remove the burden of medical debt for individuals, families, and veterans: https://ripmedicaldebt.org/ Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

Brady, Josh and Alison hide out with The Alchemist Cookbook directed by Joel Potrykus starring Ty Hickson.Plus!The history of alchemy, Bumblebee, Dagon, My Octopus Teacher redux, scary dinosaurs, and the ebb and flow of finishing movies!Don't forget!

Writer/Director, Joel Potrykus joins Jim and Teal for a lively interview. They discuss Potrykus' films, Ape, Buzzard, The Alchemist Cookbook, and Relaxer, and a whole lot more. And as an awesome bonus, Joel shares his encounter meeting one of his film icons, Malcolm McDowell. 

The actor & Filmwax Radio friend Joshua Burge ("The Revenant", "20th Century Women") is back on the show to shoot the breeze during the early days of quarantining. Joshua last appeared on the podcast on with the team from "Relaxer", one of several films he starred in directed by podcast regular Joel Potrykus.

Episode 2Matt interviews Eric Tomswww.whatcanyoutellme.cominstagram @whatcanyoutellmefacebook @whatcanyoutellmetwitter @whatcanutellmeSocial Media @TomsFunny Website: http://www.erictoms.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/nightofshortsnight/Comedian, Writer, Actor, Filmmaker and hear about some of his recommended reading and listening, giving up a kidney, eating smashed peanut butter and jelly as a kid, drinking IPA and walking his kids to school in LAMENTIONSSJCMT - now CMTSJ, one of the nations largets and oldest childrens musical theaters located in San Jose, CAhttps://www.cmtsj.org/SUTN videos - Party with Jesus Sketchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeC1R8mBJKs&t=114sNight of Shorts at Night Night Bar 820 S Spring St, Los Angeles First Tuesday of each monthIndependent Comic Books Recommended by Eric: Y : The Last ManPaper GirlsAlan Morre's Swamp ThingI Am Not Okay With ThisThe Killing JokePodcasts:The Infinite Monkey CagePodcast for Screenwriting Script NotesWTF with Marc MaronMusic The Black KeysLana Del RayMoviesRelaxer by Joel PotrykusBuzzard by Joel PotrykusRashoman by Akira KurasawaKanopy a service where your public library card gets you access to the entire Criterion CollectionMusic by My Boy ElroyLogo by Lisa Larson Jensen

Jim and Teal are back this week with an episode filled with recent streaming action. First: Jim mentions a couple of quick hits, Operation Finaleand Northern Soul. Then Teal presents his hidden gem of the week, Buzzard (2015.) This low-budget indie from director Joel Potrykus scratches Teal where he itches. Jim feels the pressure to match Teal with an Amazon Prime streaming oddity of his own. His pick? Another bizarre low-budget indie called Los Angeles Overnight. Is this bizarre caper flick worth your time? Jim provides answers. Somewhere in the midst of all this excitement, Jim reveals a viewing that is so bad, he considers it the worst film he's made it all the way to the end of. If that doesn't get your curiosity going, nothing will. Wrapping things up, Jim and Teal discuss Widows and John Wick 3. Jim finally caught up with Widows and Teal got his Wick on. Find out what each one thinks. There's a lot of film stuff discussion in one super-sized episode. Set your podcast phasers on stun.

As if being a college professor wasn’t taxing enough, Joel Potrykus is a luminary as an independent filmmaker. He calls in this week to talk about his days as a standup comedian and why he got into filmmaking. He also gives sage advice on being bald. In the intro, Randy reminded Clark of a sad story about a blind ventriloquist and a few films are discussed. (Director’s Cut, Passenger 57, Ready or Not, Phoenix) Also, friend of the show Mike Keegan drops in to tell us about his upcoming show at The Roxie. Submissions for UFF 3 are open at https://filmfreeway.com/UnnamedFootageFestival Fulfill your Found Footage Horror needs at povhorror.com/ Theme song by Darryl Blood - darrylblood.bandcamp.com/ If you'd like to get in contact with us, you can reach us at Podcast@TheOverlookTheatre.com, on Instagram (@theoverlooktheatre), Facebook (theoverlookhour/theoverlooktheatre), or Twitter (@OverlookHour/@OverlookTheatre).

I challenge U to listen to this whole episode. And no getting up or pausing or else you're disqualified. RELAXER is the latest film by Joel Potrykus, the director of Buzzard. A film that we previously covered. We wiped down our milk barf enough to sit and talk about it for a bit. SPECIAL GUEST ALERT: Mark Warm joined us and hes a cool guy. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pdcst4TwoPeople Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast4twopeople/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcast4twopeople/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podcastfortwopeople Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/podcast4twopeople Brent Twitch: www.twitch.tv/cyberbrent

Joel Potrykus, DP Adam J. Minnick, and actors Joshua Burge and Andre Hyland sit down with us to explain how they became collaborators, how they made Relaxer, and why making films for yourself is the only way to go.

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Since 2012, Joel Potrykus has arguably become one of the most successful and unusual independent film directors to ever emerge out of Michigan and land on the global cinema stage. Despite all of his success, Joel says he “doesn’t enjoy the process of making a movie.” Doesn’t that seem like a weird thing for a film director to say? Maybe…but not after you listen to this episode. Joel and I take a deep dive into his filmmaking and writing process, why he makes films in Grand Rapids when he doesn’t have to, why he thinks of his tight-knit and frequent film collaborators function as more of a band than a production company, as well as the many reasons he loves casting the incredibly talented Joshua Burge as the lead actor in many of his films. Joel’s previous films Ape, Buzzard and The Alchemist Cookbook all established him as a genius writer & director of odd, offbeat and campy films. The tone and style of his films caught the attention of, and quickly forged a business and creative relationship with famed independent film studio, Oscilloscope Laboratories, which was founded by the late Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys fame. But it’s his latest film, Relaxer, that is kicking everything up a few more notches for Joel Potrykus. To see the portraits and video clips of our conversation, visit www.fullexposurepodcast.com VOD-Stream “Relaxer” here: relaxer.pizza Follow Joel: Twitter / Instagram This episode is presented by: Brian Kelly Photography & Film and Brian Kelly Productions.

Its time to look at one of the most defining films of the past decade, IMO. It is Buzzard. Directed by Joel Potrykus and starring Joshua Burge. It has been a Podcast for Two People favorite ever since we were made aware of it. Why don't you let us tell you why that is? Check out Bog Rot, the track from the film and used in this episode: https://bogrot.bandcamp.com/track/side-1-carmen-de-proelio-fleshbreath Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pdcst4TwoPeople Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast4twopeople/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcast4twopeople/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podcastfortwopeople Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/podcast4twopeople

Joel Potrykus' Relaxer is an odd film to pin down - it's a slacker movie, a dark millennial comedy, a gruesome work of body horror, a harrowing interpersonal sibling drama, and a million other things. But the tale of a layabout twentysomething (a haunting Joshua Burge) stuck to a grimy leather couch, resolving to not eat, drink, sleep or get up until he reaches Level 256 of Pac-Man, on the cusp of the new millennium, is uniquely gut-wrenching in surprising ways. (You can read our review of Relaxer here.) A movie like this requires either no explanation or heaps of it, so we got Potrykus on the line to talk about the origins of the project, working with his muse Joshua Burge, the freedom (and restrictions) of filming in a single locked-down apartment, and more. (More of a Comment, Really… is a proud member of the Chicago Podcast Coop. Thanks to Cards Against Humanity for sponsoring this episode!)

In this episode director Joel Potrykus calls into the podcast. Joel chats it up about his latest flick Relaxer which was made right here in ...

Carter got a chance to talk to legendary independent filmmaker Joel Potrykus. They talked about Joel's methods, themes, and stink bug paranoia. Joel's new movie, RELAXER, is in theaters this Friday, you don't want to miss it.

In the first segment photographer/filmmaker Khalik Allah returns to the podcast to discuss his 2nd work of non-fiction, "Black Mother" which is currently screening at NYC's Metrograph; and Joel Potrykus returns to the podcast for his 4th visit to discuss his latest, "Relaxer", which will be at Village East Cinema on 3/22. He's joined by actors Josh Burge & Andre Hyland.

Finissons-en avec 2015 via 21 films vus à la fin de l'année que nous tenions tout de même à évoquer avant d'attaquer 2016 !Voici la liste des 21 films évoqués dans cette émission sans spoiler : Crazy Amy de Judd Apatow (à partir de 0h03m35) Jamais Entre Amis de Leslye Headland (à partir de 0h15m10) À vif ! de John Wells (à partir de 0h18m57) The Night Before de Jonathan Levine (à partir de 0h21m35) Point Break de Ericson Core (à partir de 0h23m50) A Very Murray Christmas de Sofia Coppola (à partir de 0h27m32) Les Dissociés de Suricate (à partir de 0h34m38) Black de Adil El Arbi et Bilall Fallah (à partir de 0h43m20) Les Cowboys de Thomas Bidegain (à partir de 0h46m43) La Vie Très Privée De Monsieur Sim de Michel Leclerc (à partir de 0h50m25) L'Humour À Mort de Daniel Leconte et Emmanuel Leconte (à partir de 0h52m35) Carol de Todd Haynes (à partir de 1h01m00) Beasts Of No Nation de Cary Joji Fukunaga (à partir de 1h08m04) Buzzard de Joel Potrykus (à partir de 1h14m43) Vampires En Toute Intimité de Jemaine Clement et Taika Waititi (à partir de 1h19m13) Slow West de John Maclean (à partir de 1h25m10) Le Prodige de Edward Zwick (à partir de 1h28m25) This Is Not A Love Story de Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (à partir de 1h31m33) Le Pont Des Espions de Steven Spielberg (à partir de 1h37m05) The Look Of Silence de Joshua Oppenheimer (à partir de 1h51m08) The Big Short - Le Casse Du Siècle de Adam McKay (à partir de 1h55m45)Bonne écoute, et n'hésitez pas à nous dire ce que vous avez pensé de ces films !Crédits musicaux : When The Levee Breaks de Led Zeppelin, issu de leur quatrième album sorti en 1971.

We couldn't be more excited to talk to Joel Potrykus (BUZZARD) and Riley Stearns (FAULTS) both of whom were kind enough to talk to us about their latest films, their eariler work, influences, and a whole lot more.  Two really fascinating independent features recently released by two directors we both feel are worth learning more about.  We proudly present a special bonus episode where each of us interview a filmmaker, and hopefully there will be even more of this type of episode in the future. Big thanks to Joel and Riley for taking time out of their busy schedules to talk with us. 0:00 - Intro 1:22 - Joel Potrykus interview 31:59 - Riley Stearns interview 58:11 - OutroIn about a week, we will be back with our regular format to talk about the legendary John Huston with previous guest Nat Almirall.  Thanks as always for listening and keep those emails coming to:  directorsclubpodcast@gmail.com