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Watch the show on television by downloading the e360tv channel app to your Roku, LG or AmazonFireTV. You can also see it on YouTube.Devin: What is your superpower?Ileana: Ability to trust her intuition to guide her creative decisions and personal journey.Women have long struggled to achieve parity in Hollywood, both in front of and behind the camera. Ileana D. Vasquez, a self-taught filmmaker, is blazing a trail for women in the industry by writing, directing, and producing her new film, Topple.This thrilling female-led story brings together eight women to overthrow an authoritarian regime. But what sets Topple apart isn't just the compelling narrative—it's the intentional focus on empowering women in pivotal roles and operating with an environmentally conscious mindset throughout production.“We're casting female leads,” Ileana explained, “and this is going to be exciting on stage and behind the scenes.” She elaborated on the project's inclusive vision, highlighting how Topple is putting women not only in key creative positions such as directing, producing, and writing but also throughout the broader film production process.Her passion for supporting women in filmmaking stems from her own experiences. Having encountered harassment and limited opportunities early on as an actor, Ileana transitioned behind the camera, teaching herself screenwriting, directing, and producing. Reflecting on this journey, she shared, “I was not given specific opportunities, so I started teaching myself. I studied how directors I appreciated worked with actors and the camera.”Ileana's commitment to inclusivity and innovation extends to the environment. With the guidance of a sustainability consultant, her production is making deliberate choices to minimize environmental impact, from using hybrid vehicles to selecting cruelty-free makeup and sustainable clothing. “This approach runs through everything, even down to meal choices on set. We're focused on being plant-based with options for everyone,” she said.To support this initiative, Ileana turned to crowdfunding. “We did find an investor for the main budget,” she shared, “but we still have a gap for late development. That's why we're raising funds.”Readers are invited to join Ileana's inspiring effort to bring Topple to the silver screen. Visit s4g.biz/topple to explore this exciting opportunity. By investing, supporters can uplift women while championing sustainability in filmmaking.This is more than just a movie; it's a movement with lasting impact. Topple embodies the values of empowerment, environmental responsibility, and meaningful storytelling.tl;dr:Ileana D. Vasquez is creating Topple, a woman-led, environmentally conscious thriller about overthrowing an authoritarian regime.Her career journey began with struggles as an actor, inspiring her shift to directing and producing.Topple embodies inclusivity by casting women in lead and behind-the-camera roles to address gender inequality.The production aims to model sustainability, avoiding toxic materials, using hybrid vehicles, and supporting a plant-based diet.Ileana is crowdfunding the final development of Topple, inviting investors to join this empowering project.How to Develop Intuition As a SuperpowerIleana's superpower is rooted in her ability to trust her intuition to guide her creative decisions and personal journey. She describes her superpower as “intuition, resilience, and an ability to foresee certain things,” and it's a strength that has continuously shaped her filmmaking career.Ileana shared how intuition often gives her creative insights on set. For example, during the filming of Finding Sahara, an actress walked toward the camera while a “stop” sign appeared in the frame—a symbolic moment perfectly aligned with the story. She explained, “It kind of clicked, and we got that shot. It really blends in well with the story.”Her intuition isn't just confined to the creative process. She named her company “Lolita Moon” after an inspired moment of clarity drawing on personal connections: “My middle name is Dolores, which can be shortened to Lolita. My sign is Pisces, ruled by the moon. One night, it just hit me—Lolita Moon.”Ileana suggests developing intuition by honing self-awareness. She emphasized listening to your gut: “If you feel unease in your belly—like something is unsettling—take that as a sign to reconsider.” She also advocates paying attention to dreams, noting that they can provide clues and inspiration, as many of her creative projects have originated from dreams.By following Ileana's example and advice, you can make intuition a skill. With practice and effort, you could make it a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world.Remember, however, that research into success suggests that building on your own superpowers is more important than creating new ones or overcoming weaknesses. You do you!Guest ProfileIleana D. Vasquez (she/her):Founder/Writer, Director, Producer, Perfidious Movie, LLCAbout Perfidious Movie, LLC: Perfidious Movie, LLC was created to produce the female led action-thriller called TOPPLE.Website: topple-movie.comOther URL: invest.fundinghope.com/share/offering/toppleBiographical Information: A UCLA graduate/ BFA, Ileana D. Vasquez is a Telly, Gold Aurora and Accolade Award winning auto-didactic writer, director, producer and founder of LolitaMoon Productions and Perfidious Movie, LLC. She has obtained a certificate from Sundance Director's Collab - Workshopping Your Feature, and WME NEXT Industry Sessions as well Washington State's SCALEUP Business Development Course. LolitaMoon Productions was founded to write, direct and produce content for women and girls in lead roles. She and James Vasquez, Esq (writer, production legal) have developed a slate that currently seeks an equity partner. She is in pre-pre with “”TOPPLE”“ and an 8 project slate in various stages of development and counting. Ileana wrote and directed for Women In Film, Los Angeles in association with LolitaMoon Productions, the award winning PSA short , “”Finding Sahara' distributed by CBS. She also wrote, directed and produced the short romantic comedy, ‘A New Yorker@Paris'(currently in post), sponsored by DIOR, Vanessa Bruno, IFP, Paris Film and filmed on location in Paris, France, and a Barcelona 2010 Make an Ad Competition of Yoplait for MOFILM – were she was a finalist. Ileana's previous production credits: ‘Visioneers'​, Executive Produced by Jory Weitz of ‘Napoleon Dynamite' with Zack Galifinakis & Judy Greer, & ‘Butterfly Dreaming' with Andrew Bowen. Ileana is also an exhibited photographer - her photographs were featured in ‘Butterfly Dreaming'​. She executive produced the short, ‘Of Yesterday & Tomorrow' winner of a 2010 Accolade Award of Merit with LolitaMoon Productions & Kori Productions. Ileana also acts and has been featured in ‘Lucky Them'​, ‘Higher Learning', French series ‘Crime En Series'​, ‘Fortune Hunters', The Comet Chronicles', ‘Late Autumn' , Rachel Rosenthal's ‘Zone'. A freestyle, modern and tango dancer, she loves to sing ‘in the shower'. 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John's feature film work as Production Designer includes: Your Sister's Sister, Touchy Feely, Lucky Them, Laggies, Sword of Trust, and Outside In. His television design work includes: Three Busy Debras, The Viking Returns, and Penelope. John's more recent Art Director work includes: Train Dreams and The Rivals of Amziah King.

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 22 of JwaC Presents Depp Dive: A Depper Look into Johnny's Feature Filmography. Your host David Garrett Jr. is joined by his Co-Captain and wife, Jaime. For this episode, we're starting with a first time watch for both of us where David has seen the second film. First is Lucky Them (2013), where Johnny has a small cameo. The other is a sci-fi film that explores very real modern ideas in Transcendence (2014). Regardless, Depp takes on two of his more unique roles in this double feature. I hope you enjoy coming on this journey through Johnny's Feature Filmography.Time Codes:Intro: 0:00 - 5:55Lucky Them Trailer: 5:55 - 8:13Lucky Them Review: 8:13 - 23:16Transcendence Trailer: 23:16 - 25:47Transcendence Review: 25:47 - 46:51Social Media:Jaime's Instagram: jai.garrettEmail: journeywithacinephile@gmail.comWritten Reviews: https://horrorreview.webnode.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dgarrettjrTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/buckeyefrommichLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/davidosu/Instagram: davidosu87Threads: davidosu87Journey with a Cinephile Instagram: journeywithacinephileThe Night Club Discord: Journey with a Cinephile

I'LL SHOW YOU MINE tells the story of Priya Sura (Poorna Jagannathan), an author who found breakout success when she wrote a memoir about her abusive father. She has since made a career of exploring her own trauma through a feminist lens. Recently, however, she has been finding it harder and harder to have an emotional connection in her writing. So she's now mining someone else's trauma by interviewing Nic (Casey Thomas Brown), her nephew by marriage, about his history of exploitation as a gender nonconforming model and pansexual poster boy. But Nic won't engage without a quid pro quo, so to get to the most hidden parts of his story, she must dig into areas she has scrupulously managed to avoid in her own. Director Megan Griffiths (Eden, Lucky Them) joins us for a conversation on the challenges and rewards that come from a two actor film project, working with the talented duo of Poorna Jagannathan (The Night Of, Never Have I Ever) and Casey Thomas Brown (The Kominsky Method) and how finding a cinematic sweet spot for an engaging, and insightful character driven story about trauma and recognition. For more go to: ill-show-you-mine-2023

Jeremy's lighting credits include: Captain Fantastic, Green Room, Night Moves, The One I Love, Lucky Them, Eden, Safety Not Guaranteed, Your Sister's Sister, and The Off Hours. More recently, Jeremy has worked on the Netflix series Special as well as the HBO Series, The Lady And The Dale. His feature film work as director of photography includes: Almost Friends, Language Lessons, 7 Days, and the upcoming I'll Show You Mine.

Das heutige rund dreistündige cineastische Zirkeltraining führt unsere beiden Banausen heute eher in unbekannte Gefilde, ohne die Popcorn mampfenden Blockbusterfans ganz und gar zu ignorieren. Lehnt euch zurück, schließt die Augen und hört unseren Podcast...bis ihr kotzt! https://bewegtbildbanausen.podigee.io/49-filme-serien-episode-26 https://instagram.com/bewegtbildbanausen Timecodes: (00:00:00) Finger weg - und das bitte wörtlich nehmen! (00:08:51) Jay & Silent Bob Reboot (00:21:05) Superman Doomsday (00:28:14) Tron (00:47:16) Bridget Jones's Baby (00:57:35) Tron Legacy (01:13:40) All I See Is You (01:24:19) The Big Shave (01:30:20) Lucky Them (01:39:27) 7.35 In The Morning (01:44:05) The Bronze (01:54:04) The Six Shooter (02:04:13) The Comedian (02:18:45) The Navigator (02:44:40) Godless

This week we chat with Sadie Director Megan Griffiths. www.thecinechick.com Megan Griffiths is a writer/director working in film and television. She recently directed two episodes of the Duplass Brothers' HBO anthology series Room 104 and an episode of the Epix comedy Graves, starring Nick Nolte. Prior to this, she wrote and directed the thriller The Night Stalker, starring Lou Diamond Phillips as serial killer Richard Ramirez. Her film Lucky Them starring Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church and Johnny Depp premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was distributed by IFC Films. Megan's film Eden, based on the true story of a young woman captured into the world of human trafficking, was a breakout at SXSW 2012, winning the Emergent Narrative Director Award, the Audience Award for Narrative Feature as well as a Special Jury Prize for lead actress Jamie Chung. Megan's feature The Off Hours, distributed by Film Movement, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Additionally, she has produced several other projects including Lynn Shelton's Your Sister's Sister and the Sundance absurdist buddy comedy The Catechism Cataclysm. Megan and Lynn Shelton also co-wrote a feature for This American Life, and together with producer Gregg Fienberg sold an original pitch to HBO. In her adopted hometown of Seattle, Megan was the recipient of the 2012 Stranger Genius Award for Film, was named the 2013 City Arts Film Artist of the Year, and received the 2015 Seattle Mayor's Award for Film. She is the vice president of the board of the Northwest Film Forum and is an active advocate for sustainable production. Megan's sixth feature film, entitled Sadie, which stars Melanie Lynskey, John Gallagher Jr, Danielle Brooks and Tony Hale, and features breakout performances from its young stars Sophia Mitri Schloss and Keith L. Williams, premiered at the 2018 South by Southwest Film Festival. Megan also sporadically writes about her experiences in the entertainment industry for her blog Thoughts on Film, and discusses recent releases for the film commentary site The Talkhouse. Please visit us on the socials as we'd love to hear from you!https://www.instagram.com/goguerillafilmwww.twitter.com/goguerillafilmgoguerillafilm@gmail.com

This week we chat with Sadie Director Megan Griffiths. www.thecinechick.com Megan Griffiths is a writer/director working in film and television. She recently directed two episodes of the Duplass Brothers' HBO anthology series Room 104 and an episode of the Epix comedy Graves, starring Nick Nolte. Prior to this, she wrote and directed the thriller The Night Stalker, starring Lou Diamond Phillips as serial killer Richard Ramirez. Her film Lucky Them starring Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church and Johnny Depp premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was distributed by IFC Films. Megan's film Eden, based on the true story of a young woman captured into the world of human trafficking, was a breakout at SXSW 2012, winning the Emergent Narrative Director Award, the Audience Award for Narrative Feature as well as a Special Jury Prize for lead actress Jamie Chung. Megan's feature The Off Hours, distributed by Film Movement, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Additionally, she has produced several other projects including Lynn Shelton's Your Sister's Sister and the Sundance absurdist buddy comedy The Catechism Cataclysm. Megan and Lynn Shelton also co-wrote a feature for This American Life, and together with producer Gregg Fienberg sold an original pitch to HBO. In her adopted hometown of Seattle, Megan was the recipient of the 2012 Stranger Genius Award for Film, was named the 2013 City Arts Film Artist of the Year, and received the 2015 Seattle Mayor's Award for Film. She is the vice president of the board of the Northwest Film Forum and is an active advocate for sustainable production. Megan's sixth feature film, entitled Sadie, which stars Melanie Lynskey, John Gallagher Jr, Danielle Brooks and Tony Hale, and features breakout performances from its young stars Sophia Mitri Schloss and Keith L. Williams, premiered at the 2018 South by Southwest Film Festival. Megan also sporadically writes about her experiences in the entertainment industry for her blog Thoughts on Film, and discusses recent releases for the film commentary site The Talkhouse. Please visit us on the socials as we'd love to hear from you!https://www.instagram.com/goguerillafilmwww.twitter.com/goguerillafilmgoguerillafilm@gmail.com

Our new rounds always begin with “New to Two,” and this week Nicole introduced Brett and David to Quentin Tarantino’s third feature film, "Jackie Brown." Featuring some of Tarantino’s signature elements (clever dialogue, loving shots of a woman’s feet, killer music choices) and deviating in equally significant ways (much less blood, a mature romantic element), "Jackie Brown" was only a modest success and one that a lot of fans have missed seeing. Join us as we dig into this low-profile Tarantino, and ask such questions as: Is this a modern blaxploitation movie? How are so many people getting shot in public with no one noticing? And WHAT is the deal with Samuel L. Jackson’s hair?Next week is Netflix Roulette! The movie? "Lucky Them." ... Lucky us.Head on over to TiltingWindmillStudios.com for more podcast episodes, columns, and more!

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Amir Arison from NBC's The Blacklist.  In the third season of the hit NBC drama "The Blacklist," FBI Agent Elizabeth "Liz" Keen (Megan Boone, "Law & Order: LA") is now a fugitive and on the run with criminal mastermind Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader, "The Office," "Boston Legal"). With Assistant FBI Director Harold Cooper (Harry Lennix "The Matrix," "Ray") under investigation, a conflicted Agent Donald Ressler (Diego Klattenhoff, "Homeland") leads the FBI Task Force on a massive manhunt for Liz and Red - who are more dangerous together than apart, since Liz has expert knowledge of FBI procedures and no one exceeds Red's vast resources. As they struggle to stay one step ahead of their former colleagues, and Liz immerses herself in Red's underworld of disreputable contacts and covert operations, will the list of this season's new Blacklisters play a key role in their survival or their demise? Liz is on an unpredictable journey of self-discovery, and all the pieces of her life, including her indefinable relationship with Tom (Ryan Eggold, "90210," "Lucky Them"), will be drastically challenged as she continues to believe Red holds all the answers. 

"Poor Me , Lucky Them" attitude is something we all often face. Whilst, we may feel the grass is greener on the other side; Swamini Supriyananda gives insight into how we can change our perspective of situations. Adults - www.chinmayamission.com Youth - www.chinmayayuvakendra.org Children - www.chinmayakids.org

NWP welcomes director Megan Griffiths!  Megan Griffiths was born in Ohio, lived in Moscow, Idaho in her teens and was an undergraduate at the University of Idaho, where she earned a B.A. in visual communications. She went on to received an MFA in Film Production from Ohio University School. Megan Griffiths has been a director, writer and producer in the independent film community for over a decade. Her most recent feature is Lucky Them, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival and stars Toni Collette, Johnny Depp, Thomas Haden Church and Oliver Platt.  Her previous feature, Eden starred Jamie Chung, Matt O'Leary and Beau Bridges and premiered at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival in Austin. The film won the Audience Award and Megan received the Emergent Narrative Female Director award from Chicken and Egg Pictures. Eden went on to receive awards at the Milan International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival and the San Diego Asian Film Festival.  http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/lucky-them   http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341722/ http://facebook.com/northwestprime  This show is sponsored in part by http://audibletrial.com/northwestprime Free Trial FIRST BOOK FREE  are audio books right for you? 

  Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church – Actors – Lucky Them Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church talk about the comedy and drama of their latest film, Lucky Them Festival section: Spotlight Reporter: Natasha Senjanovic   The post Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church – Lucky Them appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

  Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church – Actors – Lucky Them Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church talk about the comedy and drama of their latest film, Lucky Them Festival section: Spotlight Reporter: Natasha Senjanovic   The post Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church – Lucky Them appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

  Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church – Actors – Lucky Them Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church talk about the comedy and drama of their latest film, Lucky Them Festival section: Spotlight Reporter: Natasha Senjanovic   The post Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church – Lucky Them appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

  Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church – Actors – Lucky Them Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church talk about the comedy and drama of their latest film, Lucky Them Festival section: Spotlight Reporter: Natasha Senjanovic   The post Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church – Lucky Them appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

  Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church – Actors – Lucky Them Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church talk about the comedy and drama of their latest film, Lucky Them Festival section: Spotlight Reporter: Natasha Senjanovic   The post Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church – Lucky Them appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

  Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church – Actors – Lucky Them Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church talk about the comedy and drama of their latest film, Lucky Them Festival section: Spotlight Reporter: Natasha Senjanovic   The post Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church – Lucky Them appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

Megan has worked in the independent film community for over a decade. Megan received her MFA in Film Production from the Ohio University School of Film. While in school Megan wrote and directed several award-winning student films including Not Waving but Drowning, a 2001 Student Academy Award nominee.  Megan's first feature was First Aid for Choking, and Megan's second feature, The Off Hours, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Megan was a co-producer on Lynn Shelton's film Your Sister's Sister and on the acclaimed Sundance documentary, Zoo. Megan's third and most recent feature film that she has both written and directed, Eden, premiered at SXSW and has been lauded by critics and at other film festivals worldwide.   Eden is about a young Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human traffickers, who joins forces with her captors in a desperate plea to survive. Megan has also directed the upcoming film, Lucky Them, starring Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church, and Oliver Platt, about a rock journalist assigned to track down her ex-boyfriend.

Thomas Haden Church joins host Robin Milling at the Tribeca Film Festival to talk about his film, Whitewash. Thomas, who spends most of his time in balmy Texas, says it was shocking to endure below freezing cold temperatures in the snowy mountains of Montreal. In fact traveling to locations were so remote only snowmobiles could get there. And if the blizzardy conditions weren't dangerous enough, Thomas tells Robin he got frostbite from pelting ice thrown at him from eight-foot turbine fans at 60 miles an hour! Church even considered camping out in the ice cave his character fashions for shelter but the budgetary requirements for looking after him would have been too steep. Church who now spends most of his time on his ranch in Texas makes movies almost as a side job. His next film is Lucky Them co-starring Toni Collette who is on a quest to search for her long lost rock star boyfriend played by Johnny Depp. Thomas who plays her friend documenting the adventure was courted by Paul Newman for the role.  He tells Robin the story of how he received a package from Newman after returning home from shooting Spiderman 3. Enclosed was the script and a letter asking him to star in the film saying he was a Sideways fan. When Paul passed another letter came from Joanne Woodward asking him to stay on the project. Sadly he says he never got the opportunity to meet with Newman, but has their two letters framed together as a memento.