Feeling Seen

Action star Scott Adkins has amassed a huge body of work from major franchises like John Wick and The Expendables to beloved action-world staples like the One Shot films, the Undisputed series, and the Accident Man movies. So who better than action movie expert Jordan to ask him about the films (and one very special comic book) that shaped his career? They talk Enter the Dragon , No Retreat, No Su...

This episode originally aired in December of 2023. It's a holiday weekend in the US so we figured...why not have Christmas in July and bring this one back from the vault? Since then, Matt Rogers has gone on to become even more of a star, co-hosting the now televised Culture Awards on Bravo (with his Las Culturistas partner Bowen Yang), and set to be one of the stars of Mr. & Mrs. Smith Season 2. C...

HUNGRY director James Nunn knew he wanted to be a director from the time he first watch a realistic dinosaur stomp onto the big screen in JURASSIC PARK. And even before that, he was inspired by another Steven Spielberg classic, 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' (the one where Indy teams up with his father, played by Sean Connery). A young James (named for James Bond, btw) borrowed his own dad's...

Michael Sarnoski is forging his own unique path in Hollywood, with projects small (PIG), big (A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE) and somewhere in between, as with his newest film, THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD. Sarnoski's latest stars Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer and lands in theaters this weekend (June 19, 2026). Sarnoski's creative path -- which has often involved his own unique take on a familar genre or charac...

The director of DINNER IN AMERICA and CAROLINA CAROLINE has a secret, but it's not hidden under a giant papier maché head. He's spent much of his life as an avid home recorder, generating thousands of songs. There's a direct line between that background and the earworm musical climax of his DINNER IN AMERICA. And when he saw 2014's FRANK , a quirky little movie about a band with no interest in sta...

Chandler Levack is another of the current class of talented Candian ladies directing fresh, original cinema. Her latest is MILE END KICKS (starring Barbie Ferreira)…and, at the same moment, ROOMMATES, a Happy Madison film starring Sadie Sandler. And she memorably broke onto screen with festival darling I LIKE MOVIES. She joins Jordan to give us a fresh look at our show’s most relatable multi-hyphe...

In her third feature ( Saccharine , in theaters now and on Shudder in July), Natalie Erika James tackles themes of obsession, disordered eating, and queerness. And while the two movies are VERY different (one a psychological horror, the other a quiet, BAFTA-winning drama), those are all themes Saccharine shares with My Summer of Love, Pawel Pawlikowski's 2004 film that introduced the world to Emil...

When Aimee Kuge set out to make her indie-horror-romance CANNIBAL MUKBANG , she knew that she didn't want her lead to be your typical final girl. And in her "feeling seen" pick, we find another female protagonist that is nothing like anyone else in film (and yet, maybe more like a real-life person than most film characters could ever hope to be). It's Patty, as played by Emily Skeggs, in Adam Cart...

Given that she’s the voice of one of the most iconic bad bitches in entertainment history — Pam Poovey from the long-running and groundbreaking ARCHER — it’s no surprise that Amber Nash felt seen by another bad bitch of media. Granted, she might not be the first no-nonsense professional woman that comes to mind. But Lorna Cole, Renee Russo’s character in LETHAL WEAPON 3, was the first feeling seen...

Writer/director Sophy Romvari' s feature debut, BLUE HERON, already has her being added to the shortlist of great Canadian auteurs. And on that list, she'd be alongside the late, great Jean-Marc Vallée, whose 2005 film C.R.A.Z.Y . captures some of the same deeply felt, retrospective family drama that Romvari captures in her own films. After this conversation, Jordan has one quick thing about illus...

Surprise! We're bringing you an extra episode this week in celebration of the final day of MaxFunDrive. Don't just sit back and listen -- become a part of Feeling Seen by supporting us now at maximumfun.org/joinfeelingseen . We'll make it worth your while! Drag superstar, singer-songwriter, trans icon, and now actor, Adore Delano has tried out (and mastered) a lot of different roles. And what bett...

It's MaxFunDrive! Help us hit our membership goals and keep this show going. Visit MaximumFun.org/JoinFeelingSeen now! It's not hard to imagine Elle Woods as an icon for a young girl in the '00s, but it might surprise you that Elle was a major inspiration to the screenwriter and co-producer behind the new horror film FACES OF DEATH, as well as HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE and CAM. Isa Mazzei talks wi...

Don't wait! Head to MaximumFun.org/join to become a MaxFun member right now! If you specifically want to support Feeling Seen, you can keep it extra simple and go to MaximumFun.org/joinfeelingseen You may not remember 2000's Wonder Boys, but The Flop House 's Dan McCoy does. He and Jordan discuss this Michael Chabon adaptation, starring Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire. It's a part of Dan's DVD c...

This episode is airing during MaxFunDrive 2026! We need your support to keep making this show. You can support Feeling Seen right now by going to MaximumFun.org/joinfeelingseen. And thanks! Olivia Taylor Dudley wowed us on THE MAGICIANS ; now in her latest film, TOUCH ME, she takes on the perils of an addictive alien boyfriend. And in this episode, she’s telling Jordan about all the facets of her...

It's MaxFunDrive. And here, for the first time, we give you an exclusive look (well, listen) at the craft of podcasting: presenting Casters on Casters . In this episode, Jordan Crucchiola ( Feeling Seen ) and John-Luke Roberts ( Sound Heap with John-Luke Roberts ) detail how much the podcasting landscape has changed since they got their starts, and why they aren't likely to win a podcasting Golden...

Katarina Zhu stars in her own directorial debut, Bunnylovr , which made a splash at Sundance and is now showing in theaters. In it, she grapples with themes of sex, love, and disjointed relationship -- but she doesn't go as dark as Lars von Trier in Nymphomaniac Vol. I --   a movie whose lead, Young Joe, made a teenage Katarina feel seen in ways she hadn't before. And you better believe Jordan was...

Esteemed film critic and entertainment journalist Jen Yamato ( LA Times , Washington Post , Asian Enough podcast) loves cinema, but hasn't often felt seen in the movies -- especially as a kid. But she found something to relate and aspire to in Ellen Aim, as played by a very young Diane Lane, in 1984's Streets of Fire . All about that film, plus karaoke joy, Little Giants, Terrifying Girls High Sch...

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas may be the foremost authority on women and horror, having written the book (and now documentary!) 1000 Women in Horror . So it's appropriate that the character who made her feel seen is a woman in horror: Angela Bettis as the titular May in (past guest!) Lucky McKee's unforgettable 2002 indie psychological horror film, MAY.  After this deep dive into a classic, Jordan has...

Buddy Lee Hooker is the son of a stunt rider, and the siren song of the family trade has made him one of the biggest legends in Hollywood stunts, an authority on the stunt world, and a 70 (!) year veteran of the industry. He’s curated Criterion’s new “Stunts!” Collection, and brought us one of the few films that offers an honest look at the life of a Hollywood stuntman (stuntman, stuntman…): Hal N...

You’ll recognize Camrus Johnson’s face from his roles as Batwing on the Batwoman series or his new turn from hero to villain in season 2 of One Piece , where he plays Mr. 5. But you might not know that he’s also a director – of both television and award winning animation shorts – and an accomplished musician. Camrus and Jordan talk about the power of seeing yourself in a superhero (both before and...

Actor/writer/director Grace Glowicki is the creative voice behind DEAD LOVER (a Sundance surprise from 2025 that is getting a theatrical release this month) and TITO , and she stars in the archly comic horror thriller HONEY BUNCH (from directors Madeline Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, now streaming on Shudder). While her films and performances are uniquely her own, Grace takes a surprising inspi...

Feeling Seen is now posting video versions of our interviews, starting with this one! Watch it here and subscribe to our new channel! Jordan sits down with the one and only Matthew Lillard, an actor who looms large in the hearts of any Millennial horror lover, and whose fruitful career is still going strong -- right now he can be seen in CROSS Season 2, SCREAM 7, and FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2. But...

Writer, film critic, and educator Walter Chaw has been writing and thinking about cinema since he was a teenager -- when he discovered how it could make him feel understood, and that saved his life. Now, he's a critic whose unapologetically personal takes on cinema makes some folks love his work, and really pisses some other folks off. Despite his artist's temperament and his expertise, Walter wan...

This interview originally aired in January 2023, and we've updated it with a fresh opening and "One Quick Thing."  Comedian Gianmarco Soresi is brutally honest with us this week: he deeply relates to Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham!) in Milos Forman’s 1984 classical classic,  Amadeus . But while Gianmarco can own his Salieri-like insecurities, he can’t let it keep him from pursuing virtuosity....

This episode originally aired in May 2024. Drag superstar Latrice Royale has been in the game since before  Ru Paul’s Drag Race  was a phenomenon. She won Miss Congeniality on her season of that show, and went on to appear on  All-Stars  and  Drag U.  An actor and performer, Latrice leads Season 4 of HBO’s drag docuseries We’re Here . And if you know anything about Latrice, just a few moments with...