Atlanta Film Chat

Hieu Hunyh comes on the show to talk about her film Rice & Grits, growing up Vietnamese-American in the Deep South, and how her journalism career influenced her filmmaking!

George HIrthler and Bob Judson discuss their 1996 Atlanta Olympics doc "The Games in Black & White" in advance of their premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival on April 26th!

Hudson Phillips and Jordan Noel hop on the show to talk about their film Guacamole Yesterdays in advance of their screening at The Springs Cinema & Taphouse on May 7th!

Amber Nash (Archer, How to Ruin the Holidays) returns to tell us about her new book "Improv for Couples: Fun Games for You and Your Partner," her upcoming Archer rewatch podcast, and more!

Mike Hayhurst, Sarah Goeke, and Allison Moy Hayhurst hop on the show to talk about their film "And Through the Portal We Go" before their showing at the Broad Street Film Festival on March 8th at 7:40 PM!

Chuck talks about clarity in your writing and more!

Friend of the show and David Lynch superfan Liz Manashil joins us to discuss Lynch's influence on cinema history!

Chuck chats with filmmakers from "Clone Cops," which is out in theaters and streaming January 31st and has a special screening at the Tara in Atlanta on Feb. 22nd!

Writer and director Oz Perkins returns to the show to discuss the success of Longlegs, working with Nicholas Cage, and why David Lynch was so important to him. He also gives us insight into the world of The Monkey which comes out February 21st!

Chuck dives deep into his recent ADHD diagnosis and how it affects him both on a human level and also as a writer and filmmaker. PLUS, an ADHD Simulator so you can hear what his noisy brain sounds like so you can compare it to your own brain!  WARNING: McChuck's are usually SFW, but this one is NSFW because Chuck had to let it all out.

Ryan Kruger (Fried Barry) returns to the show to discuss his remake/reboot/sequel to 1987's Street Trash, the future of AI and filmmaking, and more!

Chuck discusses opening up, Bob's Burgers, and more!

Screenwriter James Foye (Revolutionary Spy, Thick as  Thieves) talks about breaking into screenwriting, his success in the contest realm including the Nicholl Fellowship, and more!

Jeremy Thao (Wokman) joins Chuck in the studio to talk with film festival strategy guru Melissa Simpson about what we did wrong and how to be better in the future!

Marc Pilvinsky hops on the show to talk about his documentary Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight, taking the movie on the road, his first disastrous meeting with the band, and more!

R.J. Daniel Hanna (Succubus, Hard Miles) discusses succubus movies that inspired him, working with Ron Perlman and Rachel Cook, and more!

Chuck discusses boring sentences, his love of Halloween, and more!

Rob Caprilozzi talks about making the documentary Dressing Up Halloween: The Story of Ben Cooper, Inc., his love of Halloween, his favorite horror movies, and more!

Sarah Hamilton hops on the show to talk with Chuck and Dustin about her show LA Mermaids, being a member of The Descendants family, and much more!

Dustin grills Chuck about his whereabouts since May.

Chuck discusses five lessons he learned during his time at Kennesaw State University earning his Master's Degree!

Keith Brooks talks to Josh Mikel (Manhunt, The Walking Dead) about home renovation, artistic identity, and more!

Dustin and Chuck talk with Ghazaleh Gol about directing the Sky Open show Miles From Nowhere, the New Zealand film industry, going to school in the US, and more!

Briana Franklin (The People Store) and Naomi Smith (I Love You, Wokman) talk about writing what moves you, The People Store's literary department, and much more!

Neal Reddy and Derek Evans discuss their film Barely Breathing which plays at the Atlanta Film Festival on Friday May 3rd at 7 PM at the Tara Theatre in the "Funny Kind of Sad" shorts block!