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Happy Tuesday, Friends! Pirie Martin’s film “Psychosis” is a film that I think everyone should see. Everyone! This noir thriller is a unique and throughly enjoyable movie. At Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024, “Psychosis” won Pirie the Grand Jury Award – BestScreenplay – Feature Film – Horror and the Audience Award – Best Feature Film – Horror. Pirie hopped onto Zoom in Adelaide, Aust...

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Happy Thursday, Everyone! I’m writing this intro before Election Day so either you all know something I don’t know yet or we’re all still nervously waiting. Regardless, there’s no better way to spend today than following up Camille Corbe...

A beautiful Tuesday to you all! I know the focus on everyone’s mind today is the new podcast release from Discover Indie Film, right? We thought this insightful, engaging interview with the extremely talented Camille Corbett would be the perfect thing to put out on this Election Day to distract and remind everyone of the importance of art despite whatever outcome you’re hoping for. Cam...

This podcast is a special one.  For his seventh appearance on the Discover Indie Film podcast, Fr3deR1cK Taylor does the introduction! This is only significant to me, the person who did the first 463 introductions, but since I get to type these show notes I get to make a big deal out of it.  Fr3deR1cK was out in L.A. again to shoot more brilliant documentary footage and with a certain election com...

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Happy Tuesday, My curious friends and welcome back! I’m hoping you enjoyed my chat with the remarkably talented Nick Roth last week and you are back to catch his 4Qs! Nick wrote and co-directed the feature comedy Hanky Panky, which took home the Grand Jur...

Happy Thursday, Cinema Peeps! I’m thrilled that today you’ll be learning about filmmaker Nick Roth. Nick wrote and co-directed the feature comedy Hanky Panky, which happened to take home the Grand Jury Awards for Best Feature Film – Comedy and Best Cast Performance – Feature Film at Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2024. When I first saw Hanky Panky, I had one thought. “The people who made...

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Happy Tuesday Everyone and welcome back! I sure hope you caught my riveting chat last week with filmmaker Gerrit Van Woudenberg! Gerrit  brought his feature film Quantum Suicide to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2024 and took home two Grand Jury Awards; Best Feat...

Welcome back to our Discover Indie Film community. I’m very excited to share this interview with Gerrit Van Woudenberg! Gerrit  brought his feature film Quantum Suicide to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2024 and took home two Grand Jury Awards; Best Feature Film – SciFi and Best Production Design – Feature Film. I rarely mention awards from other festivals, but Quantum Suicide also won Best Sc...

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Greetings everyone and welcome back! Last Week Nathan Tape and I chatted from New Orleans and we had a fantastic time talking film, and yes, fart jokes. Nathan brought his feature film “Off Ramp” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2023 and it took home SIX aw...

HAPPY THURSDAY, FILM LOVERS! This week I chatted with Nathan Tape via Zoom from New Orleans. Nathan brought his feature film “Off Ramp” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2023 and it is fair to say the film cleaned up the awards, taking home six! In other words, you should watch “Off Ramp” as soon as possible by going to www.offrampfilm.com/watch . But you know I’ve got to list these awards&#823...

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. What’s up everyone and welcome back! This last week Raphael Buisson was on the podcast and we had a wonderful time talking film, living abroad, and so much more. Raphael brought one of my favorite short comedy films, “Tax Time” to the Film Invasion Los Angeles...

Welcome back, everybody! This week I sat down with the wonderfully talented director and producer Raphael Buisson. Raphael brought one of my favorite short comedy films, “Tax Time,” to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2023 where it won the Programmers Prize. Raphael and I have a wonderful chat about his journey as a filmmaker, the film industry, and so much more. Check it out now! Follow Raphael on In...

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. What’s up everyone and welcome back! This week I had Brooklyn Braaten on the podcast and we had a wonderful time talking film, festival circuits, and so much more. Brooklyn brought her incredible short film, “V Card” to the Film Invasion Los A...

Welcome back, everybody! This week I sat down virtually with the incredibly brilliant Brooklyn Braaten. Brooklyn brought her incredible short film, “V Card” to the Film Invasion Los Angeles festival in 2024 where it won Outstanding Short Film and Outstanding Originality in the comedy categories. Brooklyn and I have a wonderful chat about her journey as a filmmaker, the film industry, a...

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. Hello Everyone! I know you all have been eagerly anticipating the 4Qs with Sean Dube and Patrick Quinlan and I am so happy to have it for you here! Sean and Patrick brought their film “Bro Code” to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2023  and won a Programmer’s Prize...

Welcome back, everyone! Sean Dube and Patrick Quinlan brought their film “Bro Code” to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2023  and won a Programmer’s Prize! Sean and Patrick are a great comedic duo in this script written by Sean. The pair co-produced the film with director Presley Paras, making them a trio of sorts! Thanks to a few hurdles back in 2023 we did not get to do an interview about “Bro Code”...

This was Hayden Croft’s fourth appearance on this podcast because it represents his fourth film that has screened at either Film Invasion Los Angeles or Sherman Oaks Film Festival. In March 2018, he came by with actor/producer Jay Eftimoski to discuss their film “New Age, Olde English” which screened at SOFF 2016. In July 2021, he came by to discuss “Last Wish” which screened at FILA 2018. In Sept...

I knew it would happen someday. Lily, my kid, recorded a 4Qs podcast for Episode 13 on September 22, 2017. For some reason, she said to me today that it was time for her do the podcast again. How could I say no? I confess that it is pretty cool to have a record of her on this podcast at age 9 and now age 16. Who knows when the next one will be… but as you will know after listening to this sh...

This was Fr3deR1cK’s sixth time as a guest on this podcast and the third time that he came by to “shoot the s**t” with no specific project to discuss . He came into L.A. from ATL for a screening of “The Third Country” at Dances With Films. By the way, everyone should check out the series Fr3deR1cK’ produced that is on TVHi, “Hot Girls Getting High.” Catch this smart and hilarious serie...

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. I just had Jaime Saginor in the studio with and we just wrapped up an amazing interview. Jaime’s film “Black Creek Trail” won the programmer prize at the 2022 Sherman Oaks Film Festival and rightfully so. After the interview was over you know...

Welcome back everyone! This week I had Jaime Saginor in the studio with me and it was an absolute blast. Jaime’s film “Black Creek Trail” won the programmers prize at the 2022 Sherman Oaks Film Festival and rightfully so. We go over her story of becoming a filmmaker, advice for aspiring filmmakers, and so much more! I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it. Che...

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. I had the pleasure of having a whole team with me in the studio today. Their film “Back Home” came to the 2023 Film Invasion LA Festival where it took home the Programmers Award! We just wrapped up a jam-packed interview and you know I was going to...

Welcome back, everyone! I had the pleasure of having a whole team with me in the studio today. Their film “Back Home” came to the 2023 Film Invasion LA Festival where it took home the Programmers Award! It’s always a pleasure to have multiple people in the studio and I hope you have a blast listening to this one. Check out their social medias here: @veritribeproductions @backhome...

What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out. I had the pleasure of having Kerri Lee Romeo & Adam Leotta in the studio with me. Their film “Little Deaths” came to the 2023 Sherman Oaks Film Festival where it won two Grand Jury Awards! We just wrapped up a jam-packed interview and you know I...

Welcome back everyone! I had the pleasure of having two stars in the studio with me: Kerri Lee Romeo & Adam Leotta. Their film “Little Deaths” came to the 2023 Sherman Oaks Film Festival where it won two Grand Jury Awards! This episode was absolutely jam-packed and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I chatting with these two. Check out their social media’s here: Little Deaths I...