Feeling Seen

Steven C. Miller is a filmmaker of some of the most action-packed films in recent times. He’s directed films like Silent Night, Extraction, Line of Duty, and so many others, starring genre titans like Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, and Nicolas Cage. His latest film stars Frank Grillo in a horror thriller alongside Lou Diamond Phillips and Katrina Law. It’s called Werewolves and it’s in theaters...

This interview (with a different "One Quick Thing" segment) originally aired in September of 2022. We're off to the see the Wizard with this REPLAY! At 62, Doug Jones is as busy as ever, playing The Baron on FX's What We Do in the Shadows , Saru on Star Trek: Discovery , and returning to the role of Billy Butcherson in Hocus Pocus 2. But you might be most familiar with Doug for his singular roles...

Jordan Santacana is  a writer and director of action films and westerns. He has directed multiple shorts this year: 4 Graves for Ximena , entirely shot on film, and Trapo Sucio: A Mofongo Western , which took home Best Action Short at this year’s LUSCA film fest. This week, Jordan joins Feeling Seen to talk about music scores, westerns, and Robert Rodriguez's 2001 action film SPY KIDS. Then, cross...

As an actor and musician, Alex Wolff is anything but ordinary. You may have seen Alex in films like, Hereditary , Oppenheimer , or A Quiet Place: Day One . You might have also heard his music with his sibling, Nat & Alex Wolff; the brothers are currently on tour with Billie Eilish . Alex stars alongside a stacked ensemble cast (Halle Bailey, Angus Cloud, John Malkovich) in the new film The Line . ...

Cory McCullough is a rising star in horror. They run a killer blog ( gorycory.net ) and just produced a feature film. It’s called Welcome Week: A College Horror Anthology . College alone can be frightening but add a relentless masked killer to the mix and it’s a REAL nightmare. This week, Cory joins Feeling Seen to talk about their work AND an array of characters from films that span genre. Cory t...

Heather Graham is an absolute icon in film and television with countless credits to her name. You may know Heather from License to Drive, Boogie Nights, or her 2018 directorial debut Half Magic. Recently, Heather wrote, directed, and starred in the comedy film Chosen Family. She plays Ann, a yoga teacher struggling to achieve inner peace despite the fact her family is driving her crazy and her dat...

You may know Brian Jordan Alvarez from the killer horror film M3GAN or from his web series The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo. Most recently, Brian created and stars in the FX comedy series English Teacher , a refreshingly hilarious original that follows a high school teacher navigating personal and professional life in Texas. It's critically acclaimed and canonically GAY! This week, Brian s...

Tim Leong's creative direction and design is some of the best of our time, featuring icons across industries on the covers of magazines. He is also an author, penning a series of Super Graphics that guide you through various comic book universes and Star Wars. His most recent book is the Marvel Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Marvel Comics Universe. The book explores 85 years of Marvel comics...

Rhona Mitra is known for her countless roles in film and television. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans , Boston Legal , The Last Ship . Rhona stars in the new film Hounds of War , an action-packed revenge story that’s streaming right now. This week, Rhona tunes in #TrulyOffGrid to talk about the film AND how she feels seen by the headstrong lead of the British epic period drama FAR FROM THE MADDING C...

Comedian and actor Chris Grace has starred in NBC's Superstore, PEN15 , and Broad City . Now he takes to the stage as one of the world's most famous actresses in his new comedy special on Dropout, Chris Grace as Scarlett Johansson. Chris graces our mics to talk about the special AND how he felt seen in the 1993 ensemble-driven drama, THE JOY LUCK CLUB. We get into a heartfelt conversation on Asian...

Kristen "KII" Correll isn't ashamed of her inner weirdness, and she isn't letting her big "but" stand in the way of her goals. If that's not Pee-wee Herman in a nutshell, then you don't know Pee-wee. Kristen and Jordan celebrate the many joys of Tim Burton's 1985 classic film, as well as Pee-wee's Playhouse  (which is where KII was first introduced to Pee-wee). Then, Jordan has one quick thing abo...

Olive Penderghast might not have stood out at her high school until the big rumors started...but she certainly stands out in the world of teen comedy heroines.  Writer (and Tik Tok star! ) Remy Solomon watched EASY A on repeat as a teen, and shares Olive's gifts, as well as some of her life lessons.  Then, Jordan has one quick thing about Jeremy Saulnier's latest film, REBEL RIDGE. *** With Jordan...

This interview (with a different "One Quick Thing" segment) originally aired in November of 2022. It was our 1 year anniversary! Starting off with his deep identification with the singularly obsessed Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) in CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, Paul shares stories of his childhood as a sci-fi loving movie nerd, his adulthood as a newly minted horror fan, and a bunch of stuff...

Stand-up comedy. YouTube stardom. Male modeling. Will Hunting. A precocious wannabe pirate with super-stretch powers. What do these things have in common? Listen and find out how they all come together in the form of German-born comedian Mario Adrion, as he and Jordan discuss his affinity with Monkey D. Luffy and Will Hunting. Then Jordan has one quick thing about the great Kyle Gallner and his ne...

Comedian Jen Kober always knew why she felt an affinity with Mindy Cohn's Natalie on The Facts of Life. Natalie was the rare bigger girl on TV in the 1980s, and yet that wasn't a huge part of her character -- she was smart, goofy, and beloved by her friends. As for Jodie Foster's tomboy teen in the original Freaky Friday movie? Sure, it was good to see a rough-housing girl at odds with her mom for...

When writer/director Justin Simien ( Dear White People , Haunted Mansion ) first saw William Greaves' groundbreaking 1968 film, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One . He was mad. Not about the film's avant-garde style (part fiction, part documentary, part  performance art) but about the fact that he hadn't seen it sooner -- it might've saved him a lot of trouble as he found his way in a challenging, se...

Director Jennifer Phang has helmed episodes of some major shows -- THE BOYS, RIVERDALE, THE EXPANSE, RESIDENT ALIEN, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT, and more. Her latest film is Disney's DESCENDANTS: THE RISE OF RED. In this conversation, themes of humanity, mother/daughter relationships, and robots of all stripes abound in this episode, and no wonder, when Jennifer's brought us the rich dual Grace Park rol...

Before Bill Burke founded The Optimism Institute and started hosting the podcast Blue Sky , he had a major career in entertainment business -- the first GM of Turner Classic Movies, former CEO of the Weather Channel, ghostwriter of Ted Turner's memoir, just to name a few. Now, as someone devoted to the cause of seeing the positivity in the world with clear eyes, he's brought a character who seems...

First time feature director Sean Wang wanted a story that only he could tell, specific yet relatable. And so, with his new film 'Dìdi,' (a Sundance hit this year) he chose the coming-of-age genre and a semi autobiographical narrative. He was inspired in his filmmaking by a movie he'd seen in the theaters when he was around the same age as its protagonist, Mason, is at the end of the film: 'Boyhood...

Sequoia Holmes, host of the Webby Award-winning BLACK PEOPLE LOVE PARAMORE grew up idolizing Raven-Symoné...or was the real inspiration Raven's character, the self-assured and big-dreaming Galleria Garibaldi in 2003's THE CHEETAH GIRLS ? Jordan and Sequoia celebrate the surprising depth of this DCOM classic. Then, Jordan has one quick thing about TRIGGER WARNING (the movie). *** With Jordan Crucch...

Actor (and director, writer, producer) Devery Jacobs might be most familiar to folks from her role on RESERVATION DOGS, but she's carving out her own space in Hollywood with projects like the new movie BACKSPOT (executive produced by Elliot Page and directed by D.W. Waterson). And even as she's playing her part in making sure Native actors feel seen on screens, she's still battling to be herself o...

This episode originally aired in April of 2023, but has been edited to include a new and updated "One Quick Thing" at the end! Season 2 of  Manzoor's We Are Lady Parts is now streaming on Peacock in the US. Balancing the dark and the light sides of coming of age, womanhood, and navigating the social order is something filmmaker Nida Manzoor always strives for in her projects (like  WE ARE LADY PAR...

Whether he's starring in major movies like ELEMENTAL or JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION, or sinking his teeth into roles like his his latest (in Yorgos Lanthimos' new KINDS OF KINDNESS), actor Mamoudou Athie follows his gut and ignores the algorithms. When Dev Patel's directorial debut, MONKEY MAN hit theaters earlier this year, Mamoudou found new depths of admiration for Patel as an actor and director --...

June Squibb was born an actor, and had a rich career on stage for years before becoming an on-screen performer in her sixties. It’s not your typical trajectory, sure, but then neither is being 94 and carrying your first feature film – which, by the way, is an action comedy. With her new movie THELMA new in theaters this weekend, the singular June Squibb joins us to talk about how the role of Kate...

The movie CLUE may not have been an instant hit, but it has an enduring legacy. And maybe everyone has a favorite character.  But for Adam Goldman, creator and writer of The Outs and Hot White Heist , Mr. Green (Michael McKean) is more than just a fave. He's a first example of what it means to be a "gay dipshit" (his words, we promise).   Then Jordan has quick thing about a couple of queer movies...