Film Threat

Photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield discusses her shockingly intimate documentary Generation Wealth. The film is part indictment of our luxury-obsessed culture and a very personal examination as Lauren turns the cameras on herself and her family. She chats with Chris Gore and Anthony Ray Bench about what led to this incredible doc, finding compelling wealthy subjects, and, of course, mone...

Rampage, Baywatch, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle -- it doesn't matter what movie Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars in, he's always good. But the movies themselves, well... it's not what you want to smell when The Rock is cookin'. Dwayne's latest action flick is Skyscraper which leads to a passionate discussion of all of his movies and how to bottle The Rock's undeniably raw talent. Recorded live at...

SPOILERS! Paul Rudd returns as Scott Lang, criminal on the run, master thief and the Ant-Man. In Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scott gets some back up from Hope Pym (Evangeline Lilly) aka the Wasp, to solve the baffling mystery of, well, you'll just have to hear. Lost moms, the quantum realm, Goliath, Stan Lee and more! Film Threat Editors assemble as Chris Gore, Dante James, Alan Ng and Anthony...

Writer/director Boots Riley delivers a dystopian vision of the future that is not far from our present in the bizarre comedy sci-fi, Sorry to Bother You. Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) discovers he has a gift and uses it to climb the corporate ladder in a journey that ends... well, not how you'd expect. Capitalism, using your white voice, Danny Glover, and the history of hip-hop music dominate...

Mackenzie Davis (Blade Runner 2049, Tully, Halt and Catch Fire) stars in Izzy Gets the F*** Across Town and writer/director Christian Papierniak tells us all about it. Learn about love lost, bad choices, riot grrls, shooting in LA and getting Mackenzie Davis to star in your indie movie. Hear the real story behind this badass, punk rock Alice in Wonderland. (We F***IN' love this movie!) Hosts Chris...

Hold onto your butts! Anthony Ray Bench and Jurassic Park super fan Megan Kathleen give their take on the latest from the iconic franchise, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. How does it compare to the original? Did it satisfy their Jeff Goldblum quota? Did they scream in terror, or roll their eyes at all the dumb dino-action? Take a stroll in the park and find out. Rate and subscribe to the Film Thr...

Los Angeles festival Dances with Films features amazing new independent work by emerging filmmakers. Film Threat editors Alan Ng and Chris Gore discuss the best shorts, docs, and features from DWF, now celebrating its 21st year. And as a bonus, Gore goes on a rant about one of the year's best films, How to Talk to Girls at Parties. Recorded live from the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Hosted by...

Through his groundbreaking PBS show Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, Fred Rogers sought to teach children about kindness. And with the release of the acclaimed documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor? we learn the startling truth about the real Mr. Rogers. (He was really, really nice.) Director Morgan Neville and producer Nicholas Ma discuss their unprecedented access to the Rogers' family archives, how the...

British filmmaker Bart Layton began his career in reality TV with the groundbreaking series Locked Up Abroad. For his latest feature American Animals, a true story of a heist gone wrong starring Evan Peters and Barry Keoghan, Bart faced a host of new challenges. Chris Gore interviewed Bart during the SXSW Film Festival where the two discussed his transition from reality TV to features and beyond....

Is Deadpool 2 destined to be an action comedy classic? Did Solo lightspeed past our low expectations? Dante James and Anthony Ray Bench give their tightlipped opinions of Deadpool 2, meanwhile across the galaxy, Chris Gore and Matt Arevalo (Loot Crate) made the Kessel Run with Solo: A Star Wars Story and share their initial thoughts. Time traveling mutants and starships collide in this spoiler-fre...

The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival has arrived! Film Threat's Alan Ng spoke with the filmmakers behind Searching, Call Her Ganda, For Izzy, Fiction and Other Realities, In The Light of Music, It's a Party, The Fever and the Fret, and First World Problems, he also chatted up fest director Francis Cullado. Plus Alan and host Chris Gore fall down numerous rabbit holes all leading to movies....

Avengers Infinity War is the culmination of more than 75 years of comic book history and 10 years of storytelling from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Was it worth it? A cosmic tribunal of comic book critics led by Chris Gore, Dante James, and a newly resurrected Anthony Ray Bench bring balance to the universe with their spoiler-filled review. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswi...

Blowin' Up, Jonathan, The Fourth Estate, State like Sleep, and more are discussed and debated by Film Threat writers Natalia Winkelman and Chuck Foster in our third and final dispatch from the Tribeca Film Festival. Thank you Tribeca. We love NYC! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Zoe, Little Woods, Phantom Cowboys, Slut in a Good Way, and more are covered in Film Threat's second dispatch from the Tribeca Film Festival with guest host Natalia Winkelman and colleague Aleah Papes. The result is a lively discussion you must hear. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Tully, Stockholm, Disobedience, In a Relationship, Duck Butter, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Slut in a Good Way, Mary Shelley, Blue Night, and You Shall Not Sleep, these are just some of the movies Film Threat writers Natalia Winkelman and Matt Passantino viewed at the Tribeca Film Festival. The pair shares their thoughts and offers a preview of what's next on their busy festival schedule. Su...

Indie filmmaker and performer Darious Britt has found a way to make a living doing what he loves. He has a YouTube channel with over 250,000 subscribers, his short Seafood Tester toured international festivals and screened at Aspen Shorts Fest, and his very personal feature film Unsound is about to be unleashed. So what has he learned? On the eve of the premiere of his feature directing debut, Dar...

A Quiet Place and Blockers are reviewed. One is an intense creature feature and the other has John Cena butt-chugging a forty. What's our final verdict? Plus films from the recent San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. And Anthony Ray Bench makes a HUGE announcement that will change the Film Threat podcast FOREVER! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...

Boo! We booed when the screening ended. A dumpster fire in the form of a film. Ugh! Anthony Ray Bench is aghast. Norman Gidney is horrified. And Chris Gore goes off on an epic rant the likes of which has never been heard in the history of podcasts! Listen to discover the worst movie we have seen in 2018 (so far). Plus two random people join in the conversation. Awful. Just awful. Hosted by Simplec...

Solo: A Star Wars Story, Avengers: Infinity War, Ready Player One, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and more were debated at this "Jedi Council" of movie geeks who gathered to record a live podcast at WonderCon. Join Anthony Ray Bench, Charles de Lauzirika, Cliff Stephenson, Alan Ng and special guests Bill Watters and Mary Anne Butler for a cinematic battle moderated by Chris Gore. And may WonderCo...

Slamdance co-founder Dan Mirvish's latest film Bernard and Huey screened at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood where he took the time to chat about... everything indie. The discussion ranges from tracking down Jules Feiffer's script, festivals, indie film distribution and disruptive marketing techniques for filmmakers. Hilarity ensues. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com f...

The party may be winding down in Austin, Texas, but the indie films go on. Chris Gore and Film Threat writer Natalia Winkelman meet up to discuss various documentaries, shorts and features they've seen at SXSW including American Animals, Wild Honey Pie, Shiva Baby, Eighth Grade, Ready Player One, Wobble Palace, and many more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for inform...

SXSW is known for debuting incredible documentaries and the 2018 festival is no different. Chris Gore interviews comedian and talk show legend Dick Cavett, along with doc filmmaker Robert S. Bader, about their movie Ali and Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

ANTIFA activist Daryle Lamont Jenkins is one of the subjects in the documentary, Alt-Right: Age of Rage which premiered at SXSW. Chris and Daryle chat about racism, fascism in America as well as the wisdom of Yoda and Doctor Who. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The book by Ernest Cline is filled with a cornucopia of pop culture with references to video games, movies, cartoons, more video games and the 80s. The movie from Steven Spielberg is not exactly the book, so how does it translate? Chris Gore delivers his non-spoiler review recorded just after the World Premiere of Ready Player One at the SXSW Film Festival. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company...

Eugene Kotlyarenko's delightfully odd Wobble Palace premiered at the SXSW Film Festival. The tragically funny romance is about a polyamorous couple searching for love everywhere but the home where they both live. Chris Gore interviews director Kotlyarenko and his co-star, actress Dasha Nekrasova. We also learn how to pronounce Kotlyarenko. And, yes, there was collusion. Hosted by Simplecast, an Ad...