Following Films Podcast

In the 1970s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started a Bible study to help each other leave the "homosexual lifestyle." They quickly received over 25,000 letters from people asking for help and formalized as Exodus International, the largest and most controversial conversion therapy organization in the world. But leaders struggled with a secret: their own “same-sex...

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Today my guest is Harry Greenberger, the director and writer behind HERE AFTER. The film is a dark fantasy-comedy about searching for love in the afterlife and acts as something of a rorschach test. Depending on how you feel about love, death, and existential dread will greatly impact how you react to this film. It would be easy to see the film as a simple rom-com but I genuinely feel that film ha...

The legal concept of conservatorship is admittedly not something that often comes across anyone’s social media screens. That all changed last week when Britney Spears, once arguably the most famous celebrity in the world,  spoke out in court  about what she characterized as a profoundly toxic conservatorship. In a new article published exclusively for Today's Esquire, legal analyst Aron...

Today my guest is Sasha Collington the director and writer of LOVE TYPE D.   How can someone love you yesterday and not today? Shortly after her boyfriend sends his 12-year-old brother to break the news that she’s dumped, Frankie Browne discovers that she has a loser in love gene. Every man she goes out with will inevitably break up with her. Facing a lifetime of romantic failure, Frankie turns to...

Today's guest is none other than Danny Trejo. I had Danny on the show today to talk about GRAND-DADDY DAY CARE but we also talk tacos, classic cars, and how he made a screening of George Clooney's UP IN THE AIR an uncomfortable experience for anyone within earshot.  GRAND-DADDY DAY CARE will be available to rent or own on DVD and Digital on Tuesday, February 5th. The film stars Danny Trejo, R...

Courtney Gains is an actor best known for his work in films such as Children of the Corn (1984), Back to the Future (1985), Can't Buy Me Love (1987), Colors (1988), The 'Burbs (1989) and Memphis Belle (1990). Some of his recent credits include Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Benny Bliss and the Disciples of Greatness (2009). In addition to his film work, Gains has guest-starred on several notable telev...

Today I’m joined by legendary character actor Kevin Corrigan to discuss his latest film SCENES FROM AN EMPTY CHURCH. You might know Kevin from his work in GOODFELLAS, TRUE ROMANCE, THE DEPARTED, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, and the woefully underrated RESULTS. SCENES FROM AN EMPTY CHURCH takes place in NYC at the height of the pandemic and focuses on two priests who open their church doors to those seeking...

SLEEPWALKER is the latest film from director Elliott Lester. Troubled by bouts of sleepwalking and disturbing nightmares, graduate student Sarah Foster goes to her university's sleep research center for help. When she wakes up after her first night of being monitored, the world she lives in seems to have changed in subtle, Twilight-Zone-esque ways. In fact, every time she goes to sleep now, she wa...

Thank you for listening to the Following Films podcast. Today my guest is Jayson Crothers. I had Jayson on the show to discuss his work on the hit Freeform series Cruel Summer. The show is told over three summers in the 1990s and is about a girl who goes missing and another who  mysteriously takes over her life. We also discuss our shared love of Battlestar Galactica and Jayson convinces me t...

Today I'm joined by Dave Giannini of YOUR LIST, MY COMMAND to discuss the new film DIMLAND. In an attempt to shake off her melancholy, a young woman escapes the city to her family's country cottage only to rediscover a world she'd long forgotten and the old friend who may convince her to leave reality behind. For more information about the film follow Peter Collins Campbell on Twitter @peterfims

Dwight (Patrick Fugit) prowls the streets after dark. He searches each night for the lonely and forlorn, looking for people who won't be missed. Dwight takes no joy in this, but he needs their blood. Without fresh human blood, his fragile young brother Thomas cannot survive. Each death takes a larger toll, the burden of his crimes weighing heavier each time, threatening to crack his spirit. But Th...

Today I'm Joined by the director of God Exists Her Name is Petrunya. The film is based on a true story. It takes place in Stip, a small town in Macedonia. Every 19th of January for the holiday of Epiphany, the throwing of the cross event takes place in almost all the Orthodox world of Eastern Europe. The local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fort...

Mika Boorem is an actress, screenwriter, and director. She is best known for her work in THE PATRIOT, ALONG CAME A SPIDER, BLUE CRUSH, and the often overlooked John Carpenter gem THE WARD. I had Mika on the show to discuss her latest film Hollywood.con, that she directed, wrote, and stars in. We also talk about her hometown and my current residence Tucson AZ, our shared love of John Carpenter, and...

Jason Tobias is an Actor that has been building credits on popular shows such as: "BETTER THINGS" (FX), "JUSTIFIED" (FX), "FRANKLIN & BASH" (SONY), "THE FOSTERS" (ABC Freeform), "NOTORIOUS" (ABC), "RUSH HOUR" (CBS), "NASHVILLE" (CMT). Additionally, some of his Feature Films include: "DOWNRANGE" (Ryuhei Kitamura), "TERRORDACTYL" (Don Bitters and Geoff Reisner), "The UNRAVELING" (Thomas Jakobsen...

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DANIEL KRAUS is a New York Times bestselling author. His posthumous collaboration with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero, The Living Dead, was acclaimed by The New York Times and The Washington Post. Kraus’s The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch was named one of Entertainment Weekly‘s Top 10 Books of the Year. With Guillermo del Toro, he co-authored The Shape of Water, based on the same idea the...

Jon Paul Burkhart is an actor and producer, known for Sick for Toys (2018), Jersey Boys (2014), and American Horror Story. I had Jon Paul on the show to discuss his latest film Road Head which's currently available on Amazon Prime. For more information find them on Instagram by searching for @roadheadkills Become a subscriber today and you'll get access to; all of our new episodes days before non-...

Called “The Netflix for Indie Film" by The Wall Street Journal and "A streaming rabbit hole worth falling down" by The New York Times , Fandor has been delighting film-loving audiences around the world for more than a decade, with its catalog of over 4,600 film titles from more than 400 global and diverse partner film companies.  Fandor’s acclaimed film offerings range from high-quality studi...

After guest-starring roles on TV shows Medium and 90210, Paige made her feature film debut as Sue O’Malley in the 2009 comedy Adventureland, which opened to critical praise. She then followed with a lead role on the web series stalkTALK, and starring roles in the indie comedies Virgin Alexander and Cheesecake Casserole, as well as the psychological thriller The Employer opposite Malcolm McDowell....

Stephen McNutt is a cinematographer known for his work on Battlestar Galactica (2004), Caprica (2009), and Person of Interest. I had Stephen on the show to discuss his latest project, the Apple Original, FOR ALL MANKIND Become a subscriber today and you'll get access to; all of our new episodes days before non-subscribers, archived episodes over 6 months old, and exclusive content https://anchor.f...

Although the US is a country that was built on immigration, the essential stories of immigrants and their experiences have largely been swept to the side when it comes to portrayals in the media. Emmy award-winning filmmaker Mimi Chakarova, founder of Still I Rise, is working to change that. Addressing themes of adversity, race, migration, and gender, Still I Rise dives deep into uncovering the ra...

Today my guest is Director of Photography, Frank Barrera. I had him on the show to discuss his most recent feature Together Together which was directed by Nikole Beckwith and stars Ed Helms and Patti Harrison. It had its premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in Dramatic Competition which was then followed by a nationwide theatrical release. We also discuss some of the more recent projects he...

Israel " Reefa " Hernandez Jr, an 18-year-old Colombian immigrant and talented artist, is spending his last summer in Miami with friends, family and his new girl Frankie before moving to New York City on an art scholarship. Become a subscriber today and you'll get access to; all of our new episodes days before non-subscribers, archived episodes over 6 months old, and exclusive content https://anch...

Today my guest is Arvi Ragu, the visionary filmmaker behind the new film CEREBRUM To make ends meet, Tom signs on as a guinea pig at a home-based lab, but when he commits a crime he cannot remember, he must risk his own sanity to reveal the truth. Cerebrum looks at what could happen if our memories were digitized as backups and used to restore them if they ever fail. But more importantly, the film...