Following Films Podcast

Today I'm joined by Justin Lee the writer and director behind the new film APACHE JUNCTION APACHE JUNCTION is written and directed by Justin Lee (Badland, Swell, Big Legend) and stars Country music superstar Trace Adkins (Moms’ Night Out, The Lincoln Lawyer), Stuart Townsend (“Salem,” “Betrayal,” Queen of the Damned), Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween I & II, The Runaways), Ed Morrone (Final Kill), ...

Today I'm joined by Peter Collins Campbell to discuss his 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 an old friend and a world she'd long forgotten. DIMLAND will be available on VOD 9/28. You can pre-order it on iTunes today!

Today I chat with director/writer Corinna Faith about her latest film THE POWER London, 1974. In THE POWER, as Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val must work the night shift in the empty building. Within t...

Today I'm joined by Rachel Boynton to discuss the Peacock original documentary CIVIL WAR (OR, WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE). CIVIL WAR (OR, WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE) , a timely and probing look at how Americans tell the story of their Civil War and its legacy of slavery and racism, will open in select theaters nationwide (including the IFC Center in NYC and Laemmle Santa Monica in LA) on Friday, September...

Today I chat with Nicholas Grabowsky about the novelization of Halloween 4 and his treatment for Shocker 2. After working as an extra in Hollywood for such films as Masters of the Universe and Night of the Creeps, and pursuing a modelling career, Grabowsky became the acting coach to Walter Koenig, who introduced Nicholas to a New York publisher of mass market paperback novels. His first novel, Pra...

Today I had the chance to speak with Nick Fituri Scown about his documentary film Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11. The film airs Wednesday, September 8 at 9:00 pm ET/PT on VICE TV. Film features interviews David Cross, Janeane Garofalo, Marc Maron, Matthew Broderick, Aasif Mandvi, Rob Riggle, Nathan Lane, Gilbert Gottfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Chris Kattan, Lewis Black, Doug Stanhope, Jimmy Carr,...

Today I'm joined by Daniel Farrands to discuss his latest film Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman. The was released in theaters on 8.16 and will be available on VOD 9.3 Daniel is a producer, director, and writer, known for The Amityville Murders , The Haunting of Sharon Tate , and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers . He has also directed the definitive Elm Street and Friday the 13th documentaries Ne...

Jakob's Wife Review w/ Melissa of The Good Evening, Kiddies! Podcast Jakob's Wife is a 2021 American horror-thriller film directed and produced by Travis Stevens from a screenplay by Stevens, Kathy Charles, and Mark Steensland. The film stars Barbara Crampton, Larry Fessenden, and Bonnie Aarons. Jakob's Wife is currently streaming on Shudder

Today I'm joined by Skyler Lawson to discuss his film WHELM. Set during the Great Depression, two Midwest brothers get tangled in a rivalry between a legendary bank robber and an eccentric young criminal. WHELM is currently available on all VOD platforms.

Today I'm joined by Jake Scott to discuss his latest film KIPCHOGE: THE LAST MILESTONE. We also discuss his woefully underrated film PLUNKETT AND MACLEANE and what to do if you bump into Tony Alva surfing. Kipchoge has dominated the running world for over 18 years and in an October 12, 2019 event in Vienna, the Kenyan marathoner became the first person in history to run 26.2 miles in under two hou...

Today I'm joined by Maximiliano Contenti to discuss his neo-giallo slasher film THE LAST MATINEE. A crazed killer begins to pick off audience members attending the last showing of a horror film in a small downtown cinema. Meanwhile, the only person to notice that something strange is going on is the projectionist's daughter. Dark Star Pictures and Bloody Disgusting will release the Uruguay-Argenti...

Today I'm joined by Tara Violet Niami. Tara has directed and shot short films Mirrors and Ghosts, The Sin, Liquid Damage, Impaired, and The Center Cannot Hold, Trapped, and Destroy My Beautiful Wickedness. Most recently she was the cinematographer of EYE WITHOUT A FACE and the production still photographer on the Focus Features film MUSTANG and Amir Naderi's film MAGIC LANTERN. EYE WITHOUT A FACE...

Russell (AJ Bowen -  You're Next, The Signal ) is a driver in Los Angeles who’s reeling from a series of bad decisions. While his life seems to be caught in a downward spiral, a business proposition from an alluring but enigmatic passenger named Charlotte (Sophie Dalah -  Unbroken, Dead Night ) proves too good to turn down. A simple ride turns deadly, catapulting Russell into an even dar...

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...

Retire the term "Lynchian" from our film thesaurus

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...