Movies In Focus

Filmmaker Mick Garris has ticked nearly every creative box that there is in the industry. From his career beginnings working in the Star Wars production office through to his work on Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories to his many Stephen King adaptations including the smash television mini-series The Stand and The Shining . He’s also the creator of the ground-breaking Masters of Horror television...

Film producer Gemma Bradley joins this episode of the Movies In Focus Podcast. Gemma is an independent filmmaker who has produced the urban thriller Brother’s Day and the recent science fiction film Black Box . I’ve known Gemma for well over 20 years. She’s the younger sister of my best friend Robert who was sadly killed by a drunk driver in the year 2000.  Funded largely through a Kickstarter cam...

Graham Greene is an actor who has an illustrious career. The Canadian performer first broke into the public consciousness with his Academy Award nominated turn in Kevin Costner’s masterpiece, Dances With Wolves .  He went on to have key roles in such diverse films as Michael Apted’s Thunderheart , John Mc Tiernan’s Die Hard With A Vengeance , Richard Donner’s Maverick and a host of others.  It was...

Director Damian Mc Carthy has made a plethora of short films over the last decade and now the Irish filmmaker makes a wonderful feature length debut with Caveat. Caveat is a creepy and captivating horror film, one which has scares as well as a few well-placed chuckles. This low budget independent Irish film delivers the goods, making it a fantastic calling card for the director and ensuring a grea...

Spanish filmmaker Chino Moya is a veteran director of short films, music videos and commercials. He made his feature length debut with Undergods , a dystopian science fiction film which had its premiere at the 2020 Fantasia Film Festival. Set in an unnamed futuristic city, the film tells three stories which make The Tales Of The Unexpected seem like  Looney Tunes.  With nods to directors such as T...

Lisa Downs’ is a filmmaker with a unique take on how to look back on classic films. Her 2017 documentary, Life After Flash was a brilliant insight into the film Flash Gordon and its lead actor Sam J. Jones, while 2020’s Life After The Navigator looked at another beloved ’80s sci-fi film,  Flight of the Navigator and the rollercoaster life of its young star Joey Cramer.  Far from being mere nostalg...

Irish director Chris Baugh made his big screen debut with the 2017 revenge thriller Bad Day For The Cut . His latest film is the excellent horror-comedy, Boys From County Hell . The vampire film is something of a change of pace for the director, merging gore and laughs into a film with a lot of heart. It’s an excellently constructed and hugely entertaining slice of genre cinema.  Chris Baugh talks...

Ruben Pla is an actor with over 65 credits on IMDB. A character actor who has been working for a long time, Pla has had a wide variety of roles in television and film, appearing in everything from shows like  CSI: Miami to iconic genre movies like Insidious . He has also moved into directing, making the short films The Kill (2014) and Head (2015). In 2020 Pla released his documentary The Horror Cr...

Director Vaughn Stein ( Terminal, Inheritance ) talks about his new psychological thriller, Every Breath You Take starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan and Sam Claflin.  Stein discusses working in the independent film arena and what it’s like to make a thriller in the classic style.

Writer and director Nicholas Jarecki ( Arbitrage ) talks to Niall Browne about his opioid thriller Crisis , starring Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer & Evangeline Lilly. Jarecki talks about how the film came together and what it's like releasing a film in the post-COVID-19 world.