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Send us Fan Mail Ariel speaks with K.D. Dávila and Carey Williams, the writer and director of the new film Emergency, an urgent story about three friends embarking on an epic night of Spring Break parties whose night is derailed by an emergency situation.  A story of the chaos of youth, and the reality of being Black or Latino in America. In release in theatres on May 20th, and coming to Amazon Pr...

Send us Fan Mail Ariel speaks with horror and documentary filmmaker Nils Gaup about his new film discussing aesthetics, greed, and the corruption of the art world, Images of a Nordic Drama , about the fight to recognize the achievements of Aksel Waldemar Johannessen, a prolific and powerful Norwegian contemporary of Edvard Munch. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel speaks with Jordanian filmmaker Hanadi Elyan about her film, Salma's Home, a multi-generational family story of three women and the secrets they hold dear, a perfect film for celebrating Eid! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The conclusion to Ariel and Rabia's conversation about accessibility in the film and television industry, with guests Dominique Nieves and Adam Stovall. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel and Rabia have an in-depth conversation about accessibility in the film and television industry with filmmakers Dominique Nieves and Adam Stovall in this episode, recorded with a live audience on the Podcast stage at SXSW 2022. Part 1 of 2. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, recorded in 2021 with the filmmaker Brad Michael Elmore, Ariel discusses the issue of LGBTQIA+ representation in horror, specifically in his lesbian vampire horror comedy, Bit . Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel speaks with writer/director Augusto Sandino about his lyrically gorgeous film set in an unseen region of the Andes, A VANISHING FOG, in a conversation that ranges from linguistics to colonialism to environmentalism. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down with the team from the documentary Split at the Root, about the separation of families at the US-Mexico border.  She speaks with producer Maria Grasso, executive producer Marti Noxon and subject Julie Schwietert-Collazo of Immigrant Families Together about the importance of this documentary in this political moment. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An interview recorded fresh off of Sitges, Ariel sits down with director Alexandra Pechman to discuss her horror short film about legacy and performance, THUMB .  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down with David Zucker, director of Your Friend Memphis , a new documentary that debuted at SXSW, about the life and loves of Memphis DiAngelis, an aspiring filmmaker with cerebral palsy.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down with director Iliana Sosa to discuss her personal narrative documentary, What We Leave Behind , a moving portrait of her grandfather, Julian, and his legacy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down with comic book creator and animator Paul Bolger, who created a graphic novel about the indigenous hero of Ireland, Cuchulain. From language and culture to story process, he goes in depth about what it took to produce the incredible work that is HOUND. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel speaks with autistic director Steven Fraser about his new short film, Prosopagnosia  (the technical term for faceblindness). This stunning animated documentary was nominated for major awards and is currently playing at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail It's International Women's Day, so it's time to watch some great female directors! Ariel sits down to talk with director Maya Cozier about her debut film, a coming of age story set in the midst of Trinidad's dance teams. Now available on Amazon Prime. We have exciting news! We've been listed in the top 40 social justice podcasts by Feedspot  (we're #1...

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down with writer/director Gia Elliot to discuss her new horror film, out on VOD this week. The film  is many things, but as a horror take on sexual assault and trauma, this is a conversation worth having on every level. Warning: content matter may be difficult for some listeners. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A continuation of Ariel's conversation with filmmaker Mattie Do. This time, they talk all about her status as the first female AND first horror director of Lao, as well as having a deep dive into Asian cinema. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel and Rabia present their somewhat belated but extremely thorough discussion of the best horror we saw in 2021, between the Fantasia Film Festival and particularly Fantastic Fest. Please note: most of these titles will be released in 2022 officially. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down with Iuli Gerbase, director of the powerful and prescient sci-fi masterpiece, The Pink Cloud,  in select theatres now.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down with Lao director Mattie Do to discuss her new film, The Long Walk, coming this weekend to select cities from Yellow Veil Pictures. Part of a much longer conversation that will be broadcast in two weeks. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down at IFFR with Rotterdam's chosen Spotlight Director, Amanda Kramer, to talk about her films Please Baby Please and Give Me Pity (both featured at IFFR this year), and her interest in filmmaking that marries anxiety and art. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel sits down this week with Rachel Lang, soldier turned filmmaker who premiered her film Mon Legionnaire or Our Men at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam this week, about the lives of legionnaires and their wives and loved ones. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Rabia and Ariel speak with a family of filmmakers, Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams, who variously starred, created, directed, composed visual effects, and wrote the film Hellbender , a mother-daughter psychodrama of witchy proportions, now playing at the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival and available on Shudder this month. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel speaks with husband and wife team, Kevin Pontuti and Alexandra Loreth, about their period gothic horror film, The Yellow Wallpaper,   based on the novella by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, which explores themes of feminism and mental health. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ariel and Rabia speak with Junta Yamaguchi, the director of the incredible one-take sci-fi feature, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, one of their favorite films from Fantasia, Fantastic Fest, and others, which just made its VOD premiere yesterday, with Indiecan Entertainment. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Documentarian Will Battersby and his subject, Diane Shader Smith, discuss the life and words of Mallory Smith, a cystic fibrosis patient who lived longer than anyone expected, but kept a secret diary that chronicled her illness and the toll it took on her mental health. The conversation ranges from patient advocacy to mental health awareness to the best ways to effect change in th...