The TMG Interview

Alicia Witt has been working since she was a kid when she showed up in her first two projects - David Lynch's Dune and Twin Peaks. Now, she's a legit romantic comedy lead. Her latest project is Modern Persuasion, and she has a lot to say about it. A current-day spin on Jane Austen's Persuasion, Witt plays a career-focused woman who has to face re-surfacing loves from her past. She gets deep with h...

Clay Tweel first appeared on a Movie Guys show when his doc Finders Keepers was making the rounds. He's back with a sprawling, four-part miniseries on HBO based on the Heaven's Gate cult and mass suicides of '90s (and, as you'll learn, the '70s and '80s, too). Clay and host Paul Preston kick around the project and Clay sorts out his previous favorite movie of all time choice. Heaven's Gate: The Cu...

Cruel Hearts. Living in just one mind. That'd be the mind of returning guest of The Movie Guys, writer/director Paul Osborne. And what a sick mind it is as he's back with another tale of seedy people doing nefarious things. Paul hits The Admiral's Club with Cruel Hearts actor Patrick Day and they talk about the film, indie filmmaking (and its challenges), and some time is left to dedicate to new r...

What would the holidays be without a holiday romance? Olivia Dunkley's new film, A Holiday Boyfriend, is about a romance MEANT to last just that long - for the holidays. She tells your host, Paul Preston about the film, along with the movie's co-star, Matt Merchant. Together, they tackle all the tough questions - Is "holiday boyfriending" a thing? Is this based on Olivia's real life? The indie fil...

A couple weeks away from The Rise of Skywalker, you don't have to twist the arms of The Movie Guys to talk Star Wars, so this new interview invites film editor Paul Hirsch to The Admiral's Club. How do you know him? The title of his book answers that question: A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits - Star Wars, Carrie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Missi...

David Swift and his crew set out to film the best documentary about beer ever made. Based on the festival circuit awards, they're doing pretty good! Swift sits in with Paul Preston to talk about the new-on-VOD, DVD & Blu-Ray Beers of Joy. They talk about the challenges of taking on such an expansive subject for Swift's directorial debut, what a Cicerone is (it's like a Sommelier for beer) and ther...

On the eve of the release of new documentary, Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable, Paul Preston sits down to talk movies, surfing, motherhood and more with the doc's inspirational subject, Bethany Hamilton. Turns out the surfer persona is ingrained and authentic as Hamilton brings an easy-to-talk-with vibe and an everything-is-rad attitude. The film goes in-depth on returning to surfing after a shark at...

Get to know Wavelength Productions! Oh, wait, you already do. Wavelength is behind the conversation-starting documentaries Won't You Be My Neighbor? and Knock Down The House, plus a whole stable of films making a splash at Sundance and beyond. So, get to know Wavelength BETTER as Paul talks to producers Jenifer Westphal and Joe Plummer about their successful run of features. Like good movie talk?...

On the eve of the once-in-a-lifetime Ghostbusters Fan Fest, Paul & Karen talk to actress Robin Shelby, who has crossed paths with the Ghostbusters universe twice - as a visual effects costumed actor, playing the legendary Slimer in Ghostbusters II to voicing Lady Slimer in 2016's Ghostbusters: Answer The Call. Shelby tells stories from the set and stories from the road, meeting fans and fellow cas...

Giancarlo Esposito is a busy man. While shooting the next season of Better Call Saul, he called in from Albuquerque to talk with Paul Preston about his new film Stuck, which opens in select theaters April 19th. Along the way, we get a sense of his musical background (who knew?), his take on long-time friend and collaborator Spike Lee winning his first Oscar and what the workflow is like on an indi...

Former Movie Guys guest Geneviéve Flati is joined by her partner in crime and longtime-wanted guest of the show Nathan Makaryk to talk all things Les Misérables. "G" and Nate have co-written and co-directed Les Miz and Friends, a send-up of the prestigious musical where puppets take over and skewer the production. Naturally, we talk about the film versions of Les Miz, and also naturally, we tangen...

Patrick Fabian has a large roster of credits on IMDB - Big Love, Desperate Housewives, 24, Veronica Mars, The Last Exorcism and more. Fabian joins Paul and Karen and they can't get to everything, BUT there is ample talk of his new movie, DriverX, now available on VOD, as well as Better Call Saul and stories for days. In fact, this episode is especially good for ACTORS. Fabian's stories from the tr...

You've seen Max Martini before, featured in high profile movies like Captain Phillips, Saving Private Ryan, 13 Hours, Pacific Rim, Columbiana and the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. With his new film, SGT. Will Gardner, he jumps front and center as lead actor, writer and director. Paul and Adam get to know this hard-working actor, who goes in-depth on making a meaningful indie and offers up great st...

There's so much to talk about with this week's guest, a true Hollywood anomaly. John Ottman is an editor AND a film score composer. His latest project is the smash hit Bohemian Rhapsody, just nominated for two Golden Globes and no-doubt short-listed for some Oscar noms. Paul & Adam go deep on BoRhap and try their best to cover the rest of John's career, which includes...a lot - Superman Returns, X...

Twist Karen Volpe's arm to talk about Bill Murray... So, it's a good thing she and Paul are interviewing The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man director Tommy Avallone. They cover the urban legends of Bill Murray's enviable lifestyle, Tommy's previous movie I Am Santa Claus, the best movies of all time and multiple stories of crying in front of celebrities. The Bill Murr...

Paul Preston talks to MaJaMa, the production team behind the sure-to-be-a-cult-hit terror movie spoof Bad CGI Sharks. MaJaMa is Matthew Ellsworth, Jason Ellsworth & Matteo Molinari. On the eve of their movie being released, they talk about what movies inspired their comic take on an unintended comical genre, the speed bumps when making a low budget film, and how their trailer has taken off on the...

If you know Karen and Paul from The Movie Guys, then you know they love Gilda Radner, so this episode is especially exciting as there is a new documentary out called Love, Gilda. Two of the shows producers join us - James Tumminia, who has a long history with Gilda-related projects and Alan Zweibel, the original SNL writer who worked closely with Gilda and is an EP on the film. James does a deep d...

This episode of the TMG Interview will surprise you! Paul and Karen welcome actor Leon Russom to The Admiral's Club to talk about his career - the longevity and wide variety of his credits are a revelation. From sharing the stage with Ian McKellen to sharing a scene with The Dude, Leon's got great stories that lead up to his sharp lead turn in the new neo-noir crime film The Midnighters, now avail...

The hum of air conditioners and fans underscores this latest TMG Interview as Paul & Karen hit The Admiral's Club to interview the great Kate Flannery! Kate appears in the new comedy How to Get Girls alongside Zach Fox, Dave Koechner, Chris Elliott and Chris Kattan. There's chat about the new film, about Kate's years on The Office, her side projects (singing!) and how she late-bloomed into a regul...

You may see this interview posted here and think, "I don't believe I've seen Nicholas Daines in anything." But, you have. This versatile and prolific stunt performer has worked on major movie franchises like Star Wars, Harry Potter, the DCEU, Kingsman, Transformers, James Bond and more! So, it's time you got to know him. Our Movie Guy Paul Preston talks to Nicholas about how he started in the stun...

Jon Brewer has been in the music business for decades, and has spent the last dozen years or so making music documentaries about everyone from Guns N' Roses to Jimi Hendrix to Nat King Cole. His latest, Monochrome: Black, White and Blue, is a deep dive into the blues and how it developed and evolved through American history. Jon calls in from London to chat about the film with Paul Preston and the...

Kate Can't Swim is the latest project from filmmakers Josh Helman and Jennifer Allcott. It's a dynamic relationship drama that has wrapped a successful festival run and is now available on VOD. Helman and Allcott join Movie Guys Paul Preston and Adam Witt to go deep with stories from the indie film set - the challenges, happy accidents and big wins (a jury prize at Slamdance!). Plus, because they'...

Tami Stronach joins Paul Preston and Karen Volpe for a career-spanning conversation, covering her iconic role as The Childlike Empress in the fantasy classic The NeverEnding Story, on through her long dance career and what she's currently up to with her multimedia group, Paper Canoe Company. There's also some time left to chat up her favorite movies of all time.    Like good movie talk? Please sub...

Coven director Mark Borchardt is a real Movie Guy. Here, he makes his triumphant return to The Movie Guys' podcast to talk about his favorite films of all time:   Faces Persona Hour of the Wolf Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One Othello Macbeth (both Welles) Stroszek Chimes at Midnight Repulsion Cul-de-Sac Knife in the Water Opening Night   Like good movie talk? Please subscribe! www.themovieguys.net...

Paul talks to star of American Exorcism and very busy working actor Michael Filipowich about...about a LOT - shooting in Eric Roberts' house, worshipping David Caruso, acting alongside, or nowhere near Steven Seagal and how his resume is full of projects designed to do him in. Michael rants, raves and shares his favorite movie of all time in this high-energy interview.   Like good movie talk? Plea...