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The Seventh House PodcastCrosswinds 04/06Here is the playlist for the 04/06 episode of Crosswinds. enjoy!Stan Kenton Orchestra- Intermission RiffDon Ellis Orchestra- A New Kind of CountryCory Weeds Little Big Band- Ready & AbleLyle Lovett Large Band- I Know You KnowColin James Little Big Band- The Boogie TwistBob Wills and His Texas Playboys- Bob Wills' BoogieBob Wills and His Texas Playboys- Fat Boy RagBob Wills and His Texas Playboys- New San Antonio RoseWDR Big Band- Slip and SlideWDR Big Band- Emy in...2025-04-072h 59

The Roll ReportClassin’ Up The Joint: 2024 Warlocks with Kitty StrykerThe delightful KITTY STRYKER returns to join Colin on a deep dive into 2024 Warlocks, and Kitty's warlock PCs! Content warnings: Profanity, drug referencesFind Kitty on the internet at http://kittystryker.com/ !Support The Roll Report on Patreon for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS!Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok for news & exclusive content!2025-04-031h 20

Bio min Bio podden11. – A Complete Unknown och SpermageddonEfter ett allra första biobesök ihop - där Edward roas av hur Anders häller sina Ahlgrens bilar i tygmössan för att artigt undvika prassel - diskuterar vi hur Dylan-filmen inte stryker medhårs och hur en tecknad film kan vara det snuskigaste som någonsin visats på bio. Kuk hjälpe oss! Dessutom; vi njuter av en 90-tals komedi med Harrison Ford på öde ö, vi tippar vilka vi tror kommer vinna Oscarsstatyetterna och får lära oss att Colin Farrell gav covid till Jamie Lee Curtis. 2025-02-281h 05

Just Screen ItPutting Out Your First Feature with James InsalacoOn the show today I’m talking with James Insalaco, who made his first feature, a comedy entitled Will Reading, on a shoestring budget over eighteen months. This is one of those DIY stories of a filmmaker putting together a self-funded project with available resources and friends as cast and crew. I think this is a great way to approach a first feature, recognizing that filmmaking is hard and it takes time to develop your voice and your skills. James discusses his festival experiences, his release on Amazon Prime, and his ultimate landing on YouTube. Most importantly, James took th...2024-07-1754 min

Just Screen ItDistributing a Horror Anthology and More with Jason RagostaToday I’m talking with Jason Ragosta, who’s been working on a variety of projects at both an independent and industry level for over two decades. Most recently Jason contributed a short to Sinphony: A Clubhouse Horror Anthology. We touch on a lot of stuff here covering Jason’s rich and accomplished history, focused on his team’s experience promoting and distributing the horror anthology through film festivals and streaming platforms. FacebookTwitterInstagram 2024-06-101h 03

Just Screen ItCarrying Distribution Lessons from Feature to Feature, with Chris de PretisToday I’m talking to Chris de Pretis, an East Bay filmmaker who made his first feature, Death Blood 4, on a shoestring budget, and is on the cusp of releasing his second. Chris’ approach was to use production of his first feature as a learning experience, as opposed to a bigger budget production with equity financing or crowdfunding tying him down to larger concerns. I love this approach to filmmaking as a way to build towards a sustainable career, keeping the stakes low while pushing forward with the long game. Chris brings great enthusiasm and transparency to his story here...2024-05-281h 06

Just Screen ItReleasing “Wrath of Gods” with Jon GustafssonIn this interview, Jon Gustafsson tells the story of filming and releasing his documentary, Wrath of Gods. The film follows Icelandic/Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson through the production of his ambitious historical adventure story, Beowulf & Grendel. Plagued by tempestuous Icelandic weather and unpredictable financing, the production survives by the skin of its teeth. Hired as an extra on the film, Jon was in prime position to document the struggles of the cast and crew, and especially a stoic and stalwart Gunnarsson, in the face of challenge after challenge. Then, what began as a BTS supplement to Beowulf & Grendel, gained...2024-05-211h 00

Just Screen ItSelf-Releasing Micro-Budget Horror with Richard MansfieldUK-based filmmaker Richard Mansfield has been making micro-budget horror features for some two decades. After a few early experiences with more or less traditional distribution, Richard turned to self-distribution for the rest of his movies. He’s now up to 14 of them, and still going strong. Richard’s experience is a case study in ultra low budget filmmaking, with self-financed budgets at a level that present very little personal risk, and yet allow him to continue making these films indefinitely. Although this isn’t the way I’ve chosen to go about it with my narrative feature, I absolutely love and...2024-05-131h 02

Just Screen ItThe Lifelong Dream with Peter HitchcockToday I’m talking with Peter Hitchcock about making and distributing his feature film, A Song For Us. Peter, a UK native now living in Toronto, boasts a full and successful career working a variety of jobs in film and TV, but A Song For Us represents the fulfillment of a lifelong dream to make a feature film. The pleasantly understated and heartwarming narrative follows a 60s hippie as she reconnects with a former lover from the era. Peter’s experience self-releasing the film through FilmHub touches upon the realities of distribution today in the face of over-saturated streaming plat...2024-05-061h 02

Just Screen ItKeeping’ On Makin’ Movies with Filmmaker Allen C. GardnerAllen C. Gardner has been making feature films since high school. Now in his early 40s, married with three kids to support, Allen is facing some decisions about how to make his lifelong obsession a bit more sustainable, but that’s not stopping him from charging forward. He has so many feature films to his name I couldn’t keep track of them all in the interview. What strikes me about talking with Allen is how he keeps forging ahead, undeterred by market realities or really much of anything else. His even temperament, unfettered enthusiasm, and dogged determination to keep...2024-04-2258 min

Just Screen ItDistributing the “Life After” Series with Lisa DownsOn today's episode I’m talking with Lisa Downs about her experiences distributing several documentary features which she collectively calls the “Life After” series. Each documentary catches up with the actor who played the lead character of an iconic movie, giving us a look at the paths their lives followed after such a unique and transformative experience. Lisa has put out two of these movies so far, is about to release a third, and is currently crowdfunding for a fourth and fifth. With the first film in the series Lisa had some disappointing distribution experiences, which led to a decisi...2024-04-151h 00

Just Screen ItA Path to Sustainable Self-Distribution with Filmmaker Steve RudzinskiSteve Rudzinski has carved out an impressive career for himself making and distributing a wide variety of indie films. Along the way Steve leaned heavily on horror conventions to sell his movies and build a strong and loyal fan base. Through his scrappy efforts, Steve managed to get to a place where he rejects traditional distribution options in favor of releasing his films himself, and, even more impressively, actually manages to make a living from it. This is a great lesson in career-building for the truly independent filmmaker.Silver Spotlight Flims 2024-04-081h 02

Just Screen ItIndie Films are Prescription Medicine with Filmmaker Mark StolaroffI’m so excited to bring you this one today … it’s a long one, but I promise it’s worth it. Mark Stolaroff has been making films for over three decades, and in that time he’s seen the state of the industry and independent film distribution go through so many changes. I think that history is very important for filmmakers today to understand, because it kind of sets the stage for where distribution stands today, and indeed where it might lead in the future. While Mark admits openly that he hasn’t yet cracked the nut of making money...2024-04-011h 22

The Cluttered DeskS14E3: Ghost ProtocolsWelcome to The Cluttered Desk! In this episode, Andrew and Colin each discuss an idea or concept that has recently haunted them. Enjoy! *** The Coda: Andalusia Whisky Company's Stryker and Saint Arnold's Spring Spring Bock and Jim's Organic Coffee Sweet Love Blend *** Here are links for this episode: Andrew's recommendation: X-Men '97 Colin's recommendation: X-Men '97 and the productivity app Notion *** Please contact us at any of these locations: Website: www.thecdpodcast.com Email: thecluttereddeskpodcast@gmail.com Tw...2024-03-301h 21

Just Screen ItTackling Film Festivals with Strategist Rebekah Louisa SmithToday I’ve got an interesting one for you, kind of breaking the formula of the show a little bit, which is normally talking to filmmakers about their distribution experiences. But in this case we’re going to spread our wings a bit and talk about film festivals … which for many filmmakers is indeed a very important part of the early distribution experience. Rebekah Louisa Smith is a film festival strategist, someone filmmakers might hire to help them navigate the very complicated and very competitive film festival circuit with their film. Rebekah has so much great advice to offer here f...2024-03-2551 min

Pitolenie i Gadanie - podkasty o ciekawych sprawachLewackie Pitolenie o prawach autorskich (Gość: Mieczysław Jurecki)Send us a textNaszego dzisiejszego gościa nie trzeba przedstawiać, bo jest to legenda polskiego rocka - i nie tylko. Mało kto jednak wie, że Mieczysław Jurecki poza grą (między innymi) na basie w (między innymi) Budce Suflera aktywny jest także jako działacz organizacji walczących o ochronę praw autorskich kompozytorów i wykonawców. Popularny Mechanik opowiada nam, jak na przestrzeni jego 50-letniej kariery na scenie zmieniał się rynek muzyczny, co zmieniło wprowadzenie ustawy o prawach autorskich i pokrewnych oraz jak żyje się muzykom dziś w dobie streamingu. 2024-03-251h 19

Just Screen ItLessons Learned from a Difficult Distribution Experience with Samuel Calvin MorrisonMy guest today is Samuel Calvin Morrison, an independent filmmaker based in Philly, talking about his distribution experiences with his first self-driven feature film, By Deception, and how that informed his later experiences. Sam takes us through the story of making and releasing the film, including some less-than-optimal experience with a -- dare I say it -- predatory distributor. But ultimately Sam was able to turn all that into a valuable learning experience, which he took into making his next projects after that. Sam talks with lots of honesty and transparency here, delivering a story that serves as both...2024-03-1849 min

Just Screen ItClinton Cornwell on Releasing “12 Months” and Living the Filmmaker LifeToday I’m talking with filmmaker Clinton Cornwell about many, many things. Clinton has been making films for many years now, starting out with several shorts and then working toward his first feature, 12 Months, a completely improvised narrative following the ups and downs of a couple over twelve months of their relationship. 12 Months is now on the cusp of its release. In our conversation Clinton and I cover a wide range of topics, centered on his experience making and releasing 12 Months but more broadly focusing on the life of the independent filmmaker in today’s world. Clinton offers a weal...2024-03-111h 04

Just Screen ItDistributing Stand-up Comedy with Zack LymanMy guest today is stand-up comedian and filmmaker Zack Lyman, talking about filming and releasing his two stand-up comedy shows, The Big Laugh and Zen Comedy, through FilmHub. And while we mostly focus on feature filmmakers on this podcast, the efforts and strategies Zack put in to release and promote these shows is remarkably similar. Zack and I talk about the pros and cons of FilmHub as a platform, the notion of building a career through multiple projects, and some noteworthy technical considerations filmmakers need to take into account upon delivery. In the middle of the interview, our talk...2024-03-0455 min

Just Screen ItChris Maes on Releasing His Sci-Fi Movie “Hemisphere”On this episode I’m talking with Chris Maes about releasing his sci-fi movie, Hemisphere, which was shot mostly in his basement during the COVID-19 lockdown, and is now available on Amazon, Google Play and Tubi. What Chris accomplished here is a great lesson in DIY filmmaking, where Chris conceived the movie totally based on the resources available at the time: a basement he could build a set in, a relatively simple character-based premise, and a small cast and crew. I guess the only exception to that rule was that his movie is actually set in space … on a spac...2024-02-261h 07

Just Screen ItCort Howell on Self-Distributing Mayberry ManOn this episode I’m talking with Cort Howell, who, along with his brother Stark, decided to self-distribute their film Mayberry Man after a less-than-optimal experience with a distributor on his previous film. Cort Howell has sage advice for any independent filmmaker seeking to navigate that line between finding a traditional distributor - whatever that means in this day and age - and self distribution. Cort takes us through the entire process of making and distributing Mayberry Man, including a highly successful crowdfunding campaign to finance the film, the community-supported production, and his experiences with DVD sales, theatrical showings, an...2024-02-1958 min

Just Screen ItA Sustainable Filmmaking Career with Omegia KeeysOn this episode I’m talking with the highly prolific Omegia Keeys. Omegia has built an amazing career for herself, self-financing and distributing nine features over the past decade, and still going strong. In our conversation, Omegia leads us through her distribution experiences, most of which have actually resulted in recouping her production costs, allowing for a sustainable pattern for film after film after film. Omegia takes us through her strategic approach to promotion, her reactions to a rapidly changing industry, and some well-researched and informed decisions made along the way. This is another one of those conversations that I...2024-02-121h 01

Just Screen ItDistribution Strategies for SkyFly with Gary SmithOn this episode I’m talking with Gary Smith about his first feature SkyFly, a sports comedy about a group of skydivers who face off with another group of skydivers in a battle for supremacy in the sport of roller hockey. Yep, lots of adventures and hijinks in this one. This episode is a little different from most of my past episodes in that Gary hasn’t yet put his movie out there, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a ton of sage advice to offer. It’s evident in our conversation that Gary has done a great de...2024-02-0557 min

Just Screen ItSo Many Great Distribution Stories with Paul OsborneToday I’m talking with Paul Osborne, who’s been making and distributing his films since the late 2000s and still going strong today. Paul has so many great stories to tell here, with a really wide variety of distribution experiences that span so many of the changes the industry has gone through over the past two decades. One of those films includes his documentary about the realities of the film festival circuit called Official Rejection, and we get some great stories about playing that movie about the festival circuit on the festival circuit. Paul brings such a wealth of e...2024-01-291h 17

Just Screen ItDistributing Six Horror Features with Calvin McArthyOn this episode I’m talking with Calvin McArthy of Seventh Street Productions. Over the past decade, Calvin and his team have made six low-budget horror features, and still going strong. Calvin takes us through his filmmaking journey, starting out with his roots as an actor, then shifting to behind the camera with shorts and a horror anthology feature. A few films later Calvin formed a relationship with Breaking Glass Pictures, a Philadelphia-based distributor, who continues to put out Calvin’s films to this day with mockbuster titles such as Conjuring: The Beyond, and his latest, Insidious Inferno. Calvin and I...2024-01-221h 00

Just Screen ItMichael Epstein on Distributing His "Weird" FeaturesToday I’m speaking with Michael Epstein, a Los Angeles filmmaker with several low-budget and self-described “weird” features to his and his partner’s name. Our conversation covers the beginning of his career, his varied stories and experiences distributing each of his feature films, and his current plans for his latest feature, The Once and Future Smash, and its companion throwback horror film, End Zone 2. Michael’s experience with these films amounts to an overview of the state of low-budget indie film distribution over the past decade, with some hard lessons learned along the way. Michael is wonderfully transparent in this in...2024-01-151h 03

Just Screen ItA Passion for Filmmaking with Angelo ThomasToday I’m speaking with Angelo Thomas, a filmmaker from Columbus with two features under his belt as well a number of shorts. Angelo made his first feature while in film school, The Incredible Jake Parker, about a male pop star struggling with anorexia, and followed that up with DeRosa: Love, Life, & Art in Transition, a documentary chronicling the life and struggles of a transgender artist and her wife. Angelo talks openly and insightfully about his experiences distributing both of these films, sharing lessons learned along the way. In our conversation we touch on a number of themes, not le...2024-01-0856 min

Just Screen ItThe Online Success of “Lexi”, with Victoria VertugaToday I’m chatting with Victoria Vertuga, talking about her mockumentary found footage horror film, Lexi, about a social media influencer who seems to get stalked by some possibly supernatural forces, and the fallout that results. It’s a really cool, creepy, sometimes cringe-inducing movie made on a very very low budget during the pandemic lockdown. Victoria talks openly about her experiences getting Lexi out there to streaming platforms, divulges some real numbers, and has some great words of wisdom for filmmakers out there -- a great episode to close out the year!Victoria VertugaLexi...2023-12-261h 01

The Roll ReportClassin' Up The Joint with Kitty StrykerThe fabulous KITTY STRYKER joins Colin to talk about bringing consent culture into your home games, more rogues, and very pathetic bards. Content warnings: Profanity, drug references Find Kitty on the internet at http://kittystryker.com/ ! Support The Roll Report on Patreon for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS! Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok for news & exclusive content! Cover art by Annaleise Gray 2023-12-2139 min

Just Screen ItHonest Talk About "Getting Over" with Jason CharnickToday I chat with Jason Charnick, the filmmaker behind “Getting Over”, a very personal documentary about Jason’s troubled relationship with his father, who led a life of crime fueled by drug addiction. This is a heartbreaking but ultimately heartwarming story about drug addiction and its impact on family, told with amazing openness and honesty. Jason brings the same kind of openness to our talk here, giving us some real numbers, some honest opinions about distributors and the state of the industry, and some valuable advice for filmmakers along the way. I love conversations like this, it’s really what this...2023-12-181h 16

Just Screen ItIndie Scene, a Platform for Theatrical Aggregation and Data, with Shawn DawesIn this episode, I talk with Shawn Dawes, one of the founders of Indie Scene, a platform for independent filmmakers aiming for theatrical distribution. Indie Scene provides valuable, accurate box office data, and looks to connect independent filmmakers with theaters worldwide. In our conversation, Shawn and I talk about his early efforts getting films made both independently and within the industry, and then moving on to found Indie Scene to empower filmmakers to overcome some of the kinds of challenges he experienced in his career. IndieSceneon Facebookon Instagramon...2023-12-1153 min

Just Screen ItThe Value of Theatrical with Marcus MarkouToday I’m talking with Marcus Markou about his experiences distributing his two feature films, Papadopoulos and Sons, put out in 2012, and his latest feature, The Wife and her House Husband, which is just starting its theatrical release. Marcus, Greek by descent and hailing from Great Britain, has a fantastic story to tell, starting in theatre and then shifting to film as a better way to slice up the sausage — give this interview a listen to see what I mean by that. We touch on a ton of good stuff in this conversation, but the main theme seemed to be c...2023-11-131h 13

Just Screen ItIndie Nation Network with Antoine DillardIn this episode I talk with Antoine Dillard, filmmaker and founder of Indie Nation Network, a streaming site dedicated to independent film. Antoine founded INN after some frustration with an earlier distributor of one of his films. Antoine clearly has that independent spirit, and truly recognizes the difficult position that indie filmmakers find themselves in as they pour their heart and soul into their films, only to see a paltry share of the revenue their films gain in the marketplace. Antoine has set himself the task of trying to right that wrong by treating filmmakers who post their films...2023-11-0649 min

Just Screen ItTalkin' Shop with Comedian and Filmmaker Baraka NoelToday on the program I bring you my one-of-a-kind conversation with Baraka Noel, an L.A. based filmmaker and standup comedian. Baraka and I really had a fun conversation here, certainly not one of my more structured interviews but that's just fine. We simply had a fun, stream of consciousness back and forth about a whole of things film related, distribution related sometimes, maybe sometimes not so much … but again, it’s all related, and it’s all about what it’s like to be an independent filmmaker today, just trying to get your movies out there, seen by people...2023-10-311h 01

Just Screen ItStories of Genre Film Distribution with Chance ShirleyChance Shirley and his team at Crewless Productions have put out three genre features, but we spent most of this conversation talking about Chance's first feature, called Hide and Creep. The synopsis, straight from Tubi, is: “When an army of the undead attacks a small town, the residents must contend with bloodthirsty zombies, flying saucers, and bad television reception”. It’s a cool movie, one of those low-budget comedy horror flicks that exemplifies what can be done on a shoestring, with a small crew, small cast, and a lot of perseverance. This is a really insightful conversation sort of coveri...2023-10-231h 15

Just Screen ItGhost of Wuhan with Ankit MishraI'm back after an unplanned hiatus, bringing you a very interesting interview with Ankit Mishra, all the way from India. Ankit talks about the experience of making and distributing his feature, Ghost of Wuhan, a very personal story about a virologist who, after returning from the lab in Wuhan where Covid was (depending on who you talk to) discovered or created, contracts the virus and embarks on his own journey to figure the disease out - all while suffering its symptoms and maintaining his own sanity, locked up in his home, away from loved ones and friends. As Ankit...2023-10-1856 min

Seeds of Success Podcast65. How to Master Your Mindset for Peak Performance with CEO & Founder, Collin HendersonCollin Henderson is the CEO & Founder of Master Your Mindset, and joins the podcast to talk all things Mental Performance, Leadership Excellence, Personal Development, and Peak Performance. Collin is a dynamic speaker, author, and mental performance consultant who has a deep passion for teaching the power of the mind, establishing winning habits, and teaching people how to succeed. He is the Director of Mental Conditioning with UCLA Women’s Basketball and has trained the best companies in the world including: Amazon, Nike, Microsoft, Zillow, Salesforce, Lululemon, Alaska Airlines, Windermere, Tableau, FedEx, Stryker, Novartis, Paychex, YMCA, Edward Jones, Ni...2023-08-2645 min

Just Screen ItFilms Are Birthday Cakes with Ryan GravesToday I talk to Ryan Graves, a fellow Portlander who also happens to be filling the role of colorist for the three short films I’m making this summer. Ryan has started to establish himself in the Portland as a professional colorist, but on the show Ryan and I talk primarily about his film, Emily, about a young married couple struggling to stay together after the husband suffers a crisis of faith. Ryan made the film on a twenty thousand dollar budget from a true angel investor, but struggled to find an audience for it due to it being pa...2023-07-171h 05

Just Screen ItIndie Distribution Stories with Josh FolanJosh has been the producer and/or director for several films, including All God’s Creatures, What Would Bear Do, Catch 22, and several more that I saw on his web site that I didn’t even know about. Josh has also written a self-distributed book series about his experiences, collectively entitled Filmmaking, The Hard Way. This a great casual conversation about Josh’s origin story, the making of those movies, and his experiences getting them out to audiences in various ways. Along the way Josh talks very openly about his distribution stories, and at a few points actually gives us som...2023-07-061h 04

Just Screen ItMaking and Distributing "Only In Theaters" with Raphael SbargeMy guest today is Raphael Sbarge, an established industry actor and now director of the documentary, Only In Theaters. If you’re an independent filmmaker who appreciates the value of watching independent films in movie theaters as I do, then this is a film you must find a way to see. Only In Theaters follows Greg Laemmle, CEO of the iconic Laemmle theater chain, as he navigates the difficulties of keeping his family business afloat in the modern movie era—in the face of dwindling ticket sales, competition from streaming platforms, not to mention the devastating Covid epidemic. In the...2023-06-271h 03

Just Screen ItFilmmaker Liz Manashil Talking All Things Distribution And MoreLiz Manashil is, as she reminds me very quickly in this interview, first and foremost a filmmaker. She’s made two feature films, one with more or less traditional distribution, the second with a hybrid distribution strategy, and is on to make her third feature, Best Friends Forever, which she intends to entirely self-distribute. Liz came to my attention through the Making Movies Is Hard podcast, for which she is a co-host, but what really interested me about Liz was the Patreon campaign she is running in support of her third feature. One of Liz's stated goals with this ca...2023-06-201h 19

Just Screen ItAn Impact Campaign for “Pioneers In Skirts” with Ashley Maria and Lea-Ann BerstAshley Maria and Lea-Ann Berst are the director/producer team behind Pioneers In Skirts, a documentary following Ashley’s own story as a director in Hollywood, the sexism and stereotypes she faced, and a candid exploration of how we can all work to “shift the tide” towards equality and fairness within the Hollywood system. it’s a dextrously light-hearted and at the same time serious film that certainly opened my eyes to how much of this stuff we are still dealing with after all these years. Ashley and Lea-Ann happen to be daughter and mother, but the takeaway here is how h...2023-06-121h 03

Just Screen ItThe Streaming Success of Satan's Servant, with Jack McDermott and Ethan Gomez ZahnleyDuring the early days of COVID, Jack McDermott and Ethan Gomez Zahnley made Satan’s Servant, a horror feature, while they were still in high school. From a small, informal crowdfunding campaign, Jack and Ethan raised enough money to shoot the film making full use of their available resources. Informed partly by some experience they had already gained with several shorts, they distributed to online streaming platforms, found some unexpected viral interest, and did particularly well on Tubi — eventually recouping the film’s modest budget. Jack and Ethan’s story is a solid study in how small films can achieve...2023-05-301h 00

Just Screen ItThree Micro-Budget Features and Going Strong with Stefanie DavisToday I’m interviewing Stefanie Davis, a Florida-based micro-budget filmmaker with three feature films and many more shorts under her belt. Stefanie embodies the spirit of micro-budget filmmaking, not just in production but in distribution as well. She’s put her movies out there on streaming platforms with a lot of thought given to not just the quality of the content but to the prospect of seeing a real return on her investment, both financially and in terms of her ongoing independent career. Stefanie is amazingly open and transparent in this interview. She shares real numbers on both budget and...2023-05-231h 03

Just Screen ItAndrew Bellware on Two Decades of Making and Distributing Low-Budget Sci-FiOn this episode I’m really excited to bring you my interview with Andrew Bellware. Andrew has been making low-budget sci-fi movies for two decades, starting in the early aughts with a movie called Pandora Machine. As you might imagine, Andrew has seen a lot of changes in the world of indie distribution over that time, and it certainly shows in this conversation. We cover a lot of topics here, ranging from how to pick a title for your movie, to how important it is, as an indie filmmaker, to surround yourself with people you really get along with. An...2023-05-091h 12

Just Screen ItStories of Distribution with Stacey Maltin of Besties Make MoviesOn this episode I interview Stacey Maltin, one of the partners of the production company, Besties Make Movies. Stacey falls into that category of filmmakers who actually has gotten distribution for their movies, but in this day and age, I think there’s still plenty for filmmakers who are leaning towards self-distribution to take away here. In fact, I’m learning more and more that this distinction between distribution and self-distribution isn’t always so clear cut, and that even filmmakers who get some form of distribution still end up working quite hard to promote and market their films alongs...2023-05-0354 min

Just Screen ItThe Magic of Manbaby with Tim LightellMy guest on this episode is Tim Lightell, who self-distributed his comedy, Manbaby -- about a stand-up comedian who tries to convince his wife to have a baby by actually becoming a baby himself. Tim made the film in the mid-2010s on a 5-figure budget, and spent eight - as he describes it - agonizing years trying to get his film made and out to audiences. But despite that characterization, it’s clear that Tim also really enjoyed the process of both making and releasing the film. Tim did a bit of four-walling and then released on Tubi an...2023-04-171h 10

Just Screen ItMaking Movies at Home: Barbatachtian with Ian AustinIn this episode I talk with Ian Austin, the director of the Barbatachtian series. Ian hails from England, and maybe better embodies the spirit of just-go-out-and-make-a-movie more than anyone else I’ve interviewed so far. During those early days of COVID, Ian decided that if he was going to be holed up in his apartment, he might as well make use of the limited resources available - his camera and his apartment - to make his first feature film. I've only watched the first in the series so far, but I assume the others in the series follow more or...2023-04-1044 min

Just Screen ItBurning Annie: A Cautionary Tale with Randy Mack and Joanna RudolphMy interview today is with Randy Mack and Joanna Rudolph. Randy produced the coming-of-age comedy Burning Annie back in the early aughts, and Joanna came on as an executive producer early on in the distribution phase. Burning Annie tells the story of a college student, obsessed with the Woody Allen movie, “Annie Hall”, trying to navigate the waters of romance and friendship. As we discuss in the interview, the journey of releasing Burning Annie in the aughts was a long and difficult one, but in 2017 Randy and Joanna connected again to re-release the film in connection with Sundance’s Creati...2023-03-271h 04

Just Screen ItThe Importance of Audience Building with Andy PalmerToday I bring you my conversation with Andy Palmer, a fellow Portlander who makes a living as a reality TV editor, but who has several independent horror films under his belt, including a fun, campy — but not quite over the top campy — slasher film called The Funhouse Massacre. To be clear, Andy has gone with a distributor for all of this films, but he has so much great experience getting his movies out to online platforms that I think is very much applicable to the self-distribution experience. It's a common theme to this show that the line between traditional dist...2023-03-201h 04

Just Screen ItCommunity Building through NFTs with Zach Lona and Anthony GibsonZach Lona and Anthony Gibson are two independent filmmakers who hooked up to make the movie He Who Lives in Hidden Lakes, a sort of mockumentary folk-cult horror/comedy about a mysterious man who lives in the woods and in fact may or may not exist, and wreaks weird chaos on a quiet town, and in so doing becomes a Bigfoot-like of local legend. Zach and Anthony, after not really seeing success at securing traditional distribution for their film, turned full bore to the world of NFTs , and in so doing found their way into a fascinating community of...2023-03-1354 min

Just Screen ItSujewa Ekanayake on Screening Indie Films TheatricallyToday I bring you my conversation with Sujewa Ekanayake. Sujewa is a New York based, very independent filmmaker. As we discuss in the interview, he makes his own micro-budget movies, completely on his own terms, and brings them directly to audiences through mostly self-arranged theatrical screenings. We also talk about his perspective that filmmaking should not be looked at primarily as a business, but as an art form. We also discuss an exciting program that he is spearheading to screen independent films theatrically in partnership with arthouse theaters in L.A. and beyond. Above all, Sujewa’s love of fi...2023-03-0658 min

Just Screen ItFrom Slamdance to Watergate with Dan MirvishToday I bring you my conversation with Dan Mirvish. Many of you may know Dan as one of the co-founders of the Slamdance Film Festival, founded in 1995, as an alternative to Sundance for first-time filmmakers. Dan’s first feature was entirely self-distributed, but since then Dan has made several more films, including his most recent 18 1/2, a thriller/comedy about a White House transcriber who stumbles upon the missing 18 1/2 minutes of tape from the Nixon/Watergate affair, which she tries to leak to a reporter. While Dan has found distribution for most of his films, as he points out in th...2023-02-2755 min

Just Screen ItTalking Marketing, Distribution, and the Film Biz with J HortonOn this episode I interview J Horton, known among other things for his very informative YouTube channel. On his channel J speaks prolifically about film distribution and marketing. He is very open and transparent and he really tells it like it is from his point-of-view. J has built for himself a remarkable career, starting out with the high hopes of his first feature, then the reality of struggling to make a living in the filmmaking biz in Hollywood, and finally emerging with a successful business model built mostly around self-distributed and marketed documentaries. I’m sure it’s go...2023-02-2356 min

Making Movies is HARD!!!: The Struggles of Indie FilmmakingBeing Hired by Dean Devlin to Direct The Deal with Orsi Nagypal!This week we welcome Hungarian director Orsi Nagypal on the show to talk about being hired to direct her second feature The Deal by Hollywood producer Dean Devlin! After that we play another round of the Game courtesy of listener Colin Stryker and producer Eric Toms! Enjoy! Order The Alternate on Itunes Out Now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-alternate/id1640576609?ls=1 Go to www.thewerkingwriter.com/school to sign up today and use code MMIH for 10% off from now until January 31st! For 20% off your Jambox subscription use code MMIH @ jambox.io Check out the ISA at: www...2022-11-281h 11

Making Movies is HARD!!!: The Struggles of Indie FilmmakingMaking Movies with Indie Film Hero Mark Stolaroff!This week Alrik and Liz welcome producer, post supervisor, film accountant and all around indie film hero Mark Stolaroff on the show to talk about how he likes to work with filmmakers and what it takes to produce an indie feature. After that, we play a round of The Game presented by new listener Colin Stryker, we read a brand new iTunes review. Enjoy! Order The Alternate on Itunes Out Now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-alternate/id1640576609?ls=1 Go to www.thewerkingwriter.com/school to sign up today and use code MMIH for 10% off from now until January 31...2022-11-141h 31

The Outlaw Nation Podcast Network by John RochaTHE DEEP CUT- Brian Cox on Last Moment of Clarity, Playing Logan Roy on Succession, and his love of Superman and James BondOn this special episode of The Deep Cut, host John Rocha welcomes actor and Scottish national treasure Brian Cox to the show to talk about his latest film, Last Moment of Clarity. A Hitchcockian mystery thriller from first time directors Colin Krisel and James Krisel. Cox also opens up about how he'd love to bring back Stryker again for the X-Men, how much he enjoys playing Logan Roy on Succession, and teases what we can expect from Season 3 of the show.Last Moment of Clarity is available on VOD and Digital now!#BrianCox #Succession #TheDeepCutFollow...2020-05-2434 min

The Run It Back Sports ShowRun It Back Episdoe 3Fantasy Football breakdown. Who to avoid & who to look out for? Jay Z & the NFL Deal? What does this mean for Colin Kaepernick? Songs (in order) Jay Rock- Win MFakka- I Got It! Ian Ewing w/ Flamingosis Master Stryker マスターストライカー - Sony Boogie ソニーブギー Drake - Jungle (Lege Kale Remix) Fergie- United States of America National Anthem Grouf$ w/ Rinse Cycle- GUCCI FLIP FLPS --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/run-it-back-sports/support 2019-08-251h 18

Culture ScenePunk's Not Dead (2007)NOTE: THIS VERSION OF THE VIDEO APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY DUBBED AND MISLABELED. WE ARE WORKING ON A FIX. ❤️ VIDCOMMONS Punk's Not Dead is a 2007 documentary film directed by Susan Dynner, an American hardcore punk fan. The film claims to infiltrate American clubs, malls, recording studios, etc. where it sets out to claim hardcore punk and pop punk music is "thriving" from an American perspective. Its content features performances largely from 1980s hardcore bands and MTV skate punk and pop punk/rock acts. It also includes various interviews and behind-the-scenes footage with the bands, labe...2018-10-0500 min