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A weekly podcast highlighting the creators of independent film and the business behind it. Hosted by Ben Duchek.
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Paula González-Nasser — Six Years Scouting, One Film: THE SCOUT (2025) (opens the original)
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Not a pop psychology show, but if it was, I'd explore more with my guest, writer and director Paula González-Nasser of the brilliant film THE SCOUT (2025), how she made her first feature about a job she didn't care for. I can't imagine a scenario where she was working as a location scout, and thought, this is my first feature film. And yet. THE SCOUT works brilliantly as a observational movie about the little seen lives of location scouts, even though their work has an outsized influence on the
Mylissa Fitzsimmons On Running Away And The Making of MACKENZIE (2026) (opens the original)
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My guest today, director Mylissa Fitzsimmons, previously released two features -- EVERYTHING IN THE END (2021) and THE LONG RUN (2025) -- and never got a premiere. She suffered from burnout of the excruciating process of making these brilliant films. And yet: here she is in 2026 with MACKENZIE (2026) , opening at Film Fest Oldenburg this year. What does that say about perseverance? Resilience? A never quit attitude and the ability to keep going on even though this is really, really, fucking real
Thrilling sci-fi films, parenthood, and acting in your 60s: The Amazing Story of Ace Thor & Glen Steele (opens the original)
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Expectations are good in a lot of ways. They hold us to a standard and promote accountability. But they can also be creatively limiting. For actor and executive producer Glen Steele of the film INFINITELY DENSE, who you heard in the intro, he took the shackles off the word expectation and made his art, giving the middle finger to age or any other perceived limitation. INFINITELY DENSE is having its market screening at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 16th, 2026. If you have t
Indie Film Highlight: RYE LANE (2023) (opens the original)
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Watch This Episode On YouTube Every Sunday, I'll post a quick video -- and podcast -- about an indie film from at least a year ago. Today's film: RYE LANE (2023) Director: Raine Allen Miller SYNOPSIS Two twenty-somethings reeling from bad breakups spend an eventful day wandering South London, helping each other face their nightmare exes and rediscovering the possibility of romance. Subscribe to our YouTube channel Follow us on Letterboxd Follow us on Instagram Follow us on X Follow us on Facebo
Betting Big On Yourself Through Helping Others: Dylan Mulick and HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD (opens the original)
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Watch This Episode On YouTube When you normally see a series like HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD, put together by my guest, filmmaker Dylan Mulick (and the team at World Within Studios), the tendency is to brush it off as do-gooders doing good things. Where is the conflict in that? A lot of great documentaries aren't seen because of these assumptions. Dylan turns the usual tropes of the series upside down in so many ways by going there : inner city Chicago; the Bahamas; wherever there is actual conflic
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