Movies In Focus Podcast

Podcast Episode 114: Oscar-Winning Director Kevin Macdonald On Real Time Thriller THE RUNNER

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald joins this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast to talk about his latest film, The Runner starring Gal Gadot and Damien Lewis. The Runner is a tense real-time thriller that sees a lawyer (Gadot) [...]

September 1, 2026

Podcast Episode 113: Filmmaker Robert Gamperl On Making Short Films & The Western Genre

Filmmaker Robert Gamperl joins this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast to talk about his enigmatic western short films, Darlin and Stubborn. A former football player (or soccer player, if you’re that way inclined) and a very talented film [...]

August 21, 2026

Podcast Episode 112: Film Historian & Author Danny Stewart Digs Into Cult Cinema

Film historian and author, Danny Stewart returns to the Movies In Focus podcast to talk about cult films – and his books Saluting The Blood of Heroes: Behind The Apocalyptic Film and Silent Trigger: Shooting The Film. Danny previously joined [...]

August 5, 2026

Podcast Episode 111: Sean Rowe On Music, Songwriting & FRONTIER CRUCIBLE

Singer-songwriter Sean Rowe joins this 111th episode of the Movies In Focus podcast. Rowe wrote the songs on the soundtrack to Travis Mills’ excellent 2025 western, Frontier Crucible – and these punctuate the film as transitional pieces, [...]

July 29, 2026

Podcast Episode 110: Jeffrey Scott Collins Discusses ABOVE THE LINE & The Dark Side Of Hollywood

Set in Los Angeles during Christmas, Above The Line sees six Hollywood wannabes get the invite of a lifetime when a mysterious messenger gives them the opportunity to steal the Best Picture Awards belonging to an unscrupulous film producer, played [...]

June 26, 2026

Podcast Episode 109: Gregg Henry On ABOVE THE LINE, Hollywood & Brian De Palma

Over the course of the last half century, Gregg Henry has become one of the most prolific – and one of the best character actors around. A man who has notched-up seven guest-starring roles in Murder, She Wrote alone and who has starred in six [...]

June 25, 2026

Podcast Episode 108: Filmmaker & Photographer Tyler Shields Talks CHAPTER 51

A faux documentary that charts the chaos around the making (and therefore the unmaking) of a fictitious $500 million epic called Dissident, Chapter 51 positions itself as a true crime documentary which delves into the murder of three [...]

June 23, 2026

Podcast Episode 107: John Brownell On Making His Crypto Comedy COIN

John Brownell’s Coin is a crypto comedy that sees two slacker friends who, through a series of events, manage to misappropriate political campaign funds in order to launch a cryptocurrency so they can save their local park from developers. Things [...]

June 19, 2026

Podcast Episode 106: Jordan Ruttert Discusses Murder Mystery THE REVERB

Filmmaker Jordan Ruttert joins the Movies In Focus podcast to talk about the first episode in a proposed independent TV series, The Reverb, which is premiering at the Dances With Films festival on June 27th, 2026. Pitched as a show written by Gen Z [...]

June 17, 2026

Caitlin McGee and Kevin Dunn in the film Yale

Podcast Episode 105: Jay Silverman Talks About His New Indie Comedy YALE

Director-producer Jay Silverman joins this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast to discuss his new film Yale. The comedy-drama launches at the Dances With Films film festival on June 18th and it’s a smart, well acted piece that feels like it [...]

June 16, 2026

David Morse on the poster for Broken Land

Podcast Episode 104: David Morse & Joseph T. Walker Talk About BROKEN LAND

The wonderful David Morse and director Joseph T. Walker join this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast to talk about their new film, Broken Land. An excellent small scale drama, the film sees Morse play a widowed Texas rancher who takes an [...]

June 8, 2026

Podcast Episode 103: Horror Icon Barbara Crampton, Desiree Staples & Director Sam Fox Talk THE BLUE DIAMOND

Legendary horror icon, Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, Chopping Mall, Castle Freak) and Desiree Staples (My Divorce Party), the stars of short film, The Blue Diamond, join this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast, along with the film’s director [...]

June 5, 2026

Podcast Episode 102: Jon Keeyes Talks SPEED DEMON Starring Katie Cassidy & William H. Macy

Jon Keeyes, the director of the new supernatural thriller, Speed Demon joins this special bite-sized episode of the Movies In Focus podcast. A gonzo mix of The Exorcist meets Speed by way of Murder On The Orient Express, Speed Demon sees a [...]

May 26, 2026

Podcast Episode 101: Paul Bunnell Talks About A BLIND BARGAIN, Cult Movies & Shooting On Film

Filmmaker Paul Bunnell – the man behind The Ghastly Love of Johnny X – joins this episode of the Movies In Focus podcast to talk about his new film, an offbeat reimagining of the now lost Lon Chaney horror film, A Blind Bargain. Shot [...]

May 6, 2026

The cast of the horror westerm The Wolf and The Lamb

Podcast Episode 100: Cassandra Scerbo, Adrianne Palicki, Zach McGowan, James Landry Hébert On THE WOLF AND THE LAMB

Michael Schilf’s The Wolf And The Lamb is a real curio of a western-horror hybrid with a stacked cast that includes Cassandra Scerbo, Adrianne Palicki, Zach McGowan, James Landry Hébert, Q’orianka Kilcher and Clint Howard. A strange [...]

April 29, 2026

Podcast Episode 99: THE YETI Filmmakers Gene Gallerano & William Pisciotta

You might have certain expectations when going into a film called The Yeti. However, filmmakers Gene Gallerano and William Pisciotta blow those expectations out of the water with their surprising new monster film. A horror pic with a difference, [...]

April 6, 2026

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