Behind The Lens

This week on BEHIND THE LENS, we welcome Carol Nguyen, an LAFF Future Filmmaker and "Special Mention" winner of the Ed Elias Future Filmmaker Award for Experimental or Animated Film at LAFF 2015 for her short film HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE PHO? . Carol joins us live from her home in Canada to talk about PHO, filmmaking, festivals and her latest project, SILENT MOURNERS! At the halfway mark writer/director Alex R. Johnson joins us to talk about his narrative feature debut, the riveting slow burn thriller, TWO STEP. And then wrapping up the hour, we've got producers and the film's stars, Evan Dumochel & Macleod Andrews, talking THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE which debuted at Slamdance Film Festival and will be showing on August 9th as part of the Arclight Slamdance Cinema Club for August.

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This week on BEHIND THE LENS, Greg Srisavasdi is back and we're having "double the fun" as we chat with director Samantha Futerman & Ryan Miyamoto about their documentary TWINSTERS!

And we'll be talking about the beautiful new animated feature, THE PROPHET, and maybe even go a few rounds on SOUTHPAW, plus hear some of debbie's exclusive interview excerpts from director Alex Winter talking SMOSH: THE MOVIE and Stevan Riley on the mesmerizing and haunting documentary on Marlon Brando, LISTEN TO ME MARLON.

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We're LIVIN' THE DREAM on BEHIND THE LENS again this week as actress Kendra Montagna joins debbie as special guest host. One of the most beloved zombies from the web-series CO-OP OF THE DAMNED, Kendra just finished up at Comic-Con with NBC and HEROES REBORN and talks about "Behind the Lens at Comic-Con" as well as some of her acting adventures.

We just can’t get enough of LIVIN' THE DREAM so following up to last week's fun with web series creators/writers/directors Kim & Mai Spurlock and actress Laura Campbell, this week producer Byron Beane is on hand together with Erin Fritch, another one of the stars of the series.

Many of you may know that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act. This week also marks the start of the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles, the largest sports and humanitarian event anywhere in the world in 2015 and the largest single event in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympic Games. Timed to these landmark events is a special documentary airing on KCET – A WHOLE LOTT MORE – and we have writer/director Victor Buhler joining us at the halfway point of the show to talk about the story behind the documentary and some of the amazing individuals showcased therein.

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We're LIVIN' THE DREAM this week on BEHIND THE LENS with co-creators/producers/writers/directors Mai and Kim Spurlock and actor Laura Campbell as they talk about this fun new web series! Then writer/director Morgan Schmidt-Feng is live talking about the documentary ON HER OWN. A resonant and powerful film, Morgan's personal touch and heartfelt honesty during our interview makes ON HER OWN even moreso.

And hear some of my exclusive interview with writers/directors Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing as they take us behind THE GALLOWS while director Peyton Reed gives us a glimpse into the science and fun of ANT-MAN!

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This week on BEHIND THE LENS, Greg Srisavasdi is back riding cinematic shotgun with debbie lynn elias, as they welcome returning friends to BEHIND THE LENS, Arclight VP of Programming Gretchen McCourt and Slamdance Founder and President Peter Baxter, for their monthly chat about Arclight Slamdance Cinema Club! The July Cinema Club (Sunday, July 12 and Monday, July 13 at Arclight Hollywood) boasts some powerhouse films – YOSEMITE and ON HER OWN. You can hear from Gretchen and Peter at the 15 minute mark.

Oscar nominee and Emmy winner, writer/director Stacy Sherman joins us at the midway point to talk about her feature directorial debut with THE BREAKUP GIRL. And in our last segment, writer/director Gabrielle Demeestere is live talking her Slamdance smash YOSEMITE starring James Franco, which you can catch July 12th at 8pm at the Hollywood Arclight.

Of course, debbie and Greg always have a few extra tidbits for you and this week is no exception as Greg highlights the film noir classic, THE THIRD MAN, currently playing at the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles. Noir – and everything classic – is a passion for both, not to mention all of our TCM listeners.

And there's still time to win FREE TICKETS to July's Arclight Slamdance Cinema Club screening of either YOSEMITE or ON HER OWN (your choice of film)!! Go to https://deepestdream.com to find out how! Can't make July Cinema Club? No worries. BEHIND THE LENS partners with Arclight Slamdance Cinema Club every month with ticket giveaways so keep listening to BEHIND THE LENS each week and check back with DeepestDream.com to win a pair.

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This week it's debbie flying solo as she welcomes the legendary Lance Henriksen who talks about his latest film, STUNG, not to mention a few other memorable points in his career including a surprise revelation about an early television appearance on "Cagney & Lacey".

And it's all about the Terminator and the new reimagination of the franchise with TERMINATOR GENISYS. You’ll hear excerpts of debbieapos;s exclusive interviews with producers David Ellison and Dana Goldberg, plus some thoughts from screenwriters, Patrick Lussier and Laeta Kalogridis, director Alan Taylor and the Terminator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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This week on BEHIND THE LENS, debbie lynn elias is joined by special co-host Kit Bowen as they welcome writer/director David Spaltro who joins BEHIND THE LENS live to talk about THE CAT'S CRADLE, now on the festival circuit, and his latest feature, the chilling IN THE DARK! A real treat are LAFF Future Filmmakers Theo Buckwald and Emily Kramer who have some "Old Tricks" up their sleeves! You'll quickly see with filmmakers like Theo and Emily around the future is indeed bright for cinema!

Then, take a listen to some exclusive interviews debbie had with Oren Moverman on LOVE & MERCY while writer/director James Murphy explains his love (and ours) for Disney Pixar's LAVA.

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This week on BEHIND THE LENS, "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" alum Amber Benson joins us live talking about her latest short film SHEVENGE (uh, and the wonders of Whedon)! Amber's live interview starts at about the 17 minute mark! Then at the halfway point, those silver-tongued devils behind Slamdance fave DIAMOND TONGUES – Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson – join the fun.

Plus, hear some insightful and hilarious excerpts from Bill Hader talking about INSIDE OUT, as well as exclusive excerpts of debbie's chat with INSIDE OUT producer Jonas Rivera. And listen to some poignant thoughtful words from Olivia Cooke about ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL.

We're also talking Los Angeles Film Festival and the Future Filmmakers Showcase with the history behind the Ed Elias Future Filmmaker Awards.

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Jam-packed week on BEHIND THE LENS as Kit Bowen joins debbie lynn elias in studio as Special Cinematic Co-Host!

BEHIND THE LENS starts off with WELCOME TO HAPPINESS writer/director/editor Oliver Thompson calling in live, fresh off his Dances With Films screening. Then, a great friend of BEHIND THE LENS, ArcLight Cinemas VP of Programming Gretchen McCourt joins in to talk about this month's Arclight Slamdance Cinema Club program screening at the Arclight Hollywood on June 14 and 15. (debbie will be moderating both nights of post screening Q&A's!)

And then we go "behind the lens" of INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3 with excerpts of debbie's exclusive interview with producer Jason Blum and a "kick ass" audio clip courtesy of Lin Shaye! Of course, another fave is LOVE & MERCY and hearing producer Claire Rudnick Polstein talk about the journey to get the film, get it into the hands of scribe Oren Moverman and director Bill Pohlad, work with Brian and Melinda Wilson and get it made!

As you watch this week's show, you can't help but notice our visual celebration of Pixar's upcoming INSIDE OUT which had its big splashy and emotional Hollywood premiere on June 8th! (And yes, Kit and debbie spent the show playing with our INSIDE OUT "Anger" stress balls!)

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A fun show for you this week, starting with a terrific new giveaway from Greg Srisavasdi through his Deepest Dream website, https://deepestdream.com! (So check it out, guys! )

Director Sam Friedlander joins us live talking about is one of the funniest (and most socially incorrect) films of the year – LARRY GAYE: RENEGADE MALE FLIGHT ATTENDANT!! A real treat is another first time filmmaker, Marcus Mizelle, writer/director of ACTOR FOR HIRE which is a fun skewering look "behind the lens" in Hollywood. Marcus is live in the second half hour of the show. Plus, we've got some excerpts of our interviews with Kyle Newman, director of BARELY LETHAL, and some exclusive thoughts from sibling directors Ben and Josh Safdie on their riveting new film HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT.

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