Filmmaker’s Compass Podcast

Happy 2025! As we welcome in the New Year, D-man and CP look back at the movies they watched in 2024! What movies were their favorites? What movies were their least favorites? What movies surprised them the most? What do they still need to watch? And what releases are they most looking forward to in the year 2025?

Shorter episode this week but we have fun discussing Red One, the new Superman trailer, and our Christmas Eve movie list. Let us know your thoughts and hope you enjoy the episode. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

This week we get the holiday spirit and discuss Xmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa movies! From our favorites, trivia, overrated/underrated, to why we don’t have as many new classics recently, we have fun exploring the holidays and Xmas movies. Be sure to continue the conversations and enjoy the show!

This week on the podcast we welcome Brian Wallace as a guest host to tell us all about his upcoming TV pilot “World Twistories”! We discuss the concept and origin of the show, unforeseen challenges, hosts, and its current festival run. It’s such an exciting opportunity to discuss a project currently in its development run and Brian provides such fascinating insight and behind the scenes notes. Brian, thanks for much for joining us and we hope everyone enjoys the show!

In this episode, we explore the epic world of Gladiator, uncovering fascinating trivia, behind-the-scenes secrets, and its historical inaccuracies. We also have a fun surprise at the end. Hope everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend and enjoy the show!

This week we discuss the story structure “The Hero’s Journey” as popularized by Joseph Campbell and its most famous modern example…Star Wars! Be sure to continue the conversations and enjoy the show :)

Welcome our guest from “Catnip The Movie” to discuss the horror genre and favorite movies. CP hosts in an unforgettable episode that you can’t miss. Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!!

Keeping with our Halloween theme this month we discuss in horror genre classic by Wes Craven in Nightmare On Elm Street! We discuss what works and why it holds up as well as some fun facts and behind the scenes info. Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!

To get in the spirit for Halloween this week on the podcast we are talking VILLAINS! What makes a great villain, why some bad guys suck, and what some of favorites are. This is too large a topic to cover everything so be sure to continue the conversations and let us know if we should dive deeper anywhere. Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!