Rock 'n Roll Ghost

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Andrew Baird about his new film One Way starring Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly), Drea de Matteo, Storm Reid, Travis Fimmel and Kevin Bacon.   

Baird, making his second appearance on the podcast (the first guest to do so), discusses the making of the film, working with the cast on a tight shooting schedule, and lets slip a detail about his next film which will star Guy Pearce who was in Baird's first film, Zone 414 (a big hit on Netflix).  

One Way is debuting on December 31 on Hulu.  

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Andrew Baird

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Paul Calderon (Bosch, Four Rooms, King of New York, Sea of Love, Bad Lieutenant, Pulp Fiction, Out of Sight, Fear the Walking Dead, Q&A) about his career from the start to the present.  

Calderon discusses that he was up for the role of Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction, his audition for legendary director Sidney Lumet for his 1990 film Q&A, his connection with Abel Ferrara that led to his role in King of New York,  Bad Lieutenant and The Addiction.  

He also discusses how he got into ashtanga yoga, his years as a dance instructor with his wife and the time he was a point person for anthropologists in the Amazon, where he would clear paths for them to go and do their research.  

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Paul Calderon Official

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with Rockaway Records co-owner Wayne Johnson.   

Johnson discusses how he got into collecting and how he and his brother started Rockaway Records. He also gives insight into some of his famous customers and how he treats them like anyone else (save for some more privacy).  

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Rockaway Records

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with musician Josh Robins of the experimental rock back The Invincible Czars. The band is currently on tour, performing the music of the classic silent horror film, Nosferatu alongside the film.

Robins discusses the band’s origins in Austin, TX, how the band became known for accompanying films (beginning at the Alamo Drafthouse in 2006), as well as the current tour, which features a stop at Chicago’s historic Music Box Theatre on Monday, October 24th. Robins talks about how excited he is about finally getting to perform at the Music Box, a goal he had been working towards for years.

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The Invincible Czars

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with the great filmmaker Walter Hill (48 Hrs., The Warriors, Johnny Handsome, Extreme Prejudice, Geronimo: An American Legend, Streets of Fire) about his newest film, Dead For a Dollar.

Starring Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan, Warren Burke and Benjamin Bratt, Dead For a Dollar is Hill’s new age twist on the classic western. Hill explains here how he wanted to take modern-day themes and put them in a context appropriate for the film’s 1897 time frame.

Hill also discusses how important and effective his cast was at bringing out what was on the pages of the script he wrote. He touches on how Brosnhan was a “director’s dream” and that Burke's performance as Sergeant Poe is especially good as the character can only show certain aspects of himself to various characters.

Though our time was short (I could have peppered Hill with questions about his career for at least another hour), I was able to ask him about working with Mickey Rourke on Johnny Handsome, as well as praise him for what has become my favorite film of his, Extreme Prejudice (starring Nick Nolte and Powers Boothe). To say that this time spent with such a spectacular filmmaker was an honor almost feels too small for how it actually felt.

Dead For a Dollar is available via video on demand now (links below).

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Dead For a Dollar on Apple

Dead For a Dollar on Vudu

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Mark Pellington (Going All the Way, Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies, Survive).   

Pellington discusses his work turning the short form series Survive, produced for the now defunct Quibi, into a long form film, as well as the upcoming video release of his first feature film, Going All the Way starring Ben Affleck, Rose McGowan, Jeremy Davies and Rachel Weisz in November. Additionally he gives us a look into the art he's been enjoying lately.  

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Mark Pellington

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Zach Cregger about his new film Barbarian which debuted at #1 at the box-office on its opening weekend.  

In a discussion that includes spoilers (so beware!), Cregger gets into subverting expectations with his cast (Bill Skarsgaard, Georgina Campbell, Justin Long), substituting Budapest for Detroit, how they pulled off that flashback scene in the film, and how Barbarian's success has afforded him a level of interest that he hopes translates into more original film work.  

Barbarian is in theaters now.  

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Barbarian 

Zach Cregger on Instagram

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor Warren Burke (Netflix's Family Reunion) about his role in acclaimed director Walter Hill's new western film, Dead for a Dollar co-starring Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan, Brandon Scott and Benjamin Bratt.  

Burke discusses growing up in Chicago and his impulsive move to Los Angeles in the middle of winter at age 22, as well as his work on Family Reunion, his upcoming shoot on the short film, Lucille, starring Loretta Devine, as well as the thrill of working on the Dead for a Dollar film set. He praises his co-stars for their talent and for what he learned on the set as he was invited by Hill to shadow him on his days off.  

Dead for a Dollar debuts in theaters and video on demand on September 30th.  

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Warren Burke on Instagram

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with filmmaker Allan Ungar, director of the recently released Bandit starring Josh Duhamel, Elisha Cuthbert and Mel Gibson in a true story about Canada's biggest bank robber.  

Ungar discusses his road to making the film, how budget reasons made it impossible to shoot the film in Canada, instead swapping Georgia in as a substitute, and how happy he was to get this cast set in place.   

Bandit is in theaters and available via video on demand now.  

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Allan Ungar on Instagram

Welcome back to the Rock 'n Roll Ghost Podcast. On this week's episode, the Ghost speaks with actor/author Richie Stephens (NCIS, Blue Bloods) about his book The Gangster's Guide To Sobriety, which details his criminal background along with his decline into alcoholism and drug addiction.  

Stephens discusses the real life exploits detailed in the book, his acting history, as well as the upcoming TV series adaptation of the book by Silicon Valley co-creators Dave Krinsky and John Altschuler.   

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Richie Stephens

The Gangster's Guide To Sobriety