When the Kickstarter crowd gives them more than they asked for, the creative kids who make up UK indie shingle Realm Pictures go deep, learning how to hold their breath for minutes at a time while shooting an underwater epic about Atlantis in a swimming pool.

Big Air Studios' Mike Stradford (the man behind the EVENING WITH KEVIN SMITH series) and NOOBZ director Blake Freeman talk about financing, shooting and distributing indie films in 2013. Starring Jason Mewes, the gamer comedy Noobz is now available everywhere.

Continuing the epic conversation with writer/director Rian Johnson from SModcast 239, the maker of THE BROTHERS BLOOM goes into great detail about how he built LOOPER, brick by BRICK. Plus: Here us argue over who Bruce Willis loves more!

Hear all about how a Christian kid from Colorado grew up to perform THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE in Part 2 of a 2 Part discussion with the writer/director of SINISTER, the new Summit/BlumHouse horror flick opening October 12th!

Hear all about how a Christian kid from Colorado grew up to perform THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE in Part 1 of a 2 Part discussion with the writer/director of SINISTER, the new Summit/BlumHouse horror flick opening October 12th!

Continued from SModcast 225, meet View Askew catalyst and fellow filmmaker Vincent Pereira. Learn all about the making of CLERKS from the guy who titled the flick and hear how Vincent then made and exhibited his own film, A BETTER PLACE. Essential listening for any would-be filmmaker!

The conclusion to the 4-part podcast retrospective of Penny Marhsall's directing career! Hear how she knocked it out of the park with A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, gave Mark Wahlberg his start in RENAISSANCE MAN, and worked with Whitney Houston on PREACHER'S WIFE! Plus: Find out who made her walk away from movie biz for a decade! All this and more, and all spoken with that awesome accent!

The legendary actress and director (and now author of MY MOTHER WAS NUTS) returns to tell us the story of making AWAKENINGS.

Recorded at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, following the 20th Anniversary screening of THE ROCKETEER. Featuring Director Joe Johnston, Actor Billy Campbell, Screenwriters Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, FX Legend Rick Baker, and sitting in

Hear how the 80's cult classic came to be, as told by Director Martha Coolidge, Star Deborah Foreman, and Cinematographer Frederick Elmes. Recorded at the Elinor Bunin Munror Film Center, Film Society of Lincoln Center, 6/11/2011