The Side Track

Director Frank Oz (Bowfinger, What About Bob?, The Dark Crystal) delivers a feature-length audio commentary for the Orson Welle's classic film noir Touch of Evil.

Director Frank Oz (Bowfinger, What About Bob?, In & Out, The Dark Crystal) discusses his over-50 year history as a Director and Performer working with the likes of Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Scott Rudin, Jim Henson, Nicole Kidman, George Lucas, Orson Welles, Marlon Brando and more. Plus, why he chose to record his feature-length audio commentary for Orson Welle's film noir classic, Touch of Evil.

Author and journalist Melissa Maerz (Alright, Alright, Alright) delivers her feature length audio commentary for the Richard Linklater classic; incorporating amazing easter eggs and dramatic details that came from hundreds of hours of interviews with the movie's cast.

Music journalist and author Melissa Maerz of Spin Magazine, Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly walks The Side Track through the Herculean effort necessary to interview hundreds of key cast and crew members from Richard Linklater's classic comedy film Dazed and Confused for her upcoming book Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused.

Entertainment journalist Piya Sinha-Roy (Reuters, Entertainment Weekly and THR) discusses how Mulder & Scully made her a good investigative reporter, what makes a good writer, best interviews, worst experiences and why How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is nothing like working at a real-life magazine (to our chagrin). Then, she delivers a feature-length audio commentary for the Marc Webb non-love story, 500 Days of Summer.

Actor/Director Max Minghella (The Handmaid's Tale, The Social Network) joins Actor/Producer Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, Rocketman, Skin) to talk about partnering up on their 2018 Elle Fanning pop-drama Teen Spirit, who wears which pants in their screenwriting partnership, the fact that there are no mistakes on a David Fincher movie and why Billy Elliot continues to be the gift that keeps on giving. Then the two deliver a funny, engaging feature length commentary for the UK 1994 blockbuster Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Screenwriter/Producer Mike Makowsky (Bad Education, I Think We're Alone Now, Take Me) talks Lahng Island, how to turn a film short into a screenwriting success story, the glory of Pat Healy, filming a movie with Hugh Jackman in his childhood bedroom, and finally setting to rest one the most divisive topics among Hollywood's screenwriter population. Then buckle up for his feature-length audio commentary for the Jason Reitman award-winning film, Up in the Air.

Writer/director Hannah Fidell (A Teacher, 6 Years, The Long Dumb Road) and artist/radio host Jake Longstreth (Beats 1 Radio's Time Crisis) discuss McFlurries, the new FX series A Teacher, how to be creative in quarantine, how the two met and a stunning reveal never before shared on an audio podcast, ever. Then, sit back and enjoy their feature-length commentary for Brad Bird's Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.

Writer/Director/Actor Jim Cummings (Thunder Road, Wolf of Snow Hollow) discusses how a Sundance Jury Prize winning film short paved the way for his feature writing and directing career, his philosophy on crying on screen, how to distribute your indie film without a Hollywood bidding war, and his new werewolf genre film Wolf of Snow Hollow (10/9). Then he's joined by some fellow cast members to deliver a feature length commentary for Jonathan Demme's Academy Award Winning thriller The Silence of the Lambs.

Writer/director Patrick Brice (The Overnight, Creep, Creep 2, HBO's Room 104) discusses genre filmmaking, selling his first movie at Sundance, how he began his Duplassian partnership and the process around his new Netflix film There's Someone Inside Your House. Then, we dig deep into the world of David Lynch and discuss Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and how it forever changed Patrick's career trajectory as a filmmaker.