The TMG Interview

Happy Holidays! Well...not so much for Holly Woods, the main character in the new film Slay Ride, as she and her family are stalked by The Kris Kringle Killer. Slay Ride director Olivia Dunkley returns to The Admiral's Club to talk to Paul about the film, accompanied by her co-star Mitch Shira. As with every indie film, there are stories from the trenches dealing with Utah weather, behind the scenes casting stories and what caused Dunkley's return to the holiday genre (after directing A Holiday Boyfriend), but this time in the horror/slasher genre!

Pre-order Slay Ride here!: https://apple.co/3XMl6Gt 

You've probably never seen a movie like Abruptio. It's a tense, violent story of a man who realizes he has a device embedded in his neck and if he doesn't perform certain deadly tasks, it'll explode. Oh...and he's a puppet. The whole cast is. Director Evan Marlowe joins Movie Guy Paul Preston to talk up this very unique film's long road to the screen, doing it all yourself and working with horror legends like Robert Englund and Sid Haig.

Documentaries are especially effective when they bring to light something you may not have otherwise known about. A lost bit of history in Canada is the segregated boarding schools for indigenous children and the abuse of these kids at the hands of the Catholic Church (happening for nearly a CENTURY). The film Sugarcane follows the investigation into this history and documents the resilience of the people who survived their time in the schools and the aftermath. Co-directors Julian Brave Noisecat and Emily Kassie talk to Paul Preston about making the film, the emotions digging up the past have stirred up and more.

The Ghostbusters franchise continues in theaters now. We talked to someone who was there at the beginning. Frank Chindamo was a script P.A. on the 1984 original Ghostbusters and has a fun story to tell your host Paul Preston. Plus, he shares a classic “you were there for THAT?!” story about working on Saturday Night Live as well as working with Mother Theresa (seriously!).

Visit LaughMD.com for info on Frank’s mission to bring much-needed comedy to hospital rooms.

Fresh off of her award-winning screening at The Phoenix Film Festival, writer/director Vivian Kerr joins Paul Preston to talk about her new drama (or comedy?) Scrap. Joining her is the co-lead in the film, Anthony Rapp. They talk about indie film, why making it is important, how the characters of the film are relatable and, of course, a quick check-in on Vivian and Anthony's favorite movie of all time.

Read a review of Scrap to get you caught up!

Among the more anticipated shorts at the 2022 Hollyshorts Film Festival is The Errand, directed by Amanda Renee Knox. Paul talks to Knox and actors Ezekiel Bridges and Naya Johnson about the film, their careers and how they'll spend the fest. Plus, as ever, talk about their favorite movies of all time and a chat about Knox's first film, Night Call, which you can see here:

https://vimeo.com/300582762

After his feature film, Surge, director Aneil Karia returned to a short film project and it seems to have paid off in terms of exposure and reward as The Long Goodbye, Karia's collaboration with Riz Ahmed, is now nominated for Best Short Film at the 94th Academy Awards. Paul talked to Aneil about packing so much content into a short film, working with Riz, navigating the virtual festival circuit and much more!