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The TMG Interview
by The Movie Guys
Talking movies with those who make the movies. Led by Paul Preston, The TMG Interview puts listeners in up close and personal with filmmakers and other artists with lively, informed conversation and, if time remaining...bits!
Episodes
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J. Davis, Andre Hyland, and Mike Castle (probably) - The TMG Interview
Indie film stories from the trenches abound in this new interview with the makers of I Hate Myself and Want To Die - director J. Davis, and actors Andre Hyland and late addition Mike Castle. Movie Guy Paul Preston discusses how to draw comedy from thoughts of suicide, how J. was influenced by the...
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Rachel Dratch & Jason Laurits - The TMG Interview
Get in early on the film Loves Company, directed by Jason Laurits and starring Rachel Dratch! The film is playing festivals now, including Dances With Films (6/19, L.A.) and Frameline (6/27, San Francisco), but you can hear all about it now before a wider release with our Movie Guy Paul's...
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Dan Bronson - The TMG Interview, Part 3: Shout at the Devil
Author Dan Bronson triumphantly returns to The TMG Interview with Movie Guys Paul and Ray to talk about his new book Shout at the Devil. The book continues the story of Hollywood fixer Jack Shannon and his latest entanglement, this time with actress Karen Scott and a blackmail demand gone wrong.…
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Olivia Dunkley & Mitch Shira - 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.…
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Evan Marlowe - The TMG Interview
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...
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Julian Brave Noisecat & Emily Kassie - The TMG Interview
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...
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Frank Chindamo - The TMG Interview
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…
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Brett Marty & Josh Izenberg - The TMG Interview
There's a great new short out there available NOW for free at the New Yorker's website (www.newyorker.com) called ECO-HACK! and a more unique film about saving the world (or at least a cross-section of it) you might never see. Filmmakers Brett Marty and Josh Izenberg have captured the work of Tim...
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Mark Elias - The TMG Interview
Friend of The Movie Guys Mark Elias returns to The Admiral's Club with a new project - Boy Makes Girl, a new sci-fi drama/romance/comedy about a computer programmer who builds a female companion to cope with a challenging world. There's all manner of good indie film talk here as Mark reflects on...
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Michael Filipowich - The TMG Interview: ROUND TWO
Actor Michael Filipowich returns to The Movie Guys to catch us up on his career and he brings fire and brimstone, energy, and outrageous stories with him. Can he be contained? Tune in to find out as the guest from one of our top ten most popular interview videos on YouTube is back. Like good…
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Vivian Kerr & Anthony Rapp - The TMG Interview
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...
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Amanda Renee Knox, Ezekiel Bridges & Naya Johnson - The TMG Interview
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...
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Aneil Karia - The TMG Interview
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...
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Gary Lane & Larry Lane - The TMG Interview
The 1980 comedy 9 to 5 had enormous appeal with moviegoers, but also made a statement about women's inequality in the workplace, a statement that's needed reiterating ever since then. The film had an impact on twin brothers Gary and Larry Lane, who head the team behind Still Working 9 to 5, a new...
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Katie Hooten - The TMG Interview
In the wake of Marvel movies returning to the big screen, Movie Guys Paul Preston and Ray Schillaci talk to professional badass Katie Hooten about her time working in visual effects with Marvel, her work in groundbreaking animated features and her current position working on projects that come...
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Courtney Gains - The TMG Interview
Courtney Gains is working. AGAIN. He appears in a new film, Queen Bees with no less than Ellen Burstyn and James Caan. This, after averaging around three projects a year since the early '80s. Back to the Future, Children of the Corn, The 'Burbs, and on and on and on and he remains a very laid…
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Jack Daniel - The TMG Interview
Jack Daniel is that guy! The guy who is your hype announcer for movie previews, promos and more. And he's here to answer all your "How the hell does that even work?" questions. We get the lowdown on how he fits in the great ad machine that builds a movie trailer, his road to being a go-to guy in...
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David Del Rio - The TMG Interview
Actor David Del Rio's second directorial effort is streaming now on Amazon Prime! It's called Road Head and Del Rio jumped online with his Movie Trivia Schmoedown teammate Paul Preston to chat it up. He's got great insight on directing and combining tones in this weird and over-the-top thriller...
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Reijer Zwaan & Kevin Stea - The TMG Interview
The great 2016 documentary Strike a Pose, which explores the lives of the dancers from Madonna's Blond Ambition tour after the madness of the tour ended, is back in virtual cinemas! To celebrate Truth or Dare's 30th anniversary and the re-release of Strike a Pose, director Reijer Zwaan and dancer...
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Jessica Ellis - The TMG Interview
Jessica Ellis is the writer/director of the new indie film What Lies West, which is garnering great reviews and getting a rollout all over the VOD platforms of the world. Paul likes nothing more than indie film stories and Jessica has 'em, from fires to surgery to the pandemic, but you want to…
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Dan Bronson - The TMG Interview, Part 2: Hollywood Stories!
Part two of The Movie Guys interview with author Dan Bronson gets the scoop from behind the scenes on the making of Witness, The Godfather Part III, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Last Flag Flying and more! Someone to Watch Over Me is available now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and more! Like good movie...
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Dan Bronson - The TMG Interview, Part 1: Someone To Watch Over Me
Dan Bronson. You may not have heard of him, but he's been at the center of some of your favorite movies - Top Gun, Witness, Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Pretty in Pink. He worked for years as a Story Editor for most of the major studios. So, who better to tell a seedy tale of Hollywood mystery...
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James Maslow - The TMG Interview
Actor/musician James Maslow stars in the new romantic comedy Stars Fell on Alabama, rising the charts on iTunes and elsewhere. He talks to our Movie Guy Paul about making the film, what it was like for a member of Big Time Rush to shoot in a southern small town and the overall reward an indie...
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Jeremy Sklar - The TMG Interview
Much of Jeremy Sklar's creative has been leading to Tom of Your Life, his feature film debut about a man who ages four years every hour. He details the long road to indie film success as he and Paul also discuss everything from music in the movies and how being nice can help your movie to saving...
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Blayne Weaver - The TMG Interview
Writer/Director Blayne Weaver is a multiple-time guest of The Movie Guys, always bringing lively opinions and stories for days. His new film, GetAWAY, is a horror film about film students shooting a slasher flick who find themselves in one. Get the behind-the-scenes scoop on this holiday film for...
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Alex Appel & Jonathan Lisecki - The TMG Interview
The title doesn't lie - Modern Persuasion is a modern take on the Jane Austen novel Persuasion, starring Alicia Witt. The film's directors, Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki break down the various parts of the movie - adapting the script, casting the comedic and diverse cast, and shooting in New…
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Alicia Witt - The TMG Interview
Alicia Witt has been working since she was a kid when she showed up in her first two projects - David Lynch's Dune and Twin Peaks. Now, she's a legit romantic comedy lead. Her latest project is Modern Persuasion, and she has a lot to say about it. A current-day spin on Jane Austen's Persuasion,...
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Clay Tweel - The TMG Interview
Clay Tweel first appeared on a Movie Guys show when his doc Finders Keepers was making the rounds. He's back with a sprawling, four-part miniseries on HBO based on the Heaven's Gate cult and mass suicides of '90s (and, as you'll learn, the '70s and '80s, too). Clay and host Paul Preston kick…
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Paul Osborne & Patrick Day - The TMG Interview
Cruel Hearts. Living in just one mind. That'd be the mind of returning guest of The Movie Guys, writer/director Paul Osborne. And what a sick mind it is as he's back with another tale of seedy people doing nefarious things. Paul hits The Admiral's Club with Cruel Hearts actor Patrick Day and they...
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Olivia Dunkley & Matt Merchant - The TMG Interview
What would the holidays be without a holiday romance? Olivia Dunkley's new film, A Holiday Boyfriend, is about a romance MEANT to last just that long - for the holidays. She tells your host, Paul Preston about the film, along with the movie's co-star, Matt Merchant. Together, they tackle all the...
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Paul Hirsch - The TMG Interview
A couple weeks away from The Rise of Skywalker, you don't have to twist the arms of The Movie Guys to talk Star Wars, so this new interview invites film editor Paul Hirsch to The Admiral's Club. How do you know him? The title of his book answers that question: A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room…
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David Swift - The TMG Interview
David Swift and his crew set out to film the best documentary about beer ever made. Based on the festival circuit awards, they're doing pretty good! Swift sits in with Paul Preston to talk about the new-on-VOD, DVD & Blu-Ray Beers of Joy. They talk about the challenges of taking on such an...
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Bethany Hamilton - The TMG Interview
On the eve of the release of new documentary, Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable, Paul Preston sits down to talk movies, surfing, motherhood and more with the doc's inspirational subject, Bethany Hamilton. Turns out the surfer persona is ingrained and authentic as Hamilton brings an easy-to-talk-with...
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Jenifer Westphal and Joe Plummer - The TMG Interview
Get to know Wavelength Productions! Oh, wait, you already do. Wavelength is behind the conversation-starting documentaries Won't You Be My Neighbor? and Knock Down The House, plus a whole stable of films making a splash at Sundance and beyond. So, get to know Wavelength BETTER as Paul talks to...
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Robin Shelby - The TMG Interview
On the eve of the once-in-a-lifetime Ghostbusters Fan Fest, Paul & Karen talk to actress Robin Shelby, who has crossed paths with the Ghostbusters universe twice - as a visual effects costumed actor, playing the legendary Slimer in Ghostbusters II to voicing Lady Slimer in 2016's Ghostbusters:...
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Giancarlo Esposito - The TMG Interview
Giancarlo Esposito is a busy man. While shooting the next season of Better Call Saul, he called in from Albuquerque to talk with Paul Preston about his new film Stuck, which opens in select theaters April 19th. Along the way, we get a sense of his musical background (who knew?), his take on...
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Geneviéve Flati and Nathan Makaryk - The TMG Interview
Former Movie Guys guest Geneviéve Flati is joined by her partner in crime and longtime-wanted guest of the show Nathan Makaryk to talk all things Les Misérables. "G" and Nate have co-written and co-directed Les Miz and Friends, a send-up of the prestigious musical where puppets take over and…
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Patrick Fabian - The TMG Interview
Patrick Fabian has a large roster of credits on IMDB - Big Love, Desperate Housewives, 24, Veronica Mars, The Last Exorcism and more. Fabian joins Paul and Karen and they can't get to everything, BUT there is ample talk of his new movie, DriverX, now available on VOD, as well as Better Call Saul...
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Max Martini - The TMG Interview
You've seen Max Martini before, featured in high profile movies like Captain Phillips, Saving Private Ryan, 13 Hours, Pacific Rim, Columbiana and the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. With his new film, SGT. Will Gardner, he jumps front and center as lead actor, writer and director. Paul and Adam get...
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John Ottman - The TMG Interview
There's so much to talk about with this week's guest, a true Hollywood anomaly. John Ottman is an editor AND a film score composer. His latest project is the smash hit Bohemian Rhapsody, just nominated for two Golden Globes and no-doubt short-listed for some Oscar noms. Paul & Adam go deep on...
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Tommy Avallone - The TMG Interview
Twist Karen Volpe's arm to talk about Bill Murray... So, it's a good thing she and Paul are interviewing The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man director Tommy Avallone. They cover the urban legends of Bill Murray's enviable lifestyle, Tommy's previous movie I Am Santa...
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MaJaMa - The BAD CGI SHARKS Interview (Matthew Ellsworth, Jason Ellsworth and Matteo Molinari)
Paul Preston talks to MaJaMa, the production team behind the sure-to-be-a-cult-hit terror movie spoof Bad CGI Sharks. MaJaMa is Matthew Ellsworth, Jason Ellsworth & Matteo Molinari. On the eve of their movie being released, they talk about what movies inspired their comic take on an unintended...
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James Tumminia and Alan Zweibel - The LOVE, GILDA Interview
If you know Karen and Paul from The Movie Guys, then you know they love Gilda Radner, so this episode is especially exciting as there is a new documentary out called Love, Gilda. Two of the shows producers join us - James Tumminia, who has a long history with Gilda-related projects and Alan...
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Leon Russom - The TMG Interview
This episode of the TMG Interview will surprise you! Paul and Karen welcome actor Leon Russom to The Admiral's Club to talk about his career - the longevity and wide variety of his credits are a revelation. From sharing the stage with Ian McKellen to sharing a scene with The Dude, Leon's got…
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Kate Flannery - The TMG Interview
The hum of air conditioners and fans underscores this latest TMG Interview as Paul & Karen hit The Admiral's Club to interview the great Kate Flannery! Kate appears in the new comedy How to Get Girls alongside Zach Fox, Dave Koechner, Chris Elliott and Chris Kattan. There's chat about the new…
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Nicholas Daines - The TMG Interview
You may see this interview posted here and think, "I don't believe I've seen Nicholas Daines in anything." But, you have. This versatile and prolific stunt performer has worked on major movie franchises like Star Wars, Harry Potter, the DCEU, Kingsman, Transformers, James Bond and more! So, it's...
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Jon Brewer - The TMG Interview
Jon Brewer has been in the music business for decades, and has spent the last dozen years or so making music documentaries about everyone from Guns N' Roses to Jimi Hendrix to Nat King Cole. His latest, Monochrome: Black, White and Blue, is a deep dive into the blues and how it developed and...
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Josh Helman and Jennifer Allcott - The TMG Interview
Kate Can't Swim is the latest project from filmmakers Josh Helman and Jennifer Allcott. It's a dynamic relationship drama that has wrapped a successful festival run and is now available on VOD. Helman and Allcott join Movie Guys Paul Preston and Adam Witt to go deep with stories from the indie…
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Tami Stronach - The TMG Interview
Tami Stronach joins Paul Preston and Karen Volpe for a career-spanning conversation, covering her iconic role as The Childlike Empress in the fantasy classic The NeverEnding Story, on through her long dance career and what she's currently up to with her multimedia group, Paper Canoe Company....
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Mark Borchardt’s Favorite Movies - The TMG Interview
Coven director Mark Borchardt is a real Movie Guy. Here, he makes his triumphant return to The Movie Guys' podcast to talk about his favorite films of all time: Faces Persona Hour of the Wolf Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One Othello Macbeth (both Welles) Stroszek Chimes at Midnight Repulsion...
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Talking movies with those who make the movies. Led by Paul Preston, The TMG Interview puts listeners in up close and personal with filmmakers and other artists with lively, informed conversation and, if time remaining...bits!
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Talking movies with those who make the movies. Led by Paul Preston, The TMG Interview puts listeners in up close and personal with filmmakers and other artists with lively, informed conversation and, if time remaining...bits!
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