Podcasting Them Softly is proud to present a chat with actress Dina Shihabi, one of the lead stars from Sean Mullin’s award winning indie dramedy AMIRA & SAM. Dina chats with us about her career, her background, the importance of a film like Amira & Sam, and her future projects. We’re big fans of this small gem and we urge everyone to check it out — Enjoy!
Podcasting Them Softly is proud to present a chat with the unwitting Godfather of our podcast, producer Bill Johnson from Lotus Entertainment. Bill‘s company was responsible for helping to produce THE GREY, SOUTHLAND TALES, THE KILLER ELITE, MAGGIE, SONG ONE, and most importantly to us, the Andrew Dominik directed crime film KILLING THEM SOFTLY, which is the movie that brought Frank and Nick together as one, movie-loving unit. An entrepreneur, philanthropist, and all around movie-buff, Bill‘s company has some very exciting projects on the horizon, and we were honored that he found some time in his busy schedule to chat with us. We hope you enjoy!
Podcasting Them Softly is extremely proud to present a chat with film producer and writer Greg Yolen! Greg is best known for his collaborations with writer/director Bill Condon, having started for him as an assistant on the final two TWILIGHT films, before making the jump to full fledged producer, with credits including the underrated and extremely stylish Wikileaks drama THE FIFTH ESTATE, this summer’s critically acclaimed art-house hit MR. HOLMES starring Ian McKellen and Laura Linney, and 2017’s big-budget, live-action retelling of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. He’s also contributed scripts to the TV series R.L. Stine’s THE HAUNTING HOUR and completed a short film as writer/producer, the 2012 effort METEOR NIGHT. We hope you enjoy!
Podcasting Them Softly is proud to present a chat with cult filmmaker Steve De Jarnatt, the director of the 1988 head-trip CHERRY 2000, and the wonderful MIRACLE MILE with Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham, which was released in 1989. Steve is also an accomplished short story author, with an inclusion in the 2009 edition of The Best American Short Stories for his work RUBIAUX RISING, and has also worked on TV hits such as ER, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, and LIZZIE MCQUIRE. An eclectic talent who knows how to effectively mix tones to create incredibly unique results, Steve‘s chat is filled with passion and insight, and we hope you enjoy it!
Podcasting Them Softly is honored to present a chat with cinematographer Ben Kasulke. Over the last 10 years, Ben has amassed close to 60 credits, and has become one of the leading independent stylists of his generation, having created intense collaborations with filmmakers Lynn Shelton and Guy Maddin, shooting for them such titles as TOUCHY FEELY, YOUR SISTER’S SISTER, HUMPDAY, THE FORBIDDEN ROOM, SEANCES, and KEYHOLE. His work stretches various genres and filmmakers with other big-screen credits including SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED, THE FREEBIE, and TREATMENT. He’s also no stranger to television, having shot the first season of the hilarious and critically acclaimed FX comedy MARRIED starring Judy Greer and Nat Faxon, and Adult Swim’s horror comedy THE HEART, SHE HOLLAR with John Lee and Vernon Chatman. Ben has also worked on documentaries and short films, and his most recent project is the upcoming Amazon series RED OAKS for executive producer Steven Soderbergh and PINEAPPLE EXPRESS director David Gordon Green. We hope you enjoy our latest entry in the PTS Cinematographer’s Corner series!
Podcasting Them Softly is extremely excited to present a chat with four-time Saturn Award winner Charles de Lauzirika. Charles is one of the home video market’s most sought after producers of exclusive behind the scenes content, having worked with an insane roster of filmmakers including Ridley and Tony Scott, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, James Cameron, Michael Bay, the Coen brothers, and David Fincher, just to name a few. He’s also an emerging writer/director, having completed his feature debut, the indie thriller CRAVE, back in 2012. A massive movie buff with an encyclopedic knowledge of cinema, it was a blast getting a chance to talk with him, and we hope you enjoy!
We are absolutely proud to present Nigel Bluck, the director of photography of all eight episodes of the second season of TRUE DETECTIVE. Nigel was the sole DP on the series this season, and did an amazing job giving the series an unprecedented and unique boost to its tone, setting the visual bedrock where we watched the new characters get the world they deserve. Nigel also was the DP of Julius Avery’s SON OF A GUN, Julie Bertuccelli’s THE TREE, and he was the second unit director of photography of visual effects on THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS and RETURN OF THE KING. Nigel was listed this year in Varity’s Top Ten Cinematographers to watch. Please visit Nigel’s website here.
Podcasting Them Softly is extremely proud to present a Special Edition CINEMATOGRAPHER’S CORNER POWERCAST with director of photography Salvatore Totino. For the last 16 years, Salvatore has been shooting films for an extremely impressive roster of filmmakers. Oliver Stone drafted him for his big-screen debut on ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, which catapulted him into the top ranks of working cinematographers after he displayed an aggressively visceral camera style 
on Stone’s gridiron epic. He was then scooped up by Ron Howard and over the years he’s shot seven films for him, including all three Robert Langdon adventures – THE DAVINCI CODE, ANGELS AND DEMONS, and next year’s INFERNO, as well as the historical drama FROST/NIXON, the revisionist western THE MISSING starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett, and the relationship comedy THE DILEMMA. Other credits include moody and stylish work on Roger Michell’s underrated drama CHANGING LANES, and later this fall, he has two big films coming out in theaters – the star-studded mountain climbing adventure EVEREST and the NFL brain-trauma expose CONCUSSION, which stars Will Smith, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, David Morse, and Albert Brooks. Welcome to the show Salvatore, it’s an honor to get a chance to speak with you!
Podcasting Them Softly is extremely proud to present our first Special Edition CINEMATOGRAPHER’S CORNER POWERCAST with two time Oscar nominated director of photography Seamus McGarvey. For the last 25 years, Seamus has been putting together an amazing and eclectic body of work that stretches all genres and styles, with just some of his credits including THE WAR ZONE for Tim Roth, HIGH FIDELITY for Stephen Frears, THE HOURS for Stephen Daldry, Oliver Stone’s THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, the unforgettable and chilling family drama WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN from director Lynn Ramsay, Joss Whedon’s THE AVENGERS, last summer’s blockbuster GODZILLA, this past winter’s worldwide phenomenon 50 SHADES OF GREY, and four huge collaborations with director Joe Wright including ATONEMENT, ANNA KARENINA, THE SOLOIST, and this Fall’s extremely exciting looking PAN, which is a new spin on the classic tale of Peter Pan. He two upcoming projects are Gavin O’Connor’s THE ACCOUNTANT staring Ben Affleck and Tom Ford’s next film NOCTURNAL ANIMALS. He’s one of the most in demand cinematographers of his generation, and it was an honor to speak with him. Enjoy!
We talk about Scorsese’s most underseen film, THE KING OF COMEDY, as well as our top five Robert De Niro performances and our top five comedic performances of all time. Both were tough lists! Hope you guys enjoy!
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