It’s very hard to make a film about music that’s better than actually just listening to music. That’s the challenge co-directors T.G. Herrington and Danny Clinch took on in A Tuba to Cuba, a documentary the revered New Orleans Jazz band as they travel to post-embargo Cuba. NFS writer Oakley Anderson Moore sat down with Herrington and producer Nicelle Herring ... Show More
Today
The Logistics of Chaos: Directing Lord of the Flies With 36 Child Actors With Marc Munden
GG Hawkins speaks with BAFTA-winning director Marc Munden about directing the new Netflix adaptation of Lord of the Flies, written by Jack Thorne. Munden discusses revisiting William Golding’s novel, shaping the series’ visual language, filming on a remote island in Malaysia, wor ... Show More
47m 21s
Yesterday
Pete Ohs' 2026 Distribution Experiment #2: Erupcja (and Releasing an Indie Starring Charli XCX)
GG Hawkins continues No Film School’s 2026 distribution experiment with filmmaker Pete Ohs, focusing on the release of Erupcja, his Warsaw-shot microbudget feature starring Charli XCX, Lena Góra, Will Madden, and Jeremy O. Harris. Pete breaks down how the movie was made, how its ... Show More
46m 13s
Oct 2024
Why I Stopped Music For Filmmaking - Michael J Epstein
Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube here:
https://youtu.be/AGXF9gco6fg?si=VQKjAU7kC8HNivCP
Michael J. Epstein is a filmmaker, writer, musician, and scientist. With his production company, Launch Over, he has made theme-driven genre shorts and features that have pla ... Show More
1h 52m
Jun 2024
SHORTS COMPILATION: SLY vs ARNOLD, Documentaries, Film Accuracy, FMK and More!
On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha bring you a compilation of some of their recent Cine-Files Shorts that includes their thoughts on the SLY and ARNOLD documentaries, their thoughts on how historically accurate filmmakers need to be with true events de ... Show More
1h 45m
Mar 2025
Food For Thought: Why make a passion project documentary and give it away for FREE with Giles Alderson & Dan Richardson
Today’s episode is a special one! First for all, the brilliant Phil Hawkins takes the reins as our host. And if that wasn’t exciting enough, the one and only Giles Alderson finally joins us to present his brand-new film! Alongside his longtime friend and co-director/-producer/-wr ... Show More
1h 2m
Apr 2013
"Mistaken for Strangers": Meet the Filmmakers
Join director Tom Berninger, executive producer Marshall Curry ("Street Fight," "If a Tree Falls"), producer Carin Besser, producer Craig Charland and Matt Berninger (lead singer of The National), as they discuss their documentary, "Mistaken for Strangers." Shot while Tom was wor ... Show More
38m 11s
Sep 2023
An Interview With Talking Heads
Ahead of the release of their newly restored and iconic concert documentary Stop Making Sense, all four members of the original Talking Heads lineup get together to chat with Pitchfork’s Contributing Editor Andy Cush. Listen to David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, and Jerry ... Show More
33m 45s