226. 4Qs with Christopher McNeany

Any fan of this podcast knows for the 4Qs pic I ask people to look silly

What are the 4Q’s?

  • Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3)
  • Name a film you think is underrated
  • Name a film you think is overrated
  • Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out

Christopher McNeany wrote, produced, and is the lead actor in the short film “More Than He Knows” that came to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2021.  “More Than He Knows” holds the prize for “Sexiest Film of the Fest,” which is an unofficial award that I keep thinking about making official.  Aaaand… it’s official.  I just added that prize to the SOFF 2021 Awards page.

Normally it takes a while for a filmmaker to go from festival to podcast, but Chris was literally wrapping up his festival run at SOFF and I was delighted when he said he wanted to do a podcast and have “More Than He Knows” join season 5 of the Discover Indie Film TV series.  Season 5 should be released this March, but if you want to watch other superb indie shorts just go to the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video!  And if you don’t want to wait for the “sexy as f*ck” editing of “More Than He Knows” to be in the DIF TV series, you can watch the “sexy as heck” edit of “More Than He Knows” right now on YouTube!

I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did!

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Here are Chris’s 4Qs answers:

  • Favorites: The Empire Strikes Back, South Park: Bugger, Longer, and Uncut; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • Underrated: Labyrinth
  • Overrated: Uncut Gems
  • Seek Out: A Sexplanation (documentary), Malibu Horror Story

Podcast

Source: Discover Film

225. Christopher McNeany “More Than He Knows”

Chris McNeany hopped onto Zoom for his Jan 2022 DIF interview… thanks Omicron!

Christopher McNeany wrote, produced, and is the lead actor in the short film “More Than He Knows” that came to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2021.  “More Than He Knows” holds the prize for “Sexiest Film of the Fest,” which is an unofficial award that I keep thinking about making official.  Aaaand… it’s official.  I just added that prize to the SOFF 2021 Awards page.

Normally it takes a while for a filmmaker to go from festival to podcast, but Chris was literally wrapping up his festival run at SOFF and I was delighted when he said he wanted to do a podcast and have “More Than He Knows” join season 5 of the Discover Indie Film TV series.  Season 5 should be released this March, but if you want to watch other superb indie shorts just go to the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video!  And if you don’t want to wait for the “sexy as f*ck” editing of “More Than He Knows” to be in the DIF TV series, you can watch the “sexy as heck” edit of “More Than He Knows” right now on YouTube!

I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did!

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224. 4Qs with Ryan Beene

Ryan Beene on the set of “Those People”

What are the 4Q’s?

  • Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3)
  • Name a film you think is underrated
  • Name a film you think is overrated
  • Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out

Ryan Beene wrote, produced, directed and edited his short film “Those People.”  We were honored to hold the theatrical premiere of this film at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2021 where it took one a Programmers Prize.  The great news is that Ryan’s film will be joining season 5 of the Discover Indie Film TV series.  Season 5 should be released in March 2022, but if you want to watch other superb indie shorts just go to the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video!

“Those People” is such an original, compelling film that I couldn’t wait to hear his 4Qs list.  Enjoy!

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Here are Ryan’s 4Qs answers:

  • Favorites: Happy Together, Lost in Translation, Cléo from 5 to 7
  • Underrated: Palo Alto
  • Overrated: Inception
  • Seek Out: Shiva Baby

Podcast

Source: Discover Film

223. Ryan Beene “Those People”

Writer/director/producer/editor Ryan Beene’s headshot from his acting days

Ryan Beene brought his short film “Those People” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2021 and took home a Programmers Prize award.  Thanks to Covid, that screening was also the theatrical premiere of “Those People.”  I was delighted to hear that Ryan was wrapping u his festival run and was happy for his film to join season 5 of the Discover Indie Film TV series.  Season 5 should be released this March, but if you want to watch other superb indie shorts just go to the Discover Indie Film TV Series on Amazon Prime Video!

Ryan is an intelligent, thoughtful and unabashedly real storyteller.  In this interview I got to see how he made key decisions so that all these qualities ended up in “Those People.”  Enjoy the interview!

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222. 4Qs with Kip Calendine & Sarah Beth Goer

I always ask people to act a little silly for their 4Qs pic.

What are the 4Q’s?

  • Name your favorite films of all time (limit 3)
  • Name a film you think is underrated
  • Name a film you think is overrated
  • Name a lesser-known film that you think people should seek out

Sarah Beth Goer & Kip Calendine brought their feature film “Three Roads” to Film Invasion Los Angeles in 2020.  Sarah wrote, produced and starred in the film while Kip wrote, produced and directed.  You can watch “Three Roads” right now on the Three Roads Vimeo page for free!

I highly recommend that you watch this film.  It is the kind of micro-budget movie that I feel energizes the indie film scene, made with heart by people who made a feature film because they had to.

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Here are Sarah’s 4Qs answers:

  • Favorites: Lars and the Real Girl, Kissing Jessica Stein/Keeping the Faith, DuPlass pics (Language Lessons) and (This is John)
  • Underrated: Coco
  • Overrated: The Big Short
  • Seek Out: In and Of Itself (Hulu), Her Friend Adam (online short)

Here are Kip’s 4Qs answers:

  • Favorites: The Apartment, Y Tu Mamá También, Jaws
  • Underrated: Mother
  • Overrated: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
  • Seek Out: Schizopolis

Podcast

Source: Discover Film