What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out.

Ryan Barton Grimley returns to the podcast for the THIRD time! This time, to discuss “Listen Carefully,” the winner for Best Feature Film – Action/Thriller at Sherman Oaks FIlm Festival in 2024.

It’s fair to say Ryan has been a favorite guest over the years and I’m always eager to hear how the 4 Questions has changed and grown.

You can find everything you need at Ryan’s official website (https://www.ryanbartongrimley.com/) including where you can catch ALL of his films.

IG @ryanbartongrimley

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Happy Friday, Everyone!

I’m supposed to focus on Ryan Barton Grimley’s film career, right? But here’s the thing.                                                                                                                                                                                              We met in 2017 when he brought the feature film “Repatriation” the second ever Film Invasion Los Angeles.                                                                                                                                                                Plus, Ryan came onto this podcast in 2018 to talk “Repatriation,” then in 2022 to discuss “Hawk and Rev: Vampire Slayers” on episode 304, and now he is back on episode 561 to discuss “Listen Carefully,” the
winner for Best Feature Film – Action/Thriller at Sherman Oaks FIlm Festival in 2024.

There you have it. I’ve known Ryan for eight years and consider him a friend. I mean, we have met for coffee to just hang.                                                                                                                                    That’s for real, y’all. Heck, maybe when all three of our daughters, he has two and I’ve got one, are off to college we’ll hang out more.

You can find everything you need at Ryan’s official website (https://www.ryanbartongrimley.com/) including where you can catch ALL of his films.

IG @ryanbartongrimley

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What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out.

Ren Olivieri brought his film “The Trade” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024, and took home the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking.

As you may have learned if you listened to Ren’s interview posted Monday, he’s the type of filmmaker you just want to get to know better and better and naturally the best way to do that is to jump into the 4 Questions!

Follow Ren on Instagram at @reno91

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Happy Monday, Film Friends!

Ren Olivieri brought his film “The Trade” to the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024, coming down from Canada to represent the film he wrote, produced, and starred in.
This smart, funny, wonderfully produced short also took home the Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking.

I also have to mention that Ren is one of those most excellent people who makes the most of the festival, coming to the Gala and closing night mixer, as well as catching many screenings.                               But that’s not why I like this dude… the truth is that we started bonding via email when I confessed to him my involvement in fantasy sports and sealed the deal upon meeting in person.

But even cooler than becoming friendly with me, Ren met filmmaker Enrique Mendoza at the SOFF Opening Night Gala and the two kit it off, watched each other’s films at the fest, and then… collaborated on a film! For all I know it is in post at this point or even done!

Ren is my kinda person!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Follow him on Instagram at @reno91

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What are the 4Qs? (1) Three favorite films. (2) An underrated film. (3) An overrated film. (4) A lesser-known film people should seek out.

Tal Anderson is a talented actor, writer, director and producer, whose short film “Breaking Normal” took home a Programmer’s Prize for Exceptional Filmmaking at the Sherman Oaks Film Festival in 2024.

I was so glad for the chance to interview Tal and extremely curious to hear what she had in store for her 4 Questions.

Tal’s Personal Links:

Website: www.theTALanderson.com
IMDb: www.IMDB.me/TalAnderson
IG: www.Instagram.com/TheTalAnderson
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTalAnderson

Tal’s Work Links:
JOY film : https://youtu.be/2-zDgrIsw1E?si=N1ps31t5NwinDwkW
Hairy Yarns Podcast : https://hairyyarns.buzzsprout.com/
Breaking Normal : https://youtu.be/dbmW0vDamsg (This is unpublished but can be accessed if you click on the link. I’m using this one because it’s the most recent version of the film)

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