The Week Ahead 11.7.16

We've returned from Paducah! Not as conquering heroes, but certainly with rejuvenated souls, full hearts, and carrying 10 extra pounds. I'm sure we'll have plenty of stories from the weekend to share with you on the next couple of Talk Hard podcasts. Speaking of...

Tuesday

Tuesday is podcast day and you should get excited about this episode of Talk Hard. While in majestic Lower Town, we managed to wrangle Landee Bryant-Greene and steal an hour of her precious time to record an interview. It's a great look at the inner workings of a film festival, plus all our normal nonsense. You're going to like it.

Wednesday

We'll try to have something special for your Indie Wednesday; likely with a Rivers Edge Film Fest theme. Maybe our short, maybe our friends'?

The Week Ahead 10.31.16

It's Rivers Edge Film Fest week!!! That means, after today, we'll be consumed by all things Paducah! Primo sandwiches and giant cinnamon rolls lie in our immediate future, but what about you fine people? You didn't think we'd leave you behind did you? Take the journey with us on Facebook and Instagram as we try to beast the social medias starting Thursday evening.

Monday

Happy Halloween, creeps! If you love the 31st like we do, today is your day and we hooked you up with the first ever Talk Hard Halloween Pod Special!! Jump over there and check it out.

Tuesday

Maybe... maybe... another Halloween surprise from us to you.

Wednesday

We plan to follow up that huge Halloween Pod Special with a Beyond the Show post to shed further light on some of what was discussed. I mean... The Paul Lynde Halloween Special?? Yes, we have clips.

Thursday

Todd, Al, and myself hit the Bluegrass Parkway at noon and head West! Paducah here we come. We'll likely pop by the festival's welcome party before venturing out on into the night for grub. For the past three years, the Thursday night dinner slot has gone to Pizza By the Pound. We'll see if that holds true this year and if Todd will take The Pounder Challenge!!

Friday/Saturday

Film Festin' alllll dang day. The Todd Sheene written and directed short film, Rural Legend plays in the cherry time slot at 7pm in the Maiden Alley Cinema. (And also at 11am in Yeiser Art Center on Saturday which zero people will attend. Not even whoever is supposed to run the projector.) At some point during these two days, we'll be recording at least two episodes of Talk Hard. We have guests and interviews lined up that you're going to like and we're super excited about it!

Thanks for listening and watching and reading, folks. It really does keep us going. So check back in throughout the week and keep your eyes on the Facebook and Instagram accounts starting Thursday night.

Indie Wednesday: Spooky Club

This Halloween, Spooky Club decide to retrieve the stolen skull of Vincent Price and cremate it, just like he wanted. Vincent Price died on the 25th October 1993. Support his legacy by visiting these pages - http://www.vincentprice.com / http://www.vincentpricelegacy.com Interested in joining Spooky Club? Click here - http://holomaxtheatre.com/join-spooky-club A film by Joe and Lloyd Stas. Starring Michael Muyunda, Simon Curd, Clare Woods, Rowan Stas and Chewie. Also featuring Daniel Scheinert, one half of 'DANIELS' and co-director of Swiss Army Man. Go and watch that film right now. See a behind the scenes video here - https://vimeo.com/187955279 Read a production blog here - http://tinyurl.com/spookyblog http://holomaxtheatre.com facebook.com/holomax twitter.com/holomaxtheatre instagram.com/holomaxtheatre Shot on the Digital Bolex D16 with Veydra lenses.

LANGUAGE WARNING

Here's something to get you primed for Halloween. Spooky Club may not be the best short film you've ever seen and the Wes Anderson influence is working overtime, BUT...  For all you filmmakers out there, this is what I would suggest you take away from Spooky Club: production design is everything. 90% of what makes Spooky Time work was done before the first frame was ever shot.

The Week Ahead 10.24.16

Monday

It's National Bologna Day, y'all! So get out there and give your children some nightmare-inducing bologna faces! Maybe eat half of a bologna sandwich which should satisfy any bologna cravings you have until at least Bologna Day 2019. (Unless you're deeply disturbed Walk Softly actor Ron Parritt who has an intense and inexplicable obsession with this "meat" product.)

Tuesday

Tuesdays are pod days!! And get hyped because it's a Mt. Rushmore week on Talk Hard! We'll be picking the four greatest characters in the history of film. I'll go ahead and tell you, our mountain probably wouldn't look like yours.

Wednesday

Indie Wednesday! Check back in and we'll try to have another nice short film cherry picked from the cyberverse for you.

Thursday-Friday

Ehh... Get back to me. We might have a nice filmmaking post late in the week. We'll see.

Beyond the Show - Talk Hard 20

On the twentieth episode of Talk Hard, we named our Top 10 Television Shows of all time and compared them to Rolling Stones' recent Top 100 list which was rife with egregious error. I'll give you all three of our lists here in written form. As a side note, Saturday Night Live was a unanimous choice and we all agreed that the Phil Hartman casts were the best era of the show, so... that's decided. You're welcome.

Allen

Kolchak the Night Stalker

• The Andy Griffith Show
• The Office
• Seinfeld*
• Breaking Bad
• Mystery Science Theater 3000
• SNL*
• Chappelle's Show
• Arrested Development*
• WWE Raw
• Sons of Anarchy

Todd

• Seinfeld*
• Breaking Bad
• SNL*
• The Wonderful World of Disney
• Kolchak the Night Stalker
• Arrested Development*
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Good Times
• Happy Days
• News Radio

Scott

• Mad Men
• Seinfeld*
• The Wonder Years
• MST3K
• SNL*
• Late Nite with David Letterman
• Arrested Development*
• The Simpsons
• The Muppet Show

The lists are in no particular order, but The Andy Griffith Show, Seinfeld, and Mad Men are our respective favorites overall.

*Unanimous choices

The Week Ahead 10.17.16

Welcome to Fall everybody! Although you wouldn't know it here in the Bluegrass State where we'll hit 90 degrees tomorrow. Regardless, it's my favorite time of year for a host of reasons. Not the least of which is River's Edge Film Festival is right around the corner and we'll have a ton of things coming your way. We're going to try to step things up here on the website, so let's talk about what's happening this week.

Monday

A new episode of the Talk Hard podcast hits your listening device of choice on Monday and HEY, that's today!! Todd and I completely hijack the pod from the get-go, but we eventually get around to talking Disney World and our profound disappointment in Luke Cage.

Wednesday

Stop back by for a good old-fashioned Indie Wednesday. This week we'll have an animated short about a Sheriff in the Old West.

Friday

How about another episode of Talk Hard? That's right; two for one this week because we actually split our last recording into two parts since it originally clocked in at an epic two hours and twenty minutes. In this episode we'll discuss our list of the best TV shows of all time and compare it to Rolling Stone's terrible Top 100 list.

Do us a huge favor and leave a rating and review of Talk Hard on iTunes. All you have to do is click that link, Chief. You have no idea how much that helps the show. Have a great week, folks!

Rogue One and Other Stuff

Watch the official second trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, in which Jyn Erso leads a group of unlikely heroes to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story arrives in theaters December 16, 2016.

If you haven't seen it, feast your eyes on the second trailer for Rogue One. I'm not as big of a Star Wars fanatic as I was when I was a kid, so I don't go breath to breath waiting for this sort of thing. However, I maintain that no one puts together a trailer like the LucasFilm gang. This thing is fantastic and I will go on record right now to say Rogue One will be a much better story (and, by extension, film) than The Force Awakens.

Talk Hard

More Talk Hard episodes are on the way this week as we continue to get back to a regular schedule. This time around we talk Luke Cage, Disney theme parks, and our favorite TV shows of all time. So check in for that tomorrow and remember, if you've listened to the show, we need your ratings and reviews on iTunes. We'll beg if necessary because nothing does more for the show than your feedback.

The Week Ahead 8.29.16

Hey, it's my birthday! Chew on that one. But it isn't the big one. I don't have to jump off a cliff until next year. Let's talk about WSF things, shall we?

I know you've been anxiously awaiting a new episode of the Talk Hard Podcast and it's probably coming this week. Bear with us; it's been a very tough couple of weeks for the WSF family but I expect us to be back in our regular routine forthwith.

The good news is, there's plenty to catch up on! Todd has been slaving away on a short film edit (check out the retro still frame above) and attempting to get it submitted to our very favorite film festival in the far Western reaches of the Bluegrass State. We'll tell you if he pulled it off and how that process is going to go from here. Plus, while he's been doing that, all things Space Cops have been happening in Frankfort. You heard me. Not to mention Hollywood has been screwing the proverbial pooch this summer and you KNOW we want to talk about that too. So, get ready for it. We'll get you up to speed on all of that and more when Talk Hard comes back with a vengeance.

Filmmaking: Stranger Things Titles

The Netflix hit went old-school for its opening credits. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app.

I know I'm not the only film geek that has been burning through Stranger Things and wondering just what process they used to make those retro titles. Did they turn back the dial and do it optically? Recreate the look digitally? ...Turns out a little of both. Check out the whole story with this nice little piece by Vox.

Indie Wednesday: Welcome to The Last Bookstore

This short documentary focuses on the life of Josh Spencer, owner and operator of “The Last Bookstore”, located in Downtown Los Angeles. Against the closure of massive bookstore chains and the rise of eReaders, Josh has been able to create a local resurgence of the printed word. We explore his life as a father, husband, small business owner, and paraplegic, as well as the store’s magnetic attraction of the community.

We've got a short doc to share today because I'm all about paper and analog, man. It'll draw you in; it's a good story.