Behind The Lens

Join noted film critic debbie lynn elias and a line-up of talented co-hosts and informed guests each week as she goes BEHIND THE LENS and below the line with in-depth looks at films and filmmaking with the movers and shakers and up and comers of the industry, along with movie reviews, interviews, box office round-ups, awards, festival coverage, specialty segments like Tech Talk, Legalese and Classic Corner, and more every Monday at 11am PT/2pm ET - only on Adrenaline Radio!

Behind The Lens is a tv podcast hosted by debbie lynn elias, with 535 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

debbie lynn elias hosts Behind The Lens, a tv show with 535 episodes published.

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  BEHIND THE LENS #538: Featuring Delilah Napier, Lucy Powers and Claire Scanlon

  Sep 28, 202646 min

  It's a fun show this week on BEHIND THE LENS as we're talking comedy. Laugh-out-loud funny comedy, dark comedy, and screwball comedies, thanks to DELILAH NAPIER and LUCY POWERS and their film FLOATING CAROUSEL, and CLAIRE SCANLON who talks about her fabulously fun screwball comedy, THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS. First up, are DELILAH NAPIER and LUCY POWERS and FLOATING CAROUSEL. FLOATING CAROUSEL is a dark comedy that follows five characters in their 20s. We meet our core five – a Gender Studies masters student, a messy philanderer, an in-denial Sugar Baby, an aspiring cabaret artist, and a professional cuddler – in a web of dystopian dating scenarios in modern-day New York City. The film takes a surreal turn when two of the characters plot an elaborate revenge scheme that inadvertently unleashes an infestation across New York. A humorous and raunchy look at the transactional nature of our modern day relationships – in a time which has been called the "loneliest century." FLOATING CAROUSEL is written, directed, edited and stars Delilah and Lucy, featuring an additional cast of Glori Dei Filippone, Brittany Bradford, Jon Rudnitsky, Reg Rogers, Dylan T. Jackson, and Julian Cihi. The film's cinematographer is Fletcher Wolfe and composer is Anna Dubrich. Switching gears, we're going from dark comedy to balls out screwball comedy thanks to CLAIRE SCANLON and her latest film THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Ali Hazelwood, THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS follows Olive (Lili Reinhart), a brilliant Ph.D. candidate focused on her future in academia. But when she realizes her best friend Ahn (Rachel Marsh) has fallen for her crush Jeremy (Nicholas Duvernay), Olive impulsively kisses intimidating professor Adam Carlsen (Tom Bateman) to prove she's moved on. What begins as a desperate act of friendship spirals into a fake relationship with rules, boundaries, and a mutually beneficial agreement. When their arrangement begins to blur the lines between performance and reality, Olive is forced to test her most daunting hypothesis yet: that love might actually be worth the risk. Directed by Claire Scanlon and written by Sarah Rothschild based on Ali Hazelwood's best selling novel, THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS stars Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman, together with Rachel Marsh, Nicholas Duvernay, and Jaboukie Young-White. Cinematographer is the fabulous Matthew Clark, with editing done courtesy of Kim Boritz-Brehm and Tia Nolan, with a score by Laura Karpman. A very female centric POV made with a female centric gaze (but for Matthew Clark), and I love it. http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

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  BEHIND THE LENS #537: Featuring Geoffrey Moore

  Sep 21, 202639 min

  I am thrilled to bring you this week's BEHIND THE LENS and this week's featured interview because we're talking with Moore. Geoffrey Moore. There is an inevitability to Geoffrey Moore playing a British spy. He knows it. We know it. And when asked whether he had any trepidation about stepping into the role of MI5 agent Hugh in KNIGHTFALL given that his father happened to be Sir Roger Moore, Geoffrey doesn't hesitate. "No. Money is the answer." The laugh, the wit. That sums up Geoffrey Moore. Witty, funny and self-deprecating, Moore is fully aware of the enormous cinematic elephant standing in the room with him—and entirely unwilling to spend the next half hour genuflecting before it. His is a particularly British wit: quick, dry and responsive, catching an idea in midair and tossing it back with an unexpected spin. And you'll hear for yourselves, when the laughter subsides, Geoffrey gets to the more thoughtful truth. As for KNIGHTFALL, there is something wonderfully refreshing about an espionage thriller that remembers the most important weapon in a spy's arsenal is his brain. Lean, character-driven, and refreshingly free of gadgetry and bombast, KNIGHTFALL puts intelligence before action and then makes that action count. Produced by Jonathan Sothcott, director Ben Fortune and writers Robert Dunn, James Smy, and Bob Schultz deliver a grounded British spy thriller in which moves and countermoves matter, relationships carry consequences, and a chessboard proves every bit as important to understanding the film as a gun. And Geoffrey Moore is one part of a very interesting puzzle. One of the most enjoyable and lovely conversations I've had over the decades, I think you'll enjoy this one too. http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

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  BEHIND THE LENS #536: Featuring Padraic McKinley

  Sep 14, 202640 min

  Welcome back to another week of BEHIND THE LENS! I was going to air director Scott Waugh's interview on RUNNER starring Owen Wilson and Alan Ritchson today, but given that the review has been out, my interview feature with Scott is also out, and there's so much positive traction on the film already, that I'm switching things up and bringing you PADRAIC "PAT" McKINLEY and his new film THE WEIGHT! What a film! Directed by Pat McKinley and written by Matthew Booi and Shelby Gaines, THE WEIGHT stars Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Julia Jones, Austin Amelic, Avi Nash, Sam Hazeldine, and the oh so adorable Avy Berry. A taut thriller set in Oregon in 1933 during the depths of the Great Depression, THE WEIGHT stars Ethan Hawke as Samuel Murphy, a father torn from his daughter and imprisoned in a brutal work camp where Russell Crowe's corrupt and imposing Warden Clancy offers him a chance at early release: help smuggle gold through miles of unforgiving wilderness. What follows is not merely an adventure or survival story, but a testament to the human spirit and the need for personal freedom, anchored by the gut-wrenching power of a father's love for his daughter. This is the story of an ordinary man in an extraordinary circumstance. There are a lot of new films out right now in theatres and On Demand and On Digital. I just want to put a few of the indie gems on your radar. One is a sweet nostalgic film is AMERICAN SUMMER starring Steve Guttenberg as a 50-something year old guy looking back on his best summer ever. Then there are two bloody horror films for you – FEED which has an interesting juxtaposition of social media influencers and vampires; and GATOR FACE which is oh so fun with real alligators and the "leader" of the gators wearing a to-die-for gator coat and a gator mask that is shaped like a gator snout but strongly resembles a WWI gas mask. For a change of pace, the British spy thriller KNIGHTFALL is now on digital and it stars Ian Ogilvy, Jeanine Sothcott, and none other than Geoffrey Moore (son of 007 Sir Roger Moore). I'll be speaking with Geoffrey on Tuesday. Plus, I'm speaking with the wonderful James Nunn again this week talking about ONE LAST SHOT to close out the "One Shot" trilogy with Scott Adkins. And folks – it is action-packed. And there's so much more already onn the calendar and in the queue! http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

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  BEHIND THE LENS #535: Featuring Kevin MacDonald

  Aug 31, 202629 min

  This week on BEHIND THE LENS, I've got an interesting and fun interview for you as I talk with director KEVIN MACDONALD about his new film, the psychological thriller THE RUNNER. Plus, it will tease you a bit before THE RUNNER releases on September 2nd on Prime Video! Directed by Kevin Macdonald, who you probably best know for The Last King of Scotland or How I Live Now (I also love his work with The Mauritanian and Black Sea), and written by Mark Gibson who has previously brought us the oh-so-fun Snow Dogs and the animated film The Wild, together they bring us THE RUNNER. THE RUNNER stars Gal Gadot as Maia Marten, a sharp, resourceful high-powered lawyer at the pinnacle of London's legal world. She is also a single mother. During her routine morning run, a single phone call shatters her world: her son has been taken. The instructions to get him back are simple and merciless — keep moving, follow every command, and tell no one. Stop, and he dies. Forced to sprint through the city and obey a series of sinister commands, Maia must confront an impossible question: how far will she go to bring her son home? A pulse-pounding psychological thriller set against the backdrop of London's hyper-connected streets, THE RUNNER is a visceral, high-stakes race where every second counts, every choice carries a price, and a mother’s unstoppable love becomes the most dangerous weapon of all. http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

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  BEHIND THE LENS #534: Featuring Alicia MacDonald and Casper Kelly

  Aug 24, 202652 min

  It's a fun show this week on BEHIND THE LENS thanks to director ALICIA MacDONALD talking about her new film opening on Friday, FINDING EMILY, and writer/director CASPER KELLY discussing his new film BUDDY, which also opens in theatres this Friday! First up, we're going to Manchester, England with FINDING EMILY. Directed by Alicia MacDonald and written by Rachel Hirons, FINDING EMILY is the story of a lovesick musician named Owen who is given the wrong number for his dream girl, "Emily", which leads him to team up with a driven psychology student from the United States, Emily Raine, to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and ambitions along the way. Side note for all of you – there are 40,000 students at the University. 318 are named Emily… plus some non-students also named Emily. And Owen's ideas for finding "the right Emily" bring on all sorts of hilarity and heart. Shifting gears, get ready for a fun-filled look into the world of BUDDY courtesy of writer/director CASPER KELLY. I had so much fun watching this film and speaking with Casper about it. BUDDY is very cool. Fresh. Original. A novel idea! So, who is BUDDY? Well, BUDDY is a bright orange unicorn and star of the fictional classic childrens' television show who brought joy and life lessons into your living room. And Casper takes us inside the world of "It's Buddy!" where we meet a group of children who spend their days singing, dancing, and helping Buddy spread happiness, while learning important life lessons. But what happens when one child refuses to play along, displeasing and angering Buddy? http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

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