Episodes
Welcome to day 10 of our Edinburgh Film Festival coverage and we've got a huge interview today. Lee Hutchison is joined by the legenedary director, Joe (Gremlins, The Howling, Piranha, Small Soldiers) Dante to discuss his incredible career and share his advice and insight after decades in the industry.   
Published 06/27/18
Our second week at the Edinburgh International Film Festival continues with with 'Calbire' writer/director, Matt Palmer returning for an extended interview. Be sure to check out our bumper episode last week about 'Calibre' which also featured Matt and actors Kate Bracken, Martin McCan and Tony Curran.  Calibre is about two lifelong friends, (one of them played by former Filibuster guest Jack Lowden)  who head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip....
Published 06/26/18
Launching out second week of Edinburgh Film Festival coverage, we can share this roundtable interview we took part in with Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer and Denis O'Hare for 'The Parting Glass' The Parting Glass is a powerful, moving and beautifully structured drama about family, love and loss, and provides a perfect platform for a series of striking performances. Driven by a core team of True Blood alumni (director Stephen Moyer, star Anna Paquin, and writer and star Denis O’Hare), the film...
Published 06/25/18
Lee Hutchison and Dallas King discuss their first week at the Edinburgh Film Festival and share their expeirneces and highlights.  The duo also review all the movies they've watched during the past seven days, Puzzle, Super Modo, Blood Fest, Old Boys, Searching, 3/4, My Name is Myeshia, Lucid, Calibre, Cest La Vie, Ideal Home, The Secret of Marrowbone, Incredibles 2, The Parting Glass, The Eyes of Orson Wells, 12 Point Kill, White Chamber, The Great Buddha +, No. 1 Chung Ying Street, Never...
Published 06/24/18
Our Edinburgh Film Festival coverage continues with this very exciting interview. ? This week director Adam Morse announced on the eve of the world premiere of his movie, 'Lucid' that he was blind. i’m joined by Adam and actor, Laurie Calvert to discuss this fantastic and inspiring story behind the making of this movie.  Timid Zel (Laurie Calvert), adrift in a city with no friends, simultaneously craves and fears intimacy. His eccentric neighbour, Elliot (Billy Zane), offers to help him...
Published 06/24/18
Our coverage of the Edinburgh International Film Festival continues.  Up next is an interview with French actress, Eye Haidara who plays Adele, in the fantastic French farce comedy, C'est La Vie. C’est la vie! tells the delightfully sprawling story of a day in the life of an ageing Parisian wedding caterer driven to frustrated distraction as a complex wedding in a 17th-century chateau unravels. Look out for our in-depth reviews early next week as we look back at the first week of the...
Published 06/23/18
Our coverage of the Edinburgh Film Festival rumbles on!  Up today, is a bumper set of interviews for the film we highlighted in our preview episode that was Lee's most anticipated film, Calibre. It’s sold out here at the festival and will be dropping onto Netflix worldwide next week on the 29th of June I’m joined first by writer/director and Edinburgh legend Matt Palmer. actress Kate Bracken, actor Martin Mccann  and finally, Tony Curran. Calibre is about two lifelong friends, (one of them...
Published 06/23/18
Our Edinburgh Film Festival coverage continues as Lee Hutchison sits down with director Toby MacDonald and French actress Pauline Etienne to talk about the wonderfully charming, Old Boys'. Toby Macdonald’s wonderfully-staged debut film is a re-working of Cyrano de Bergerac’s classic story, set against the backdrop of a rough-and-tumble boarding school for boys. Amberson (Alex Lawther) may be awkward at sports, but his imagination comes to the fore when he helps the handsome school hero (who...
Published 06/22/18
Our Edinburgh film festival coverage continues with interviews with the cast and crew of ‘Eaten by Lions’, a wonderful British family comedy that follows Pete and Omar after they lose their beloved Gran and they go in search of Omar's estranged father, confronting him on the day of his daughters engagement party. First up we’ve got actor, Antonio Aakeel who joins us over the phone, then we’ve got writer/director Jason Wingard and producer Hannah Stevenson. and for a bonus, we’ve got some...
Published 06/22/18
Our Edinburgh International Film Festival coverage continues with an interview with Spanish writer (The Orphanage & The Impossible) and director, Sergio Sánchez to discuss his directorial debut, The Secret of Marrowbone.  We also have bonus red carpet interviews with actors George MacKay, Mia Goth, Nicola Harrison, producer Belén Atienza and Sergio Sanchez. 'The Secret of Marrowbone' is about a young man and his three younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved...
Published 06/21/18
We’re kickstarting our mammoth Edinburgh Film Festival coverage with an interview with one of the most famous producers in Hollywood, he produced Little Miss Sunshine, Safety Not Guaranteed & Everything Is Illuminated, has been nominated for an Oscar and has directed his second feature, the opening movie to this years festival, Puzzle, Marc Turtletaub. 'Puzzle' follows Agnes (Scotland's Kelly MacDonald), taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw...
Published 06/20/18
Lee Hutchison and Dallas King return to discuss how they spent their week off and play a game of Room 101! Dallas teases his incredible experience attending the Secret Cinema screening of Blade Runner and Lee talks about visiting the Royal Albert Hall to watch Star Trek & Star Trek Beyond with a live orchestra.  Dallas is in the hotseat as he picks a studio trend, marketing choice, plot device, projection experience and toxic fandom that he wants to banish to Room 101 but he must...
Published 06/18/18
When TNT picked up Babylon 5 for its fifth and final season, the deal also included four TV movies. This gave show creator J. Michael Straczynski the opportunity to tell B5 stories outside the five-year arc. As a result, each movie produced takes place in a different timeframe from the other, spanning from the desperate days of the Earth-Minbari War to the tenth anniversary of the Interstellar Alliance. In this episode of Filibuster, hosts Charlynn Schmiedt and Phillip Gilfus discuss the...
Published 06/13/18
For the 100th Filibuster episode, Lee Hutchison and Dallas King are joined by Shawn Eastridge (Missing Frames) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of 'Jurassic Park'. The trio share their early memories of watching 'Jurassic Park' and how their love has evolved over time. They also discuss what makes the film such a masterpiece including the characters, music, Stan Winston's creations, action sequences, memorable moments, themes and of course, Jeff Goldblum.  Thank you to everyone for...
Published 06/06/18
Lee Hutchison & Dallas King are joined by Shawn Eastridge (Missing Frames) & Darren Moser (Ceti Alpha 3) to discuss the latest Star Wars romp, 'Solo'.  Darren shares his once in a life time experience of being invited to the red carpet premiere of 'Solo' and how he created his L3-37 costume that caught the attention of the cast and Lucasfilm.  Lee, Dallas, Shawn and Darren discuss their opening night experiences, opinions of the characters new and younger and explore why the movie...
Published 05/30/18
Lee Hutchison and Dallas King have gone through the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018 programme with their highlighters and picked out a selection of movies and events they recommend booking or seeking out when the festival begins on June 20th. You can book tickets or browse the festival programming at http://edfilmfest.org.uk
Published 05/23/18
Lee Hutchison isn't coming alone, he's joined by Dallas King and Shawn Eastridge (Missing Frames) to discuss Deadpool 2. The Filibuster-Force share their opening night experiences, initial reactions, memorable moments, thoughts on the plot and frustrations with the sequel.  The trio also pick their favourite fourth wall breaking moments in cinema from James Bond to Margot Robbie in a bathtub explaining sub-prime loans. 
Published 05/23/18
When a filmgoer live tweeted Greta Gerwig's alleged reaction to 'I Feel Pretty', it sparked debate about who was in the wrong and how people should behave when watching a movie.  Dallas and Lee discuss their frustrations with the modern cinema experience and how they believe it can improved. They also share their favourite cinema stories and what makes it such a special place for them.  Also, just what do cinemas do with all those spoons from screenings of 'The Room'?   
Published 05/14/18
Lee Hutchison and Dallas King are huge fans of Edgar Wright and give themselves the challenge of picking their 5 favourite moments from his catalogue of work. The duo also discuss the appeal of Wright as a creative talent and their opinions on his work from Spaced to Baby Driver.     
Published 05/09/18
Lee Hutchison is joined this week by one of the finest writers in genre television, Robert Hewitt Wolfe!  In this episode... Robert shares with Lee what inspired him to become a writer and how he got his start in the industry. Pitching ideas for Star Trek: The Next Generation and becoming involved on Star Trek: Deep Space under the guidance of Michael Piller and Ira Steven Behr.  How Ira Steven Behr and Robert wrote scripts together as partners for some of the biggest episode of the...
Published 05/04/18
Shawn Eastridge (Missing Frames), Daniel Proulx (Ceti Alpha 3) and Matt Hansen assemble to review Avengers: Infinity War.  With a record breaking opening weekend, the movie has resonated with audiances and comic books on a global level, with our trio of Marvel fans diving into why this movie has become such a success story.       
Published 05/02/18
Lee Hutchison and Dallas King came together to record their thoughts on Avengers: Infinity War as they overlooked Cockburn Street, one of the locations used during the Edinburgh based scenes.  Coming off the high of a repeat viewing, Lee and Dallas have a spoiler filled ramble as they talk about the characters, plots, twists, score, where next for the series, the use of Edinburgh in the film and where it lands in their Marvel Cinematic Universe rankings. 
Published 04/30/18
Lee Hutchison is joined this week by award winning Scottish writer, Helen McClory (@HelenMcClory), as we look at her work to date, Flesh of the Peach, The Goldblum Variations, On The Edges of Vision and her latest collection, Mayhem and Death.  Helen shares the early inspirations and experiences that started her on a path to becoming a published author. Helen explains her unique creative process for writing material and how her travels helped influenced her writing. Helen and Lee discuss the...
Published 04/27/18
There was an idea, called the 'Prelude to Infinity War'. The idea was to bring together a group of Nerd Party podcasters, see if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to revist and review the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe before 'Avengers: Infinity War' arrives on April 27th. In our ninth issue, Filibuster regulars Lee Hutchison and Dallas King bring us up to date with the MCU and review Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther. With hours to go...
Published 04/25/18
There was an idea, called the 'Prelude to Infinity War'. The idea was to bring together a group of Nerd Party podcasters, see if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to revist and review the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe before 'Avengers: Infinity War' arrives on April 27th. In our eighth issue, Matt Rushing (Aggressive Negotiations & Owl Post), John Mills (Aggressive Neogotiations & Great Shot, Kid) and Tristan Riddell (Nerd...
Published 04/23/18