I am beyond honored to share this interview with the one and only Paul Flaherty, director of a true comedy classic, CLIFFORD, starring Martin Short, Charles Grodin, and Mary Steenburgen.

If you're like me, the pitch - essentially THE OMEN but starring Martin Short as the devious 10-year old, with the legendary Charles Grodin as the (mostly) straight man trying to keep his life together - will have you watching this film later tonight.

Paul was kind enough to give me an hour or so of his time to discuss his career, reflect back on lessons learned after decades in the industry, and dive deeper into one of my personal favorite comedies, CLIFFORD.

Justin Sirkin joins the podcast to discuss his recently completed short film, RESEDA, as well as how he and his team plan to continue the story by developing it into an independent feature.

Brad Bischoff returns to discuss his debut feature, GRASSHOPPERS, filmed near where both of us grew up, in suburban Illinois.

GRASSHOPPERS tells the story of an immigrant couple who decide to visit each one of their neighbor's homes while they are away for the holidays, drinking and discussing their future together. Featuring cameos from true Chicago film legends like Jack C. Newell (actor in MERCURY IN RETROGRADE and filmmaker) and Patrick McDonald (HollywoodChicago.com), we discuss the inspiration of the incredible and underseen Burt Lancaster film THE SWIMMER on Brad's work, as well as how COVID and the general stress of being an independent filmmaker led to some true hail mary fundraising attempts.