Adult Film NYC Pod

Ross Shenker!! Ross is an incredible New York Casting director, Chekhov teacher, scholar, writer and big friend of AF. And he’s definitely gonna get mad at me for calling him a scholar. But it’s true! We discuss Joanna Arrow’s ‘The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something has Passed’. It’s a fucking wild ride. See it while it’s still in theaters. Ross and David ha

We had a very open, VERY AF conversation with the incredible Tina Satter. Tina’s an Obie and Drama desk winning playwright and director, and (sometimes) teacher at Adult Film. Her Broadway produced play ‘Is This a Room’, was adapted into the critically acclaimed feature film ‘Reality’ with Sydney Sweeney. We go in depth on Tina’s writing, and directing process. Find

Will he or wont he???? Have a panic attack as we’re recording that is ;) It’s a fun, slutty lil episode. You’ll see. Small business ownership is hard and some people are mean. What do we do about it? Adult Film was featured in the @gothamist… but not everyone’s happy about it. Alotta psychology talk. About our responses to people talking shit, and where those respon

“Hollywood Contraction: Actors Struggle To Find Jobs As TV Castings Dry Up” declares deadline. We get into it. Are we all fucked? Should we find another profession? Or is everyone playing a different game? We talk the TV revolution, Pilot Season’s last sighting, and who exactly is to blame for the near extinction of 22 episode seasons? Also. Acting in NY vs LA, investing

Cynthia Robinson came on the pod and completely shifted Ryan and David's dynamic. This is good. Very unhinged episode. I think this is excellent for us. We broke down Jonathan Glazer's "Sexy Beast", and our slutty reasoning behind picking it to review. Ryan tells us his biggest acting/career related regret of his 20's, and we talk about the roots of our deepe

Happy New Year!! Wanna hear us say stuff we might regret? Great. We talk some of the new movies of the year, Ryan’s experience on Ariana Grande’s video for ‘Yes, And?’. AND the original ‘Rocky’, which turns out is 95% incredible indie drama and 5% boxing movie. There are some spicy takes, cringy confessions and a day of Intermittent Fasting broken with 4 glasses of r

We sat down with Maria Dizzia!! Maria is a Tony and Drama Desk nominated actor/Ryan’s acting teacher and mentor. Her film and TV work includes ‘Martha Mary May Marlene’, ‘While We’re Young’, ‘Christine’, and ’13 Reasons Why’. We talk acting process in detail, feeling numb on stage and working through blocks, using imagination vs drawing from your own life, “g

Our very first guest! Sheila O’Malley is an incredible actor-focused film critic (Roger Ebert, film comment) and cultural essayist. Her work has had a huge impact on Ryan. If you love film, if you love acting… this episode will make you happy.We talk Gena Rowlands, Bette Davis, and our favorite modern actors. We discuss John Cassavetes’ ‘Opening Night’, Streetcar named De

This week we discuss Christian Petzold’s ‘Afire’. The performances of the incredible leads, unlikeable main characters, and the German version of a “Summer Blockbuster”. We make a quick detour to psychoanalyze Franz Rogowski and to debate happiness vs. meaning. Then we get into all things career related. Development as an actor, when to focus on getting an agent, ho

Wild one for you today!!! Apologies for the reverb. Maybe listen on 1.3/1.5 speed if it bothers you. Ryan goes on a retreat with Adult Film, David finishes the run of his play and reads the reviews. The guys both auditioned for Danny and The Deep Blue Sea, and then watched each other's tapes. Oh! And Ryan just did a reading at New York Theater Workshop. We've got acting