Idyllwild International Festival Of Cinema

06/18/2026

06/15/2026

Director Rian Johnson explains how the Coen Brothers utilize production design to bring the audience into the main character’s state of mind. It’s brilliant.

06/15/2026

A Brand New Episode
The STEPHEN SAVAGE SHOW
Official Podcast of the IDYLLWILD International Festival of Cinema

On this episode, Savage introduces us to episode 2 of Fatal Gothic, a True Crime History Podcast that he produces along with actress Julia Parker. The episode is entitled “Louise Clapp and the Gold Rush Murders”.
California, 1850. Louise Clapp lands in San Francisco with a sick husband and a need for a job. She offers up her journalistic and writing skills to San Francisco’s only newspaper, The Alta California. But when her tenure at the paper is all over, she’ll never speak or write about her dangerous and terrifying experience reporting on a rash of serial murders ever again.
WARNING: This episode contains descriptions off graphic violence and murder, and is not intended for younger audiences.

06/15/2026

A Brand New Episode
The STEPHEN SAVAGE SHOW
Official Podcast of the IDYLLWILD International Festival of Cinema

On this episode, Savage introduces us to episode 2 of Fatal Gothic, a True Crime History Podcast that he produces along with actress Julia Parker. The episode is entitled "Louise Clapp and the Gold Rush Murders”.
California, 1850. Louise Clapp lands in San Francisco with a sick husband and a need for a job. She offers up her journalistic and writing skills to San Francisco's only newspaper, The Alta California. But when her tenure at the paper is all over, she'll never speak or write about her dangerous and terrifying experience reporting on a rash of serial murders ever again.
WARNING: This episode contains descriptions off graphic violence and murder, and is not intended for younger audiences.

06/15/2026

A Brand New Episode
The STEPHEN SAVAGE SHOW
Official Podcast of the IDYLLWILD International Festival of Cinema

On this episode, Savage introduces us to episode 2 of Fatal Gothic, a True Crime History Podcast that he produces along with actress Julia Parker. The episode is entitled "Louise Clapp and the Gold Rush Murders”.
California, 1850. Louise Clapp lands in San Francisco with a sick husband and a need for a job. She offers up her journalistic and writing skills to San Francisco's only newspaper, The Alta California. But when her tenure at the paper is all over, she'll never speak or write about her dangerous and terrifying experience reporting on a rash of serial murders ever again.
WARNING: This episode contains descriptions off graphic violence and murder, and is not intended for younger audiences.

06/14/2026

Tarantino on the differences between directors and Writer-Directors. This is why Film Festivals are so important.
The most active community of Writer-Directors is found at film festivals. Hollywood is finally understanding that there is a voice out there called the Writer-Director. And they are coming on strong. It’s the Wild West out there. And Indie Film Festivals are the new Dodge Cities and Tombstones.

06/08/2026

On this episode, Savage takes a Zoom call from France to welcome back to the podcast for a second time, Actress, Director, and Voice Over Artist, Nathalie Boyer. Nathalie talks about her election to the Board of Directors of ADAMI (similar to SAG-AFTRA in the US) and her duties as President of the ADAMI Foundation for the Citizen Artist. The two then discuss Natalie's acting career, her animal activism as the General Secretary of the French branch of Earthrace Conservation, and her active participation in marine protection missions worldwide. Plus she recounts her resent travels to China with an Allstar group of filmmakers to bring awareness of the rights of film and television performers throughout Europe and the world.

06/08/2026

A Brand New Episode
The STEPHEN SAVAGE SHOW
Official Podcast of the IDYLLWILD
International Festival of Cinema
On this episode, Savage takes a Zoom call from France to welcome back to the podcast for a second time, Actress, Director, and Voice Over Artist, Nathalie Boyer. Nathalie talks about her election to the Board of Directors of ADAMI (similar to SAG-AFTRA in the US) and her duties as President of the ADAMI Foundation for the Citizen Artist. The two then discuss Natalie's acting career, her animal activism as the General Secretary of the French branch of Earthrace Conservation, and her active participation in marine protection missions worldwide. Plus she recounts her resent travels to China with an Allstar group of filmmakers to bring awareness of the rights of film and television performers throughout Europe and the world.
Check out Nathalie’s Instagram to know more.
@ Officiallynathalieboyer

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