The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. So naturally, Brittany and I recorded an entire f*cking episode about it. For this episode, we’re taking a one way ticket into David Fincher’s sweaty, blood soaked, chemically unbalanced masterpiece about insomnia, consumerism, toxic masculinity, and the desperate need to punch something until you feel alive again.

You buy furniture. You go to work. You die. But what happens when you decide to burn the whole thing down? Brittany and I are here to discuss just that, piece by piece, from the first support group to the final revelation. We’ll discuss the psychology, the violence, the insanity, and why this movie still crawls under your skin like a chemical burn you can’t wash off.

Because you are not your job. You are not your bank account. You are not your f*cking khakis. You are a listener of The Reaction Shot Podcast, and you are about to lose your goddamn mind.

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Filmmaker and creative director Elena Parasco joins me for an exclusive interview to talk about her journey from creating campaigns for Nike, the WNBA, the Knicks and more; to writing and directing her deeply personal short film I’M NOT HOME, starring Julian De Niro and Eli Brown. We go behind the film’s emotional story of friendship, identity, and disconnection. Together we explore its characters, psychology, themes, and the real life experience that helped shape it. Elena opens up about her career, creative process, and what it means to tell stories that make people feel something. This is a conversation (and film) you won’t want to miss.

Follow Elena Parasco on Instagram here: @elenaparasco and follow I’M NOT HOME’s journey: @imnothomefilm 🎥

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Here is my full length interview with writer and director Christian Nilsson, the filmmaker behind the powerful new drama, WESTHAMPTON.

Years after a tragic accident forever altered the lives of his closest friends, filmmaker Tom Bell (played by Finn Wittrock) returns to his hometown to screen a semi-autobiographical film based on the incident. Forced to confront the people he hurt and a community that never forgave him, Tom embarks on an emotional search for redemption. WESTHAMPTON explores guilt, identity, forgiveness, and whether we can ever truly escape our past.

In our conversation, Christian shares the personal inspiration behind the film, its emotional core, his creative process, and the universal themes that make the story so deeply relatable.

**WESTHAMPTON is available now to purchase digitally on Apple TV from Obscured Releasing.**

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