CAMERON Starring Patrcik Fabian, Tracie Thoms & Aaron Woodard Filmaker Sam Freedman in Conversation with Robert Aaron Mitchell

I was able to speak with filmmaker Sam Freedman about his film Cameron which is available rent or buy through Apple on November 24, 2026. We spoke about where he came up with the idea for the movie, mise-en-scene, how short films are finding more and more ways to be seen as well as the special makeup effects that are prominently featured in the story. Here is that conversation:

 

Declan and Aisha O’Brien have just received the worst news imaginable. Their son Cameron has been killed in action. 

Aisha can scarcely look at her husband. Were it not for the lifelong encouragement of his father, a 30-year veteran himself, Cameron never would’ve enlisted — and she can’t help but blame him for the loss of her child. As their marriage curdles, consumed by grief and unspoken resentment…

There’s a knock at the door. It’s Cameron.

Except — different. Once a free-spirited young man, openly gay and brimming with joie de vivre, he’s now reticent. Inscrutable. Hulking in stature. And strangest of all: seemingly impervious to pain.

He tells his parents to keep his presence there a secret.

Desperate to figure out what exactly happened to their sweet baby boy — and what, if anything, they can do about it — Declan and Aisha are hit with the sinking realization that their time is running out. And as they race against the clock, long-simmering tensions return, culminating in a scorching, bloody coda where old scars become new.

LOVE LOADED a film by Jan Miller Corran Stars Thomas Hobson & Rich Ceraulo Ko in Conversation with Robert Aaron Mitchell

I had the opportunity to speak with actors Thomas Hobson and Rich Ceraulo Ko about their new movie Love Loaded which is written and directed by Jan Miller Corran. Love Loaded is set to release across all TVOD/Digital platforms throughout North America beginning on November 13th, 2026. Here is our conversation:

 

Love Loaded had its west coast premiere at Cinema Diverse Palm Springs and will be screened on November 14th at the St. Louis International Film Festival. LOVE LOADED has won multiple awards including best feature film, best film noir, best actor/actress, best original song, best ensemble cast. 

Jan Miller's Corran's latest film unfolds in the sultry atmosphere of Club Fiagaro a late-night haven for musicians, dreamers and drifters. At the center of the story is torch singer Didi Scanlon (Monica Young) whose velvet voice and magnetic presence draw admirers and enemies alike. When a shocking crime shatter's the club's carefully crafted illusion of elegance, a tangled web of suspects emerges - lovers, rivals, detectives and desperate souls whose loyalties shift as quickly as the music changes.

 

LOVE LOADED a film by Jan Miller Corran Stars Adam Huss & Monica Young in Conversation with Robert Aaron Mitchell

 

 

I had the opportunity to speak with actors Adam Huss and Monica Young about their new movie Love Loaded which is written and directed by Jan Miller Corran. Love Loaded is set to release across all TVOD/Digital platforms throughout North America beginning on November 13th, 2026. Here is our conversation:

   

Love Loaded had its west coast premiere at Cinema Diverse Palm Springs and will be screened on November 14th at the St. Louis International Film Festival. LOVE LOADED has won multiple awards including best feature film, best film noir, best actor/actress, best original song, best ensemble cast. 

Jan Miller's Corran's latest film unfolds in the sultry atmosphere of Club Fiagaro a late-night haven for musicians, dreamers and drifters. At the center of the story is torch singer Didi Scanlon (Monica Young) whose velvet voice and magnetic presence draw admirers and enemies alike. When a shocking crime shatter's the club's carefully crafted illusion of elegance, a tangled web of suspects emerges - lovers, rivals, detectives and desperate souls whose loyalties shift as quickly as the music changes.
 

 

LITTERMATES (Drafthouse Exclusives) Interviews with Kaylee McGregor, Joey Bader and Oliver Woolf with Robert Aaron Mitchell

 

I was able to have a conversation with actors Kaylee McGregor, Joey Bader and Oliver Woolf about their new film LITTERMATES. We spoke about what they connected with when they read Scott Tinkham's screenplay. How they each prepared to portray their characters. This being a film partially about a post-apocalyptic world - showcasing the perils and dangerous of such a setting - one of the actors disappeared from zoom....hopefully they make it back.

Award-winning absurdist horror film LITTERMATES (Drafthouse Exclusives) will release theatrically NEXT WEEK in Alamo theaters in major cities on November 6, 2026. This award-winning film was a recent selection of Fantastic Fest 2026.

Alamo theaters/ cities theatrically releasing the film for a full one week run include: New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Omaha, Raleigh, San Antonio, San Francisco, Twin Cities and more.

Set against the backdrop of a mysterious war, LITTERMATES follows two disoriented survivors who take refuge at an isolated cottage in the English countryside. After Liam (Joey Bader) and Mel (Kaylee McGregor)  arrive bloodied, speechless, and unable to fully understand what has happened to them, they are taken in by Chester (Oliver Woolf), an enigmatic caretaker who bathes, feeds, and teaches them how to speak again.

As sirens, smoke, and distant threats press closer, Liam and Mel go about their days relearning the simplest tasks inside Chester’s carefully controlled world, while earning “nifties” for good behavior that can be traded for small comforts like karaoke, hot tub time, dance parties, and favorite meals. However, unlike Liam, Mel is far less willing to accept the boundaries of the cottage, growing increasingly drawn to the woods, the locked gate, and the larger world Chester insists is too dangerous to enter.

When Mel's curiosity pushes past Chester’s rules, the fragile order of the cottage is tested; exposing the fear, loyalty, and unanswered questions holding their makeshift family together.

Here is our conversation:

PAIKAR an award-winning documentary by Dawood Hilmandi in Convesation with Robert Aaron Mitchell

 

In the documentary Paikar, Dutch-Afghan filmmaker Dawood Hilmandi returns to confront his estranged father, a former mujahideen fighter turned imam, writer, and poet, in a poetic and deeply human search for love, forgiveness, and understanding. Paikar moves between Afghanistan, Iran, and the Netherlands, exploring the invisible inheritance of war and silence that shapes generations. Through this intimate father-son encounter, Hilmandi invites us to look beyond politics and history, and to rediscover the tenderness that endures within even the most hardened souls. I was able to have a great conversation with Dawood about his documentary. Here is the conversation:

LITTERMATES (Drafthouse Exclusives) Co-Director Cinematographer Michael Woloson in Conversation with Robert Aaron Mitchell

 

 

I was able to have a conversation with Michael Woloson who Co-Directed and was the cinematographer on the film Littermates which opens November 6th. The movie was a selection at Fantastic Fest 2026. Here is that interview: 

Set against the backdrop of a mysterious war, Littermates follows two disoriented survivors who take refuge at an isolated cottage in the English countryside. After Liam (Joey Bader) and Mel (Kaylee McGregor)  arrive bloodied, speechless, and unable to fully understand what has happened to them, they are taken in by Chester (Oliver Woolf), an enigmatic caretaker who bathes, feeds, and teaches them how to speak again.

As sirens, smoke, and distant threats press closer, Liam and Mel go about their days relearning the simplest tasks inside Chester’s carefully controlled world, while earning “nifties” for good behavior that can be traded for small comforts like karaoke, hot tub time, dance parties, and favorite meals. However, unlike Liam, Mel is far less willing to accept the boundaries of the cottage, growing increasingly drawn to the woods, the locked gate, and the larger world Chester insists is too dangerous to enter.

When Mel's curiosity pushes past Chester’s rules, the fragile order of the cottage is tested; exposing the fear, loyalty, and unanswered questions holding their makeshift family together.

 

 

Michael Woloson is a writer, director, cinematographer, and producer from Las Vegas, based in Los Angeles. His work combines precise visual storytelling with intimate, character-driven narratives, often exploring the complexity of memory and time. A SXSW alum, he served as cinematographer and producer on Scott Tinkham’s "24 Hours After Reading Tuesdays with Morrie," which premiered at SXSW in 2025. His latest directorial work, "Broken Branches," was produced under Haley Nicole Johnson’s Under The Shell banner, and is set to begin its festival run in 2027. He will serve as a producer on Tinkham’s upcoming feature "Good Life," also under Under The Shell.

BLOOD MONEY: A Film Featuring Dolores Huerta Directed by Ellen Gavin in Conversation with Robert Aaron Mitchell

 

Blood Money is a short narrative video exposing the money and greed that fuels “the largest mass deportation in U.S. history”.  Congress has appropriated hundreds of billions of dollars to sustain a private prison network indefinitely. The companies receiving billions are rewarded for filling beds with as many immigrants ICE can grab, while spending as little as possible to run the facilities. These companies are also building new revenue streams in surveillance, monitoring, and incarceration — infrastructure that will outlast this moment and could be turned on Americans for decades to come. Here is the film:

 

I recently was able to have a conversation with activist, filmmaker and writer Ellen Gavin about her latest movie Blood Money, her friendship with Dolores Huerta as well as a far-ranging  conversation about the state of the United States of America, ICE, detention centers, the upcoming midterm elections and paths forward for justice, immigration, labor reform, pressuring the people we elect to have the political will to indeed do the right thing moving forward. Here is that conversation: