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300 episodes
Language
English
Explicit
Yes
Date created
2016/11/19
Latest episode
2026/01/27
Average duration
99 min.
Release period
27 days

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Welcome to Anti-wave Podcast, where Robert Cannon + Ira Heffler discuss all your Anti-wave movie needs. What the hell is Anti-wave, you ask? Great question. In short, Anti-wave is a way to describe films that seek to buck the typical Hollywood trends. Anti-wave is an opportunity to reimagine the way we construct genre films. Anti-westerns have been popular in the years since WWII, but where are the anti-sports films that try to shake off the expected formulaic writing? This podcast tries to find those films for you. Along the way, we deliver some laughs, get into film theory, and speak with filmmakers who share our anti-sentiment. So, welcome to Anti-wave Podcast! We hope you enjoy the ride.

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Episode 321 - mother! and Top 5 Worth a Second Watch Movies
2026/01/27
This week, Robert descends into cinematic anxiety and biblical chaos, while Ira spends the entire time asking the perfectly reasonable question: “Why doesn’t anyone just leave?” Join Robert and Ira as they discuss MOTHER! and share their favorite top 5 ‘worth a 2nd watch’ movies. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or Google Podcast Music. So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a woman in a house with your husband who is a poet with writer’s block and is distant, and then a visitor and his wife show up and you become more and more frustrated with these uninvited guests, and when the couple accidentally shatters a crystal object you tell them to leave and then things go bonkers and chaotic while other people arrive and invade your home, and you’re pregnant and your brooding old man is finally happy and hordes of people show up at your home and you give birth to a baby boy and you don’t want your hubby to hold the kid and he reaches into your chest and pulls out your heart and we’re talking some heavy religious symbolism here, then this podcast is for you!
Episode 320 - Producing
2026/01/06
This week, Robert breaks down the art of keeping a film alive through sheer willpower, while Ira admits producing sounds suspiciously like being blamed for everything. Join Robert and Ira as we discuss the role of producer on micro budget films, focusing on our upcoming feature, PROWLER. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or Google Podcast Music. So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a film producer, which involves feeding the cast and crew and running around town to get camera gear and batteries and lots of props, including combination locks, a porn collection, tennis shoes, and fake scars and guns, and keeping security at a distance and being a sounding board for the director and scouting the subways and driving to the desert to record gunshots and shattering my car window and stomping barefoot in a pool of blood under a freeway tunnel for a scene that wasn’t used, then this podcast is for you!
Episode 319 - Director of Photography (Special Guest: Trevor Davis)
2025/12/09
This week, Robert dives into the dark arts of cinematography, Ira claims he invented the Dutch angle by accident, and Trevor Davis patiently explains how he saved Prowler from looking like security-cam footage. Join Robert and Ira as we discuss the role of the Director of Photography with our special guest TREVOR DAVIS, who was the DP extraordinaire on our upcoming feature, PROWLER. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or Google Podcast Music. So, if you’ve ever wondered who is responsible for the overall “look” of a film and what a Director of Photography does to achieve that - in particular on our film, which was beautifully shot entirely at night - then this podcast is for you!
Episode 318 - Pi and Top 5 Micro-budget Movies
2025/11/18
This week, Robert unravels spirals of obsession like a man who’s seen too much, while Ira tries to remember how to add without using his phone. Join Robert and Ira as they discuss Pi and share their top 5 micro-budget movies. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or Google Podcast Music. So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a compulsive Jew and you’re obsessed with patterns and mathematics and nature and a cute Latina neighbor tries to be your friend and you befriend an Hasidic Jew who talks about the Talmud and you see how everything in the world even the stock market is in the form of a Golden Ratio, Golden Triangle, Golden Rectangle and ultimately a Golden Spiral, and another Jew tries to talk you out of what you’re doing, and a mysterious woman gives you a chip for your computer, but you trip out on drugs and try to pull a chip out of your head and you collapse and your cute Latina neighbor comes to your aid and you hit your head and you watch a bug and you go back to the old Jew and confront him, and that mysterious woman and her henchmen chase you and want what’s in your head, and the Hasidic Jew saves you and wants what’s in your head, and a group of orthodox rabbis want the number in your head, and the old Jew has a stroke and you smash your computer and burn a bunch of numbers and take a drill to your head, then this podcast is for you!
Episode 317 - Caught Stealing and Top 5 No Way Out Movies
2025/10/14
This week, Robert gets lost in a spiral of violence and moral decay, while Ira just wants to know if “stealing hearts” counts as a felony. Join Robert and Ira as they discuss CAUGHT STEALING and share their top 5 ‘no way out’ movies. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or Google Podcast Music. So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to have a hot girlfriend and you have hot sex with her and you’re an alcoholic, but when you agree to take care of your neighbor’s cat, a couple of bald thugs beat the shit out of you, and the detective has an attitude and your girlfriend is killed and someone put a key inside fake dog shit and these two Sephardic Jews come after you and they kill the detective and you and the cat end up on a tropical island, then this podcast is for you!
Episode 316: Adaptation
2025/09/16
This week, Robert turns chaos into cinema while Ira reminds everyone that sometimes failure is just another word for “first draft.” Join Robert and Ira as they discuss the element of adapting and how it applies to low-budget filmmaking, including their own film PROWLER.  Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or Google Podcast Music. So, if you’ve ever wondered about the importance of adapting in filmmaking and know when to be tenacious and not let go, or know how to make something work when you need to think on your feet, or know when to really adapt by tossing out your original idea and modify what you had in mind and instead go with your Plan B, then maybe - just maybe - this process will make your film even better by being more organic and raw and honest, then this podcast is for you!
Episode 315: The Writing Process
2025/09/02
This week, Robert sharpens his pencil and stabs at story structure while Ira insists spellcheck counts as screenwriting. Join Robert and Ira as they discuss the art of screenwriting and how it applies to their own film, PROWLER.  Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or Google Podcast Music. So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to write, toss out, revise, rewrite, revamp, rework and toss out and start again, then this episode is for you.
Episode 314: Prowler Art Department
2025/08/19
This week, Robert praises the questionable glue choices that held Prowler’s world together, while Ira admits the only art department he’s ever run involved finger paints. Join Robert and Ira as they discuss the art department and production design process of their own film, PROWLER. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or Google Podcast Music. So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to sweat over every nail, prop, and paint color and not get ‘screwed’ in the process, then this episode is for you.
Episode 313: Prowler Post Production Audio
2025/07/08
This week, Robert pulls back the curtain on the blood, sweat, and screaming that went into finishing PROWLER, while Ira mostly just complains about how loud everything is. Join Robert and Ira as they discuss the post-production audio process of their own film and share war stories from the sound trenches. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or Google Podcast Music. So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a… wait, fuck that… instead for this episode, the boys have retooled Anti-wave and decided to scrap their traditional format and change it up and talk about what they know best, their upcoming movie, as they focus primarily on sound. So if you want to know about the workings of foley and ADR and how it applies to PROWLER, then this podcast is for you!
Episode 312: Noah and Top 5 Boat Movies
2025/06/11
This week, Robert dives into a flood of biblical fever dreams, stone angels, and Russell Crowe’s thousand-yard stare, while Ira tries to figure out why no one brought a second unicorn. Join Robert and Ira as they discuss NOAH and share their top 5 boat movies. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or Google Podcast Music. So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a dude in some barren land with a hot wife and family and with these ugly ass monsters, and God asks you to build an ark and water spurts out of the ground and travels all over the land and trees and springing up all over the place which gives you the wood to start building an ark but it turns out the ugly ass monsters aren’t evil, they’re just pissed and they help with the construction of the ark and first the birds show up and then the snakes, and then a band of no-goodniks get in the way and there’s a big brouhaha and the ugly ass monsters defend you, but then the other tribe gets super aggressive and goes for the ark with a vengeance and it’s a huge battle royale, and the rains come and it’s a big ass storm, but then your son is pissed at you because you allowed his girlfriend to die, so your son helps get the bad dude on your ark and then your son gets his girlfriend pregnant and now you’re majorly pissed want to kill the baby and then your son is asked to kill you and he sets you up and the girl gives birth to twins and a humongous fight ensues and you lie and tell your wife it’s a boy and then the storm stops and all is right with the world, then this podcast is for you!
Episode 311: The Fountain and Top 5 Everlasting Love Movies
2025/04/29
This week, Robert contemplates eternal life, cosmic trees, and existential despair, while Ira just wonders if there’s a senior discount for reincarnation. Join Robert and Ira as they discuss THE FOUNTAIN and share their top 5 everlasting love movies. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or Google Podcast Music. So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a dude who’s a scientist and you’re in love with a hottie but she has cancer and is dying, but there’s hope when the monkey you’re experimenting on is no longer sick, and then you appear as a conquistador and your same girlfriend is now some kind of queen asking you to go to battle in Spain, and then you’re a weird ass mystic, and then you pop back to now, and then become the conquistador again, and then back to that ethereal dude and you climb a tree and white shit pours into your wound and a beautiful bouquet of colorful flowers sprouts out of your wound and out of your mouth and you bury your dead wife in the snow, then this podcast is for you!
Episode 310: American Animals and Top 5 College Movies
2025/04/08
This week, Robert examines the delusions, disguises, and disastrously dumb decisions of wannabe criminals, while Ira swears the only felony he’s committed is emotional shoplifting. Join Robert and Ira as they discuss AMERICAN ANIMALS and share their top 5 college movies. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or Google Podcast Music. So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a college student and you team up with a group of slightly inept buds and hatch a half-brained plan to steal a rare and valuable first edition book from the college library, and you go to Amsterdam to meet with a couple of black market thugs who will pay you big bucks for the book and after a couple of missteps, you finally attempt the book heist and you hog tie and bound and gag the sweet librarian but at least you tell her you’re sorry, but you make some dumb ass mistakes like giving out your cell number and email address and the authorities track you down and you and your buds are arrested, then this podcast is for you!
Episode 309: The 2025 Oscars and Top 5 Oscar Moments
2025/03/04
This week, Robert breaks down the biggest wins, snubs, and scandals of the 2025 Oscars, while Ira wonders why his homemade sex tape still isn’t getting any awards buzz. Join Robert and Ira with special guest Eric Swelstad as they discuss THE OSCARS and share their top 5 Oscar highlights of this year’s show. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or Google Podcast Music. So, if you want to know everything about the Oscars, and we mean everything from winners, losers, snubs, song performances, relevance and ratings, and Adrien Brody’s long ass rambling and meandering acceptance speech which felt longer than the movie he won it for, then this podcast is for you!
Episode 308: Black Swan and Top 5 Battling Bitches
2025/02/18
This week, Robert spirals into a twisted ballet of insanity, while Ira's idea of a dramatic transformation is swapping his pajamas for sweatpants. Join Robert and Ira as they discuss BLACK SWAN and share their top 5 battlin’ bitches. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or Google Podcast Music.  So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a thin sexy hottie in a tutu who is obsessed with ballet, and you live with your kind but over protective mother and you audition for both leading roles in Sean Lake, the sweet White Swan and the edgy Black Swan but your personality is more suited for the White Swan, and then a new dancer arrives on the scene who is hot and edgy and would make a better Black Swan and you start going bonkers, take some Ecstasy, and have hot lesbian sex with your dark and edgy competitor or maybe you don’t, and your jealousy gets greater and so do your disturbing hallucinations as you get in touch with your dark side and you descend into madness blurring the line between reality and fantasy and you grow feathers and wings and die, then this podcast is for you!
Episode 307: Requiem for a Dream and Top 5 Shattered Lives
2025/01/21
This week, Robert dives into the haunting highs and crushing lows of Requiem for a Dream, while Ira dreams of a world where snacks are unlimited. Join Robert and Ira as they discuss REQUIEM FOR A DREAM and share their top 5 shattered lives. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or Google Podcast Music.  So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a mother in Brooklyn and you’re on the heavy side, not like a beached whale but kind of close, and you get an offer to appear on TV but your red dress is too tight and you want to go on a crash diet to lose weight and you see a weight loss doctor and he prescribes pills, four a day in pretty colors, and you lose weight and you become manic and your drug dealing son is concerned, and his drug pushing partner gets arrested and your boy bails him out, and you be trippin’ but the weight loss doctor is pleased with your weight loss, and your son’s drug dealing world starts to crumble so he whores out his girlfriend for money and he gets deeper in the weeds with f****d up drug deals and you continue to pop pills and you really be trippin’ and your refrigerator comes to life as you hallucinate some weird fucked up twisted shit that would make Hunter Thompson proud, and shit gets real when your son is shooting heroin and his girlfriend f***s another dude for money, and your son goes to the hospital because of his totally fucked up arm and you’re in a psych ward getting zapped with shock treatment, and your son’s girlfriend is whored out again at a gang bang and your son has his arm chopped off and you’re now barely recognizable and you trip out fantasizing you’re on TV with your son, then this podcast is for you!

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4.5 out of 5
20 reviews
★★★★★
sixftlion 2020/12/03
Super entertaining & educational
I love the raw and edgy humor the hosts have, it makes me burst out in loud laughter pretty much each episode, yet there is seriousness and lots of ed...
★★★★★
Saintsfan1987 2020/10/15
Only the best
Robert and Ira, without fail, consistently seem to have an excellent grasp with what’s going on in the world, how that relates to film and provide hil...
★★★★★
Charles Martel III 2020/07/05
Love it.
Awesome show. Hosts are fun and have good camaraderie. I really appreciate that they take a very fair look at movies that others may be happy to conde...
★★★★★
HelloandNo 2020/03/12
Can’t get enough
Love this show. Always keeps me interested and always look forward to new episodes. Can’t recommend it enough. -Tabby from Your New Best Friends podc...
★★★★★
Eddie B123 2018/08/10
Fantastic and original film podcast
I’m very picky about my film podcasts, and this one is now my favorite.
★★★★★
Sea Monkey Minus 2018/01/03
Great show guys!
Love the format guys keep it up!
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