Apr 26, 2026
In this episode, Dr. Vanessa Theme Ament, Author of The Foley Grail and Foley artist on such films as Die Hard, Platoon, and Predator, catches up with Foley artist Ellen Heuer, who has worked on such films as Iron Man, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Fatal Attraction, Purple Rain, as well as Michael Jackson's 2 Bad...
Jan 17, 2026
In this episode, Dr. Vanessa Theme Ament, author of The Foley Grail and Foley Artist on such films as Die Hard, Platoon, and Predator, discusses the film Young at Heart with Dr. Dana Polan, professor at NYU's Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies. Vanessa and Dana share their thoughts on Warner Bros.'s 1954 musical,...
Aug 6, 2025
In this episode, Dr. Vanessa Theme Ament, author of The Foley Grail and Foley Artist on such films as Die Hard, Platoon, and Predator, discusses the Carney Awards and Cats Don't Dance with Movie Producer Jim Katz. Vanessa and Jim start the conversation by discussing The Carney Awards, a ceremony, co-started by Jim Katz,...
Jul 20, 2025
Welcome back for Part Two of this excellent and detailed behind-the-scenes discussion focusing around the gifted post-production sound team that created the aural atmosphere that animates the characters and enlivens the environments that power the wonderful cinematic experience of the animated musical, Cats Don't...
Jun 16, 2025
Supervising Foley Editor Vanessa Ament and Supervising Sound Editor David E. Stone return to one of their favorite movies that they ever worked on, the animated film Cats Don't Dance (1997). This film is now a lost animation classic, the first film directed by Mark Dindal (Emperor's New Groove and Chicken Little). The...