Why Dating (and Making a Second Feature) Drives Us a Little Crazy

This week on the No Movie College Podcast, GG Hawkins chats with writer-director Sophie Brooks, whose new movie Oh, Hello! hits theaters nationwide on July 25, 2025. The movie, starring Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman, explores the chaotic, susceptible, and infrequently hilariously painful world of romantic relationships. Sophie shares her journey of getting from her debut characteristic, The Boy Downstairs, to Oh, Hello!, a second characteristic that took practically a decade to understand. They focus on the struggles of indie filmmaking, casting chemistry, writing advanced characters, and what it actually means to create artwork that displays private truths.On this episode, we focus on: Why it took 9 years to make a second featureHow writing with an actor in thoughts (Molly Gordon) formed the character of IrisThe challenges and sudden advantages of filming throughout/post-COVIDHow Sophie and her DP crafted a romantic, evolving visible styleWriting unlikable but deeply relatable charactersSecuring financing when nothing appears to go rightThe psychological toll and sudden joys of the post-production processGuests:Subscribe to the No Movie College Podcast on:Get your query answered on the podcast by emailing podcast@nofilmschool.comListen to extra episodes of the No Movie College podcast proper right here:This episode of The No Movie College Podcast was produced by GG Hawkins.