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Press & Film Coverage | Speakeasy Pictures — Echo Boomers, Pools, Ghosts of the Void

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Chicago Sun-Times · November 6, 2020

'Echo Boomers' star Michael Shannon, director Seth Savoy want to help brand Chicago an indie film haven

The new film has substantial local circuitry — based in Chicago, partly filmed along Wabash Avenue's L tracks in 2019, and the directorial debut of a Columbia College Chicago grad. Savoy won an award for the screenplay at Sundance.

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'Pools' Star Odessa A'zion Hopes John Hughes-Inspired Dramedy Will Help Audiences 'Connect With Their Younger, Freer Selves'

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Variety · September 6, 2025

'Pools' Star Odessa A'zion Hopes John Hughes-Inspired Dramedy Will Help Audiences 'Connect With Their Younger, Freer Selves'

"Pools" is a coming-of-age dramedy about college students pool-hopping through Chicago's Lake Forest estates. The cast and director Sam Hayes discuss grief, humor, and making movies that feel like events.

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Horror Obsessive · July 4, 2024

Jason Miller on Writing and Directing Ghosts of the Void

Director Jason Miller reveals how co-writing Echo Boomers with Seth Savoy opened the door to his feature debut — and how personal financial desperation became the beating heart of a claustrophobic horror film set entirely in a car.

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Double Blind📰 Press Release

LaKeith Stanfield, Maria Bakalova & Georgina Campbell To Star In 'Double Blind' Thriller

Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova and Georgina Campbell join LaKeith Stanfield in Double Blind, a new indie thriller from filmmaker John Hyams. A scientist developing a cure for dementia begins "losing time."

Deadline · September 30, 2025

Pools★ Review

Pools — Review

"Vibrant, silly, and unwaveringly vulnerable. Odessa A'zion delivers the kind of careening, explosive performance whose aftershocks make contact with every corner of the frame."

RogerEbert.com · August 2025

Pools★ Review

Pools Review: Deeper Than It Appears

A thoughtful exploration of grief, purpose, and what it is to be young. Sam Hayes gives his characters space to be messy, funny, and heartbroken all at once.

Substack · 2025

Pools🎙 Interview

Odessa A'zion, Ariel Winter & Sam Hayes — Cast Interviews

The stars and director of POOLS on grief, pool-hopping through Lake Forest's ritzy estates, and what drew them to a story about a young woman trying to reconnect with her dead father.

YouTube · 2025

Dog Years📰 Press Release

Xolo Maridueña & Leah Lewis To Star In 'Dog Years' — Speakeasy Pictures

Xolo Maridueña (Blue Beetle) and Leah Lewis (Matlock) have wrapped production on Dog Years, an indie romance marking the feature debut of writer-director Mary Bronaugh. Shot just outside Chicago.

Deadline · May 7, 2025

United States of Rugby📰 Press Release

'United States of Rugby' — Chicago Hounds Documentary Now Streaming on Roku

The Chicago Hounds' behind-the-scenes documentary series is now on Roku. Follow the Hounds in their 2nd MLR season as they chase the Shield and help grow rugby in America ahead of the 2031 Rugby World Cup.

Major League Rugby · February 22, 2025

Ghosts of the Void🎙 Interview

Director Jason Miller on Ghosts of the Void

"I start from the premise and just see where it goes. To really do that successfully, you have to let the characters lead it." Miller on 19 freezing night shoots in a Chicago suburb parking lot.

Loud and Clear Reviews · November 5, 2023

Ghosts of the Void★ Review

"Ghosts of the Void" — 4 Stars

"One of the earliest treats from Filmland 2023. Smart, surprisingly crafty, and thoroughly enthralling — as frightening as it is thought-provoking." Miller leans into horror tropes with an ending that takes a really big swing.

Keith & the Movies · October 11, 2023

Echo Boomers🎙 Interview

Talking About Echo Boomers With Patrick Schwarzenegger

Patrick Schwarzenegger discusses stepping into the lead of a gritty, true-story crime film — playing a young man who turns to theft after drowning in post-college debt in Chicago.

Forbes · November 25, 2020

Echo Boomers🎙 Interview

Seth Savoy on Echo Boomers' Chicago Influence & True Events that Inspired It

Director Seth Savoy speaks with Chicago Film Critics Circle founder Jim Alexander about the film's Chicago roots, a three-year casting process, and landing Michael Shannon and Patrick Schwarzenegger.

Reel Talker · November 15, 2020

Echo Boomers★ Review

Richard Roeper Reviews 'Echo Boomers': An Impressive Debut with a Stellar Cast

"Echo Boomers" is a slick, stylish crime thriller that marks an impressive feature debut for director Seth Savoy. Michael Shannon is as commanding as ever, and the film crackles with Chicago energy from start to finish.

Chicago Sun-Times · November 10, 2020

Echo Boomers✍ Feature

Seth Savoy on His First Film, "Echo Boomers"

When Cajun American screenwriter and director Seth Savoy, 28, took his script to the Sundance Film Festival in 2015 and won an independent pitch competition, it put him on a trajectory that would kick-start his career.

Golden Globes · November 2020

Echo Boomers🎙 Interview

The Development of Seth Savoy's 'Echo Boomers'

"I wanted to make a heist movie that was extremely fun and flashy, but also political commentary." Savoy on character development, co-writing with Jason Miller, and why the voiceover is one of the strongest scenes in the film.

Final Draft · November 2020

Echo Boomers🎙 Interview

Echo Boomers — Interview with Writer + Director Seth Savoy

"I just graduated from film school in Chicago, and I'd spent a good amount of savings. I got to the finish line and realized there's no shortage of filmmakers. Then I started seeing these articles about college kids breaking into homes." — Seth Savoy

Schön! Magazine · November 2020

Echo Boomers🎙 Interview

The Defining Traits of a Filmmaker: Timing and Perseverance

Seth Savoy writes in his own words about the long road to making Echo Boomers — a 2013 Chicago bar, a chance encounter, a Twitter quote, and the relentless grind of getting a first film off the ground.

Talkhouse · November 2020

Echo Boomers🎙 Interview

Columbia Alum Channels the Frustration of College Graduates in Debt in His Debut Film 'Echo Boomers'

Seth Savoy was "kinda pissed off" after graduating from Columbia College Chicago in 2014. He took his frustration and turned it into Echo Boomers, which premiered at the Music Box Theatre.

Columbia Chronicle · November 2020

Echo Boomers🎙 Interview

Seth Savoy Captures Millennial Rage with Echo Boomers

"Gilles Geary who plays Jack is someone just so underrated. Patrick Schwarzenegger had never been given a role like this before to really shine. The whole cast was just great." — Seth Savoy

FilmInk · November 2020

Echo Boomers🎙 Interview

Exclusive: Pop-Culturalist Chats with Echo Boomers' Seth Savoy and Gilles Geary

Seth Savoy and Gilles Geary on their shared frustration with a system that failed indebted college graduates — and how that personal anger translated into the film's most electric performances.

Pop Culturalist · November 2020