Parallel Frequencies: Feature Friday with James Ward-Byrkitt

What happens when you strip a film down to its bare essentials? James Ward-Byrkitt, director of Coherence, built an entire multiverse thriller with no script, no crew, and five nights of pure improvisation. Just Blane and Coco sit down with the filmmaker behind one of the most rewatchable sci-fi films ever made.

Coherence operates on curiosity, not dread. A dinner party becomes an investigation. A comet becomes a gateway. The actors, including Emily Baldoni, had no idea they were making a puzzle box. They didn't know the genre. They didn't know the ending. Burkett kept the structure locked while letting the performances breathe, which meant catching moments no script could predict: Emily figuring out the mystery too early. Maury Sterling getting physically  ...