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===2010s and 2020s=== In September 2017 Avary directed his own screenplay, ''[[Lucky Day (film)|Lucky Day]]'', a semi-sequel of ''[[Killing Zoe]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meaww.com/lucky-day-director-roger-avary-interview-starring-nina-dobrev-luke-bracey-prison-manslaughter-french|title = Director Roger Avary wrote 'Lucky Day' during year-long incarceration with 'dialogues, ruminations and themes' from 'cell block C4'| date=12 October 2019 }}</ref> In 2018 he shot an adaptation of [[Jean Cocteau]]'s play ''[[The Human Voice|La voix humaine]]'' that remains unreleased. After ''Pulp Fiction'', Avary had a falling-out with Tarantino that lasted nearly twenty-five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/lucky-day-review-1203369353/ |title=Film Review: 'Lucky Day' |date=14 October 2019 }}</ref> The two rekindled their friendship after Tarantino heard Avary being interviewed on a 2019 episode of [[Bret Easton Ellis]]'s podcast. In 2021, Quentin Tarantino announced that he and Avary would launch a podcast titled ''The Video Archives Podcast''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2022-06-02 |title=Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary Set to Launch 'The Video Archives Podcast' |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/quentin-tarantino-roger-avary-video-archives-podcast-1235283963/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> The point of the podcast is to discuss films from the actual [[Video Archives]] collection that they would recommend to customers when they worked there. The set is surrounded by actual [[VHS]] copies of films from Video Archives that Tarantino bought after the store went out of business. They are joined by podcast announcer, Gala Avary, Roger Avary's daughter. The first episode premiered on July 19, 2022.<ref name="Avary"/> The duo discussed [[John Carpenter]]'s ''[[Dark Star (film)|Dark Star]]'' (1974) and [[Ulli Lommel]]'s ''[[Cocaine Cowboys (1979 film)|Cocaine Cowboys]]'' (1979).
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