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Host Bill Ackerman talks to writers, bloggers, podcasters, fanzine publishers, programmers, preservationists and more about their creative endeavors and today’s film culture.
The podcast Supporting Characters is created by Bill Ackerman. The podcast and the artwork on this page are embedded on this page using the public podcast feed (RSS).
Bill speaks to author and film historian Imogen Sara Smith about her various endeavors, from writing books like BUSTER KEATON: THE PERSISTENCE OF COMEDY and IN LONELY PLACES: FILM NOIR BEYOND THE CITY to contributing audio commentaries, booklet essays and on-camera interviews to home video releases from The Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, Eureka!, Imprint, Flicker Alley, Arrow and Indicator. Topics include: John Bengtson’s SILENT ECHOES, Eddie Muller, writing techniques, The Criterion Channel, Courtney Stephens’ TERRA FEMME, her Phantom Light column for Film Comment, THE WELL, film lists/ranking and stumbling upon old W.C. Fields locations.
Read Sinners’ Holiday: An Ode to Pre-Code”https://brightlightsfilm.com/sinners-holiday-an-ode-to-pre-code/#.Ylfx8i2ZOqA Read Imogen Sara Smith on SWING TIME:https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6424-swing-time-heaven-can-t-wait
Read Ghost Town: Nights on Bunker Hill:https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7734-ghost-town-nights-on-bunker-hill
Buy the Kino Lorber 4K UHD for KILLER’S KISS:https://www.kinolorber.com/product/killers-kiss-4kuhd-blu-ray
Read Imogen Sara Smith on the Criterion Current site:https://www.criterion.com/current/author/572-imogen-sara-smith Register for Imogen Sara Smith's online course, French Cinema: The Language of Light 1895-1960 https://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/item/french-film-history-online/
Register for Imogen Sara Smith’s online course, French Cinema: Breaking Rules & Boundaries 1960-2022 https://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/item/french-cinema-breaking-rules-boundaries-1960-2022-online/
Pre-order El vampiro negro (The Black Vampire):https://www.flickeralley.com/classic-movies-2/#!/El-vampiro-negro-The-Black-Vampire/p/478619443/category=0
Buy The Guilty / High Tide from Flicker Alley:https://www.flickeralley.com/classic-movies-2/#!/The-Guilty-High-Tide/p/442246038
Visit the Film Noir Foundation site: http://www.filmnoirfoundation.org
Bill remembers his friend, writer/film programmer Travis Crawford.
Bill talks to writer/editor/podcaster/programmer Katie Rife about her many endeavors, from co-founding Everything Is Terrible, inventing puns for Mr. Skin and presenting films at Facets Night School to writing/podcasting for The A.V. Club, programming for The Music Box Theatre and freelancing for outlets like Rolling Stone, Vulture and Roger Ebert.com. Topics include: Mike McPadden, Daily Grindhouse, gatekeepers, Odd Obsession Movies, her book IF YOU LIKE QUENTIN TARANTINO…, William Morris, Film Club, Fantastic Fest 2017, online harassment, Elizabeth Purchell, ironically working for Jerry Springer and getting judged for renting THE WIRE.
Follow Katie Rife on Twitter:https://twitter.com/rifewithkatie
Keep up with the latest articles by Katie Rife on Muck Rack:https://muckrack.com/rifewithkatie/articles
Read Katie Rife on GHOST WORLD:https://www.avclub.com/20-years-on-a-self-proclaimed-enid-looks-back-at-ghost-1848132541
Watch Everything Is Terrible: “Flirting With Magic”https://vimeo.com/34270515
Watch Everything Is Terrible: “Moms On The Net!”https://vimeo.com/34523789
Watch Everything Is Terrible: “Rock Music And The Occult”http://everythingisterrible.blogspot.com/2009/06/rock-music-and-occult.html
Read Katie Rife on TAKE IT OUT IN TRADE’s controversial screening at Fantastic Fest 2017:https://www.avclub.com/an-unseen-ed-wood-movie-ignites-a-firestorm-of-controve-1818767773
Read Katie Rife’s 4-part series on CARMILLA:https://www.fangoria.com/what-girls-do-when-theyre-left-alone-150-years-of-carmilla/
Buy Katie Rife’s book IF YOU LIKE QUENTIN TARANTINO… https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/KATHERINE-RIFE
Watch Katie Rife talk about LADY SNOWBLOOD on The Brandon Peters Show:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQxBWuiG2a0&t=1400s
Watch the Film Club Podcast with Katie Rife and A.A. Dowd:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLslxeOGneMPsb4FjarRN8DByJi_xxYYni
Read Katie Rife on her time working for THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW:https://www.avclub.com/trash-class-and-free-cigarettes-my-life-with-the-jer-1828530477
Listen to Katie Rife on Drinks On Monday with The Strike Team:https://drinksonmonday.libsyn.com/whats-high-in-the-middle-and-round-on-both-ends
Read Katie Rife on The A.V. Club:https://www.avclub.com/author/katierife
Bill speaks to Animus Magazine founder/editor and film critic Elena Lazic. Topics include: Stéphane Delorme, PETRA, having a responsibility to cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, STRAW DOGS, filmmaker intentionality, Another Gaze, The Relentless Picnic, the Oscars, Cahiers du Cinéma, the solitary nature of writing, TITANE, Reverse Shot, Vincent D'Onofrio and developing critical faculties through disappointment with INSPECTOR GADGET.
Read Animus Magazine:https://animusmagazine.com Subscribe/Read Animus on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/animus_mag/posts Visit Elena Lazic’s website:https://elenalazic.wordpress.com Read Elena Lazic’s interview with Abel Ferrara: https://elenalazic.wordpress.com/2020/07/19/abel-ferrara-on-the-driller-killer/ Read Elena Lazic on WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED - A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR:https://animusmagazine.com/2021/08/23/a-man-who-would-come-here-of-his-own-free-will/
Read Elena Lazic on ONIBABA for The Criterion Collection:https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7556-onibaba-masks-and-faces
Hear Manuela and Elena Lazic discuss THE PARENT TRAP on Blank Check:
https://soundcloud.com/griffin-and-david-present/the-parent-trap-with-elena-lazic-and-mani-lazic
Hear Elena Lazic on The Evolution Of Horror:https://www.evolutionofhorror.com/elenalazic
Watch Manuela and Elena Lazic discuss the films of Robert Pattinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu2STc_wQ7k
Watch Manuela and Elena Lazic discuss iconic cinema serial killers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ZnIt58bic&t=1009s
Buy Indicator’s limited edition Blu-Ray for Don Siegel’s MADIGAN, with a new booklet essay by Elena Lazic:
https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/madigan-le-indicator-uk-blu-ray-region-b/
Visit Another Gaze:https://www.anothergaze.com
Read Daniel Bird on POSSESSION for Animus:
https://animusmagazine.com/2021/12/31/everything-old-is-new-again-or-how-we-grew-to-stop-hating-and-love-possession/
Bill speaks to author and film critic Brad Stevens about his film cultural endeavors, from contributing to publications like The Dark Side, Sight & Sound and Video Watchdog to writing books like MONTE HELLMAN: HIS LIFE AND FILMS and ABEL FERRARA: A MORAL VISION. Topics include: Auteurism, Robin Wood, BBC’s “The Great American Picture Show” season, alternate versions of films, Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time poll, SCHINDLER’S LIST, Nicole Brenez, writing the novel THE HUNT, warming up to the films of Steven Soderbergh, physical media versus streaming and Abel Ferrara.
Read Brad Stevens’ “Bradlands” articles for Sight & Sound:https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/bradlands Visit Brad Stevens’ Amazon author page:https://www.amazon.com/Brad-Stevens/e/B001KHCUEQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1654470806&sr=1-3 Buy Arrow Video edition of THE DRILLER KILLER, with commentary by Abel Ferrara moderated by Brad Stevenshttps://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/driller-killer-arrow-us-dvd-blu-ray-combo/
Buy MONTE HELLMAN: HIS LIFE AND FILMS: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/monte-hellman/
Bill speaks to film programmer, broadcaster, writer, podcaster and festival director Anna Bogutskaya about her many endeavors in film culture, from co-founding The Final Girls collective and programming for BFI Southbank to serving as director of Underwire Festival, producing podcasts and recording Blu-Ray audio commentaries. Topics include: THE WIZARD OF OZ and tiny philistines, The Hot Fuzztival at the Prince Charles Cinema, TROUBLE EVERY DAY and arthouse horror, Yhara Zayd, Russian dubbing practices, “The B word” programming controversy, The Filmcast and parasocial relationships, the WE ARE THE WEIRDOS touring program and reediting a Pedro Almodóvar movie to discourage internet piracy.
Visit Anna Bogutskaya’s official site:https://www.annabogutskaya.com Visit The Final Girls site:https://www.thefinalgirls.co.uk/home
Hear The Final Girls podcast:https://thefinalgirlspodcast.transistor.fm
Learn about Underwire Festival:https://filmfreeway.com/UnderwireFestival
Buy the Second Sight 4k UHD / Blu-Ray:https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/the-witch-le-second-sight-uk-4k-uhd-blu-ray-see-note-preorder/
Read about Cruel Flesh: Films of the New French Extremity:https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=newfrenchextremity
Watch Anna Bogutskaya discuss Pedro Almodóvar’s ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWHrRxRrlxA Follow Anna Bogutskaya on Twitter:@annabdemented
Bill speaks to novelist and film critic/historian Kim Newman about some of his many endeavors. Topics include: NIGHTMARE MOVIES, originality in horror, SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT, audio commentaries, Carlos Clarens’ ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE HORROR FILM, gatekeepers, toxic fandom, LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH and how a unique series of quirks in the British education system helped to prepare him for a freelance writing career.
Visit The Kim Newman website:https://johnnyalucard.com
Buy Kim Newman’s novel SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT:https://johnnyalucard.com/2021/04/20/cover-reveal-something-more-than-night/
Read about Sheep Worrying:https://www.sheepworrying.co.uk
Watch MISSING GIRL:https://johnnyalucard.com/fiction/screen-audio/missing-girl/
Listen to Kim Newman on The Evolution Of Horror podcast:https://www.evolutionofhorror.com/what-is-horror Watch Kim Newman introduce a Mario Bava double feature on BBC2 in 1990:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfmXZvOn68Y&t=37s
Bill speaks to author and magazine publisher/editor Michael J. Weldon about his many endeavors, from drumming with Cleveland proto-punk act Mirrors and reviewing movies for Cle, to Psychotronic, his photocopied, hand-written fanzine that lead to books like the influential PSYCHOTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FILM, the long-running PSYCHOTRONIC VIDEO magazine, calendars, film festivals and the Psychotronic store he manages today. Other topics include Ghoulardi, Roger Corman, hypnotism, Diane Keaton’s HEAVEN, Club 57, Johnny Ramone, cattle call auditions for GHETTO FREAKS, childhood filmmaking efforts, Alfred Sole, research methods, 42nd Street theatres, THE HYPNOTIC EYE and being killed over and over by Dr. Butcher, M.D. Visit Psychotronic.com:http://psychotronic.com
Read old issues of Psychotronic Video Magazine:https://archive.org/details/psychotronic
Watch a Psychotronic tour of 42nd Street:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNAE82werw
Kurt Loder plugs Psychotronic on MTV:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M--jNfflu8M
Hear Michael Weldon’s band Mirrors:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENw6co2BUc4
Buy THESE FISTS BREAK BRICKS:https://mondoshop.com/products/these-fists-break-bricks
Buy: DO YOU BELIEVE IN SWEDISH SIN? SWEDISH EXPLOITATION FILM POSTERS 1951-1984:
https://www.amazon.com/Believe-Swedish-Exploitation-Posters-1951-1984/dp/9198677209
Read Temple Of Schlock:
https://templeofschlock.blogspot.com Read “A Seagull Film”, Chris Poggiali’s essay on CHARLEY VARRICK:
http://www.journalofic.com/a-seagull-movie.php Read “The American Dreamer and the Heyday of Campus Film Programming”:
https://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-american-dreamer-and-heyday-of.html
Read “Zodiac Hunter: An Interview with Tom Hanson”:
http://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2012/12/zodiac-hunter-interview-with-tom-hanson.html
Visit The Paperback Film Projector:
http://paperbackfilmprojector.blogspot.com
Read The Journal of Interstitial Cinema:
Buy Xerox Ferox: The Wild World of the Horror Film Fanzine: https://headpress.com/product/xeroxferox-2/
Buy He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection: https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/he-came-from-the-swamp-the-william-grefe-collection-arrow-us-blu-ray/
Visit Chris Poggiali’s IMDB page:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3073144/
Visit Justin Decloux’s official site:
Visit the official site for The Laser Blast Film Society: https://www.laserblastfilmsociety.com Watch TEDDY BOMB: https://www.amazon.com/Teddy-Bomb-Christian-Murdoch/dp/B07DZ2F6RX Watch IMPOSSIBLE HORROR: https://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Horror-Creedance-Wright/dp/B07ZDLSV2Z
Buy movies and books from Gold Ninja Video:
Listen to The Important Cinema Club Podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/the-important-cinema-club
Support the Important Cinema Club Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub Listen No Such Thing As A Bad Movie: https://soundcloud.com/nosuchthingasabadmovie
Buy RADIOACTIVE DREAMS: THE CINEMA OF ALBERT PYUN: https://www.amazon.com/Radioactive-Dreams-Cinema-Albert-Pyun/dp/1078206481/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TIYP3941KK67
Buy UNMASKED PART 25, featuring an audio commentary with producer Mark Cutforth, moderated by Peter Kuplowsky and Justin Decloux: https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/unmasked-part-25
Listen to The Bay Street Video Podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/thebaystreetvideopodcast
Listen to the IMPOSSIBLE HORROR soundtrack by Emily Milling: https://emilymilling.bandcamp.com/releases
Subscribe to Film Trap on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWLpWvJv2paIaa6U9gcw4AA
Follow Justin Decloux on Letterboxd:
Justin Decloux’s profileBill speaks to novelist, screenwriter and film historian Andrew J. Rausch about his various endeavors, from early experiences in journalism, hip-hop and microbudget horror movies to a writing career that has yielded over 40 books to date. Topics include Quentin Tarantino and MY BEST FRIEND’S BIRTHDAY, Rod Lurie, interview techniques, Jack Hill, identifying homophobic aspects in the work of Edward D. Wood Jr., freestyling with The Roots, writing crime fiction and the challenges of adapting CARNIVAL OF SOULS into a novel.
Visit Andrew J. Rausch’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Andrew-J-Rausch/e/B001JS5VZQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_29&qid=1602456356 Read Andrew J. Rausch at Diabolique Magazine: https://diaboliquemagazine.com/author/andrewjrausch/ Read Andrew J. Rausch’s Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_J._Rausch Visit Andrew J. Rausch’s official site:
https://authorandyrausch.wordpress.com Buy Shock Cinema Magazine: https://www.shockcinemamagazine.com
Hear Andrew J. Rausch on Just Some Podcast:https://heliumradio.com/podcast/just-some-podcast-episode-10/ Hear Andrew J. Rausch discuss THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND on The Projection Booth: http://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2015/05/episode-217-other-side-of-wind.html
Bill speaks actress and singer Mink Stole about her life and career. Topics include the rehearsal process on John Waters movies, Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable show, taking friends from The Cockettes to see PINK FLAMINGOS (and their reactions), her “Think Mink” advice column, LOST HIGHWAY, Peaches Christ, learning new skills in public, Prescott Townsend, Peggy Gravel’s opening rant in DESPERATE LIVING, the pleasures of voting in person, THE BROWNIE STORY, Dreamland fashions and what color shoes she wore the day after Labor Day.
Watch Mink Stole as Peggy Gravel in the opening to DESPERATE LIVING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc3QsZHu5SI
Follow the Mink Stole fan page for all the latest news and event details: https://www.facebook.com/minkstolefans
Listen to Do Re MiNK by Mink Stole And Her Wonderful Band: https://theminkstole.bandcamp.com/album/do-re-mink-2
Buy MULTIPLE MANIACS, FEMALE TROUBLE and POLYSTER from The Criterion Collection: https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse?director=waters-john
Read Gerald Peary’s interviews with Mink Stole, John Waters, and other Dreamlanders discussing their Provincetown experiences in the 1960s:
http://www.geraldpeary.com/interviews/wxyz/waters-p-town.html
Read Chloé Griffin’s Edgewise: A Picture of Cookie Mueller: https://www.amazon.com/Edgewise-Picture-Mueller-Chloé-Griffin/dp/3942214202 Read the Wikipedia on Dreamlanders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamlanders
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/top100.htm
Visit the DVDBeaver Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/dvdbeaver Read the DVDBeaver analysis of Universal's 4K Ultra HD edition of VERTIGO: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film9/blu-ray_review_127/vertigo_4K_UHD.htm
Visit the Fun City Editions website: https://funcityeditions.com
Follow Fun City Editions on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/FunCityEdition
Follow Fun City Editions on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funcityeditions/
Visit the Kino Lorber Repertory site: https://kinorep.com/
Visit Obscure One-Sheet: http://knifeinthehead.blogspot.com
Visit Jonathan Hertzberg’s Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/user4815515
Watch DIRTY OLD NEW YORK SUBWAY: https://vimeo.com/65108638
Buy the Fun City Editions ALPHABET CITY Blu-Ray: https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage/products/alphabet-city-fun-city-editions
Hear Jonathan Hertzberg on Just The Discs:
http://justthediscs.libsyn.com
Hear Jonathan Hertzberg on Crackpot Cinema: Ep 22 - Alphabet City with special guest Jonathan Hertzberg by Crackpot Cinema Podcast
Follow Abraham Castillo Flores on Twitter:
Follow Abraham Castillo Flores on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/aullidos_panteoneros/
Visit Abraham Castillo Flores’ Vimeo page:
https://vimeo.com/aullidospanteoneros
Watch THE TESTAMENT OF THE MEXICAN MUMMY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN-cXH-ZFmk
Read a list of films from Abraham Castillo Flores's lecture at Fantastic Fest 2019:
https://letterboxd.com/noahphex/list/the-morbido-crypts-guide-to-mexican-fantasy/
Visit the official Mórbido Film Fest site:
https://www.morbidofest.comView Nellie Killian's official site:
https://nelliekillian.com Visit the Screen Slate Twitch page: https://www.twitch.tv/screenslate Watch the Movie Club Q&A with Nellie Killian and Miriam Bale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPFh9CgeErI Read Eric Allen Hatch's interview with Nellie Killian: http://endcrawl.com/blog/shared-histories-popular-obscure/ Read the Artforum article on the Cinema Worker Solidarity Fund: https://www.artforum.com/print/202005/thomas-beard-ed-halter-nellie-killian-and-sierra-pettengill-on-the-cinema-worker-solidarity-fund-82816https://www.instagram.com/askanybuddy/
Visit the official ASK ANY BUDDY film website:
Follow Evan Purchell on Letterboxd:
https://letterboxd.com/schlockvalue/
Follow Evan Purchell on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/schlockvalue
Read Evan Purchell’s lists for Rupert Pupkin Speaks:
http://www.rupertpupkinspeaks.com/2017/09/underrated-77-evan-purchell.html
http://www.rupertpupkinspeaks.com/2019/01/film-discoveries-of-2018-evan-purchell.html
http://www.rupertpupkinspeaks.com/2020/02/film-discoveries-of-2019-evan-purchell.html
Read A Most Unusual Film List: 50 Years of Radical Queer Cinema:
https://talkfilmsociety.com/articles/a-most-unusual-film-list-50-years-of-radical-queer-cinema
Read Heather Drain’s interview with Evan Purchell:
Watch BFI Flare Programmer Brain Robinson speaks with Evan Purchell about ASK ANY BUDDY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lsNxUgeCQQ
Listen to the ASK ANY BUDDY Spotify Playlist:
Ask Any Buddy, a playlist by Evan Purchell on SpotifyBill speaks to author, broadcaster and film historian Emma Westwood about her many creative endeavors, from co-founding film societies and writing freelance criticism to hosting Triple R’s Plato’s Cave and developing her recent monograph on David Cronenberg’s THE FLY. Topics include: Fatal Visions, Lee Gambin, the differing approaches of American and Australian film schools in the early 1990s, ALIEN, John Frankenheimer, Bert Deling's DALMAS, writing about standup comedy, HOUSEBOAT HORROR, the research process for audio commentary tracks, Raymond Stross, why children relate to monsters and why “write what you know” is bad advice.
Visit Emma Westwood’s website:
https://emmawestwood.wordpress.com/
Buy and read THE FLY:
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-fly/9781911325420
Hear Emma Westwood on Plato’s Cave:
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/rrr-fm-platos-cave/id433074505
Hear Emma Westwood discussing Roman Polanski on Hell Is For Hyphenates:
http://www.hellisforhyphenates.com/blog/2017/11/30/november-2017/
Read A Fiend On Film’s interview with Emma Westwood:
Read “The Act of Seeing: Cinema, Ethics and Responsibility”:
https://issuu.com/atompublications/docs/2_westwood_screen_ethics
Read “To Watch Or Not To Watch, That Is The Question”:
https://diaboliquemagazine.com/to-watch-or-not-to-watch-that-is-the-question/
Read newsletters from the Fitzroy Film Society:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8vxfkkm20wvhtc6/FFS%20Newsletter%20Archive%20Complete.pdf?dl=0
Read a roundtable discussion of Women In Horror with Emma Westwood, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Kate Robertson:
Hear Emma Westwood, Stuart Cornfeld, Mike White, Samm Deighan and Bill discuss THE FLY on The Projection Booth:
http://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2019/03/special-report-fly-1986.html
Watch Emma Westwood, Sally Christie, Hande Noyan and Lee Gambin at the Cinemaniacs event, "All of them Witches", discussing the Devil in 60s and 70s cinema:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVEL5qE9bwE
Listen to Art Of The Score:
Bill speaks to writer/director, Trailers From Hell guru and podcaster Josh Olson about his many endeavors, from writing screenplays like the Oscar-nominated A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE and the audio drama BRONZEVILLE to co-hosting shows like The Movies That Made Me and The West Wing Thing. Topics include: Harlan Ellison, Werner Herzog and the German New Wave, NIGHT WATCH, Randy Frakes, landing professional opportunities through mistaken identity, MAD Magazine, Anthony Bourdain, screening UNFORGIVEN for David Cronenberg, The Cinefamily and whether or not people still approach him to read their scripts.
Watch Josh Olson on Trailers From Hell:
https://trailersfromhell.com/gurus/olson-josh/
Listen to The Movies That Made Me:
https://trailersfromhell.com/podcast/
Listen to Bronzeville:
Listen to The West Wing Thing:
https://westwingthing.libsyn.com/
Read “I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script”:
https://www.villagevoice.com/2009/09/09/i-will-not-read-your-fucking-script/
Watch Josh Olson on I Blame Dennis Hopper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An--XX-5o0Y
Hear Josh Olson on Pure Cinema Podcast:
http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/purecinema/episode11
Buy DARK OF THE SUN, featuring an audio commentary by Josh Olson, Larry Karaszewski, Elric Kane and Brian Saur:
Bill speaks to author, screenwriter and fanzine publisher Mike “McBeardo” McPadden about his various endeavors, from creating the fanzine Happyland in 1991 to developing books like HEAVY METAL MOVIES and TEEN MOVIE HELL. Topics include: Rick Sullivan’s Gore Gazette, approaching 1980s teen sex comedies in the #MeToo era, writing as Selwyn Harris for Screw and Hustler, Danny Peary, 1990s fanzine culture, authoring screenplays for Gregory Dark films like THE DEVIL IN MISS JONES 5 and ANIMAL INSTINCTS III, John Hughes, Troma Entertainment, LEMORA: A CHILD’S TALE OF THE SUPERNATURAL, Gilbert Gottfried, Mr. Skin, catching ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW at age 10 with hippie relatives and writing about Jenna Jameson’s mashed potatoes recipe for Esquire.
Buy HEAVY METAL MOVIES and TEEN MOVIE HELL:
https://www.bazillionpoints.com/
Watch the trailer for TEEN MOVIE HELL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUzQfTE-i90&feature=youtu.be
Visit the official site for TEEN MOVIE HELL:
https://www.teenmoviehell.com/
Watch the King Kong Volkswagon Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkn4nzGS_iw
Hear Gays In The Military on Spotify:
Bill speaks to writer, filmmaker, and New York Film Festival director Kent Jones. They discuss his path from writing film reviews as a teenager to directing the new film DIANE. Topics include: William Wyler, collaborating with Martin Scorsese on documentaries like MY VOYAGE TO ITALY and A LETTER TO ELIA, programming at venues like Film Forum and Film Society Of Lincoln Center, moderating Q & As, Jean-Luc Godard, Netflix, John Ford, Elia Kazan, Manny Farber, ZODIAC, New Video, Monte Hellman and the importance of costume designers.
Visit IFC Films site for DIANE:
http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/diane
Read Kent Jones at Criterion.com:https://www.criterion.com/current/author/81-kent-jones
Read Kent Jones’ essay “Intolerance”:
https://www.filmcomment.com/article/intolerance-quentin-tarantino-john-ford/
Read Kent Jones in Film Comment:
https://www.filmcomment.com/author/kent-jones/
Watch Noah Baumbach interview Kent Jones about HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6o8uZPYuXc&fbclid
Hear Kent Jones on The Cinephiliacs:
http://www.thecinephiliacs.net/2014/02/episode-33-kent-jones-spawn-of-north.html
Buy Physical Evidence by Kent Jones:
https://www.amazon.com/Physical-Evidence-Selected-Criticism-Wesleyan/dp/0819568449
Attend the Kent Jones Dream Double Feature at Metrograph – 3/23
http://metrograph.com/series/series/214/kent-joness-dream-double-feature
Bill talks to film critic Manuela Lazic. They discuss her experiences in film culture, from reading Cahiers du Cinema with her sister in middle school to writing for publications like Little White Lies, The Ringer, Vague Visages, RogerEbert.com and Birth.Movies.Death. Topics include: Erotic thrillers, influential teachers, Christopher Nolan, writing about performance, podcasts, BLOW UP, drawing Freudian inspiration from Sasha Alexander's performance on NCIS, positivity and branding on social media.
Visit Manuela Lazic’s official site:
Read “The Wild Innocence Of Melanie Griffith”:
https://vaguevisages.com/2018/08/08/you-gotta-act-the-wild-innocence-of-melanie-griffith/
Read Manuela Lazic on PERSONAL SHOPPER:
https://lwlies.com/reviews/personal-shopper/
Read “Alma Matters: Modelling And Being in PHANTOM THREAD”: https://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/alma-matters-modelling-and-being-in-phantom-thread
Hear Manuela and Elena Lazic discuss THE PARENT TRAP on Blank Check:
https://soundcloud.com/griffin-and-david-present/the-parent-trap-with-elena-lazic-and-mani-lazic
Read Manuela and Elena Lazic on THE NEON DEMON:
https://lwlies.com/articles/the-neon-demon-fashion-industry/
Read Manuela Lazic in Cinema Scope: http://cinema-scope.com/author/manuela-lazic/
Read Manuela Lazic in Little White Lies:
https://lwlies.com/author/manuelal/
Follow Manuela Lazic on Twitter:
Bill talks to film programmer and historian Sergio Mims about some of his many pursuits in film culture, from working on the set of films like PENITENTIARY to co-founding the website Shadow And Act and festivals like Blacklight and Black Harvest Film Festival. Other topics include: influential books, classical music, tips for conducting celebrity interviews, J. Lee Thompson, the L.A. Rebellion film movement, Films And Filming, working in radio and having the good sense to turn down work on a film with a title like THE BABYSITTER MURDERS.
Visit the official site for the Black Harvest Film Festival: https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/blackharvestRead Sergio Mims on Shadow And Act: https://shadowandact.com/author/sergio
Buy PENITENTIARY and SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG from Vinegar Syndrome: https://vinegarsyndrome.com
Hear an interview with Sergio Mims on SSW Radio: https://soundcloud.com/south-side-weekly-radio/sergio-mims-im-here-come-get-me
Visit the official site of WHPK 85.5 FM Chicago: http://whpk.org/
Bill speaks to author and musician Stephen Thrower about some of his contributions to film culture, from his earliest film criticism for Shock Xpress and his film journal Eyeball to the development of books like BEYOND TERROR: THE FILMS OF LUCIO FULCI, NIGHTMARE USA: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE EXPLOITATION INDEPENDENTS and MURDEROUS PASSIONS: THE DELIRIOUS CINEMA OF JESS FRANCO. Other topics include: Dr. Who, Roxy Music, POSSESSION, David Lynch, Ramsey Campbell, THE BROOD, Derek Jarman, DUFFER, Throbbing Gristle, DON’T GO IN THE HOUSE, hedonistic writing techniques, approaches to film scoring and how certain films can be analogous to drugs.
Visit the official website of Cyclobe: http://www.cyclobe.com/
Read Stephen Thrower’s essay “From Goblin to Morricone: the art of horror movie music” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/18/horror-film-movie-music
Read Stephen Thrower’s memorial essay on Jesús Franco: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/04/jesus-franco-dies-82-unique-vision
Read Stephen Thrower Top 10 list for the 2012 Sight & Sound poll: https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/87
Buy Stephen Thrower’s books BEYOND TERROR: THE FILMS OF LUCIO FULCI and NIGHTMARE USA from FAB Press: https://www.fabpress.com/
Buy Stephen Thrower’s books on Jesús Franco, MURDEROUS PASSIONS and FLOWERS OF PERVERSION from Strange Attractor: http://strangeattractor.co.uk/
Listen to the Daughters Of Darkness two-part podcast series inspired by NIGHTMARE USA: https://diaboliquemagazine.com/nightmare-usa-part-1/
Listen to the audio from Stephen Thrower’s introduction to POSSESSION from the 2016 Kinoteka Film Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMg-rQDNyEg
Bill speaks to artist and exploitation film preservationist Lisa Petrucci about her experiences in film culture, from childhood encounters with horror movies at the drive-in to running Something Weird Video. Topics discussed include: Mike Vraney, working at Michael Weldon’s original Psychotronic Store in the East Village, early 90s exploitation film fan culture, Reel Wild Cinema, the evolution of Something Weird’s customer base, screening sexploitation films for today’s audiences and how her dad came up with idea for G.I. Joe.
Visit Lisa Petrucci's official website: http://www.lisapetrucci.com/
Visit the official Something Weird Video website:
https://www.somethingweird.com/
Visit the official American Genre Film Archive website:
https://www.americangenrefilm.com/
Subscribe to the Something Weird Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/SomethingWeirdDotCom
Buy Pop Surrealism: The Rise of Underground Art
Buy Kickass Kuties: The Art of Lisa Petrucci
Buy Issue #12 of Grindhouse Purgatory:
Stream Something Weird movies on NightFlight Plus:
https://www.nightflightplus.com/playlists/Something%20Weird
Check out the new record Something Weird’s Greatest Hits:
https://sundazed.com/something-weird-greatest-hits-2-lp.aspx
Bill speaks to Peter Biskind about his various endeavors in film culture, from editing for publications like American Film and Premiere to writing books like THE SKY IS FALLING, DOWN AND DIRTY PICTURES and EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS: HOW THE SEX-DRUGS-AND-ROCK-‘N’_ROLL GENERATION SAVED HOLLYWOOD. Topics discussed include: Biskind’s work as a documentarian, Brandon Films, getting reprimanded by Francis Coppola, the development and reception of EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS, comic book movies and extremism in popular entertainment, Harvey Weinstein and having to axe a piece by Christopher Hitchens because of his insufficient notes.
Buy The Sky Is Falling - How Vampires, Zombies, Androids, and Superheroes Made America Great for Extremism
https://thenewpress.com/books/sky-falling
Visit Simon & Schuster’s author page for Peter Biskind:
http://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Peter-Biskind/1327513
Visit the official site for FilmColumbia 2018 film festival:
https://crandelltheatre.org/filmcolumbia/
Listen to the Movie Geeks United interview with Peter Biskind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuDtq22AvsY&t=5s
Watch Peter Biskind discuss film and technology with Robert Rodriguez and Richard Linklater at SXSW 2001:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEzlQCIqkhk
Read Thunder on the Left: The Making of Reds -
Bill speaks to author and film critic Adrian Martin about how a childhood interest in science fiction fanzines lead him towards a rich and varied life in film culture, from teaching film at age 19 and working as a freelance film/arts critic to writing books, co-editing online journals like Rouge and collaborating with fellow critic Cristina Álvarez López on audiovisual essays. Topics include: writing techniques and outfoxing subeditors, progressive rock, specializing in certain films/filmmakers, audio commentaries, Bill Krohn, discussing troublesome directors, early 1980s Melbourne film culture, Josef Von Sternberg and experiencing premonitions in dreams concerning PLANET OF THE APES.
Visit Adrian Martin’s official site, Film Critic: Adrian Martin:
Film Critic: Adrian MartinSupport Adrian Martin’s site via Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/adrianmartin
Watch an interview with Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin on their audio-visual essays:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYVywxnfMwI
Watch a discussion led by Peter Mares, critics Adrian Martin, Mel Campbell and Fenella Kernebone and filmmaker Gillian Armstrong about the place of the film critic in our cultural landscape.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-ZurWD9cMk
Watch THEN HE KISSED ME, a Cristina Álvarez López/Adrian Martin audiovisual essay on TWIN PEAKS - THE RETURN:
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/video-essay-twin-peaks-the-return-then-he-kissed-me
Watch STRANGULATION BLUES, a Cristina Álvarez López/Adrian Martin audiovisual essay on BAD TIMING:
https://filmschoolrejects.com/great-sounds-bad-timing/
Watch WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE, , a Cristina Álvarez López/Adrian Martin audiovisual essay on Barbara Loden’s WANDA
Visit Adrian Martin’s Mubi author page:
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/author/254
Read Adrian Martin on PURPLE RAIN:
http://www.filmcritic.com.au/reviews/p/purple_rain.html
Visit Senses Of Cinema: Visit Rouge:Visit Lola Journal:
Visit Screening The Past:
http://www.screeningthepast.com/
Read essays by Bill Krohn:
Bill speaks to writer Rachael Nisbet about her creative endeavors, from developing the website Hypnotic Crescendos to writing booklet essays for Dario Argento and Sergio Martino home video releases. Topics discussed include: Umberto Lenzi, Edinburgh film culture, research practices, erotic thrillers, Kat Ellinger, DON’T LOOK NOW, Scalarama and how to apply the aesthetic of an Italian giallo to one’s wedding reception.
Visit Rachael Nisbet’s website, Hypnotic Crecendos:
http://hypnoticcrescendos.blogspot.com/
Read Rachael Nisbet’s essay about the building that the New York apartment in Dario Argento’s INFERNO was modeled after: http://hypnoticcrescendos.blogspot.com/2018/03/rose-elliots-apartment-building-in.html
Read the essay “Fashion & Italian Horror: Tenebrae (1982)”
http://hypnoticcrescendos.blogspot.com/2015/08/fashion-italian-horror-tenebrae-1982.html
Hear Rachael Nisbet on the Screaming Queenz Horror Podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/screamingqueenzpodcast/giallo-a-venezia-ft-rachael-nisbet
Hear Rachael Nisbet on the Cinema Junkie podcast:
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kpbsorgincoming/cinema-junkie/e/51733606?autoplay=true
Follow Rachael Nisbet on Twitter:
Rachael Nisbet (@rachael_nisbet) | TwitterBill speaks to film critic Ela Bittencourt about her many pursuits, from past programming efforts like the Neither/Nor Polish retrospective at True/False Film Fest and the LGBTQ Brazil series at the Museum Of The Moving Image, to writing for publications like Slant and Film Comment and creating the website Lyssaria to call attention to the work of young filmmakers. Other topics include: Polish Cinema in the 1990s, hybrid documentaries, Andrzej Zulawski, the importance of good editors and the childhood experience of playing an extra in an Andrzej Wajda movie. Visit Ela Bittencourt's website, Lyssaria:
Read Ela Bittencourt in Reverse Shot:
http://reverseshot.org/people/76/ela-bittencourt
Read Ela Bittencourt on Mubi.com:
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/author/516
Read about the LGBTQ Brazil series:
http://www.movingimage.us/programs/2018/07/28/detail/lgbtq-brazil/
Read about Ela Bittencourt’s upcoming screening at UnionDocs:
https://uniondocs.org/event/a_opcao_ou_as_rosas_da_estrada/
Read Ela Bittencourt on COSMOS:
Watch a panel discussion with Ela Bittencourt, Nick Pinkerton and Adam Nayman at the 2014 True/False Film Fest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJu4RgIuyKY
Read Ela Bittencourt in Artforum:
https://www.artforum.com/contributor/ela-bittencourt
Visit the True/False website, where you can download Ela Bittencourt's 2015 monograph on chimeric Polish Cinema of the '70s, '80s and '90s: https://truefalse.org/program/neither-nor
Bill speaks to writer and film programmer Eric Allen Hatch about his many endeavors, from writing criticism for Baltimore’s City Paper to his years serving as director of programming for the Maryland Film Festival. Topics discussed include the Filmmaker Magazine piece “Why I Am Hopeful”, The Red Room Collective, Video Americain, Skizz Cyzyk and MicroCineFest, Beyond Video, Baltimore Museum Of Art’s Free First Thursdays film series, memes and social media, POSSESSION, Metrograph, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the need for community engagement as a programmer.
Read “Why I Am Hopeful”, Eric Allen Hatch’s Filmmaker Magazine piece on the future of arthouse programming:
https://filmmakermagazine.com/105446-why-i-am-hopeful/#.WykDaBJKjwe
Read Eric Allen Hatch’s 2015 piece on Baltimore movie theaters of the past:
Hear Eric Allen Hatch discuss POSSESSION on The Cinephiliacs:
http://www.thecinephiliacs.net/2016/04/episode-78-eric-allen-hatch-possession.html
Visit Beyond The Boonmemes, Eric Allen Hatch’s new Patreon page:
https://www.patreon.com/ericallenhatch/
Read “Cinema Without Safety Goggles”, Eric Allen Hatch’s new essay for Metrograph:
http://metrograph.com/edition/article/62/cinema-without-safety-goggles
Learn about Beyond Video, the Baltimore Video Collective’s not-for-profit video rental store:
Hear Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on The Cinephiliacs: http://www.thecinephiliacs.net/2017/03/episode-90-alexandra-heller-nicholas-ms.html
Buy the Region B Arrow Video edition of Brian De Palm’s CARRIE, featuring audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Lee Gambin: https://www.arrowfilms.com/product-detail/carrie-blu-ray/FCD1686
Read Daphne du Maurier’s THE BLUE LENSES: http://moellerlit.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/2/4/10248653/shorts_--_the_blue_lenses_dumaurier.pdf
Read a roundtable discussion conducted by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on LOST GIRLS: https://fourthreefilm.com/2017/05/lost-girls-a-jean-rollin-roundtable/
Read Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on Andrzej Zulawski: https://overland.org.au/2016/02/andrzej-zulawski-and-the-powerlessness-of-language/
Read Alexandra Heller-Nicholas' celebrated essay on MAD MAX: FURY ROAD: https://overland.org.au/2015/05/furious-and-furiosa/Hear Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on the Plato’s Cave radio program: https://www.rrr.org.au/program/plato-s-cave/
Visit the official site of Graveyard Shift Sisters: http://www.graveyardshiftsisters.com
Bill speaks with film writer and DVD/Blu-Ray producer Michael Brooke about his various endeavors, from his years at Hampstead’s Everyman Cinema and the BFI to producing Blu-Ray releases for labels like Arrow Video and Indicator. Topics covered include: London repertory cinemas of the 1980s, Béla Bartók, revisionist video transfers, Ken Russell, video label economics and limited editions, Mehelli Modi and Second Run DVD, Jan Švankmajer, Channel 4's adventurous 1980s programming, audio commentaries, The Quay Brothers and how testing pasta shells for your children can lead you to reconsider appearing on camera.
Read Michael Brooke’s BFI author page:
http://www.bfi.org.uk/people/michael-brooke
Read an overview of Michael Brooke’s contributions to Sight & Sound:
https://michaelbrooke.wordpress.com/sight-sound-index/
Read Michael Brooke’s essay for Criterion on FANTASTIC PLANET:
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4112-fantastic-planet-gambous-amalga
Read Neil Snowdon’s interview with Michael Brooke:
Visit BFI Screenonline:
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/
Visit Powerhouse Films:
http://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/
Visit Second Run DVD:
Visit the official site for Black On Black Cinema: http://www.blackonblackcinema.com/
Visit the official site for The Nerdpocalypse. http://www.thenerdpocalypse.com/
Read Craig D. Lindsey’s interview with the hosts of Black On Black Cinema for RogerEbert.com: http://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/driven-to-discussion-an-interview-with-the-hosts-of-the-black-on-black-cinema-podcast
Hear Jim on the Director’s Club podcast: http://www.directorsclubpodcast.com/
Hear Jim on the V&V podcast: https://www.voicesvisions.net/episodes/
Hear Jim guest on other podcasts: https://www.voicesvisions.net/archives/
Explore the other shows on the network Jim created: http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/
Hear Jim’s music: https://soundcloud.com/nowplayingjim http://anniversaryparty.bandcamp.com
Read/follow Jim on Letterboxd: http://letterboxd.com/nowplayingjim
Read Jim's writing on V&V: https://www.voicesvisions.net/thoughts/
Follow Jim on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowplayingjim
Bill talks to documentary filmmaker Daniel Griffith of Ballyhoo Motion Pictures. Griffith explains how his independently-made documentary on film producer K. Gordon Murray opened the door to an ongoing career producing DVD/Blu-Ray supplements (for companies like Synapse Films, VCI Entertainment and Shout Factory) and documentary features on subjects like John Carpenter’s DARK STAR, Florida filmmaker William Grefe, Charles Band’s Empire International Pictures, and teenagers making Super 8 genre movies in the 1970s.
See Daniel Griffith's official website: http://www.ballyhoomotionpictures.com/
Bill speaks with Heather Drain about her path as a writer from childhood capsule reviews of B-movies in crayon to writing professionally for people like Video Watchdog and Dangerous Minds, the influence of Baxter Phillips' book Cut: The Unseen Cinema, the work of filmmaker Stephen Sayadian, her involvement with The Projection Booth podcast, David Schmoeller's CRAWLSPACE, peers she admires, early music videos, adult cinema, Lester Bangs, and details about a few of the upcoming projects she has in the works
Bill speaks with writer Samm Deighan about an adolescence informed by Eurocult bootleg tapes, Exhumed Films marathons, James O'Neill's Terror On Tape and THE LAST UNICORN. They discuss the extensive filmmaker/genre overviews of her Satanic Pandemonium site, the origins of her new Daughters Of Darkness podcast and upcoming book on World War II cult cinema, her René Cardona Jr.-inspired death wish, Arrow Films, fellow genre film writers that she admires, the state of horror film culture today and much more.
For links and more info: http://nowplayingnetwork.net
Bill speaks with writer and film scholar Daniel Bird about Andrzej Zulawski, ‘Eyeball’ magazine, the influence of Pete Tombs, THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, HARD TO BE A GOD, and the future of film.
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