Supporting Characters

Episode 68: Imogen Sara Smith Aug 29, 2022

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

Bonus Episode - Travis Crawford Aug 28, 2022

Bill remembers his friend, writer/film programmer Travis Crawford.

Episode 67: Katie Rife Jul 18, 2022

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

Episode 66: Elena Lazic Jul 05, 2022

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/

Episode 65: Brad Stevens Jun 08, 2022

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/

Episode 64: Anna Bogutskaya May 11, 2022

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

Episode 63: Kim Newman Apr 11, 2022

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

Episode 62: Michael J. Weldon Mar 07, 2022

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

Episode 61: Chris Poggiali Dec 04, 2020

Bill talks to writer and film historian Chris Poggiali about his many endeavors in film culture, from co-creating the Temple Of Schlock fanzine and founding the long-running blog of the same name, to contributing to various magazines and video releases, distributing BLACK SAMURAI and working on books with Grady Hendrix, Michael Gingold and Sam Sherman. Topics include: Jack Starrett, the impact of crack on 42nd Street theatres, Steve Puchalski’s SLIMETIME and horror fanzines, The Journal of Interstitial Cinema, William Smith, blogathons, Paul Talbot, lost and endangered films, the link between THE GREEN HORNET and WANDA, bootlegs, THAT’S HOLLYWOOD, screenwriting for William Grefé, identifying PETS with Vinegar Syndrome and how interviews can become derailed by criminal confessions.

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:

http://www.journalofic.com

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/

Episode 60: Justin Decloux Oct 26, 2020

Bill speaks to filmmaker, author, podcaster, film programmer and home video label founder Justin Decloux about his many endeavors in film culture, including the Laser Blast Film Society, The Important Cinema Club podcast, the Gold Ninja Video label, the feature films TEDDY BOMB and IMPOSSIBLE HORROR and the book RADIOACTIVE DREAMS: THE CINEMA OF ALBERT PYUN. Topics include: Will Sloan, ARMY OF DARKNESS, the importance of good collaborators, the films of Charles Roxburgh and Matt Farley, RADIOACTIVE DREAMS, Canadian cinema, Fred Olen Ray, Letterboxd, Emily Milling, the Loose Cannons podcast, CRITTERS 4 and playground deception.

Visit Justin Decloux’s official site:

https://justindecloux.com

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:

https://goldninjavideo.com

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 profile

Episode 59: Andrew J. Rausch Oct 12, 2020

Bill 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

Episode 58: Mink Stole Sep 28, 2020

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

Episode 57: Gary Tooze Sep 21, 2020

Bill speaks to Gary Tooze about his home video review site, DVDBeaver, now in its 18th year. They discuss his experiences with film, from encountering Charlie Chaplin on television and renting 35mm Basil Rathbone movies with his father to creating the Listserv discussion group that evolved into his website. Topics discussed include audio commentaries, the 4K UHD format, David Cronenberg, nostalgia, Jonathan Rosenbaum, content warnings, Jesús Franco, Tim Lucas, contemporary pop culture in James Bond movies, online negativity, DETOUR and the pleasures of simple storytelling. Visit DVDBeaver: http://www.dvdbeaver.com Read the DVDBeaver Top 100 desert island discs list:

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

Episode 56: Jonathan Hertzberg Sep 07, 2020

Bill talks to Kino Lorber’s Director of Repertory Sales and Acquisitions, Jonathan Hertzberg, about his many film cultural endeavors, from creating the Obscure One Sheet Blog and programming for the Chicago International Film Festival to developing his DIRTY OLD NEW YORK video essays and launching the new Fun City Editions home video label. Topics include THE WANDERERS, virtual cinemas, Michael Ferrari, Montclair in the 90s, THE SWIMMER, Milestone Films, the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee and how discovering Danny Peary’s CULT MOVIES books during adolescence can both expand one’s taste and lead to a bad back.

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

Episode 55: Abraham Castillo Flores Aug 24, 2020

Bill speaks to lecturer, editor and film programmer Abraham Castillo Flores about his path in film, from directing short films and cutting promos for the Independent Film Channel to programming for Mexico’s Mórbido Film Fest and hosting The Morbido Crypt's Guide to Mexican Fantasy and Horror Cinema events. Topics include: Luz María Rojas, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Luchador films, Liliana V. Blum, the documentaries of Paulina del Paso, contextualizing extreme films at festivals, Lucio A. Rojas’ TRAUMA, the programming work of Evrim Ersoy and Nicole McControversy, employing terror to promote safe sex, Lex Ortega, DIAMOND FLASH, the magic of editing and sharing a quiet smoke with David Lynch.

Follow Abraham Castillo Flores on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/aullidosp

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.com

Episode 54: Nellie Killian Aug 10, 2020

Bill speaks to film programmer Nellie Killian about her pursuits in film, from attending Orson Welles and Fritz Lang retrospectives as a child to co-founding the Migrating Forms Film Festival and teaching film courses at the Pratt Institute. They discuss her career in programming, from her work with venues like Brooklyn Academy Of Music to such recent efforts as the acclaimed TELL ME: WOMEN FILMMAKERS, WOMEN’S STORIES, now streaming on The Criterion Channel. Topics include: The Cinema Worker Solidarity Fund, experimental films, the New York Underground Film Festival, producing live subtitles for 35mm Andrzej Zulawski movie screenings, virtual cinema rentals, the publicity work of Michael Lieberman and Ryan Werner, the impact of COVID-19 on New York film culture and moderating Q&As while injured. Watch on TELL ME: WOMEN FILMMAKERS, WOMEN’S STORIES on The Criterion Channel: https://www.criterionchannel.com/tell-me-women-filmmakers-women-s-stories

View 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-82816

Episode 53: Ashlee Blackwell Jul 27, 2020

Bill speaks to writer, producer/screenwriter and professor Ashlee Blackwell about her various endeavors, from organizing events like Philly Loves Women In Horror and developing the Graveyard Shift Sisters website to teaching film at St. Joseph’s University and co-writing, co-producing and appearing in the documentary HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR. Topics include: James Bond III, the value in narrowing one’s focus, R. Shanea Williams, THE EXORCIST, Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman, unwinding to stand-up comedy and having one’s feminist sensibilities awakened by A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER. Follow Ashlee Blackwell on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AshleeTakesNote Read Graveyard Shift Sisters: https://www.graveyardshiftsisters.com Watch HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR: https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/horror-noire-a-history-of-black-horror/4548652 Listen to Ashlee Blackwell and Diandra Lazor interview actress Toy Newkirk on Elm Street Radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeWEUoYmqek Read "Why We Exist: A Call For Community": https://www.graveyardshiftsisters.com/2013/10/why-we-exist-call-for-community.html Watch the films of R. Shanea Williams: https://vimeo.com/user3681349

Episode 52: E. Purchell Jul 13, 2020

Bill speaks to film historian, preservationist and filmmaker E. Purchell about their various endeavors, from programming and creating pre-screening short films for the Florida Avalon microcinema to the development of ASK ANY BUDDY, their Artforum 'Best of 2018' Instagram feed and acclaimed collage film companion. Topics include: Gregg Araki, Man Parrish, the Don’t Look In The Closet podcast, the film programming of Jazmyne Moreno, Everything Is Terrible!, Dark Entries Records, Instagram and Vimeo restrictions, Tom DeSimone and the contradictory qualities of adult films. Follow the ASK ANY BUDDY Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/askanybuddy/

Visit the official ASK ANY BUDDY film website:

https://www.ask-any-buddy.com

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:

https://diaboliquemagazine.com/nights-in-black-leather-an-interview-with-ask-any-buddy-creator-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 Spotify

Episode 51: Emma Westwood Jun 03, 2019

Bill 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:

https://themagnificentworldofdavek.wordpress.com/2019/02/08/a-fiend-on-films-interview-with-emma-westwood-author-of-the-fly-2018/

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:

http://fourthreefilm.com/2016/02/to-just-survive-as-the-final-girl-is-not-victory-a-roundtable-discussion-on-women-in-horror

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:

http://www.artofthescore.com.au/

Episode 50: Josh Olson Apr 29, 2019

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:

http://bronzevilleseries.com/

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:

https://www.wbshop.com/products/dark-of-the-sun-bd

Episode 49: Mike “McBeardo” McPadden Apr 15, 2019

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:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zNlEUakCwLLjmMzmKPGgx

Episode 48: Kent Jones Mar 21, 2019

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

Episode 47: Chris O'Neill Nov 26, 2018

Bill talks to filmmaker and film programmer Chris O’Neill. They discuss his experiences in film culture, from childhood movie rental rituals to directing short films, working in distribution and programming for theatres like Kino Cinema and Triskel Christchurch. Topics include Irish cinema, tape trading, STRAW DOGS, Brad Stevens, the changes William Friedkin made to CRUISING and the impact of parenthood on work/life balance. Visit the official site of Triskel Christ Church: https://triskelartscentre.ie/cinema/ Listen to an interview with Chris O’Neill about the 59th Cork Film Festival. Chris O'Neill - Triskel Arts Centre #CorkFilmFest - Fred Industry Channel Watch film and video work directed by Chris O’Neill: https://vimeo.com/user13284879 Read a piece by filmmaker Maximilian Le Cains about Chris O’Neill's work as a filmmaker: http://www.efspublications.com/chris-oneill-short-films/Visit Experimental Conversations: http://www.experimentalconversations.com

Episode 46: Manuela Lazic Nov 12, 2018

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:

https://manilazic.com/

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:

https://twitter.com/manilazic

Episode 45: Sergio Mims Nov 05, 2018

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/blackharvest

Read 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/

Episode 44: Stephen Thrower Oct 31, 2018

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

Episode 43: Lisa Petrucci Oct 22, 2018

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

https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Surrealism-Rise-Underground-Art/dp/0867196181/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1540033723

Buy Kickass Kuties: The Art of Lisa Petrucci

https://www.amazon.com/Kickass-Kuties-Art-Lisa-Petrucci/dp/1595822526/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1540033665

Buy Issue #12 of Grindhouse Purgatory:

https://www.amazon.com/Grindhouse-Purgatory-12-SPECIAL-ALL-SOMETHING/dp/1723309354/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1540033649

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

Episode 42: Peter Biskind Oct 08, 2018

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 -

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/03/reds200603

Episode 41: Adrian Martin Aug 20, 2018

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 Martin

Support 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

https://vimeo.com/161556412

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:

http://sensesofcinema.com/

Visit Rouge:

http://www.rouge.com.au/

Visit Lola Journal:

http://www.lolajournal.com/

Visit Screening The Past:

http://www.screeningthepast.com/

Read essays by Bill Krohn:

http://sensesofcinema.com/author/bill-krohn/

Episode 40: Rachael Nisbet Aug 08, 2018

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) | Twitter

Episode 39: Ela Bittencourt Jul 23, 2018

Bill 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:

www.lyssaria.com

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:

http://www.bkmag.com/2016/02/18/say-goodbye-to-andrzej-zulawski-the-eternal-outsider-of-polish-cinema-at-film-comment-selects/

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

Episode 38: Eric Allen Hatch Jul 09, 2018

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:

http://www.citypaper.com/news/features/bcp-082615-feature-eric-hatch-old-movie-theatres-20150826-story.html

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:

https://beyondvideo.org/

Episode 37: Bill Lustig Jun 12, 2018

Bill speaks with filmmaker and Blue Underground CEO Bill Lustig about his many experiences in film, from his childhood experiences on 42nd Street regular to directing cult favorites like MANIAC and VIGILANTE and working in home video with companies like Anchor Bay Entertainment. Topics discussed include Netflix, ALICE SWEET ALICE, filming car chases with Randy Jurgensen, character actors, the differences between East and West Coast adult films of the 1970s, Duke Mitchell, TRUE ROMANCE and the economic realities of the home video business. Visit the official site of Blue Underground: Blue Underground - DVD and Blu-ray Cult Classics Hear Bill Lustig in conversation with Elvis Mitchell on The Treatment: William Lustig: Maniac and Vigilante Hear Bill Lustig talk about his uncle, Jake LaMotta, on Movie Geeks United: 35th Anniversary: RAGING BULL Read Bill Lustig's interview with Daily Grindhouse: http://dailygrindhouse.com/thewire/william-lustig-the-dg-interview/

Episode 36: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Mar 06, 2018

Bill speaks with critic and author Alexandra Heller-Nicholas about her many pursuits, from co-founding Fiend Magazine and writing books like RAPE-REVENGE FILMS and FOUND FOOTAGE HORROR FILMS to editing for Senses Of Cinema and co-curating the Pioneering Women program on Australian women filmmakers of the 1980’s and 1990’s. Topics covered include: Carol Clover, Plato’s Cave, date movies, masks, MEGAN IS MISSING, writing and editing tips, Hal Hartley, THE STENDHAL SYNDROME, Graveyard Shift Sisters and the predatory behavior of Pepé Le Pew. Visit Alexandra Heller-Nicholas’s official site: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Visit Alexandra Heller-Nicholas’s site Generation Starstruck, focusing on Australian women’s filmmaking made between 1980-1999: https://generationstarstruck.tumblr.com/ Visit Alexandra Heller-Nicholas’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Alexandra-Heller-Nicholas/e/B0050PI6V0/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1520336609&sr=8-1 Watch this panel on cinephilia, featuring Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Jonathan Rosenbaum, David Jenkins, Conor Bateman and Cerise Howard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyCOFM66Ns8 Visit the online film journal Senses Of Cinema: http://sensesofcinema.com/

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

Episode 35: Michael Brooke Feb 05, 2018

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:

https://www.thedigitalfix.com/film/content/78294/arrow-films-special-an-interview-with-michael-brooke/

Visit BFI Screenonline:

http://www.screenonline.org.uk/

Visit Powerhouse Films:

http://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/

Visit Second Run DVD:

http://www.secondrundvd.com/

Episode 34: Maitland McDonagh Jan 22, 2018

Bill speaks with author, critic and publisher Maitland McDonagh about her creative pursuits, from the origins of books like THE 50 MOST EROTIC FILMS OF ALL TIME and the landmark BROKEN MIRRORS/BROKEN MINDS: THE DARK DREAMS OF DARIO ARGENTO to blogging for TV Guide and founding 120 Days Books. Topics covered include: ballet, COLUMBIA FILM REVIEW, Times Square grindhouse culture, Dennis Gifford’s A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF HORROR MOVIES, writing for TV Guide, contemporary horror films, film theory, DARKER THAN AMBER, cat counselors and Abel Ferrara’s approach to ensuring a quiet setting for an interview. Visit the official site of 120 Days Books: http://120daysbooks.blogspot.com/ Visit Maitland McDonagh’s blog Miss Flick Chick: http://missflickchick.blogspot.com/ Visit Maitland McDonagh’s author page at Film Comment: https://www.filmcomment.com/author/maitland-mcdonagh/ Visit Maitland McDonagh’s author page at Culture Sonar: http://www.culturesonar.com/author/maitland-mcdonagh/ Visit Maitland McDonagh’s author page at Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Maitland-McDonagh/e/B000APOOYI Read about Maitland McDonagh’s first screening of DEEP RED: http://www.terrortrap.com/specialfeatures/reflectionsonfear/deepred.php Hear Maitland McDonagh on the Film Comment Podcast: https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/film-comment-podcast-summer-77/ Hear Maitland McDonagh on DECOY: http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2016/11/episode-297-decoy-1946.html Hear Maitland McDonagh on NIGHT OF THE CREEPS with Heather Drain: http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2016/10/episode-291-night-of-creeps-1986.html Hear Maitland McDonagh on STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR with Samm Deighan: http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2016/11/episode-298-stranger-on-third-floor-1940.html Hear Maitland McDonagh on THE RED SHOES with Daniel Bird: Episode 319: The Red Shoes (1948)

Episode 33: Alan Jones Jan 08, 2018

Bill speaks with film journalist, critic and film festival programmer Alan Jones about some of his many endeavors, from writing childhood film diaries to co-directing the UK's largest International genre film festival. Topics covered include: Dario Argento, The Portobello Hotel, punk rock, auditioning for Russ Meyer, CARRIE, The BFI, Guillermo del Toro, disco and Jones’ forthcoming book DISCO MANIA for Nicolas Winding Refn, Asia Argento, visiting film locations, and how following the writing advice of Jackie Collins can allow you to accept the pleasures of alliteration. Visit the official FrightFest Site: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/ Visit Alan Jones’ Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Alan-Jones/e/B001K8R7H0/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1515352519&sr=8-1 Watch Nicolas Winding Refn and Alan Jones discuss their book THE ACT OF SEEING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOsbpre3LRY&index=5&list=PLuWhwGlijliy5i8JOxd3l-bfj8694C6Mu Watch Alan Jones in conversation with George A. Romero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRCMW5S3jvU&list=PLuWhwGlijliy5i8JOxd3l-bfj8694C6Mu Hear Alan Jones discuss giallo thrillers on the Evolution of Horror podcast: https://player.fm/series/the-evolution-of-horror/slashers-pt-3-a-bay-of-blood-1971-feat-alan-jones

Episode 32: Ashley West Dec 18, 2017

Bill speaks to The Rialto Report’s Ashley West. West explains how his ongoing documentary project detailing the birth of the adult film industry in New York put him on the path to recording audio commentaries with figures like Radley Metzger, consulting on the HBO series THE DEUCE and co-founding The Rialto Report, a collection of podcasts, articles and photographs chronicling the history of the golden age of adult film. Other topics covered include: fanzines, the field recordings of Alan Lomax, the adult film work of Wes Craven, BOOGIE NIGHTS, the Golden Age Appreciation Fund, Video Nasties, Jamie Gillis, BARBARA BROADCAST and how an eBay bidding war can lead you to a PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO moment. (Pretty much all NSFW) Links: Visit The Rialto Report: http://www.therialtoreport.com/ Learn about the annual Golden Age Appreciation Fund: http://tgaafund.blogspot.com/ Read Ashley West (writing as Benson Hurst) and Mark Kernes of AVN on the life and career of actor Jamie Gillis: https://distribpixblog.com/2010/02/25/the-life-of-jamie-gillis/ Hear the Rialto Report podcast: ‘More, More, More’: The Search for Andrea True, and the Creation of a Disco Sensation http://www.therialtoreport.com/2017/05/21/more-more-more/ Hear the Rialto Report podcast: ‘Deep Sleep’ (1972): Deep, Deep Trouble http://www.therialtoreport.com/2015/07/25/deep-sleep/ See C.J. Laing in BARBARA BROADCAST, featuring audio commentary by Ashley West and Radley Metzger: http://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/barbara-broadcast-radley-metzger-blu-ray-dvd-all-region/ See locations from Russ Meyer’s FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! as they appear today: http://www.therialtoreport.com/2017/11/19/faster-pussycat-kill-kill/

Episode 31: Molly Haskell Dec 12, 2017

Bill talks to author and film critic Molly Haskell about some of the many contributions she’s made to film culture, from writing film criticism for publications like The Village Voice and Vogue to developing books like her landmark FROM REVERENCE TO RAPE: THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN IN THE MOVIES and the recent STEVEN SPIELBERG: A LIFE IN FILMS. Other topics covered include: Feminism, Andrew Sarris, Leo McCarey, DIABOLIQUE, the Sarasota French Film Festival, Twitter, Pauline Kael, women’s films of the 1970s, film theory, Agnes Varda, the origins of the National Society Of Film Critics and New York film culture in the 1960s. Visit Molly Haskell’s official site: http://www.mollyhaskell.com/ Hear a podcast containing the 2008 talk given by Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris at the Museum Of The Moving Image: http://www.movingimagesource.us/dialogues/view/311 Read the joint review Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris wrote for Robert Altman’s NASHVILLE: https://www.villagevoice.com/2006/11/21/a-critics-duet-on-nashville/ Hear Molly Haskell on the Film Comment Podcast: https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/film-comment-podcast-women-new-hollywood/ https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/film-comment-podcast-steven-spielberg/ Read Molly Haskell at Film Comment: https://www.filmcomment.com/author/molly-haskell/ Read Molly Haskell’s essay on CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA for the Criterion Collection: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4120-iclouds-of-sils-maria

Episode 30: Heather Buckley Nov 27, 2017

Bill talks to film journalist, special effects supervisor, podcaster and award-winning home video supplements producer Heather Buckley. They discuss her path from writing for Dread Central to co-producing the forthcoming feature film THE RANGER. Other topics include: J. Hoberman and Jonathan Rosenbaum’s book MIDNIGHT MOVIES, punk rock, Martin Scorsese, applying a DIY ethic to working in corporate advertising, social media, the abuse of power in film culture, UNFORGIVEN, Michael Felsher and how hanging a poster of a character from Clive Barker’s NIGHTBREED can inadvertently result in one’s own exorcism. Read about Heather Buckley’s film and supplementary feature credits on her Internet Movie Database page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6286333/ Read Heather Buckley in Fangoria: http://www.fangoria.com/new/author/heather-buckley/ Read Heather Buckley in Diabolique: https://diaboliquemagazine.com/author/heatherbuckley/ Read Heather Buckley in Dread Central, Vulture and Chemistry World: https://muckrack.com/heather-buckley/articles Listen to the Mass Hypnosis podcast: http://masshypnosisnow.com/ Listen to the Bonus Material podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-bonus-material-podcast Watch Heather Buckley’s interview with Tobe Hooper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6DYEhl5Wy8&t=85s Listen to Heather Buckley discuss LEATHERFACE: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III on Scream Addicts: http://www.screamaddicts.com/leatherface-tcm-iii-with-film-journalistproducer-heather-buckley/ Follow Heather Buckley on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_heatherbuckley

Episode 29: Jonathan Rosenbaum Nov 13, 2017

Bill talks to author and film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum about some of his many endeavors in film culture, including books like MOVING PLACES and MOVIE WARS, his tenure as principal film reviewer at the Chicago Reader, and his involvement in multiple Orson Welles-related projects, ranging from THIS IS ORSON WELLES to THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND. Other topics include: Critical interactivity, identity politics in film criticism, André Téchiné, film culture in New York and Paris in the late '60s, confusing Art with Class, audio commentaries, TWIN PEAKS, hate mail, film festivals and how plagiarism can be a positive thing if your ideas are important. Visit Jonathan Rosenbaum’s official website: https://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/ Hear Jonathan Rosenbaum on The Projection Booth: http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2016/06/episode-277-celine-and-julie-go-boating.html Jonathan Rosenbaum on THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT and GERTRUD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1lfa-Xr9zI Jonathan Rosenbaum on SATANTANGO https://vimeo.com/56355775 Jonathan Rosenbaum’s 1000 Essential Films: https://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/2004/03/1000-favorites-a-personal-canon/ https://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/2004/03/1000-favorites-a-personal-canon-part-two/ 1000 Favorites (A Personal Canon), part three | Jonathan Rosenbaum

Episode 28: Kat Ellinger Aug 14, 2017

Bill talks to writer, editor and podcaster Kat Ellinger about the various film culture projects she’s been involved in, from creating her first blog to co-hosting the Daughters Of Darkness podcast and serving as the Editor-In-Chief at Diabolique Magazine. Other topics covered include accents, Video Nasties, sexism in film culture, Heather Drain, Parental Advisory stickers, the importance of editors, audio commentaries, New Age travellers, the Japan Cuts film festival, Kat’s forthcoming book on Harry Kümel’s DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS, work/life balance and the proper use of newspapers to ward of vampires. Buy the new issue of Diabolique Magazine: https://diaboliquemagazine.com/product/diabolique-magazine-no-27-summer-2017/ Read Kat Ellinger at Diabolique Magazine: https://diaboliquemagazine.com/author/kellinger/ Listen to the Daughters Of Darkness Podcast: https://diaboliquemagazine.com/category/podcasts/daughters-of-darkness-podcast/ Hear Kat Ellinger on The Projection Booth: http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2016/10/special-report-killer-party-1986.html Read Kat Ellinger and Lee Gambin’s site This Film Is Better Than You…Deal With It: https://thisfilmisbetterthanyou.wordpress.com/ See Kat Ellinger in the 1993 BBC documentary – Heart Of The Matter – Roaming Free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEqEBat26mk&t=350s Read Kat Ellinger at Senses Of Cinema: http://sensesofcinema.com/author/kat-ellinger/

Episode 27: Tim Lucas Jul 30, 2017

Bill talks to writer and film historian Tim Lucas about some of his many contributions to film culture, from early mimeographed fanzines and articles like “The Shape Of Rage” and "The Butchering of Dario Argento" to award-winning efforts like Video Watchdog magazine and the book MARIO BAVA: ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK. Other topics covered include David Cronenberg and the filming of VIDEODROME, audio commentaries, Kim Newman, George A. Romero, Craig Ledbetter, Quentin Tarantino, penning profane subtitles for RABID DOGS, The Jefferson Airplane, Video WatchBlog, the “post-horror” label and how reviewing Ken Russell’s THE DEVILS for your high school newspaper doesn’t seem so strange when you’re a teenager. Read Video WatchBlog here: http://videowatchdog.blogspot.com/ Visit the official Video Watchdog site: http://www.videowatchdog.com/home/home.html Hear Tim Lucas on Nashycast: http://naschycast.blogspot.com/2016/06/ Hear Tim Lucas discuss Mario Bava on Movie Geeks United: MGU: The Films of Mario Bava

Episode 26: Joseph A. Ziemba Jul 10, 2017

Bill speaks with Joseph A. Ziemba, creator of the website Bleeding Skull, director of genre programming and promotions at Alamo Drafthouse, and a lead archivist for American Genre Film Archive (AGFA). They discuss the origins of his various projects, as well as formative cinematic experiences, the aesthetic of BOARDINGHOUSE, work/life balance, the evolution of AGFA, and why preserving films like BAT PUSSY won’t necessarily get you disinvited from future family get-togethers these days. Visit the site Bleeding Skull: http://bleedingskull.com/ Visit the official site for American Genre Film Archive: http://americangenrefilm.com/ Visit the official site for Bleeding Skull Video: http://www.bleedingskullvideo.com/ Catch a Terror Tuesday screening at Alamo Drafthouse in Austin: https://drafthouse.com/austin/series/terror-tuesday Hear Joseph A. Ziemba’s band Taken By Savages: https://takenbysavages.bandcamp.com/ Watch The 40oz Dreamz Halloween Special: The 40oz Dreamz Halloween Special w/ Joe Ziemba!

Episode 25: Abbey Bender Jun 26, 2017

Bill speaks with film critic Abbey Bender. They discuss her experiences in film culture, from childhood repertory screenings to writing for publications like Film Comment, The Village Voice, Playboy and Rolling Stone. Other topics include: “women’s interest” writing assignments, fashion as it relates both to Rainer Werner Fassbinder and "The Brady Bunch”, New York film culture, politics and contrarian auteur favorites on Twitter, JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS and forging short-lived friendships in order to have someone to see Jean-Luc Godard movies with. Links: Visit Abbey Bender's official site: https://abbeybender.wordpress.com/ Read Abbey Bender on Jayne Mansfield in THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT http://lwlies.com/articles/jayne-mansfield-performance-in-the-girl-cant-help-it/ Read "Where Have All The Erotic Thrillers Gone?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/where-have-all-the-erotic-thrillers-gone/2017/05/11/0c65f2e2-34eb-11e7-b412-62beef8121f7_story.html?utm_term=.2f7925db9c3d#comments Read Abbey Bender's "Costume Party" series for Brooklyn: http://www.bkmag.com/tag/costume-party/ Hear Abbey Bender discuss fashion in film on the Smug Film Podcast: http://smugfilm.com/ep21/

Episode 24: Lee Gambin Jun 11, 2017

Bill speaks with author and film historian Lee Gambin. They talk about his wide array of artistic pursuits, from directing confrontational stage plays and selling fanzines for beer money to writing for Fangoria and lecturing at film festivals and universities. Topics include: FROGS, the origins of Lee’s various books (including the new NOPE, NOTHING WRONG HERE: THE MAKING OF CUJO), tailoring one’s writing style for specific publishers, Melbourne film culture, and how researching movies like THE PACK can improve your relationship with your own dog. Buy WE CAN BE WHO WE ARE and preorder NOPE, NOTHING WRONG HERE: THE MAKING OF CUJO: http://www.bearmanormedia.com/index.php?route=common/home Visit the official site for the Cinemaniacs Film Collective: http://www.cinemaniacs.net/ Read Kier-La Janisse's interview with Lee Gambin: http://www.spectacularoptical.ca/2016/02/interview-lee-gambin-on-we-can-be-who-we-are/ Buy MASSACRED BY MOTHER NATURE: Massacred by Mother Nature: Exploring the Natural Horror Film

Episode 23: Ashley Clark May 22, 2017

Bill speaks with writer and film programmer Ashley Clark about his pursuits, from his early blog Permanent Plastic Helmet and programming screenings at the movie theatre where he worked to writing for publications like The Guardian, Sight & Sound, Reverse Shot and Vice and programming for the BFI and MOMA. Other topics covered include: THE HATEFUL EIGHT, Wendell B. Harris Jr.’s CHAMELEON STREET and the emotional side of curation, his book “Facing Blackness – Media and Minstrelsy in Spike Lee’s BAMBOOZLED”, TAXI DRIVER, the importance of editors, organizing the Black Star series at London's BFI Southbank, Ed Guerrero’s Framing Blackness, and having a smaller trailer than Billy Zane as a child actor. Visit Ashley Clark’s official site: http://www.ashleyclark.net/ Read Wendell B. Harris’ essay “Who Killed CHAMELEON STREET?” http://metrograph.com/edition/article/28/who-killed-chameleon-street Buy Ashley Clark’s book “Facing Blackness – Media and Minstrelsy in Spike Lee’s BAMBOOZLED”: https://www.amazon.com/Facing-Blackness-Media-Minstrelsy-Bamboozled/dp/1941629210/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1495317164&sr=8-8 Buy the BFI DVD/Blu-Ray TWO FILMS BY LINO BROCKA, featuring liner notes by Cathy Landicho Clark. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N941RHA/ref=pd_sim_74_16?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=94GZDT8NATVG8FFCVYHZ Buy Ed Guerrero’s book Framing Blackness: The African American Image in Film https://www.amazon.com/Framing-Blackness-African-American-Culture/dp/1566391261/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495415133 Watch Ashley Clark discuss BAMBOOZLED with Spike Lee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jxa83KgAy4&t=9s Hear Ashley Clark on The Film Comment podcast: https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/film-comment-podcast-identity/

Episode 22: Elric Kane May 08, 2017

Bill speaks with Elric Kane about the wide variety of film culture projects he’s been involved in, from hosting podcasts like Killer POV, Shock Waves and Pure Cinema, to directing films, producing and hosting interview shows like This Week In Horror and Inside Horror, teaching film, working at Facets, launching an entrepreneurial venture with Jump Cut Café, and much more. Other topics covered include New Zealand film culture, female horror film directors, Monte Hellman, the Hollywood Underground Film Festival, POSSESSION and having tuna fish sandwiches with the director of CHRISTMAS EVIL. Hear Shock Waves: http://www.blumhouse.com/podcast/ Hear Killer POV: http://geeknation.com/podcast/killer-pov/ Hear Pure Cinema Podcast: http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/purecinema Hear Elric Kane discuss SUSPIRIA on Scream Addicts: http://www.screamaddicts.com/suspiria-with-shock-waves-elric-kane/ Hear Elric Kane on The Projection Booth http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2016/03/episode-264-bad-timing-sensual-obsession.html http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2016/10/special-report-pin-1988.html http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2017/03/episode-315-beverly-hills-cop-1984.html http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2016/10/episode-293-martyrs-2008.html http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2017/01/episode-308-stalker-1979.html http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2017/01/inauguration-special-intruder-1962.html Buy Monte Hellman’s IGUANA, which includes a bonus feature with Elric Kane in conversation with Hellman: https://www.amazon.com/Iguana-Blu-ray-Everett-McGill/dp/B00KOW4AI2/ref=sr_1_2_twi_blu_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1494207533 Watch Inside Horror with guest Joe Dante: Horror Icon Joe Dante Speaks! - Inside Horror (Part 1 of 3)

Episode 21: Barry Solan Apr 24, 2017

Bill speaks with Barry Solan about both his years running repertory movie houses like The State Theatre and experiences as owner of the Video Americain video store chain. They also discuss midnight movie culture of the early 1980s, discovering rare movies on Youtube, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, bootlegs, how Video Americain came to be featured in John Waters’ SERIAL MOM, the appeal of video stores, and Barry’s assorted tangles with anti-pornography crusaders, film company theatre checkers, Led Zeppelin-loving bathroom vandals, HBO executives, angry filmmakers and protesters threatening to burn down his theatre for showing Jean-Luc Godard’s HAIL MARY.

Episode 20: Amanda Reyes Apr 10, 2017

Bill speaks with writer/podcaster Amanda Reyes about her many experiences that shape her work, from discovering Scandinavian films on Bravo as a teenager to the professional satisfactions of becoming as an archivist. They discuss the origins of her many film cultural endeavors, including the Made For TV Mayhem blog and its companion podcast, as well as the new book Are You in the House Alone? A TV Movie Compendium 1964-1999. Other topics include frustrating screenwriting experiences, BAD RONALD, Kindertrauma, Wes Craven, nostalgia, female-driven horror movies, The Strange And Deadly Show, and a surprise revelation about being quoted on the back cover of a DVD. Read Made For TV Mayhem: Made for TV Mayhem Hear the Made For TV Mayhem Podcast: Made for TV Mayhem Podcast Hear Amanda Reyes on The Kolchak Tapes: The Kolchak Tapes Buy the special hardback edition of ARE YOU ALONE IN THE HOUSE? from Headspress: http://www.headpress.com/ShowProduct.aspx?ID=163 Or buy the softcover edition from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Are-You-House-Alone-Compendium/dp/1909394440 Read the Birth. Movies. Death review of the Monster Fest ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE ALONE? Book launch event. http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/12/04/monster-fest-2016-are-you-in-the-house-alone-is-a-mighty-tv-movie-tome Learn about Amanda Reyes' upcoming London appearance at The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies: Tele-terrors: The Real and Imagined Horrors Inside the Made for Television Movie : The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies

Episode 19: Brian Saur Mar 27, 2017

Bill speaks with film blogger and podcaster Brian Saur about the origins of his many endeavors, from his long-running Rupert Pupkin Speaks site to the recent Pure Cinema and Just The Discs podcasts. Other topics discussed include Saur’s in-progress documentary on author Danny Peary, the influence of social media on initial viewing experiences, the merits of film lists and the circumstances that can lead a person to record podcasts from within a car alongside their dog. Read Rupert Pupkin Speaks: http://www.rupertpupkinspeaks.com/ Hear Pure Cinema Podcast: http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/purecinema Hear Just The Discs: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-the-discs-podcast/id1205661081?mt=2 Hear The Gentlemen’s Guide To Midnite Cinema Interview with Danny Peary: http://ggtmc.libsyn.com/bonus-35-interview-with-danny-peary Hear the Off The Shelf Podcast: http://criterioncast.com/category/podcast/off-the-shelf Watch clips from Brian Saur's upcoming documentary on Danny Peary: Danny Peary Documentary See Brian Saur in the documentary The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time: https://www.amazon.com/Space-Invaders-Search-Lost-Time/dp/B00C8PK4ZG/ref=sr_1_5?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1490474833&sr=1-5

Episode 18: Nick Pinkerton Mar 13, 2017

Bill speaks with film critic Nick Pinkerton about his experiences and practices as a writer, from his initial reviews for Reverse Shot to becoming a regular contributor at publications like The Village Voice, Sight & Sound, Artforum and Film Comment. Other topics discussed include the late Kim’s Video chain, the importance of great editors, moderating Q&As, New York City film culture, criticism in the age of social media, work/life balance and the professional hazards that can come from having the wrong attitude about frozen yogurt. Read Nick Pinkerton’s film criticism: https://www.filmcomment.com/author/nick-pinkerton/ http://www.bfi.org.uk/people/nick-pinkerton https://www.artforum.com/contributors/name=nick-pinkerton http://reverseshot.org/people/28/nick-pinkerton Nick Pinkerton | New York News, Food, Culture and Events | Village Voice Hear Nick Pinkerton on the Film Comment Podcast: https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/film-comment-podcast-social-media-criticism/ Read Nick Pinkerton's essay for the Criterion Collection on ANATOMY OF A MURDER: Anatomy of a Murder: Atomization of a Murder Buy Severin Films' special edition Blu-Ray of THE KILLING OF AMERICA, which includes the supplementary feature "Mondo Mania", Nick Pinkerton's examination of Italian shockumentary films. https://severin-films.com/shop/the-killing-of-america-blu-ray/

Episode 17: Marc Walkow Oct 24, 2016

Bill speaks with DVD/Blu-Ray producer, writer and film festival programmer Marc Walkow about his many projects and pursuits in the world of film culture, from his early days at TLA Video to programming for the New York Asian Film Festival to his essential role in turning Nobuhiko Obayashi’s HOUSE into a popular cult film. They discuss his extensive history in home video: developing the Euroshock and Mario Bava Collections at Image, producing the Merchant-Ivory Collection at Home Vision, developing special features for Criterion Collection titles like VIDEODROME, producing lavish box sets for Arrow Films like BATTLES WITHOUT HONOUR AND HUMANITY and FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION. Other subjects covered include Marc’s involvement with feature films like the ABCs OF DEATH series, his years as marketing coordinator for the film label Sushi Typhoon, work/life balance, SHIN GODZILLA, writing for Video Watchdog and Film Comment, MOMA’s Tomu Uchida retrospective and the future of home video. Read Marc Walkow's IndieWire article on filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi: The Best Japanese Filmmaker You’ve Never Heard Of Read Marc Walkow in Film Comment: Marc Walkow, Author at Film Comment Read Cinapse's 2016 interview with Marc Walkow: http://cinapse.co/2016/08/15/arrow-heads-omake-interview-producer-marc-walkow-female-convict-scorpion-set Read Eric Bresler’s 2011 interview with Marc Walkow: http://cinedelphia.com/interview-marc-walkow/ Follow Marc Walkow on Twitter: Marc Walkow ・マーク (@outcastmarc) | Twitter

Episode 16: Patrick Ripoll Oct 03, 2016

Bill speaks with Tracks Of The Damned podcast host Patrick Ripoll. In addition to talking about both his current show and his years co-hosting the Director’s Club podcast, they discuss Woody Allen, the C.H.U.D.com forums, standup comedy, the “Loveline” radio call-in program, what makes Letterboxd less evil than other social media sites, Buster Keaton, midnight movies, building cinephile monasteries within oneself, preserving pan and scan VHS transfers for historical purposes, TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, video store culture in 2016, Nicolas Winding Refn and the value of studying improv as it pertains both to podcasting and dating. Hear Tracks Of The Damned: http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/tracksofthedamned Watch Herk Harvey’s CARNIVAL OF SOULS with Tracks Of The Damned commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70ytuJWG2LA Hear Patrick’s Music: https://patrick-ripoll.bandcamp.com/ Hear Patrick on the Director’s Club podcast: http://www.directorsclubpodcast.com/ Read Patrick Ripoll on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/patrickripoll/ Read Patrick’s favorite Letterboxd writers: Nathaxn Walker https://letterboxd.com/unawarewolf/ Steve Carlson https://letterboxd.com/lcosgrove/ Matt Lynch https://letterboxd.com/colonelmortimer/ Joe https://letterboxd.com/zoltarak/ Laird https://letterboxd.com/pobrecito/ Jake Jake’s profile

Episode 15: Violet Lucca Sep 19, 2016

This week Bill speaks with the film critic Violet Lucca, Digital Editor of Film Comment Magazine and host of The Film Comment Podcast, about her experiences in film culture. Some of the topics discussed include: hybrid documentaries, Vine filmmakers, Nate Parker, DCPs and New York repertory cinemas, identity politics in film criticism, Rotten Tomatoes, prestige television, Film Comment’s relationship to The Film Society Of Lincoln Center, torrents and the myth of availability, the difference between Marvel and DC comic book adaptations, David Lynch, Violet’s forays into filmmaking, protests against animal testing and the potential for violence at Yasujiro Ozu screenings. Read Violet Lucca in Film Comment: http://www.filmcomment.com/author/vlucca/ Read Violet Lucca in The Village Voice: http://www.villagevoice.com/authors/violet-lucca-6355083 Watch Violet Lucca’s video essay on Walerian Borowczyk: https://vimeo.com/124045120 Read Violet Lucca’s Top 10 list for the 2012 Sight & Sound poll: http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/23 Hear Violet Lucca on the Film Comment Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-film-comment-podcast/id1051091555?mt=2

Episode 14: Danny Peary Sep 05, 2016

Bill speaks with Danny Peary, the author of Cult Movies, Cult Movies 2, Cult Movies 3, Guide For The Film Fanatic, and Cult Movie Stars, among others. They talk about Peary’s long history with movies: childhood viewing that ranged from Abbott & Costello to Ingmar Bergman, discovering Andrew Sarris in high school and spending afternoons at theatres like The Thalia, starting a campus film society while immersed in the student protest culture of the late 1960s, making silent short-subject comedies, his years of freelance writing for underground publications, developing books like Close-Ups and Cult Movies that established his reputation. Other topics discussed include Peary’s encounters with Jean-Luc Godard and Martin Scorsese, post-Watergate themes in contemporary cinema, Russ Meyer, BLUE VELVET, John Waters, the Academy Awards, Val Lewton, adult films, PSYCHO and Brian Saur’s in-progress documentary about him. Buy Danny Peary’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Danny-Peary/e/B000APQC0W/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1473008569&sr=8-1 Read Danny Peary’s blog: http://dannypeary.blogspot.com/ Read the tribute site to Danny Peary’s book Guide For The Film Fanatic: http://filmfanatic.org/reviews/ Follow the progress of Brian Saur’s documentary about Danny Peary: https://twitter.com/dannypearydoc Read Susan Wloszczyna’s interview with Danny Peary conducted for Roger Ebert.com: Share Your Love: Author Danny Peary on "Cult Movies" | Interviews | Roger Ebert

Episode 13: Jeremy Richey Aug 22, 2016

Bill speaks with Jeremy Richey, editor and co-creator of the quarterly print journal Art Decades. They talk about the origins of this publication and his litany of film-related blogs, among them Moon In The Gutter, Fascination: The Jean Rollin Experience, Nostalgia Kinky and Harry Moseby Confidential. They also discuss plagiarism, influential books, Jean Rollin, feminism, Tim Lucas, Jeremy’s documentary appearances, Kimberly Kane, discouraging freelance writing experiences and details about his upcoming book focusing on the European film career of Sylvia Kristel. Buy past issues of Art Decades: https://www.amazon.com/Jeremy-R-Richey/e/B00OV5YLWS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Read Jeremy Richey’s long-running blog, Moon In The Gutter: http://mooninthegutter.blogspot.com/ Read A Return To Utrecht, Jeremy Richey’s Sylvia Kristel blog: https://areturntoutrecht.wordpress.com/ Read Jeremy Richey’s Nastassja Kinski blog Nostalgia Kinky: http://nostalgiakinky.blogspot.com/ Read Jeremy Richey’s Jean Rollin blog Fascination: The Jean Rollin Experience: Fascination: The Jean Rollin Experience

Episode 12: Jay Jacksonrao Aug 07, 2016

Bill speaks with Black On Black Cinema host and TNP Studios founder Jay Jacksonrao. In addition to talking about the origins of his Nerdpocalypse and Black On Black Cinema shows, they discuss blockbuster spectacle cinema and the post-9/11 appeal of superhero movies, Baltimore film culture, FRUITVALE STATION and how the economy can inform the kinds of stories told in black films.

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

Episode 11: Jim Laczkowski Jul 25, 2016

Bill speaks with Director’s Club host and Now Playing Network founder Jim Laczkowski. In addition to talking about podcasts, both his own and those of others, they discuss his early years directing short comedies to make his classmates laugh, his long history with WGN Radio film critic Nick Digilio, EVIL DEAD 2, near-death experiences, PUMP UP THE VOLUME, bandwagon mentality, the Chicago film critic community, drive-in theatres, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, experiences touring as a solo musician, critic screenings and the enduring scent of Roger Ebert’s sandwich.

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

Episode 10: Joseph A. Gervasi Jul 11, 2016

Bill speaks with Exhumed Films co-founder and Diabolik DVD co-owner Joseph A. Gervasi about how the DIY ethos of hardcore punk informed his endeavors in film culture. They discuss the origins of his various projects, from early ventures like The Cabbage Collective and Bizarre Videos to later efforts like The Valerie Project and the ongoing Loud! Fast! Philly! series. Other topics addressed include Phil Hardy’s Overlook Film Encyclopedia, entitled genre film collectors, CAFÉ FLESH, the subtle homage to Joseph’s father on the Criterion Collection edition of VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS, and how declining nude modeling opportunities can negatively impact the distribution of one's fanzine. Visit the official site for Exhumed Films: http://www.exhumedfilms.com/ Visit the official site for Diabolik DVD: http://www.diabolikdvd.com/ Visit the official site for Loud! Fast! Philly! http://loudfastphilly.com/ Read Joseph’s 2012 interview with recent Supporting Characters guest Kier-La Janisse: http://cinedelphia.com/sinedelphia-2012-joseph-a-gervasi-interviews-kier-la-janisse/ See a documentary on Exhumed Films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zss-LNOqKdU See a trailer for the LOUD! FAST! PHILLY! Cinedelphia Film Festival event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7IgadhwD0w See/hear the music of The Valerie Project featured on television’s ‘So You Think You Can Dance’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poY1yvVf5xY

Episode 9: Kier-La Janisse Jun 27, 2016

Bill speaks to writer/film programmer Kier-La Janisse about her many contributions to film culture, from her Cannibal Culture fanzine and Cinemuerte film festival to co-founding venues like the Blue Sunshine Psychotronic Film Centre, schools like The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies and her small-press publishing company with fellow writer Paul Corupe, Spectacular Optical Publications. We talk about the origins of her books A VIOLENT PROFESSIONAL - THE FILMS OF LUCIANO ROSSI and the acclaimed HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN, and her experiences in documentary film, whether as a co-producer, an interviewee or as the subject. Other topics covered include movie parties, bootleg collecting, the peculiar boasts of Rico Boido, programming for the Alamo Drafthouse, objectifying Richard Stanley (and subsequently apologizing for it), “elevated horror”, the Bloodshots 48-hour horror movie challenge, the economic realities of a life in film culture and details about some of her upcoming projects. It’s likely the only time you’ll hear the names Manny Farber, Jorg Buttgereit AND David Cassidy mentioned within the same conversation. LINKS Buy the Kier-La Janisse books House Of Psychotic Women and A Violent Professional: http://www.amazon.com/Kier-La-Janisse/e/B00J9CLXY2/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1 Visit the official site for Spectacular Optical: http://www.spectacularoptical.ca/ Watch Bloody Breasts Presents: Women In Horror Panel, where Kier-La Janisse joins Jovanka Vuckovic (THE CAPTURED BIRD, former editor-in-chief of Rue Morgue magazine), Izabel Grondin (FANTASME), and Elza Kephart (GRAVEYARD ALIVE: A ZOMBIE NURSE IN LOVE) and Maude Michaud (HOLLYWOOD SKIN). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrzvglwMiDY Buy CELLULOID HORROR, the documentary about Kier-La Janisse’s Cinemuerte Film Festival: http://breedproductions.com/celluloid-horror-dvd-now-available/ Read Kier-La Janisse’s SHINDIG article about the career of cult film actress Joy Bang: http://www.spectacularoptical.ca/2016/01/the-big-bang-the-too-short-career-of-actress-joy-bang/ See a slideshow of various Toronto Film Cult Film Locations taken by Kier-La Janisse and Bill Ackerman: http://www.spectacularoptical.ca/2014/07/canuxploitation-toronto-film-location-tour-slideshow/ Visit the official site for the Monsterthon Film Festival: http://www.monsterfest.com.au/ Visit the official site of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies: http://www.miskatonicinstitute.com/ Hear Kier-La Janisse on The Projection Booth discussing THE HAUNTING OF JULIA (aka FULL CIRCLE): http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2012/09/episode-81-haunting-of-julia.html Order the FAB Press re-issue of Satanic Panic: https://www.amazon.com/Satanic-Panic-Pop-Cultural-Paranoia-1980s/dp/1903254868/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466709545&sr=1-1&keywords=satanic+panic+pop-cultural+paranoia+in+the+1980s Buy the first Spectacular Optical book Kid Power! http://www.spectacularoptical.ca/store/product/spectacular-optical-book-one-kid-power/ Read Samm Deighan’s 2012 interview with Kier-La Janisse: Satanic Pandemonium: House of Psychotic Women: Interview with Kier-La Janisse

Episode 8: Mike White Jun 13, 2016

Bill speaks to writer/podcaster Mike White about his various projects and pursuits in the world of film culture, from WHO DO YOU THINK YOU’RE FOOLING? and Super Happy Fun to Cashiers du Cinemart and The Projection Booth. They also discuss film festivals, bootleg culture of the early 2000s, adult films, Bruce Campbell, underappreciated filmmakers, Mike’s documentary appearances, unhelpful publicists, Greydon Clark, film theory, pranking the IMDB and much more. See the official site for The Projection Booth podcast: The Projection Booth Podcast Read Mike White's blog: ImpossibleFunky Productions See the official site for Cashiers du Cinemart: Cashiers du Cinemart - Home Page Watch Mike White's short film comparing Ringo Lam's CITY ON FIRE and Quentin Tarantino's RESERVOIR DOGS, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE FOOLING? Who Do You Think You're Fooling? Official page of filmmaker Matthew Silver: http://www.maninwhitedress.com/ Official page of filmmaker Cory McAbee: Cory McAbee

Episode 7: Daniel Griffith May 30, 2016

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/

Episode 6: Eric Bresler May 17, 2016

Bill talks to film programmer and PhilaMOCA curator Eric Bresler. They have a conversation about his wide variety of projects, including his Video Pirates found-footage comedy shorts, the documentary OTAKU UNITE!, the Cinedelphia Film Festival and his work at PhilaMOCA. Other topics discussed include Philadelphia film culture and exhibition, tape trading, Eric’s admiration for the band Sparks, TLA Video, Pia Zadora, Eraserhood Forever (including this year’s headliner), visits from both South Philly gangsters and David Lynch to PhilaMOCA, Brian Schmidt’s THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE OF JOJO (AND HIS ANNOYING LITTLE SISTER), and the especially shady casting process for an independent film. See Eric Bresler’s Video Pirates short film, HORRORS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTPjCrF9Vjw See the Eric Bresler-directed video for Psychic Teens’ “Everything” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00e8xuOqt4I See ERASERHEAD’s The Lady In The Radiator perform “In Heaven” at PhilaMOCA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xLCbZZ_iO0 Buy Eric Bresler’s Video Pirates Philadelphia DVD: http://www.diabolikdvd.com/category/Cult-Favorites/Video-Pirates-Philadelphia-(Cinedelphia)-DVD-(NTSC-All-Region).html Buy Eric Bresler’s documentary OTAKU UNITE! http://www.amazon.com/Otaku-Unite-Steven-R-Bennett/dp/B000DZ7XXE/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1463490292&sr=1-1&keywords=otaku+unite Visit Eric Brelser’s webite: http://ericbresler.com/

Episode 5: J.A. Kerswell May 02, 2016

Bill welcomes author J.A. Kerswell onto the show. Kerswell’s love for slasher movies inspired him to create the first website devoted to them (Hysteria Lives!), write a book (Teenage Wasteland, aka The Slasher Movie Book), co-host a podcast (The Hysteria Continues), and appear on the bonus features of numerous DVD/Blu-Ray releases for labels like Vinegar Syndrome, Arrow Films and 88 Films. In addition to discussing these endeavors in detail, other topics include growing up in the era of Video Nasties, arthouse/horror hybrids, responding to criticisms, nostalgia among horror fans, and how to prevent one’s passion projects from devolving into drudgery. Read J.A. Kerswell’s reviews: http://www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/ Buy J.A. Kerswell’s book: http://www.amazon.com/Slasher-Movie-Book-J-Kerswell/dp/1556520107 Hear J.A. Kerswell’s podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hysteria-continues/id418884138?mt=2

Episode 4 : Travis Crawford Apr 21, 2016

Bill speaks to writer/film programmer Travis Crawford about his writing career, underground genre film and music publications, glossier magazines like Fangoria and Film Comment, books like 1001 Films To See Before You Die, and websites like The Calvert Journal. They also discuss Crawford’s popular Danger After Dark festival series, his work with Artsploitation Films, Danny Peary’s Cult Movies, Dario Argento, the depressing state of foreign film distribution, his ill-advised visit to Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum with an iconic horror film director, and more. See Travis Crawford discuss Danger After Dark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64vufXeX5ug Read Travis Crawford on Yury Bykov's THE FOOL:https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/release-me-the-fool Travis Crawford's interviews with Dario Argento, Lars Von Trier and William Friedkin http://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/spring2008/mothertears.php#.VxOE9SMrJPM https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/william-friedkin http://www.moviemaker.com/archives/moviemaking/directing/articles-directing/the-natural-lars-von-trier-on-dogville-2928/ Buy Artsploitation DVDs here:http://www.artsploitationfilms.com/films/

Episode 3: Heather Drain Apr 04, 2016

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

Episode 2: Samm Deighan Mar 22, 2016

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

Episode 1: Daniel Bird Mar 11, 2016

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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