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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

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

Oct 8, 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

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/

Aug 8, 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
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

Jul 9, 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/

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/

Mar 6, 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:
 
Visit Alexandra Heller-Nicholas’s site Generation Starstruck, focusing on Australian women’s filmmaking made between 1980-1999:
 
Visit Alexandra Heller-Nicholas’s Amazon author page:
 
Watch this panel on cinephilia, featuring Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Jonathan Rosenbaum, David Jenkins, Conor Bateman and Cerise Howard:
 
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:

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

Feb 5, 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/

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:
 
Visit Maitland McDonagh’s blog Miss Flick Chick:
 
Visit Maitland McDonagh’s author page at Film Comment:
 
Visit Maitland McDonagh’s author page at Culture Sonar:
 
Visit Maitland McDonagh’s author page at Amazon.com:
 
Read about Maitland McDonagh’s first screening of DEEP RED:
 
Hear Maitland McDonagh on the Film Comment Podcast:
 
Hear Maitland McDonagh on DECOY:
 
Hear Maitland McDonagh on NIGHT OF THE CREEPS with Heather Drain:
 
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:
Jan 8, 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:
 
Visit Alan Jones’ Amazon author page:
 
Watch Nicolas Winding Refn and Alan Jones discuss their book THE ACT OF SEEING
 
Watch Alan Jones in conversation with George A. Romero:
 
Hear Alan Jones discuss giallo thrillers on the Evolution of Horror podcast:
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/
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:
 
Hear a podcast containing the 2008 talk given by Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris at the Museum Of The Moving Image:
 
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:
 
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
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:
 
 
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/
 
 
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
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:
 
 
Jonathan Rosenbaum on THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT and GERTRUD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1lfa-Xr9zI
 
Jonathan Rosenbaum on SATANTANGO
 
Jonathan Rosenbaum’s 1000 Essential Films:
 
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.

 
Read Kat Ellinger at Diabolique Magazine:
https://diaboliquemagazine.com/author/kellinger/
 
Listen to the Daughters Of Darkness Podcast:
 
 
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:
 
Read Kat Ellinger at Senses Of Cinema:
http://sensesofcinema.com/author/kat-ellinger/
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
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:
 
Visit the official site for American Genre Film Archive:
 
Visit the official site for Bleeding Skull Video:
 
Catch a Terror Tuesday screening at Alamo Drafthouse in Austin:
 
Hear Joseph A. Ziemba’s band Taken By Savages:
https://takenbysavages.bandcamp.com/
 
Watch The 40oz Dreamz Halloween Special:
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 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/
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/
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:
 
Read Wendell B. Harris’ essay “Who Killed CHAMELEON STREET?”
 
Buy Ashley Clark’s book “Facing Blackness – Media and Minstrelsy in Spike Lee’s BAMBOOZLED”:
 
Buy the BFI DVD/Blu-Ray TWO FILMS BY LINO BROCKA, featuring liner notes by Cathy Landicho Clark.
 
Buy Ed Guerrero’s book Framing Blackness: The African American Image in Film
 
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/
May 8, 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:
 
Hear Killer POV:
 
Hear Pure Cinema Podcast:
 
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
 
Buy Monte Hellman’s IGUANA, which includes a bonus feature with Elric Kane in conversation with Hellman:
 
Watch Inside Horror with guest Joe Dante:
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.
 
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:
 
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: 
 
Or buy the softcover edition from Amazon:
 
Read the Birth. Movies. Death review of the Monster Fest ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE ALONE? Book launch event.

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
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