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.

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/

Bill speaks to author and musician Stephen Thrower about some of his contributions to film culture, from his earliest film criticism for Shock Xpress and his film journal Eyeball to the development of books like BEYOND TERROR: THE FILMS OF LUCIO FULCI, NIGHTMARE USA: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE EXPLOITATION INDEPENDENTS and MURDEROUS PASSIONS: THE DELIRIOUS CINEMA OF JESS FRANCO. Other topics include: Dr. Who, Roxy Music, POSSESSION, David Lynch, Ramsey Campbell, THE BROOD, Derek Jarman, DUFFER, Throbbing Gristle, DON’T GO IN THE HOUSE, hedonistic writing techniques, approaches to film scoring and how certain films can be analogous to drugs. 

Visit the official website of Cyclobe:
http://www.cyclobe.com/ 

Read Stephen Thrower’s essay “From Goblin to Morricone: the art of horror movie music”
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/18/horror-film-movie-music

Read Stephen Thrower’s memorial essay on Jesús Franco:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/04/jesus-franco-dies-82-unique-vision 

Read Stephen Thrower Top 10 list for the 2012 Sight & Sound poll:
https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/87 

Buy Stephen Thrower’s books BEYOND TERROR: THE FILMS OF LUCIO FULCI and NIGHTMARE USA from FAB Press:
https://www.fabpress.com/ 

Buy Stephen Thrower’s books on Jesús Franco, MURDEROUS PASSIONS and FLOWERS OF PERVERSION from Strange Attractor:
http://strangeattractor.co.uk/ 

Listen to the Daughters Of Darkness two-part podcast series inspired by NIGHTMARE USA:
https://diaboliquemagazine.com/nightmare-usa-part-1/ 

Listen to the audio from Stephen Thrower’s introduction to POSSESSION from the 2016 Kinoteka Film Festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMg-rQDNyEg

Bill speaks to artist and exploitation film preservationist Lisa Petrucci about her experiences in film culture, from childhood encounters with horror movies at the drive-in to running Something Weird Video. Topics discussed include: Mike Vraney, working at Michael Weldon’s original Psychotronic Store in the East Village, early 90s exploitation film fan culture, Reel Wild Cinema, the evolution of Something Weird’s customer base, screening sexploitation films for today’s audiences and how her dad came up with idea for G.I. Joe. 

Visit Lisa Petrucci's official website:

http://www.lisapetrucci.com/

Visit the official Something Weird Video website:

https://www.somethingweird.com/ 

Visit the official American Genre Film Archive website:

https://www.americangenrefilm.com/

Subscribe to the Something Weird Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/SomethingWeirdDotCom

Buy Pop Surrealism: The Rise of Underground Art

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

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

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:

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

http://sensesofcinema.com/ 

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/

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:

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

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/

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/

Hear Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on the Plato’s Cave radio program: https://www.rrr.org.au/program/plato-s-cave/

Visit the official site of Graveyard Shift Sisters:
http://www.graveyardshiftsisters.com

Bill speaks with film writer and DVD/Blu-Ray producer Michael Brooke about his various endeavors, from his years at Hampstead’s Everyman Cinema and the BFI to producing Blu-Ray releases for labels like Arrow Video and Indicator. Topics covered include: London repertory cinemas of the 1980s, Béla Bartók, revisionist video transfers, Ken Russell, video label economics and limited editions, Mehelli Modi and Second Run DVD, Jan Švankmajer, Channel 4's adventurous 1980s programming, audio commentaries, The Quay Brothers and how testing pasta shells for your children can lead you to reconsider appearing on camera.