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Bill speaks to author and film historian Imogen Sara Smith about her various endeavors, from writing books like BUSTER KEATON: THE PERSISTENCE OF COMEDY and IN LONELY PLACES: FILM NOIR BEYOND THE CITY to contributing audio commentaries, booklet essays and on-camera interviews to home video releases from The Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, Eureka!, Imprint, Flicker Alley, Arrow and Indicator. Topics include: John Bengtson’s SILENT ECHOES, Eddie Muller, writing techniques, The Criterion Channel, Courtney Stephens’ TERRA FEMME,  her Phantom Light column for Film Comment, THE WELL, film lists/ranking and stumbling upon old W.C. Fields locations. Read Sinners’ Holiday: An Ode to Pre-Code”https://brightlightsfilm.com/sinners-holiday-an-ode-to-pre-code/#.Ylfx8i2ZOqA Read Imogen Sara Smith on SWING TIME:https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6424-swing-time-heaven-can-t-wait Read Ghost Town: Nights on Bunker Hill:https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7734-ghost-town-nights-on-bunker-hill Buy the Kino Lorber 4K UHD for KILLER’S KISS:https://www.kinolorber.com/product/killers-kiss-4kuhd-blu-ray Read Imogen Sara Smith on the Criterion Current site:https://www.criterion.com/current/author/572-imogen-sara-smith Register for Imogen Sara Smith's online course, French Cinema: The Language of Light 1895-1960  https://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/item/french-film-history-online/ Register for Imogen Sara Smith’s online course, French Cinema: Breaking Rules & Boundaries 1960-2022 https://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/item/french-cinema-breaking-rules-boundaries-1960-2022-online/ Pre-order El vampiro negro (The Black Vampire):https://www.flickeralley.com/classic-movies-2/#!/El-vampiro-negro-The-Black-Vampire/p/478619443/category=0 Buy The Guilty / High Tide from Flicker Alley:https://www.flickeralley.com/classic-movies-2/#!/The-Guilty-High-Tide/p/442246038 Visit the Film Noir Foundation site: http://www.filmnoirfoundation.org

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

Bill talks to writer/editor/podcaster/programmer Katie Rife about her many endeavors, from co-founding Everything Is Terrible, inventing puns for Mr. Skin and presenting films at Facets Night School to writing/podcasting for The A.V. Club, programming for The Music Box Theatre and freelancing for outlets like Rolling Stone, Vulture and Roger Ebert.com. Topics include: Mike McPadden, Daily Grindhouse, gatekeepers, Odd Obsession Movies, her book IF YOU LIKE QUENTIN TARANTINO…, William Morris, Film Club, Fantastic Fest 2017, online harassment, Elizabeth Purchell, ironically working for Jerry Springer and getting judged for renting THE WIRE. Follow Katie Rife on Twitter:https://twitter.com/rifewithkatie Keep up with the latest articles by Katie Rife on Muck Rack:https://muckrack.com/rifewithkatie/articles Read Katie Rife on GHOST WORLD:https://www.avclub.com/20-years-on-a-self-proclaimed-enid-looks-back-at-ghost-1848132541 Watch Everything Is Terrible: “Flirting With Magic”https://vimeo.com/34270515 Watch Everything Is Terrible: “Moms On The Net!”https://vimeo.com/34523789 Watch Everything Is Terrible: “Rock Music And The Occult”http://everythingisterrible.blogspot.com/2009/06/rock-music-and-occult.html Read Katie Rife on TAKE IT OUT IN TRADE’s controversial screening at Fantastic Fest 2017:https://www.avclub.com/an-unseen-ed-wood-movie-ignites-a-firestorm-of-controve-1818767773 Read Katie Rife’s 4-part series on CARMILLA:https://www.fangoria.com/what-girls-do-when-theyre-left-alone-150-years-of-carmilla/ Buy Katie Rife’s book IF YOU LIKE QUENTIN TARANTINO… https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/KATHERINE-RIFE Watch Katie Rife talk about LADY SNOWBLOOD on The Brandon Peters Show:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQxBWuiG2a0&t=1400s Watch the Film Club Podcast with Katie Rife and A.A. Dowd:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLslxeOGneMPsb4FjarRN8DByJi_xxYYni Read Katie Rife on her time working for THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW:https://www.avclub.com/trash-class-and-free-cigarettes-my-life-with-the-jer-1828530477 Listen to Katie Rife on Drinks On Monday with The Strike Team:https://drinksonmonday.libsyn.com/whats-high-in-the-middle-and-round-on-both-ends Read Katie Rife on The A.V. Club:https://www.avclub.com/author/katierife

Bill speaks to Animus Magazine founder/editor and film critic Elena Lazic. Topics include: Stéphane Delorme, PETRA, having a responsibility to cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, STRAW DOGS, filmmaker intentionality, Another Gaze, The Relentless Picnic, the Oscars, Cahiers du Cinéma, the solitary nature of writing, TITANE, Reverse Shot, Vincent D'Onofrio and developing critical faculties through disappointment with INSPECTOR GADGET. Read Animus Magazine:https://animusmagazine.com Subscribe/Read Animus on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/animus_mag/posts Visit Elena Lazic’s website:https://elenalazic.wordpress.com Read Elena Lazic’s interview with Abel Ferrara: https://elenalazic.wordpress.com/2020/07/19/abel-ferrara-on-the-driller-killer/ Read Elena Lazic on WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED - A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR:https://animusmagazine.com/2021/08/23/a-man-who-would-come-here-of-his-own-free-will/ Read Elena Lazic on ONIBABA for The Criterion Collection:https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7556-onibaba-masks-and-faces Hear Manuela and Elena Lazic discuss THE PARENT TRAP on Blank Check: https://soundcloud.com/griffin-and-david-present/the-parent-trap-with-elena-lazic-and-mani-lazic Hear Elena Lazic on The Evolution Of Horror:https://www.evolutionofhorror.com/elenalazic Watch Manuela and Elena Lazic discuss the films of Robert Pattinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu2STc_wQ7k Watch Manuela and Elena Lazic discuss iconic cinema serial killers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ZnIt58bic&t=1009s Buy Indicator’s limited edition Blu-Ray for Don Siegel’s MADIGAN, with a new booklet essay by Elena Lazic: https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/madigan-le-indicator-uk-blu-ray-region-b/ Visit Another Gaze:https://www.anothergaze.com Read Daniel Bird on POSSESSION for Animus: https://animusmagazine.com/2021/12/31/everything-old-is-new-again-or-how-we-grew-to-stop-hating-and-love-possession/

Bill speaks to author and film critic Brad Stevens about his film cultural endeavors, from contributing to publications like The Dark Side, Sight & Sound and Video Watchdog to writing books like MONTE HELLMAN: HIS LIFE AND FILMS and ABEL FERRARA: A MORAL VISION. Topics include: Auteurism, Robin Wood, BBC’s “The Great American Picture Show” season, alternate versions of films, Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time poll, SCHINDLER’S LIST, Nicole Brenez, writing the novel THE HUNT, warming up to the films of Steven Soderbergh, physical media versus streaming and Abel Ferrara. Read Brad Stevens’ “Bradlands” articles for Sight & Sound:https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/bradlands Visit Brad Stevens’ Amazon author page:https://www.amazon.com/Brad-Stevens/e/B001KHCUEQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1654470806&sr=1-3 Buy Arrow Video edition of THE DRILLER KILLER, with commentary by Abel Ferrara moderated by Brad Stevenshttps://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/driller-killer-arrow-us-dvd-blu-ray-combo/ Buy MONTE HELLMAN: HIS LIFE AND FILMS: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/monte-hellman/

Bill speaks to film programmer, broadcaster, writer, podcaster and festival director Anna Bogutskaya about her many endeavors in film culture, from co-founding The Final Girls collective and programming for BFI Southbank to serving as director of Underwire Festival, producing podcasts and recording Blu-Ray audio commentaries. Topics include: THE WIZARD OF OZ and tiny philistines, The Hot Fuzztival at the Prince Charles Cinema, TROUBLE EVERY DAY and arthouse horror, Yhara Zayd, Russian dubbing practices, “The B word” programming controversy, The Filmcast and parasocial relationships, the WE ARE THE WEIRDOS touring program and reediting a Pedro Almodóvar movie to discourage internet piracy.  Visit Anna Bogutskaya’s official site:https://www.annabogutskaya.com Visit The Final Girls site:https://www.thefinalgirls.co.uk/home Hear The Final Girls podcast:https://thefinalgirlspodcast.transistor.fm Learn about Underwire Festival:https://filmfreeway.com/UnderwireFestival Buy the Second Sight 4k UHD / Blu-Ray:https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/the-witch-le-second-sight-uk-4k-uhd-blu-ray-see-note-preorder/ Read about Cruel Flesh: Films of the New French Extremity:https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=newfrenchextremity Watch Anna Bogutskaya discuss Pedro Almodóvar’s ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWHrRxRrlxA Follow Anna Bogutskaya on Twitter:@annabdemented

Bill speaks to novelist and film critic/historian Kim Newman about some of his many endeavors. Topics include: NIGHTMARE MOVIES, originality in horror, SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT, audio commentaries, Carlos Clarens’ ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE HORROR FILM, gatekeepers, toxic fandom, LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH and how a unique series of quirks in the British education system helped to prepare him for a freelance writing career. Visit The Kim Newman website:https://johnnyalucard.com Buy Kim Newman’s novel SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT:https://johnnyalucard.com/2021/04/20/cover-reveal-something-more-than-night/ Read about Sheep Worrying:https://www.sheepworrying.co.uk Watch MISSING GIRL:https://johnnyalucard.com/fiction/screen-audio/missing-girl/ Listen to Kim Newman on The Evolution Of Horror podcast:https://www.evolutionofhorror.com/what-is-horror Watch Kim Newman introduce a Mario Bava double feature on BBC2 in 1990:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfmXZvOn68Y&t=37s

Bill speaks to author and magazine publisher/editor Michael J. Weldon about his many endeavors, from drumming with Cleveland proto-punk act Mirrors and reviewing movies for Cle, to Psychotronic, his photocopied, hand-written fanzine that lead to books like the influential PSYCHOTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FILM, the long-running PSYCHOTRONIC VIDEO magazine, calendars, film festivals and the Psychotronic store he manages today.  Other topics include Ghoulardi, Roger Corman, hypnotism, Diane Keaton’s HEAVEN, Club 57, Johnny Ramone, cattle call auditions for GHETTO FREAKS, childhood filmmaking efforts, Alfred Sole, research methods, 42nd Street theatres, THE HYPNOTIC EYE and being killed over and over by Dr. Butcher, M.D. Visit Psychotronic.com:http://psychotronic.com Read old issues of Psychotronic Video Magazine:https://archive.org/details/psychotronic Watch a Psychotronic tour of 42nd Street:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNAE82werw Kurt Loder plugs Psychotronic on MTV:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M--jNfflu8M Hear Michael Weldon’s band Mirrors:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENw6co2BUc4 Buy THESE FISTS BREAK BRICKS:https://mondoshop.com/products/these-fists-break-bricks Buy: DO YOU BELIEVE IN SWEDISH SIN? SWEDISH EXPLOITATION FILM POSTERS 1951-1984: https://www.amazon.com/Believe-Swedish-Exploitation-Posters-1951-1984/dp/9198677209

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/

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

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

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

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  

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  

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

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

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

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

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/

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