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1 Battle Camp S1: Reality Rivalries with Dana Moon & QT 1:00:36
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Do you have fond childhood memories of summer camp? For a chance at $250,000, campers must compete in a series of summer camp-themed challenges to prove that they are unbeatable, unhateable, and unbreakable. Host Chris Burns is joined by the multi-talented comedian Dana Moon to recap the first five episodes of season one of Battle Camp . Plus, Quori-Tyler (aka QT) joins the podcast to dish on the camp gossip, team dynamics, and the Watson to her Sherlock Holmes. Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/WeHaveTheReceipts Text us at (929) 487-3621 DM Chris @FatCarrieBradshaw on Instagram Follow We Have The Receipts wherever you listen, so you never miss an episode. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.…
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Writers on Film is the only podcast to focus on film books and to talk to the best authors working in the area of cinema. From Making Of tomes to biographies, studies to novelisations, author and film critic John Bleasdale is fascinated by where the written word intersects with the world of the big screen. Get bonus content on Patreon A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk
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Writers on Film is the only podcast to focus on film books and to talk to the best authors working in the area of cinema. From Making Of tomes to biographies, studies to novelisations, author and film critic John Bleasdale is fascinated by where the written word intersects with the world of the big screen. Get bonus content on Patreon A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk
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×Buy the book SIGNED here. A deeply reported, perceptive, and celebratory biography of beloved actor James Gandolfini from a prominent critic and film historian. Based on extensive research and original reporting, including interviews with friends and collaborators, Gandolfini is a detailed and nuanced appraisal of an enduring artist. More than a decade after his sudden passing, James Gandolfini still exerts a powerful pull on television and film enthusiasts around the world. His charismatic portrayal of complex, flawed, but always human men illuminated the contradictions in all of us, as well as our potential for grace, and the power of love and family. In Gandolfini, critic and historian Jason Bailey traces the twinned stories of the man and the unforgettable roles he played. Gandolfini’s roots were working class, raised in northern New Jersey as the son of Italian immigrants, and acting was something he loved for a long time before he could see it as a career. It wasn’t until he was well into his bohemian twenties that he dedicated himself to a life on the stage and screen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

1 Alan Dean Foster, the Poet Laureate of Novelisations 1:28:11
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1 Jonathan Rosenbaum Travels in the Cities of Cinema 1:09:27
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Buy Travels in the Cities of Cinema: Conversations with Ehsan Khoshbakht here. Jonathan Rosenbaum stands as one of the most eminent film critics in the English-speaking world. After working for Sight and Sound and Monthly Film Bulletin in London in the 1970s, he served for two decades as chief film critic for the Chicago Reader . Hailed as “one of the best” by Jean-Luc Godard, who compared him to James Agee and André Bazin, Rosenbaum is known for his incisive, thought-provoking polemics, which have inspired generations of writers while reshaping how we think about cinema. Distinguished by his equal investment in both contemporary cinema and film history, his work offers a rich dialogue between the past and present of moving images. In this wide-ranging conversation with film scholar Ehsan Khoshbakht, Rosenbaum reminisces about his childhood in Florence, Alabama, where his family ran a chain of cinemas, and follows that journey to New York, Paris, London and Chicago. Each city marks a chapter in his evolution as a critic, filled with encounters and experiences that together reveal the life of an indefatigable cinephile and cultural commentator. “An engaging history of the esteemed critic’s career and a survey of the cinephilic landscape. Rosenbaum proves a frank, expansive interviewee, telling curator Ehsan Khoshbakht about his childhood in Alabama and his work as a critic in Paris, New York, London, Chicago and elsewhere.” — Pamela Hutchinson, Sight and Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

1 The Malick Hour: Carlo Hintermann on Terrence Malick 1:29:45
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I was delighted to talk with Carlo about the book he wrote with Daniele Villa Terrence Malick Rehearsing the Unexpected From the book: "Terrence Malick's debut film, Badlands, announced the arrival of a unique talent. In the 40 years since that debut, Malick has only made 5 films, but they are distinctive in their beauty. This book is not meant to be a biography of Terrence Malick. The purpose behind the book is to introduce readers to the extraordinary universe of his film-making and to aid them in understanding his work. And to do this through the words of his closest collaborators - cinematographers, set designers, costumers, cameramen, directors, producers, and actors such as Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek and Jessica Chastain. As their words flow from one to another, they form a fascinating, kaleidoscopic vision of American film and specifically Malick's artistic world. who make up a film. This book is the fruit of a journey began years ago when Luciano Baracaroli, Carlo Hintermann, Gerardo Panichi and Daniele Villa made a documentary on the work of Terrence Malick, which led to the making of this book as well." Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

1 Eelco Wijdicks talks Neuropsychiatry and Cinema 56:28
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Eelco F.M. Wijdicks , MD, PhD is Professor of Neurology at the College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic. His book Frames of Minds uncovers a cinematic language of psychiatry. By taking chances to portray mental illness, filmmakers aim to achieve a sense of reality, and provide catharsis for viewers through the act of dramatization. Ultimately, the history of psychiatry in film is a history of the public perception of medicine, and the ways psychiatry is understood by directors, writers, actors, and audiences. The book is available here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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1 Patrick McGilligan on writing his biography of Woody Allen 1:39:20
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The author of Woody Allen: A Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham talks the director and his legacy. Buy the book here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Ian Cooper on Charles Manson and Sam Peckinpah 1:10:59
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Ian Cooper has written widely on a host of subjects, but today we're focusing on two of his books which are nevertheless interrelated: Charles Manson and the Family , and Sam Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marya E. Gates is a writer and critic and in her new book Cinema Her Way she collects a series of interviews with a host of visionary directors. It is available here. Visit also Marya's website here. The Substack mentioned in our conversation can be read here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

1 Barry Forshaw on the British Gothic Horror 1:07:01
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Barry Forshaw joins me to talk all things gothic cinema, books, crime, noir, Hammer, folk horror, as well as coming from Liverpool and not being interested in football (the true horror). Barry is a writer on many years and many books. In British Gothic Cinema, he celebrates with enthusiasm the British horror film and its fascination for macabre cinema. A definitive study of the genre, British Gothic Cinema discusses the flowering of the field, with every key film discussed from its beginnings in the 1940s through to the 21st century. His latest book is Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films , available here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Sir Christopher Frayling is a legend of film writing and criticism. His work on Hammer and his books on Sergio Leone and Spaghetti Westerns have been a huge inspiration to many of us. His latest - Sergio Leone by Himself - is available HERE . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

1 The Malick Hour: A HIDDEN LIFE with Matt Zoller Seitz 1:04:55
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Writer, bookseller, and Malick fanatic, Matt Zoller Seitz joins me to talk A Hidden Life . Visit Matt's online shop here . The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick is now available from all good book shops and online sources, including here . Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux Performers Pianos: Neil and Nancy O'Doan Orchestra: Seattle Youth Symphony, conducted by Vilem Sokol. Composed 1886; recorded c. 1980. Source The Al Goldstein collection in the Pandora Music repository at ibiblio.org. Used under the license . Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
When Superbad was released on August 17th in 2007, it proved itself to be a massive success right out of the gate, especially for those in the film’s target millennial demographic. The film wound up dominating at the box office, bringing in $170 million dollars worldwide, against a $20 million dollar budget. It also launched the careers of Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Emma Stone, Bill Hader, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Seth Rogen whose careers are all thriving to this day. It further proved that Judd Apatow is now one of the most successful film producers of his generation, bringing the world hit after hit. Superbad remains, to this day, a beloved comedy film for millennials who grew up with it. This is because, unlike other comedies of that era, it embraced the awkwardness of the characters, particularly with someone like Michael Cera. Unlike the cartoonish representations of an 80s comedy like Revenge of the Nerds, Superbad presented itself with a depth to the characters that enabled millennials (and other generations) to bond with the movie in a more meaningful way. Full of interviews with people like Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Emma Stone, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Martha MacIssac, Judd Apatow, Bill Hader, Greg Motolla, Evan Goldberg, and Shauna Robertson, I Am McLovin is a comprehensive guide to the movie that changed a generation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

1 Geoff Dyer on Stalker and Where Eagles Dare 1:11:14
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Geoff Dyer is an essayist and novelist. His book on Andrey Tarkovsky's Stalker: Zona: a book about a film about a journey to a room is one of my favourites, equalled only by his other book on the Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood starring Where Eagles Dare: Broadsword Calling Danny Boy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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1 Robert Sellers Searches for James Bond 1:43:03
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‘There are so many insights – even hardcore Bond fans will be surprised. Indispensable.’ – David Lowbridge-Ellis MBE Only six men can lay claim to wearing the famous Savile Row tuxedo of James Bond; more people have stepped on the Moon. Yet, hundreds more came within an inch of winning the coveted 007 role – the pinnacle for so many actors. For the first time, The Search for Bond tells the extraordinary story of how cinema’s most famous secret agent was cast, featuring exclusive interviews with many of the actors who were at one time considered to play Bond, interviewed for the role, or went as far as to be screen tested. From Sir Ranulph Fiennes to Sam Neill, their memories and stories give a fascinating insiders’ glimpse into the process of how the Bond producers, Broccoli and Saltzman, came up with the right man to play their famous spy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Robert Sinnerbrink is an Australian academic, a philosopher and writer of numerous books, including Cinematic Ethics: Exploring Ethical Experience through Film and New Philosophies of Film: Thinking Images . The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick is now available from all good book shops and online sources, including here . Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux Performers Pianos: Neil and Nancy O'Doan Orchestra: Seattle Youth Symphony, conducted by Vilem Sokol. Composed 1886; recorded c. 1980. Source The Al Goldstein collection in the Pandora Music repository at ibiblio.org. Used under the license . Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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1 David Thomson on the Joy of Watching Movies 51:00
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David Thomson is the author of many books on film and television, including a biography of Orson Welles, a book of appreciation on Nicole Kidman, his legendary Biographical Dictionary of Film , The Big Screen , How to Watch a Movie , and his trilogy of books of movie universe short stories Suspects , Silver Light and Connecticut . He is also a documentarian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Tom Shone - author of The Nolan Variations and Martin Scorsese a Retrospective - joins John Bleasdale to talk about the work of David Lynch, following his passing. An article by Tom for Prospect Magazine can be read here : "Who could possibly follow in his footsteps? His impact went over the head of Hollywood and under the feet of his fellow filmmakers—cutting a zig-zagging path wide enough for one. The only person who could do Lynchian was Lynch. But the impact of his films went far and deep. The tremendous warmth of recollection that has surged on social media in the days after his death testifies to the many blessings he brought his collaborators—“I’m yelling from the bullhorn, Godspeed buddy Dave,” wrote Naomi Watts, his Mulholland Drive star, on Instagram—and also to the note of transcendence struck by even the darkest of his films. “I’m pretty sure I’m connected to the moon,” he tweeted in 2010. The Lady in the Radiator brings glad tidings. David Lynch was always out of this world." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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1 Live from the Tromsø international film festival with Neil Young 1:04:35
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1 Sandy Lieberson on Hollywood on the Tiber 1:10:51
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Hollywood on the Tiber is a dazzling blend of the epic and intimate featuring a glittering cast of screen gods and goddesses. This vibrant chronicle recounts how Hank Kaufman and Gene Lerner became unsung movers and shakers of a unique and unrepeatable era: the rise of Rome as the center of Europe’s film industry in the 1950s and ’60s. Written in the late 1970s and now published in English for the first time, this edition features a new foreword by Sandy Lieberson, who worked alongside Kaufman and Lerner in Rome. It can be purchased here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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1 The Malick Hour and Writers on Film: Martin Woessner talks KNIGHT OF CUPS 1:07:08
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A crossover episode as I talk with Martin Woessner the author of Terrence Malick and the Examined Life, one of the best books written on the visionary filmmaker. We talk about the book before settling in to a discussion of Knight of Cups , Malick's seventh film. Martin's book is available here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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1 Revolution in 35mm: from Arthouse to Grindhouse 1:09:27
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Buy the book here , or here . Revolution in 35mm: Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse, 1960–1990 examines how political violence and resistance was represented in arthouse and cult films from 1960 to 1990. This historical period spans the Algerian war of independence and the early wave of postcolonial struggles that reshaped the Global South, through the collapse of Soviet Communism in the late 1980s. It focuses on films related to the rise of protest movements by students, workers, and leftist groups, as well as broader countercultural movements, Black Power, the rise of feminism, and so on. The book also includes films that explore the splinter groups that engaged in violent, urban guerrilla struggles throughout the 1970s and 1980s, as the promise of widespread radical social transformation failed to materialize: the Weathermen and the Black Liberation Army in the United States, the Red Army Faction in West Germany and Japan, and Italy’s Red Brigades. Many of these movements were deeply connected to culture, including cinema, and they expressed their values through it. Twelve authors, including film critics and academics, deliver a diverse examination of how filmmakers around the world reacted to the political violence and resistance movements of the period and how this was expressed on screen. This includes looking at the production, distribution, and screening of these films, audience and critical reaction, the attempted censorship or suppression of much of this work, and how directors and producers eluded these restrictions. Including over two hundred illustrations, the book examines filmmaking movements like the French, Japanese, German, and Yugoslavian New Waves; subgenres like spaghetti westerns, Italian poliziotteschi , Blaxploitation, and mondo movies; and films that reflect the values of specific movements, including feminists, Vietnam War protesters, and Black militants. The work of influential and well-known political filmmakers such as Costa-Gavras, Gillo Pontecorvo, and Glauber Rocha is examined alongside grindhouse cinema and lesser-known titles by a host of all-but-forgotten filmmakers, including many from the Global South that deserve to be rediscovered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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1 The Malick Hour: Jack Fisk Interview (Part 2) 1:02:27
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This interview with Jack Fisk was recorded as part of my research for the book The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick. As such it was never meant for broadcast but with Jack's permission I'm presenting this edited version. Jack picks up from part one to talk about his later collaborations with Malick on The Thin Red Line and The New World , as well as his work on the Weightless Trilogy. My book is now available from all good book shops and online sources, including here . Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux Performers Pianos: Neil and Nancy O'Doan Orchestra: Seattle Youth Symphony, conducted by Vilem Sokol. Composed 1886; recorded c. 1980. Source The Al Goldstein collection in the Pandora Music repository at ibiblio.org. Used under the license . Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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1 End of Year and Walter Chaw on Walter Hill from the Archives 1:44:45
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I'm joined by Walter Chaw to talk Walter Hill and his book A Walter Hill Film as well as look back on the year of 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1 The Malick Hour: Bilge Ebiri on TO THE WONDER 1:14:05
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Terrence Malick's 6th film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and starred Ben Affleck and Olga Kurylenko as a pair of lovers watching their relationship fall apart. My biography of Terrence Malick The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick is available from all good book shops and online sources, including here . Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux Performers Pianos: Neil and Nancy O'Doan Orchestra: Seattle Youth Symphony, conducted by Vilem Sokol. Composed 1886; recorded c. 1980. Source The Al Goldstein collection in the Pandora Music repository at ibiblio.org. Used under the license . Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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1 The Malick Hour: Shane Hazen talks THE TREE OF LIFE 1:12:23
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Terrence Malick's fifth film was a culmination of decades of work: The Tree of Life . It won the Palme d'Or and boasted his most intimate and cosmic vision. Shane Hazen worked on the film, first as an intern before finishing the film as one of the last editors on board. My biography of Terrence Malick The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick is available from all good book shops and online sources, including here . Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux Performers Pianos: Neil and Nancy O'Doan Orchestra: Seattle Youth Symphony, conducted by Vilem Sokol. Composed 1886; recorded c. 1980. Source The Al Goldstein collection in the Pandora Music repository at ibiblio.org. Used under the license . Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/fspn It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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1 Brian Abrams on Die Hard: an Oral History 1:12:07
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Die Hard - is it a Christmas movie? or not? Do we care? Did we ever? But it's a good excuse to talk to Brian Abrams about his brilliant book Die Hard: an Oral History, available here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Joseph McBride - film historian and one time actor for Orson Welles - talks about his new book George Cukor's People: Acting for a Master Director. It is available as an e-book now and will be published the first week of January, 2025, in hardback. For more information click HERE . From the publisher: "The director of classic films such as Sylvia Scarlett , The Philadelphia Story , Gaslight , Adam’s Rib , A Star Is Born , and My Fair Lady , George Cukor is widely admired but often misunderstood. Reductively stereotyped in his time as a “woman’s director”—a thinly veiled, disparaging code for “gay”—he brilliantly directed a wide range of iconic actors and actresses, including Cary Grant, Greta Garbo, Spencer Tracy, Joan Crawford, Marilyn Monroe, and Maggie Smith. As Katharine Hepburn, the star of ten Cukor films, told the director, “All the people in your pictures are as goddamned good as they can possibly be, and that’s your stamp.” "In this groundbreaking, lavishly illustrated critical study, Joseph McBride provides insightful and revealing essayistic portraits of Cukor’s actors in their most memorable roles. The queer filmmaker gravitated to socially adventurous, subversively rule-breaking, audacious dreamers who are often sexually transgressive and gender fluid in ways that seem strikingly modern today. McBride shows that Cukor’s seemingly self-effacing body of work is characterized by a discreet way of channeling his feelings through his actors. He expertly cajoled actors, usually gently but sometimes with bracing harshness, to delve deeply into emotional areas they tended to keep safely hidden. Cukor’s wry wit, his keen sense of psychological and social observation, his charm and irony, and his toughness and resilience kept him active for more than five decades in Hollywood. George Cukor’s People gives him the in-depth, multifaceted examination his rich achievement deserves." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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