Writers on Film
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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This is a classic episode from way back at the start of Writers on Film. It features Tom Shone talking about his book The Nolan Variations and refusing my suggestion to change the title to The Nolan Twisters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
D. Harlan Wilson’s Strangelove Country is a deft, innovative study of Stanley Kubrick’s relationship with science fiction that explores how the genre shaped his cinematic identity and how that identity reshaped the genre. Focusing on Kubrick’s futurist trilogy—Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and A Clockwork Ora
Julia Seabaugh is a writer who has covered the comedy scene for years. She has written A Tight Twenty and Ringside at Roast Battle and has produced a new documentary on Marc Maron, of WTF Podcast fame called "Are We Good?" Find out more about her work here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Novelist and writer Jarett Kobek talks about his book on Kenneth Anger's seminal art film Invocation of My Demon Brother. The film can be seen here. The book can be ordered here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Christna Juerling Birro is a broadcaster and podcaster and friend of many years. Her podcast Pop Culture Confidential is a must. Listen here. She joins me to talk all things Cannes. The final awards, the experiences on the Croisette and her own career as a journalist and film critic. Learn more about your ad choices. V
Critics Savina Petkova and Maja Korbeka join me to talk Sentimental Value, A Simple Accident and Resurrection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
