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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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
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/adchoi
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 i
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
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 Pia
