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Film Stories, Bleav

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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  • English

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  • #310
    Thursday · 1 hr 3 min

    The Great UnWatched

    A Must-Have Collection of 200 Must-See Movies You May Have Missed.

  • #309
    October 28 · 1 hr 40 min

    Andreas Halskov on Milos Forman

    Andreas Halskov talks about his new book Directed By Milos Forman: An Oral History of His Life and Films

  • #308
    October 22 · 58 min

    Chris Bujold's Robot Dreams and Suburban Nightmares

    For Chris Bujold, every chapter of life begins with a movie. Every film unlocks a memory, revealing a personal story about growing up in suburban New Hampshire, navigating an imperfect family, becoming a husband and father, and ultimately facing unimaginable loss, all through the lens of 1980s and 1990s cinema and pop culture.

  • #301
    September 7 · 39 min

    Venice Film Festival 2

    Bilge Ebiri from Vulture joins me to talk about three titles showing at the Venice Film Festival this year. Primetime by Lance Oppenheim, Look Back by Hirokazu Koreeda and Furies by Rami Kodeih

  • #300
    September 4 · 25 min

    Venice Film Festival 1

    Nicholas Bell from Eye on Cinema and Fish Jelly YouTube channel joins me to talk Ink, Bucking Fastard and Wild Horse Nine, live from the Venice International Film Festival.

  • #296
    July 22 · 1 hr 3 min

    A Hard Day's Night with Samira Ahmed

    How did a film made to capture a pop phenomenon become an enduring cinematic classic? With warmth, wit and precision, Samira Ahmed reveals how the Beatles' first film changed both the band themselves and pop music's relationship with the screen.

  • #294
    July 8 · 32 min

    Live from Karlovy Vary with Scott Feinberg

    Scott Feinberg of the Hollywood Reporter and Awards Watch Podcast joins me in the Czech Republic to talk about Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  • #293
    June 26 · 58 min

    LIVE from Bologna Cinema Ritrovato

    Norwegian film director Truls Krane Meby and John-Kristian Dalseth, programmer for the Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF) and manager of the Verdensteatret Cinemateket join John Bleasdale to talk about the 40th Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna.

  • #292
    June 17 · 1 hr 19 min

    The Unmaking of Hudson Hawk by David Hughes

    From David Hughes, author of The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made and Tales from Development Hell comes the unbelievable true story of how a $200m action-comedy-romance-adventure went from being one of the most notorious flops in Hollywood history to a cult favourite.

  • #291
    June 10 · 1 hr 3 min

    Trans Cinema by Laura Horak

    Since the 1990s, a largely underground upwelling of trans creativity has helped new trans identities, communities, and political movements come together. In Trans Cinema, Laura Horak provides an entryway to the wildly diverse and creative cinema made by trans creators, including those who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Overlooked until now, this rich collection of media ranges in genre from romantic comedies to horror films and asks essential questions about how to be human and how

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