Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Ep. 69 Apocalypto
Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by filmmaker, podcaster & critic Martin Kessler to discuss his new book, Maya Non Grata. An exploration of Apocalyto’s bizarre relationship to hi…
Published on 5 years ago
Ep. 68 Deep Water
“There wasn’t a word for the way he felt about Melinda, for that combination of loathing and devotion.” Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg discuss Patricia Highsmith’s 1957 novel, Deep Water,…
Published on 5 years ago
Ep. 67 La Nuit du Carrefour
Hosts John Cribbs and Christopher Funderburg turn their attention to one of the most mysterious films from the golden age of Jean Renoir’s filmmaking career: 1932’s La Nuit du Carrefour. Despite bein…
Published on 5 years ago
Ep. 66 Fritz Leiber Double Feature
"She is all merciless night animal...yet with a wisdom that goes back to Egypt and beyond - and which is invaluable to me. For she is my spy on buildings, you see, my intelligencer on metropolitan me…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
Ep. 47 Come And See
Hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs are joined by filmmaker & professor Mtume Gant (Whiteface, Spit) to discuss Elem Klimov's shattering WWII phantasmagoria, Come & See. The conversation touch…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
Ep. 65 Top 10 Horror Screenplays
We’re joined by screenwriter Tom Vaughan (Winchester, Unstoppable) to discuss his picks for the 10 greatest horror screenplays ever written. From consensus classics like Dan O’Bannon’s script for Ali…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 64 The Blank Wall
“I don’t know where that ham came from, she thought. And I’m not going to think about it. Ever.” We’re joined by writer Steven Sheil to discuss a book of his own selecting: Elisabeth Sanxay Holding’s…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 63 Bond In The 80s: Part II
In Part Two of our look at “James Bond in the 80's" the focus shifts to the unjustly-maligned Timothy Dalton films that wrapped up the decade. We welcome back John Arminio to discuss the real-life in…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 48 The Dance Of The Seven Veils
On this episode, hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs are joined by Lisi Russell to discuss her husband Ken Russell’s BBC biopic of Richard Strauss, The Dance of the Seven Veils. The controvers…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 51 Florida Crime Double-Bill: Darker Than Amber/Miami Blues
In this episode, we take a look at a double-bill of classic Florida pulp fiction: John D. MacDonald’s Darker Than Amber (the seventh novel in his Travis McGee series) and Charles Willeford’s Miami Bl…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago