We traveled to Rome Italy and sat down for a brief conversation with cult film director Luigi Cozzi in his Profondo Rosso store and talked about his movies, what is a cult movie, the future of filmmaking and a little advice to filmmakers today. It's always fun to sit down with our friend Luigi Cozzi!

You can find Luigi Cozzi's movies on Amazon, Severin and most other movie retail stores.

You can find his books on Amazon. He's a terrific film historian, you'll definitely want to check some out.

And here is a link to find out more about the Profondo Rosso store! A must stop if you are ever in Rome. Or you can shop from home!

To learn more about the history of VIPCO, who helped distribute some of the best titles in the history of cult cinema. Here is an article from the Reprobate by David Flint about Vipco's history.

Vipco has since returned and is releasing new genre titles.

Full disclosure, one of them is mine.

Join Andrea Wolanin, Patrick Bracken and Skip Shea as they discuss all things Oscars. And some things not Oscars. We'll even begrudging make some picks! But I wouldn't bet on them.

Host Patrick Bracken discusses the creative process with musician Fyfe Dangerfield as a solo artist and as a founding member of the indie rock band Guillemots. In particular his new unique approach with his Birdwatcher Series.

Other links mentioned in the interview:

Videos:

Made Up Love Song #43: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EaAYi64Rpo

Falling Out of Reach:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYLZFqrsh9E

She Needs Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBPt2kfqi90

I Don't Feel Amazing Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lygVYTsKlZg

Shook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP_4zIy-5wM

Little Bear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii7rIUvh-0o

His website, Channels May Change: https://www.channelsmaychange.com/

Our Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0kI19JKzjdFAp4WFYZVipp?si=cfb111f3047b4417

We recently interviewed film director Claire Jeffreys about her new documentary Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between which won the audience award at the Doc NYC Film Festival. It's a film about one of the most under the radar musicians whose fans rank amongst some of the biggest names in the industry. Like Lou Reed, Bob Marley and Bruce Springsteen. This remarkable film is also Claire's first. So we shine the light on her as a filmmaker as well as discuss Garland.

For more info on the doc go to https://www.kingofinbetween.com and there you'll find all of the social media links to follow along.

If you want to hear the songs mentioned in this episode go to our Spotify page.

We look back at what we consider some of the best books, songs and movies of 2023. Skip Shea tackles the books, Andrea Wolanin the songs and Patrick Bracken the movies. See if your favorites make it. If not, remember it is subjective. If that is possible!

We are now on Goodreads so you can find the list of all of the books mentioned in this episode here!

You can listen to all of the songs mentioned in this episode on on our Spotify music page on here!

And find the movies now listed on Letterboxd!

Be sure to follow us on those sites as well!

This episode of Poetry Versus with Tony Brown continues to explore the theme of the month, satire. With a little absurdism mixed in. He'll read and discuss the poem "Ape" by Russell Edson.

Born in Connecticut, Edson studied art early in life and attended the Art Students League as a teenager. He began publishing poetry in the 1950s. His honors as a poet include a Guggenheim fellowship, a Whiting Award and several fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Edson, who jokingly has called himself "Little Mr. Prose Poem," is inarguably the foremost writer of prose poetry in America, having written exclusively in that form before it became fashionable.

Edson self-published several chapbooks and later, numerous collections of prose poetry, fables, two novels, "Gulping's Recital" and "The Song of Percival Peacock", and a book of plays under the title, "The Falling Sickness" and his final book was "See Jack"

As we continue to explore satire we had the opportunity to sit down with Oscar Winer Adam McKay to discuss its importance. The interview was recorded on May 15th, 2023 in the height of the writers strike and before the actors strike.

Join Skip Shea, Andrea Wolanin and Patrick Bracken as they discuss the importance of satire and absurdism, which is more fun than it sounds. Especially when we will be discussing things like The Marx Brothers, Blazing Saddles, Don't Look Up and Don Knotts. What do Albert Camus and The Incredible Mr. Limpet and have in common? Join us and find out.

As a part of the Creating Dangerously Podcast we will be interviewing artist from all walks of creativity who explore themes and push the boundaries of art. Who Create Dangerously! Our first guest is Catherine Marenghi.

Catherine Marenghi is an award-winning poet, novelist, and memoirist. Her works include Our Good Name, a historical novel inspired by her Italian immigrant ancestors, and Glad Farm: A Memoir, about growing up in stark poverty; President Jimmy Carter called it “inspiring.” Her poetry books are Breaking Bread: Poems and her newest book Unfurled: Love Poems.

Tony Brown joins us monthly to bring a poem that relates to each episode of the Creating Dangerously Podcast. For the "Who Are We? Why Are We Here?" episode that explained the philosophy behind Creating Dangerously Tony Chose Russian poet Andrei Voznesensky's Darkmotherscream.

Tony Brown has been writing for well over 50 years, and publishing and performing his work for over 40.

He is the winner of the 2022 Stanley Kunitz Medal, endowed by the late US Poet Laureate and Worcester native and awarded annually to a poet for life achievement and service to the Central Massachusetts poetry community. Which he continues to do as the Poet Laureate of the Shawna foundation.