Caryn Coleman is the founder of New York-based film initiative The Future of Film is Female which amplifies the work of women and non-binary filmmakers early in their career, offering short film grants. Caryn's initiative has been exponentially growing and I wanted to ask her how she made it all happen! We talk about how Caryn came to curating, her Future of Film is Female highlights, and the knots and bolts of indie distribution.

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Future of Film is Female

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Top Gun (1986)

The House of Monsters Chicago

Devil’s Nightmare (1971)

The Baby (1973) (YouTube)

BFI

Nitehawk Cinema

Eleanor Wilson

Kate Dolan

You’re Not My Mother (2021)

Oddity (2024)

Speak No Evil (2024)

Nice Shoes Post Production

Heard City Post Production

Mosquito Lady (2024) (YouTube)

I Could Just Die, And That Would Be All Right (2023)

All Over Me (1997) (YouTube)

Not A Pretty Picture (1976)

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

Girlfight (2000)

Fancy Dance (2023)

High-Rise (2015)

Free Fire (2016)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) (YouTube)

Messaging the Monstrous Women Make Horror @MoMA

Vidiots

Alison Peirse

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

The Graduates Announcement in IndieWire

The Graduates (2024)

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

Nightbitch (2024)

Booger (2023)

Hollywood 90028 (1973)

Black Conflux (2019)

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023)

Our Father, the Devil (2021)

Timestalker (2024)

Mirror, Mirror (1990) (YouTube)

Little Women (1994)

One Timers film series at Metograph

Wanda (1970) (YouTube)

There's a plethora of "eat the rich" films these days, films that relish in showing the wealthy suffer without, god forbid, rocking the status quo. My guest today is Tosha R. Taylor is quite skeptical of the trend. Tosha R. Taylor is a writer, former academic, and regularly publishes and presents on horror, extremity, and queerness.

We talk about the history of class in cinema, the invisibility of class issues in the majority of films, hillbilly horror, and Tosha picks some of her favorite class-conscious horror films.

Show Notes:

Tosha R. Taylor's twitter

Tosha R. Taylor on academia.edu

Lumiere Brothers – Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory (1895)

Battleship Potemkin (available on YouTube) (1925)

Man With A Movie Camera (available on YouTube) (1929)

Bicycle Thieves (available on YouTube) (1948)

American Hollow (available on YouTube) (1999)

Harlan County USA (available on YouTube) (1978)

Blood on the Mountain (available on YouTube) (2016)

Saltburn (2023)

Triangle of Sadness (2022)

The White Lotus (2021-2025)

The Menu (2022)

The Hunger Games (2012)

Parasite (2019)

The Wicker Man (1973)

Calvaire (2004)

Eden Lake (2008)

Wake in Fright (1971)

Attack the Block (2011)

Funny Games US (2007)

Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)

His House (2020)

Take Shelter (2011)

Wrong Turn (2003)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Figures

Dardenne Brothers

Maysles Brothers

Ken Loach

Bong Joon-ho

Kimberly Crenshaw on Intersectionality

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I spoke with fellow Anthony Perkins superfan, PhD student and podcaster Xanthe Pajarillo, all about the immensely talented and under-appreciated Anthony Perkins. Perkins was far more than Norman Bates and I wanted to delve into his interesting and eclectic career with someone who gets it. We discuss his early days as a teen idol, his career in Europe, midcentury masculinity, and chose some of our favorite Perkins performances.

Xanthe Pajarillo’s instagram twitter tiktok

Xanthe Pajarillo’s Website

Xanthe’s Anthony Perkins article

My Anthony Perkins Letterboxd list

Films:

Psycho (1960)

The Actress (1953)

Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Fear Strikes Out (1957)

Green Mansions (1959)

Hitchcock (2012)

I’m Not There (2007)

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)

Goodbye Again (1961, movie on YouTube)

The Trial (1962)

The Ravishing Idiot (1964, movie on YouTube)

Five Miles to Midnight (1962)

Phaedra (1962, movie on YouTube)

Evening Primrose (1966, movie on Youtube)

Catch-22 (1970)

Psycho II

Psycho III

Lucky Stiff (1988, movie on YouTube)

The Last of Sheila (1973)

The Evil Dead (1981)

Winter Kills (1979)

Pretty Poison (1968)

Play It As It Lays (1972)

Television:

The Ghost Writer (YouTube)

Bates Motel

Music:

Podcast Interlude Anthony Perkins – How About You

Anthony Perkins – A Little Love Can Go A Long Way

Elvis Perkins – Ash Wednesday

Books:

Osgood and Anthony Perkins – Laura Kay Palmer

Haunted Life: Anthony Perkins – Ronald Bergan

Plays:

Tea and Symphony

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My friend Karolin joins me on this episode to talk about something we both really love - the coming-of-age film (and show). We spoke about why we love them, the depiction of movie high school and how they affected our own high school expectations, our list of the films and shows that mean the most to us, and a whole lot more.

Apologies for my freshly post-Covid voice in this and the technical glitches!

Karolin’s website

Karolin’s instagram

Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

400 Blows (1959)
Almost Famous (2000)

IT (1990)
The Wonder Years (1988)

The Squid and the Whale (2005)

Dawson’s Creek (1998)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

On Matrescence

2023 Coming Of Age Retrospective @Berlinale

Kids (1995, movie on YouTube)

Clueless (1995)

American Pie (1999)

Twilight (2008)

The Souvenir (2019)

Grazuole (1969)

Ordinary People (1980)
Petite Maman (2021)

River’s Edge (1986)

Tully (2018)

Six Feet Under (2001)

Gilmore Girls (2000)

Heartbreak High (2022)

The Cosby Show (1984)

The Adults (2023)

My So-Called Life (1994)

Freaks and Geeks (1999)

Looking for Alaska (2019)

My Own Private Idaho (1991, movie on YouTube)

Say Anything (1989)
Heavenly Creatures (1994, movie on YouTube)

Friday Night Lights (2006)

Boyhood (2014)

The Up Series (1964)

Fame (1980)
Judy Blume

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023)

Molly Ringwald

Eighth Grade (2018)

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995, movie on YouTube)

Streetwise (1984, movie on YouTube)

Lilya 4-ever (2002)

Boarders (2024)

Dead Poets Society (1989)

The Half of It (2020)

Never Have I Ever (2020)

The Breakfast Club (1985)

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Show Notes:

Samm Deighan’s Patreon

Revolution in 35mm Book – Andrew Nette & Samm Deighan

The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film – Michael Weldon

Times Square Red, Times Square Blue – Samuel R. Delany

Cinema of Transgression

Caffe Cino

The Rialto Report – Jamie Gillis in Europe, 1977

No Wave Cinema

Roberta Findlay

Lydia Lunch

Nick Zedd

Andy Milligan

Joe Spinell

Susan Seidelman

Bette Gordon

Lizzie Borden

Films mentioned:

Cruising (1980)

Maniac (1980)

Born in Flames (1983)

Ms 45 (1981) (Film Link)

Driller Killer (1979) (Film Link)

Bad Girls Go To Hell (1965)

Sweet Smell of Sex (1965)

Fleshpot on 42nd Street (1972)

Little Murders (1971) (Film Link)

The New York Ripper (1982)

Times Square (1980)

The Warriors (1979)

After Hours (1985) (Film Link)

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In 2018, film scholar Dr. Erin Harrington wrote a vital book titled "Women, Monstrosity, and Horror Film: Gynaehorror" about the depictions of virginity, menstruation, pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause in horror. In this episode, I had the great pleasure of chatting with Erin Harrington about her book, the limits of psychoanalysis in horror, why horror is fertile ground for speaking about women’s experiences, and much more.

Show Notes:

Follow Erin Harrington on Instagram/bluesky/letterboxd - @ladyhorrors

Robin Wood – Robin Wood on the Horror Film

Carol Clover – Men, Women, and Chainsaws

Barbara Creed – The Monstrous Feminine

Hays Code

Claire Dederer – Monsters

Kelly Oliver – Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down: Images of Pregnancy in Hollywood Films

Sarah Arnold - Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood

Films mentioned:

Rosemary’s Baby

Madam Satan

Once Bitten

Psycho

Amityville Horror

The Shining

The Stepfather (YouTube)

Nightswim

The Taking of Deborah Logan

Barbarian

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

The Life Zone

Repulsion (YouTube)

The Brood (YouTube)

Lyle

Grace

Promising Young Woman

Violation

Birth/Rebirth

Knives and Skin

Prevenge

Titane

Inside

Relic

Men

Hatching

The Lure (YouTube)

Huesera: The Bone Woman

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This is an episode that was released on my other podcast, The Bend. I talked with Lizzie Borden, director of BORN IN FLAMES and WORKING GIRLS, during the height of the pandemic. It was an honor to have a chance to talk with her about her craft.

The book about sex work that Lizzie Borden mentions in the episode is now out, you can find it here

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Programmer, writer, and podcaster extraodinaire Millie De Chirico co-hosts I Saw What You Did - one of the best, most entertaining film podcasts around. Millie also worked at the classic movie channel TCM for almost 20 years and so I had the chance to talk to her about film programming, her book

Show Notes:

Millies‘ substack: Professional Sweetheart

Millie‘s book: TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema

Films:

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Remember My Name

Shack Out on 101

Basket Case

References:

Cult Movies – Danny Peary

The Psychotronic Guide to Film – Michael Weldon

Night Flight

USA Up All Night

FilmStruck

Tubi

@jeffreymixed

Back in October I went to Sitges Festival in Spain for the first time. Sitges is one of the largest horror festivals in the world and I got to watch a slew of fantastic films and meet some excellent people from the film horror world. Overall, it was an incredibly positive experience and I hope that comes through here. Enjoy this somewhat disjointed episode!

Thank you to everyone who chatted with me at the fest! If you want to follow my guests, you can find their info is in the show notes!

Show Notes:

Woman in Fan in Sitges

Alessia Gasparella instagram

Ilaria instagram

Ravenna Nightmare Festival

profondorossostore.com/

Final Girls Berlin YouTube

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas website

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas instagram

Alex West instagram

Faculty of Horror Podcast

Elisa Puerto Aubel instagram

Sabina Pujol instagram

B-Retina Festival

Heidi Honeycutt instagram

Etheria Film Festival

Ax Wound Film Festival

Heidi Honeycutt’s book I Spit On Your Celluloid

Sara Neidorf instagram

Sara & Eli’s Sitges Faves:

Sorcery

Hollywood 90028

The Appointment

Stopmotion

O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization

Riddle of Fire

Poor Things

The Uncle

Films mentioned:

Hollywood 90028

Don’t Torture A Duckling

Masters of Horror

3 Women

The Appointment

Tiger Stripes

Funeral

Late Night with the Devil

Poor Things

Braindead

Videodrome

Demons

Appendage

Talk to Me

When Evil Lurks

Godless

Club Zero

White Plastic Sky

Mamantula

La Venere d’Ille

Contempt

The Darkside of Society

Satan Wants You

2023 Sitges Films directed/co-directed by women (thank you for the list, Sara!):

Where the Devil Roams

Tiger Stripes

My Animal

Birth/Rebirth

La Ermita

Superposition

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

Sacrifice Game

Auxilio

Club Zero

En attendant la nuit

Living with Chucky

The J Horror Virus

The Wrath of Becky

Luka

VHS/85

Wake Up

We Are Zombies

White Plastic Sky

You’ll Never Find Me

Pet Sematery

Siesta

Hollywood 90028

I talked to the Adams Family right before the world premiere of their latest film Where the Devil Roams back in July. I've been a fan of The Adams Family, who make films as a family, for some years now, and it was a delight to have them on the podcast! In our chat, we talked about how they started making films, the overarching themes in their work, and, of course, their new film Where the Devil Roams.

Show Notes:

Toby Poser IMDb

John Adams IMDb

⁠Hellbender – Tiny Little Pieces (music heard in the episode)

Follow the Adams Family:

Instagram: @adams.family.films

Twitter: adams_films

Website: www.wonderwheelproductions.com

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