The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the history of Columbia Pictures.

Movie Reviews: Triangle of Sadness & Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1988/08/02/columbia-to-buy-most-of-roths-local-theaters/c43d4835-63eb-4919-abb4-9cf186ba724c/

https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/columbia-pictures-entertainment-inc

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0169902/?ref_=nmbio_trv_1

https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/columbia-pictures

https://avid.miraheze.org/wiki/Columbia_Pictures

This week on The Tinsel Factory, your host recounts the 1916 New Jersey shark attacks and the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and how these two events inspired the first modern blockbuster, Jaws.

Movie review: Smile

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Sources:

Behind the Horror by Dr. Lee Miller (2020)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-shark-attacks-that-were-the-inspiration-for-jaws-15220260/

https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2016/06/100_years_1916_new_jersey_shark_attacks_matawan_ce.html

https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/jaws/

This week on the ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE of The Tinsel Factory, how the Plainfield Butcher AKA Ed Gein's horrific crimes inspired three of the best horror films ever made.

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Sources:

Behind the Horror by Dr. Lee Miller (2020)

http://www.popmatters.com/column/167248-no-texas-no-chainsaw-no-massacre-the-true-links-in-the-chain/

https://web.archive.org/web/20040204231159/http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/caseclosed/gein.shtml

youtube.com/watch?v=fFqxItB5PlE

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the history of the horror genre from its origins to the modern day. Your host also recounts an evening with Sacheen Littlefeather.

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Sources:

https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/how-horror-movies-have-changed-since-their-beginning/

Eli Roth’s History of Horror (2018-)