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Episode 32: Top 15 Independent Directors/Films (w/ Matt Cornell)

My guest today is Berlin-based film programmer and performer Matt Cornell. This episode is dedicated to independent cinema - the films we love and the filmmakers who've m

Episode 31: Andrew Nette

Andrew Nette specializes in pulp fiction among many other things. He's has been living in Berlin for about a year now doing research on many different projects. I was int

Episode 30: Favorite Film Soundtracks (w/ Heather Drain)

Film writer Heather Drain is an expert in both film and music, making her the perfect guest to talk about film soundtracks! We spoke about how she started out as an esote

Episode 29: Cinematic Immunity (w/ Micheal Lee Nirenberg)

My guest today is scenic artist, filmmaker, and writer Michael Lee Nirenberg, who wrote the book Cinematic Immunity, an oral history told from the perspective of New York

Episode 28: Kate Hagen (The Black List)

Kate Hagen is a film writer, screenwriter, producer, and the senior vice president of The Black List. Kate is a cinephile with great taste, and I don't just say that beca

Episode 27: Zelluloid42 (w/ Audrey Biasucci & Tarek Strauch)

I live in Berlin, and something very cool is happening here right now - the film collective Zelluloid42 has been programming film events that this town has sorely needed.

Episode 26: Janeane Garofalo (w/ Vibe Kiil)

This episode is dedicated to the inimitable stand-up comedian and actress Janeane Garofalo. My guest Vibe Kiil and I chat about her influence on comedy, why she was such

Episode 25: Long-Term Films w/ Marion Biet

Film academic Marion Biet came on the podcast to talk about long-term films (aka longitudinal films) with me since it's her expertise - making her one of the first to ana

Episode 24: Winona Ryder with Soraya Roberts

I spoke with culture writer Soraya Roberts about the hyper-literate, captivating Queen of Gen X cool Winona Ryder. We spoke about Winona's incredible run from the late 80

Episode 23: Sitges 2025

I took the opportunity during my third time at Sitges Film Festival to chat with some fine people who came to this gargantuan annual celebration of horror. You'll hear fr

Episode 22: James Spader with Amber T

The off-kilter, libidinous, captivating actor James Spader doesn't get the attention he deserves and this episode is here to rectify that. I spoke with (new) Spader fan a

Episode 21: Eva Aridjis Fuentes (Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus)

In May, I went to a screening of a documentary called GOODBYE HORSES: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS about the singer of the cult song "Goodbye Horses" which is most promin

Episode 20: Bad Movie Love (w/ Alison Lang & Jess Sweetman)

Film programmer Alison Lang and film writer Jess Sweetman came to talk with me about something they both feel really passionate about - their love of bad movies. This epi

Episode 19: David Lynch ( w/ Bill Ackerman & Courtenay Stallings)

It only felt right to dedicate another episode to David Lynch. In February, I put out an episode documenting a Lynch marathon that I co-organized, but that wasn't enough

Episode 18: Vinegar Syndrome Weekender

In mid May, film collective Zelluloid 42 and US film label Vinegar Syndrome organized a mini festival called Vinegar Syndrome Weekender showcasing a selection of outrageo

Episode 17: Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Dusty Mancinelli (VIOLATION, HONEY BUNCH)

Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Dusty Mancinelli are a Toronto-based filmmaking duo who premiered their second feature HONEY BUNCH, an unconventional thriller set in a 70s medical

Episode 16: Elaine May with Carrie Courogen (Miss May Does Not Exist)

“People would leave me saying, ‘She’s a nice girl. What is this big thing about? She’s a nice girl.’ And the thing is, of course, I wasn’t a nice girl. And when they foun

Episode 15: David Lynch Twitch Marathon (with Jen & Matt)

Recorded a week and a half after David Lynch's death, this episode is a mishmash of interviews with Cinema of the Dam'd programmers Jen Bronson and Matt Cornell and clips

Episode 14: Caryn Coleman (The Future of Film is Female)

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 car

Episode 13: Classism in Film with Tosha R. Taylor

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 Tosh