World Cinema History

"The Leopard" (1963) (Il Gattopardo) with Mike Corradi from A History of Italy

"The Leopard" (1963) (Il Gattopardo) | with Special Guest Mike Corradi. THE NOVEL: "The Leopard" (1958) (Il Gattopardo) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. THE FILM:

Oscar Winner Kevin Willmott Exclusive Interview: "CSA: Confederate States of America"

Oscar winning screenwriter Kevin Willmott (with Spike Lee for "BlacKkKlansman") sits down with Eric Trommater, Erin Brown, Sila Blume and Jennifer Trujillo. The subject i

Kafka's "The Trial" on Film: Orson Welles vs Harold Pinter.

The Novel: The Trial (Der Prozess) (1925) by Franz Kafka ​The Films: The Trial (Le Procès) (1962) ​Directed by: Orson Welles ​Screenplay by: Orson Welles ​Produced

WCH Rewind: The Jethro Waters Interview. "Gun Fighter Paradise."

Writer-Director-Editor-Actor Jethro Waters sat down with us to discuss his film Gunfighter Paradise and the many hats he wore while making it. Eric Trommater leads a pa

"The Leopard" (1963) (Il Gattopardo) | with Special Guest Mike Corradi.

"The Leopard" (1963) (Il Gattopardo) | with Special Guest Mike Corradi. THE NOVEL: "The Leopard" (1958) (Il Gattopardo) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. THE FILM:

"Shoot the Piano Player (French: Tirez sur le pianiste/Shoot the Pianist)" (1960) 

THE MOVIE:  Shoot the Piano Player (French: Tirez sur le pianiste; UK title: Shoot the Pianist) (1960)  THE NOVEL: Down There by David Goodis (1957) CAST:  Charles

"The Godfather" (1972): Film vs Novel

THE NOVEL: The Godfather (1969  nice 😉 ) By Mario Puzo THE FILM:  The Godfather (1972) Directed by  Francis Ford Coppola Screenplay by  Mario Puzo and Francis F

"The Proust Screenplay" by Harold Pinter: Proust on Film Part II.

Part 1: The Memory of Time In the first of our two-part look at Marcel Proust on film, we explore Raúl Ruiz’s 1999 adaptation of the final volume of In Search of Lost Ti

"Time Regained" (1999): Proust on Film Part 1

A Note on this Series: I owe my panel a disclaimer. While I spent nine months prepping—rereading Proust, the screenplay, and researching historical context—the panel h

"The Trial" (1925, 1962, 1993): Kafka vs Welles vs Jones-Pinter

The Novel: The Trial (Der Prozess) (1925) by Franz Kafka ​The Films: The Trial (Le Procès) (1962) ​Directed by: Orson Welles​Screenplay by: Orson Welles ​Produc

"The Stranger" (1943, 1967, 2026) | Camus vs Visconti vs Ozon.

​*WARNING! The FDA highly recommends making peace with the absurdity of the universe before consuming this product. ​THE HOST ​Eric Trommater * Support Eric on Ko-fi: h

Film Festival Round Table

The Host: Eric Trommater https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory The Panel: Susan Gorrell Executive Director of the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival (JDIFF).

Jennifer's Picks: "Bound" (1996)

​"I'm not suggesting Bound ...is a remake of Pandora’s Box... but as a cinephile, you can’t ignore the visual tether." ​This week on World Cinema History, host Eric Tro

Fellini's "I Vitelloni" (1953) & the DNA of the Hangout Movie

"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a cinephile." This week, the World Cinema History panel breathes in the salt air of 1953 Rimini to tackle Federico

Bergman's "Passion (1969):" Silence, Color, and Liv Ullmann

Ingmar Bergman’s "The Passion of Anna" In this episode, we dive into the stark, psychological landscape of Ingmar Bergman’s 1969 masterpiece, The Passion of Anna. As we

"Weekend" (1967): Cars, Cannibals and The End of Cinema

​"A Podcast Found in a Garbage Dump." ​The journey is complete. In the final installment of our Road to Godard series, we tackle Jean-Luc Godard’s 1967 scorched-earth sa

Children of Paradise (1945): A Beautiful Corpse?

​ In the penultimate installment of our Road to Godard series, we dive into the 1945 epic that the Cahiers du Cinéma crowd famously dubbed a "beautiful corpse." ​Filmed

Cocteau’s Orpheus Trilogy: WTF is This?

Cocteau’s Orpheus Trilogy | WTF is This? Host: Eric Trommater Panel: Erin Brown, Sila Blume, and Jennifer Trujillo In this episode, we step through the mirror into the

Jethro Waters Exclusive Interview: "Gunfighter Paradise" (2025)

A Conversation with Jethro Waters. In this episode, our panel—Eric Trommater, Erin Brown, Jennifer Trujillo, and Sila Blume—sits down with a true polymath of modern fi

Oscar Winner Kevin Willmott on "CSA: Confederate States of America" (2004)

We are joined by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Kevin Willmott (Best Adapted Screenplay for Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman) to discuss his 2004 mockumentary, C.S.A.: The