Watching Classic Movies Podcast: Bogart and Huston Author Nat Segaloff

The six films that Humphrey Bogart and director John Huston made together are some of the best of Hollywood’s golden age. These men are also complex and endlessly fascinating. I spoke with author Nat Segaloff about their shared legacy and his new book, Bogart and Huston: Their Lives, Their Adventures, and the Classic Movies They Made Together. 

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Check out Nat Segaloff’s many books, and see a cute pic of his Italian Greyhound Louie at his official site 

Watching Classic Movies Podcast: Hayley Mills' Young Adult Roles with Kate Gabrielle

Lately I’ve been fascinated by the roles Hayley Mills played in her early adult years. The parts she picked in an effort to shake off the Disney child-star image are a mixed bag, but through it all Mills was always mesmerizing. I could think of no one better to discuss this with than Kate Gabrielle, artist and author of the Scathingly Brilliant blog. 

 

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Kate’s Hayley Mills pin sets 

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Watching Classic Movies Podcast: Born in Flames (1983) Director Lizzie Borden

From the first rebellious strains of the title tune by The Red Crayola, I knew Born In Flames (1983) was going to be a special movie. It was an honor to talk about this timeless film with Director Lizzie Borden. She was deeply involved with the production of a new Blu-ray release of the film from Criterion Collection. We had a great talk about how Born in Flames was made, its evolving influence over the years, and how it felt to look back on it all in the production of this remarkable release.

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The Official Born in Flames Website 

Kathleen Hanna discusses Born in Flames 

Criterion Collection Release of Born in Flames 

Born in Flames Soundtrack Playlist

New Podcast: The First Episode of Psychotronic Sisters!

Psychotronic Sisters Debuts September 3!

 

Kristina Dijan and I had so much fun making the giallo episode that closed out my recent season of Watching Classic Movies podcast that we decided to start our own podcast! We'll be talking about our favorite weird, genre, cult films, both classic and current. It's going to be a lot of fun! 

The show is available on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple iTunes, and PocketCasts. You can also follow us on YouTube, where you can view a preview of the films we're going to discuss at the beginning of each episode.

Learn more and join our mailing list at our official site:

https://psychotronicsisters.wordpress.com/

And take a look at our show trailer for a look at what's to come:

Join us on September 3!

Watching Classic Movies Podcast: Underseen Giallos with Kristian Dijan

 

My guest is Kristina Dijan, writer of the longtime blog Speakeasy and a senior writer at the Dark Pages film noir newsletter. Kristina and I met at the TCM Classic Film Festival over a decade ago, where we quickly discovered a shared love for cult and genre films. In the years since we have shared hundreds of film suggestions with each other. This episode we decided to put down our phones and discuss our favorite underseen Giallos face-to-face. We had so many ideas for follow-up episodes, that Kristina suggested we start our own podcast, where we could share our conversation with fans of cult and genre films. Get ready for Psychotronic Sisters coming soon wherever you subscribe to podcasts. Stay tuned at the end of the show to learn more!

More about Kristina: https://hqofk.wordpress.com/ https://www.allthatnoir.com/newsletter/ 

Films Discussed: 

Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971) 

Possessed (1965) 

The Strangler (1970) 

In The Eye of the Hurricane/Fox with a Velvet Tail (1971) 

Queens of Evil (1970) 

Blazing Magnum/Shadows in an Empty Room (1976) 

The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972)

On YouTube: More Saucy Pre-Code Cartoons and a Brooch That Made the Rounds on the Warner Bros Lot

 

There are a lot of familiar patterns and themes in classic pre-Code Hollywood movies (the time period roughly between 1930-34), as can be seen in this collection of clips. Censors found it too racy, but these classic films were also honest, humorous, and adult. These moments were even more playful and creative in cartoons from the era, so much so that I did a part two!

   

The story of a brooch that made it into four Warner Bros films of the forties. Three of them classics, one of them essentially forgotten. Hollywood is known for recycling and this cloud brooch with its sparkling raindrops was no exception!