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Andreas Halskov on Milos Forman

October 28, 2026 · 1 hr 41 min

Film scholar Andreas Halskov celebrates the work of two-time Oscar-winning director Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus) in this comprehensive and long-overdue tome, which includes original interviews with such…
Chris Bujold's Robot Dreams and Suburban Nightmares

October 22, 2026 · 58 min

Robot Dreams and Suburban Nightmares is a cinematic coming-of age memoir told through the films that defined a generation, a life, and a childhood. Bujold writes with the wit of a lifelong cinephile and the vulnerability of someone willing…
James Mottram on The Making of The Odyssey

October 15, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

Discover the secrets of The Odyssey: A Film by Christopher Nolan with this exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Summer 2026’s most celebrated film. Filming The Odyssey: Inside the Making of Christopher Nolan’s Modern Epic traces the…
Allyson Nadia Field Talks about Acts of Love: Black Performance and the Kiss That Changed Film History

October 8, 2026 · 25 min

We're at the 45th Giornate del Cinema Muto at Pordenone and I'm talking to American author and academic Allyson Nadia Field about her 20226 book: Acts of Love: Black Performance and the Kiss That Changed Film History. Get your copy of the…
The Pordenone International Silent Film Festival

October 6, 2026 · 35 min

In its 45 edition, we're at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, the international silent film festival in Pordenone, with Mark Fuller -- expert and enthusiast in equal measure. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for…

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Roddy MacDowall by Samuel Garza Bernstein

October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

Here is the comprehensive, first-ever biography of the award-winning child star, Planet of the Apes movie icon, beloved film legend, and Hollywood renaissance man whose career spanned 60 years. “This is a beautiful tribute to a very…
Jon Spira on Mike Hodges: I'll Settle for Nothingness

September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

I'LL SETTLE FOR NOTHINGNESS is a brand new book of conversations with Mike Hodges, the legendary British film director of classics such as GET CARTER, FLASH GORDON and THE CROUPIER. Available HERE. These conversations were conducted with…
Mark Edlitz on Orson Welles: Maverick in the Machine

September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

Citizen Kane. The Magnificent Ambersons. And the film history forgot. In July 1939, Orson Welles signed a contract with RKO Pictures granting him complete creative control over his films. Less than three years later, he was thrown off the…
Venice Film Festival 2

September 7, 2026 · 40 min

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Venice Film Festival 1

September 4, 2026 · 26 min

Nicholas Bell from Eye on Cinema and Fish Jelly YouTube channel joins me to talk Ink, Bucking Fastard and Wild Horse Nine, live from the Venice International Film Festival. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com…
Richard Fleischer Journeyman by Jason Ney

August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

When it came to filmmaking, Richard Fleischer had big shoes to fill. His father, Max, was one of America's most influential animators. However, Richard's own passions led him not to the animator's desk but to the director's chair. After…
David Thomson on A Sudden Flicker of Light

August 5, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

From one of cinema’s wisest and most penetrating observers, an arresting new perspective on the sweep of film history. David Thomson has been called “the greatest living writer on the movies.” Here is a career capstone of sorts—a…

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About the show

Writers on Film is the only podcast to focus on film books and to talk to the best authors working in the area of cinema. From Making Of tomes to biographies, studies to novelisations, author and film critic John Bleasdale is fascinated by where the written word intersects with the world of the big screen. Get bonus content on Patreon A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk