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I’m ready for my close-up: 3 Zombies, 2001 Maniacs and a Chainsaw Massacre!
July 31, 2010 — 1 Comment
I’m ready for my close-up:
3 Zombies, 2001 Maniacs and a Chainsaw Massacre!
Originally broadcast 30/07/10 on Resonance 104.4 FM
The many faces of Bill Moseley
Alex Fitch talks to actor Bill Moseley about his career in the horror film genre, and the continuing occurrence of sequels and remakes in his work, from appearing in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness in the 1980s, the remake of Night of the Living Dead in the 90s (and its forthcoming animated prequel), a trio of Rob Zombie films, including House of 1,000 corpses and The Devil’s Rejects and the recently released sequel to a Herschell Gordon Lewis ‘classic’: 2001 Maniacs – Field of Screams….
To download / stream this radio interview in a variety of formats, please visit www.archive.org
Links: Wikipedia pages on Bill Moseley, 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams and Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D
Official 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams website
Bill Moseley’s website Chop Top’s BBQ
Listen to Alex’s interview with Bill Moseley’s Army of Darkness co-star, Bruce Campbell
Today’s show: 3 Zombies, 2001 Maniacs and a Chainsaw Massacre!
July 30, 2010
Today on Resonance FM…
I’m ready for my close-up: 3 Zombies, 2001 Maniacs and a Chainsaw Massacre!
The many faces of Bill Moseley
Alex Fitch talks to actor Bill Moseley about his career in the horror film genre, and the continuing occurrence of sequels and remakes in his work, from appearing in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness in the 1980s, the remake of Night of the Living Dead in the 90s (and its forthcoming animated prequel), a trio of Rob Zombie films, including House of 1,000 corpses and The Devil’s Rejects and the recently released sequel to a Herschell Gordon Lewis ‘classic’: 2001 Maniacs – Field of Screams….
9pm, Friday 30/07/10, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com
Links: to follow
Electric Sheep podcast: The films of Vincenzo Natali
July 30, 2010 — 4 Comments
Electric Sheep podcast:
The films of Vincenzo Natali
Partially broadcast 23/07/10 as part of an episode of I’m ready for my close-up on Resonance 104.4 FM
Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody being directed by Vincenzo Natali on the set of Splice
To coincide with the release of the new Sci-Fi thriller Splice, in which scientists Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley create a dangerous half human hybrid via genetic manipulation, Alex Fitch talks to director Vincenzo Natali about the film and the other three movies he’s collaborated on with actor David Hewlett: Cypher, Nothing , the cult classic Cube and his forthcoming adaptation of William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer…
More for more information and a variety of formats you can stream / download, please visit the home of this podcast at www.archive.org
Links: Links: Wikipedia pages on Splice, Vincenzo Natali and David Hewlett
Official Splice website
Splice trailers at apple.com
Read Alex’s reviews of Splice and Cube
Listen to Alex’s interview with David Hewlett about working with Vincenzo Natali
Reality Check: David Hewlett from Cube to Splice
July 24, 2010 — 2 Comments
Reality Check:
David Hewlett from Cube to Splice
Partially broadcast 23/07/10 as part of an episode of I’m ready for my close-up on Resonance 104.4 FM
The cast of Splice by Vincenzo Natali - Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Simona Maicanescu and David Hewlett
Alex Fitch talks to actor David Hewlett about the four films he’s made with director Vincenzo Natali – Cypher, Nothing, the cult classic Cube and their new film Splice, which is in cinemas now. David also talks about Natali’s next project – in adaptation of William Gibson’s Neuromancer - and his directorial debut A Dog’s Breakfast…
For more info about this podcast and a variety of other episodes you can download, please visit the home of this episode at www.sci-fi-london.com
Links: Wikipedia pages on Splice, Vincenzo Natali and David Hewlett
Official Splice website
Splice trailers at apple.com
David Hewlett’s website – www.dgeek.com
Read Alex’s reviews of Splice and Cube
Read an interview with Vincenzo Natali about Splice at www.sci-fi-london.com / listen to Alex’s interview with the director
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Today’s show: Cube / Cypher / Nothing / Splice
July 23, 2010
Today on Resonance FM…
I’m ready for my close-up: Cube / Cypher / Nothing / Splice
The cast of Splice by Vincenzo Natali - Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Simona Maicanescu and David Hewlett
To coincide with the release of the new Sci-Fi thriller Splice, in which scientists Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley create a dangerous half human hybrid via genetic manipulation, Alex Fitch talks to director Vincenzo Natali and actor David Hewlett about the film and the other three movies they’ve collaborated on together: Cypher, Nothing and the cult classic Cube…
5pm, Friday 23/07/10, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com
Links: Wikipedia pages on Splice, Vincenzo Natali and David Hewlett
Official Splice website
Splice trailers at apple.com
David Hewlett’s website – www.dgeek.com
Read Alex’s reviews of Splice and Cube
Recommended events:
HOUSE OF MIRTH: Edinburgh previews finale
Featuring: JOSIE LONG!!! with a FULL PREVIEW of her brand whipping new EDINBURGH show: “Be Honourable!”…
1999 BBC Best New Comedy Award Winner and 2006 If.Comedie Edinburgh Best Newcomer Winner!
“Britain’s bright new hopes of the comedy scene” Sunday Times
“there’s a lovable romantic sensibility here, reminiscent of Daniel Kitson’s, but without the accompanying acidity…heartfelt and eccentric.” Guardian
Star of ‘You Have Been Watching’, ‘The Bubble’, ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’ , ’8 out of 10 Cats’ and ‘Girl Friday’ amongst mega-loads of other things… She’s just signed a book deal. NEED WE GO ON? No.
And… DAVID WHITNEY
One of the stars of Channel 4′s FoneJacker…
“His trajectory is perfect. He squeezes the laughter out of audiences. He is the squeeze person.” Eddie Izzard
“dunked in a tongue-in-cheek laddishness that lends a playful spirit to the posturing. With bags of confidence and mainstream sensibilities, it probably won’t be too long before he’s a fixture on the bigger clubs” – Chortle
All brought to you by your regular hosts and SARA PASCOE and JESSICA FOSTEKEW! LIVE fighting guaranteed. With words though, only with words (and kicks).
Recommended by Time Out and Londonisfunny.com …
SOLD OUT every month since DECEMBER so BOOK NOW, HERE!
JULY 27TH 2010
Doors 8pm, £5
THE BETSY TROTWOOD
56 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3BL
Today’s screening: Foxy Brown
July 14, 2010 — 1 Comment
Today’s screening: Foxy Brown (1974)
Tryptich of Pam Griers from the Foxy Brown trailer
Electric Sheep Film Club: Foxy Brown
This blaxploitation classic has it all: sleaze, violence, badasss mamas, nasty drug pushers, mean inner city streets and a funky score by Willie Hutch. But what makes it truly special is the formidable Pam ‘a whole lotta woman’ Grier (who returned as Jackie Brown in Tarantino’s homage to the genre), handing out magnificently spirited ass-whippings to the bad guys in this outré tale of revenge in the ghetto. Exploitation specialist Jack Hill directs, and Foxy’s no-good brother is played by Antonio Vargas, better known as Huggy Bear in Starsky and Hutch.
Guest speaker: Rebecca Johnson, award-winning writer/filmmaker, director of Top Girl, the Brixton-set story of a fearless young girl coming of age in a man’s world.
FILM WRITING COMPETITION:
Film students and aspiring film writers are invited to enter our film writing competition: write a 200-word review of Foxy Brown and send it to ladyvengeance [at] electricsheepmagazine.com, marked ‘Film writing competition’ in the subject line. A film expert to be announced shortly will pick the best entry. Deadline: Thursday 29 July. The selected review will be published on the Electric Sheep website in August. Read the May winning review of Midnight Cowboy
WEDNESDAY 14 JULY, Prince Charles Cinema 8:45pm : FOXY BROWN
Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BY
Price: £6.50/£4.00 Prince Charles members
Certificate: 18
Dir: Jack Hill, USA, 1974, 89 min
Reality Check: Whedonesque
July 9, 2010 — 1 Comment
Reality Check:
Whedonesque
Morena Baccarin becomes a US citizen in V while Jonathan Woodward works in an office full of Drones
Alex Fitch talks to a couple of actors who initially found fame working in TV productions created by Joss Whedon – Morena Baccarin, in an extract from a Q and A recorded at the Apple store in London to celebrate the arrival of the first season of the remake of V becoming available on itunes – and, in a Q and A recorded after a screening of the new SF comedy Drones at this year’s Spring Sci-Fi London festival, Jonathan Woodward talks about what it’s like playing a human in an office full of aliens.
For more info about this podcast and a variety of other episodes you can download, please visit the home of this episode at www.sci-fi-london.com
Links: Wikipedia pages on V, Morena Baccarin and Jonathan Woodward
To download the hour long version of the V Q and A, also featuring Elizabeth Mitchell and Scott Wolf, please visit the iTunes store, where you can also buy the entire first season
For more infomation about Drones, please visit the offical homepage: www.dronesmovie.com
For more info about all things Joss Whedon related, please visit www.whedonesque.com
Recommended events:
‘Magical realism and social realism’ in comics
Prisoner writer Ian Rakoff talks about Social Realism and Magical Realism in comics, concentrating on Corto Maltese, Love and Rockets and Little Orphan Annie in a talk at the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Sacklet Centre.
1.15 pm 21st July
Cromwell Road Entrance, London SW7 2RL
More info at www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events
Panel Borders: The art of Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon
July 4, 2010 — 1 Comment
Panel Borders:
The art of Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon
Edited broadcast 02/07/10 on Resonance 104.4 FM
Excerpts from The Umbrella Academy by Gabriel Ba & Gerard Way and De:tales by Ba and Fabio Moon
In the second of two episodes looking at Latin American comics, Alex Fitch is talking to Brazilian comic book artists Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon about their work from titles such as the horror graphic novel Pixu to the surreal superhero comic The Umbrella Academy written by My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way…
For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links: Bá and Moon’s blog
Wikipedia pages on Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon and The Umbrella Academy
Read the first 9 pages of Daytripper by Bá and Moon…
The Umbrella Academy: Safe and Sound by Gabriel Bá and Gerard Way…
the first 6 pages of Casanova by Bá and Matt Fraction
Read an an interview with Bá and Moon from The Comics Journal
Recommended events:
Comics at The London Literature Festival
The London Literature Festival runs from July 1st – 18th at The South Bank Centre in London and features a multitude of talks, panels and presentations on the world of books. Comics are represented at the festival in a couple of events including:
Martin Rowson talks about adapting the ‘anti-novel: The Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman into graphic novel format – Saturday 3 July 2010 – 4 pm
Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá talk about their careers so far as Brazilian comic creators who have found critical acclaim producing work for the US market – hosted by Jamie McKelvie – Monday 5 July 2010 – 7pm
‘Wallstrip’: Moon and Bá, in collaboration with local young people and artists, are creating a wall-sized comic strip on the ramp alongside Queen Elizabeth Hall, reflecting the stories and characters they meet throughout the festival.
Friday 9 July – from 9am (on display until Monday 30 August)
More info at www.londonlitfest.com
The Art Of Manga With Zarina Liew: Workshop
Participants will be taught how to create their own Manga character from scratch in a standing pose and how to illustrate a facial close-up of their character. Practical exercises will explore the methods and artistic techniques employed in inking and shading illustrations, enabling participants to complete the workshop having created their own finished Manga. Zarina Liew was the winner of the Matsuri Art Competition at the 2009 London Japan Festival and came second in the 2009 Manga Jiman awards.
Thursday 8 July, 18.00 – 21.00, Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
Tickets: £25-£35
Today’s show: Latin American comics
July 2, 2010
Today on Resonance FM…
Strip!: Latin American comics
Excerpts from The world is round by Oscar Grillo and Graham Marks and De:Tales by Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon
In a special one off episode of Strip! coinciding with Comica Argentina at King’s Place and the South Bank Centre’s Brazil and London Literature festivals, Alex Fitch is talking to Argentinian comic book creator and animator Oscar Grillo about his career and to Brazilian comic book artists Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon about their work from titles such as the horror graphic novel Pixu to the surreal superhero comic The Umbrella Academy written by Chemical Romantic Gerard Way…
4pm, Friday 02/07/10, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com
Links: Oscar Grillo‘s commercial and personal blogs
Animation studio – Klacto productions
Read The World is Round
Listen to the uncut version of Alex’s interview with Oscar
Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon‘s blog
Read the first 9 pages of Daytripper by Bá and Moon
Read an an interview with Bá and Moon from The Comics Journal
Recommended events:
Comica Argentina
A mini Comica festival for Summer: an exhibition of the cream of Argentine comic art accompanies a trio of events at King’s Place in Somers Town…
July 2nd: Paul Gravett gives an illustrated talk about the history of comic art in Argentina. 6.30 pm
July 3rd: The Mystery Of The First Animated Movies – Gabriele Zucchelli’s documentary film, made in 2006, explores the making of El Apóstol. 6.30 pm
July 4th: Paul Gravett talks to cartoonist Oscar Grillo and director / animator Gabriele Zucchelli. 6.00 pm
The exhibition is being held at King’s Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG from July 1st-4th.
More info at www.comicafestival.com
Comics at The London Literature Festival
The London Literature Festival runs from July 1st – 18th at The South Bank Centre in London and features a multitude of talks, panels and presentations on the world of books. Comics are represented at the festival in a handful of events including:
Martin Rowson talks about adapting the ‘anti-novel: The Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman into graphic novel format – Saturday 3 July 2010 – 4 pm
Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá talk about their careers so far as Brazilian comic creators who have found critical acclaim producing work for the US market – hosted by Jamie McKelvie – Monday 5 July 2010 – 7pm
‘Wallstrip’: Moon and Bá, in collaboration with local young people and artists, are creating a wall-sized comic strip on the ramp alongside Queen Elizabeth Hall, reflecting the stories and characters they meet throughout the festival.
Friday 9 July – from 9am (on display until Monday 30 August)
More info at www.londonlitfest.com and www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Electric Sheep podcast: alt.cowboy
July 1, 2010 — 3 Comments
Electric Sheep podcast:
alt.cowboy
Unusual images of the western - from left to right, Gene Autry comic no. 4, Western Fighters vol.3 no.4, Midnight Cowboy poster, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, no.1
In a pair of Q and As / intros recorded at the Electric Sheep Film Club, in the Prince Charles Cinema in London, Alex Fitch talks to BFI programmer Emma Smart about gay themes in Westerns before and after a screening of Midnight Cowboy and to Ian Rakoff about the crossover between Western themed comics and movies before a screening of For a few Dollars more…
More for more information and a variety of formats you can stream / download, please visit the home of this podcast at www.archive.org
Links: Info about the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on tour
Midnight Cowboy pages on wikipedia and the IMDb
Listen to Alex’s other interviews with Emma Smart
Info about Ian Rakoff‘s talk about ‘Magical realism and social realism’ in comics at the Victoria and Albert Museum on July 21st 2010
Listen to Alex’s first interview with Ian, about writing The Prisoner and his experiences in the world of film and second interview about comics at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Definition of the ‘alt.’ prefix
Recommended events:
Comica Argentina
A mini Comica festival for Summer: an exhibition of the cream of Argentine comic art accompanies a trio of events at King’s Place in Somers Town…
July 2nd: Paul Gravett gives an illustrated talk about the history of comic art in Argentina. 6.30 pm
July 3rd: The Mystery Of The First Animated Movies – Gabriele Zucchelli’s documentary film, made in 2006, explores the making of El Apóstol. 6.30 pm
July 4th: Paul Gravett talks to cartoonist Oscar Grillo and director / animator Gabriele Zucchelli. 6.00 pm
The exhibition is being held at Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PJ to June 25 and then at King’s Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG from July 1st-4th.
More info at www.comicafestival.com
Comics at The London Literature Festival
The London Literature Festival runs from July 1st – 18th at The South Bank Centre in London and features a multitude of talks, panels and presentations on the world of books. Comics are represented at the festival in a couple of events including:
Martin Rowson talks about adapting the ‘anti-novel: The Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman into graphic novel format – Saturday 3 July 2010 – 4 pm
Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá talk about their careers so far as Brazilian comic creators who have found critical acclaim producing work for the US market – hosted by Jamie McKelvie – Monday 5 July 2010 – 7pm
More info at www.londonlitfest.com
