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Bill AckermanExplicit
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2016/03/11
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2026/01/12
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140 min.
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134 days
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Host Bill Ackerman talks to writers, bloggers, podcasters, fanzine publishers, programmers, preservationists and more about their creative endeavors and today's film culture.
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Episode 74: Ryan Verrill
2026/01/12
Bill speaks to Ryan Verrill about his many creative endeavors, from creating The Disc-Connected podcast/YouTube channel and The Physical Media Advocate zine to producing Blu-Ray special features and hosting a podcast network with Someone's Favorite Productions and launching Antenna, a new film distribution company. Topics include: Booking punk shows, producing accessible home video extras, LOVE BROOKLYN, Deaf Crocodile, moderating Facebook groups, The Sin Syndicate and developing public speaking skills through hosting pub trivia.
Subscribe to The Disc-Connected YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheDiscConnected
Visit the Someone's Favorite Productions website:
https://www.someonesfavoriteproductions.com/
Support The Disc-Connected on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/cw/DiscConnected
Vote for the Shelf Shock 2025 Disc Awards:
https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/QHMfG0JP/i/6746278/q/14397430
Hear Ryan Verrill and Brian Tallerico talk about the films of Michael Mann on Director's Club:
https://directorsclub.substack.com/p/michaelmann2
Visit the Deaf Crocodile website:
https://deafcrocodile.com/
Follow Antenna Releasing on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/antennareleasing/
Visit the Antenna Releasing site:
https://www.antennareleasing.com/
Watch Ryan Verrill on Split Your Head:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fDLXc1b-gg
Episode 73: Keith Gordon
2025/12/29
Bill speaks to actor and filmmaker Keith Gordon about his life and career, from making Super 8 shorts and interning at MOMA's film archives after school to acting in Off-Broadway plays and Hollywood movies like JAWS 2, ALL THAT JAZZ, DRESSED TO KILL and CHRISTINE, to directing independent films like THE CHOCOLATE WAR, A MIDNIGHT CLEAR, MOTHER NIGHT and WAKING THE DEAD and television series like BETTER CALL SAUL and FARGO. Topics include: Stanley Kubrick, Billy Crudup, DRESSED TO KILL controversies, Joan Micklin Silver, STATIC, making independent films in the 1980s vs. the 1990s, Keith's filmed appreciations for Indicator/Powerhouse Blu-Rays, working in television, HOME MOVIES, deleted scenes, DVDBeaver, Nicolas Roeg, recording director's commentaries and the nature of memory.
Watch Keith Gordon on BLUE COLLAR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhzVpOct_O8
Buy THE CHOCOLATE WAR on Blu-Ray:
https://mvdshop.com/products/the-chocolate-war-blu-ray?_pos=1&_sid=082406b4d&_ss=r
Buy Film Focus: Jennifer Connelly (1991 – 2003) on Blu-Ray:
https://viavision.com.au/shop/film-focus-jennifer-connelly-1991-2003-imprint-collection-240-242/
Read "The Many Acts of Keith Gordon" by David Obuchowski:
https://longreads.com/2018/01/25/the-many-acts-of-keith-gordon/
Watch John Carpenter, Alexandra Paul, John Stockwell and Keith Gordon discuss CHRISTINE at the 2010 Texas Frightmare Weekend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EztyuCwyYag
Hear Keith Gordon discuss underrated films of the 1960s on Director's Club:
https://directorsclub.substack.com/p/episode-201-keith-gordon-underrated-6bc
Hear Keith Gordin on The Projection Booth podcast:
https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/search/label/Keith%20Gordon?m=0
Hear The Kubrick Series Uncut by Movie Geeks United with Keith Gordon:
https://www.moviegeeksunited.com/thekubrickseriesuncut3
Hear Keith Gordon on The Movies That Made Me podcast:
https://moviesthatmademe.com/podcast/keith-gordon/
Episode 72: Skip Elsheimer
2025/12/16
Bill speaks with archivist and A/V Geeks founder Skip Elsheimer about his many creative endeavors, from publishing fanzines like Preparation X and performing with the Wifflefist musical collective to preserving and sharing thousands of 16mm educational and ephemeral films. Topics include ZOOM, George Lucas, FELICIA, sponsored nutritional films, Rolf Forsberg, stock footage, CYPHER IN THE SNOW, how a lunchbox helped get Fassbinder movies into Best Buy and the unlikely thing that connects Adolph Hitler, sperm and Mahatma Gandhi.
Visit the A/V Geeks website:
https://avgeeks.com/
Subscribe to the A/V Geeks YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@avgeeks
Visit 16mm Filmography:
https://16mmfilmography.org/
Watch Felicia (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDG4-uZ7d9c
Watch Pride On Parade (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ijotrWPYR8&t=602s
Watch Do You Smell Smoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE2jn5iSp5w
Watch Stalked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brLINTAYM8E
The Late Great Planet Earth
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCCD9FAA18C5794FE
Watch Inside/Out: Bully (1973):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBwml5Mrdhk
Watch AV Geeks 16mm Lunch 5-30-2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOMVv_5prgU&t=1s
Watch Cypher In The Snow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8gilSEOteE
Listen to "Cypher In The Snow" episode of Kier-La Janisse's The Song From The Heart Beats The Devil Every Time podcast:
https://asongfromtheheart.podbean.com/e/episode-2-cipher-in-the-snow/
Episode 71: Josh Hurtado
2025/12/01
Bill talks to film critic and Potentate Films founder Josh Hurtado about his many pursuits, from writing for Screen Anarchy and contributing Blu-Ray special features to consulting for film festivals and teaming up with Dylan Marchetti's Variance Films on a wildly successful theatrical re-release of S.S. Rajamouli's RRR. Topics include: Masala films, SANTA SANGRE, Indie Meme, Psychobilly, the distribution of Indian cinema in North America, the recent reemergence of key John Woo and Russ Meyer movies, skinheads, John Waters and vegan warnings on Letterboxd.
Read Josh Hurtado at Screen Anarchy:
https://screenanarchy.com/globalvoices/j-hurtado/
Read Simon Abrams' article "How the Indian Action Spectacular 'RRR' Became a Smash in America" for The New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/movies/rrr-ss-rajamouli.html
Follow Potentate Film on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/potentatefilms
Watch Josh introduce S.S. Rajamouli's EEGA at Weird Wednesday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCB83chhKLE
Visit the Indie Meme site:
https://www.indiememe.org/
Buy HUKKLE from Dekanalog:
https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/hukkle
Buy BLOODSTONE from Arrow Video:
https://diabolikdvd.com/product/bloodstone-arrow-us-blu-ray/
Buy DOBERMAN from Fractured Visions:
https://diabolikdvd.com/product/doberman-fractured-visions-blu-ray-region-b-preorder/
https://www.orbitdvd.com/products/dobermann-limited-edition-booklet-region-b
Buy the Second Sight 4K/Blu-Ray (Region B) Limited Edition of RE-ANIMATOR:
https://diabolikdvd.com/product/uk-le-re-animator-limited-second-sight-4k-uhd-all-region-blu-ray-region-b-preorder/
Listen to Josh talk about PURANA MANDIR on Unsung Horrors:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/purana-mandir-1984-w-josh-hurtado--57853238
Episode 70: Willow Catelyn Maclay
2025/11/24
Bill speaks with film critic and author Willow Catelyn Maclay about her various endeavors in film culture, from writing freelance criticism and creating the Curtsies and Hand Grenades website to contributing to special features to Blu-Rays from labels like Mondo Macabro, Arrow Video and American Genre Film Archive and co-authoring the book CORPSES, FOOLS AND MONSTERS: THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF TRANSNESS IN CINEMA with Caden Mark Gardner. Topics include: BLADE RUNNER, Simran Hans' Girls Gotta Eat fanzine, Letterboxd, BOYS DON'T CRY, Elizabeth Purchell, the "Body Talk" series, constructive feedback from editors, COME BACK TO THE 5 & DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN and the Lou Reed/Metallica "Lulu" album.
Read Curtsies and Hand Grenades:
http://curtsiesandhandgrenades.com/
Buy CORPSES, FOOLS AND MONSTERS: THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF TRANSNESS IN CINEMA:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725695/corpses-fools-and-monsters-by-willow-maclay/
Buy the EVA MAN double feature - Limited Red Case Edition from Mondo Macabro:
https://mondomacabro.bigcartel.com/product/eva-man-double-feature-limited-red-case-edition
Read Willow Catelyn Maclay on the music videos of Kate Bush:
https://musings.oscilloscope.net/post/174602794486/moving-on-the-cinema-of-kate-bush-by-willow
Read Willow Catelyn Maclay and Caden Mark Gardner's Body Talk series:
http://curtsiesandhandgrenades.blogspot.com/search/label/Body%20Talk
Read Willow Catelyn Maclay's 2014 essay "Under the Skin's Transgender Allegory":
http://curtsiesandhandgrenades.blogspot.com/2018/03/under-skins-transgender-allegory.html
Read and follow Willow Catelyn Maclay on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/c/willowcatelynmaclay
Watch Willow Catelyn Maclay on Turner Classic Movies:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRKhKh_Dm6s/
Read Caden Mark Gardner's essay "From the Margins: What the Archives Show Us About Trans Cinema and Audiences" for The Criterion Collection:
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7254-from-the-margins-what-the-archives-show-us-about-trans-cinema-and-audiences
Episode 69: Erica Shultz
2025/11/14
Bill talks to author and podcaster Erica Shultz about her endeavors in film culture, from creating shows like Unsung Horrors to writing and publishing her book THE SWEETEST TABOO and contributing special features to various Blu-Ray releases. Topics include Letterboxd, Horror Gives Back, Customers Also Watched, Emerald Video, DEEP IN THE HEART, lessons learned while publishing a book, Julia Smith's BIRTH OF THE ACID WESTERN, second-screen writing, THE LAST SHARK and forcing yourself to watch over a dozen movies about La Llorona.
Sign up to watch Erica's online class for the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, ERASING THE LINES IN THE SAND: CHILD DEATH IN FILM AND THE TABOO THAT WON'T DIE:
https://miskatonicinstitute.com/events/erasing-the-lines-in-the-sand-child-death-in-film-and-the-taboo-that-wont-die-online/
Buy DEEP IN THE HEART from Fun City Editions:
https://www.funcityeditions.com/shop/p/deepintheheartbluray
Buy RUN & KILL for error4444: https://error4444.bigcartel.com/product/run-kill-standard-edition-blu-ray
Buy Shaw Scares: Volume 1 from Vinegar Syndrome: https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/shaw-scares-volume-1?_pos=9&_sid=76283f00d&_ss=r
Listen to Unsung Horrors: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/unsung-horrors-1474666
Watch Erica discuss VEHI-KILLS on The Disc-Connected: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBB7xfjhAgE&t=369s
Hear Erica on Eros + Massacre: https://cinepunx.com/eros-massacre-episode-25-telephone-terror-with-erica-shultz/
Episode 68: Imogen Sara Smith
2022/08/29
Bill speaks to author and film historian Imogen Sara Smith about her various endeavors, from writing books like BUSTER KEATON: THE PERSISTENCE OF COMEDY and IN LONELY PLACES: FILM NOIR BEYOND THE CITY to contributing audio commentaries, booklet essays and on-camera interviews to home video releases from The Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, Eureka!, Imprint, Flicker Alley, Arrow and Indicator. Topics include: John Bengtson's SILENT ECHOES, Eddie Muller, writing techniques, The Criterion Channel, Courtney Stephens' TERRA FEMME, her Phantom Light column for Film Comment, THE WELL, film lists/ranking and stumbling upon old W.C. Fields locations.
Read Sinners' Holiday: An Ode to Pre-Code"
https://brightlightsfilm.com/sinners-holiday-an-ode-to-pre-code/#.Ylfx8i2ZOqA
Read Imogen Sara Smith on SWING TIME:
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6424-swing-time-heaven-can-t-wait
Read Ghost Town: Nights on Bunker Hill:
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7734-ghost-town-nights-on-bunker-hill
Buy the Kino Lorber 4K UHD for KILLER'S KISS:
https://www.kinolorber.com/product/killers-kiss-4kuhd-blu-ray
Read Imogen Sara Smith on the Criterion Current site:
https://www.criterion.com/current/author/572-imogen-sara-smith
Register for Imogen Sara Smith's online course, French Cinema: The Language of Light 1895-1960
https://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/item/french-film-history-online/
Register for Imogen Sara Smith's online course, French Cinema: Breaking Rules & Boundaries 1960-2022 https://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/item/french-cinema-breaking-rules-boundaries-1960-2022-online/
Pre-order El vampiro negro (The Black Vampire):
https://www.flickeralley.com/classic-movies-2/#!/El-vampiro-negro-The-Black-Vampire/p/478619443/category=0
Buy The Guilty / High Tide from Flicker Alley:
https://www.flickeralley.com/classic-movies-2/#!/The-Guilty-High-Tide/p/442246038
Visit the Film Noir Foundation site:
http://www.filmnoirfoundation.org
Bonus Episode - Travis Crawford
2022/08/28
Bill remembers his friend, writer/film programmer Travis Crawford.
Episode 67: Katie Rife
2022/07/18
Bill talks to writer/editor/podcaster/programmer Katie Rife about her many endeavors, from co-founding Everything Is Terrible, inventing puns for Mr. Skin and presenting films at Facets Night School to writing/podcasting for The A.V. Club, programming for The Music Box Theatre and freelancing for outlets like Rolling Stone, Vulture and Roger Ebert.com. Topics include: Mike McPadden, Daily Grindhouse, gatekeepers, Odd Obsession Movies, her book IF YOU LIKE QUENTIN TARANTINO…, William Morris, Film Club, Fantastic Fest 2017, online harassment, Elizabeth Purchell, ironically working for Jerry Springer and getting judged for renting THE WIRE.
Follow Katie Rife on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/rifewithkatie
Keep up with the latest articles by Katie Rife on Muck Rack:
https://muckrack.com/rifewithkatie/articles
Read Katie Rife on GHOST WORLD:
https://www.avclub.com/20-years-on-a-self-proclaimed-enid-looks-back-at-ghost-1848132541
Watch Everything Is Terrible: "Flirting With Magic"
https://vimeo.com/34270515
Watch Everything Is Terrible: "Moms On The Net!"https://vimeo.com/34523789
Watch Everything Is Terrible: "Rock Music And The Occult"
http://everythingisterrible.blogspot.com/2009/06/rock-music-and-occult.html
Read Katie Rife on TAKE IT OUT IN TRADE's controversial screening at Fantastic Fest 2017:
https://www.avclub.com/an-unseen-ed-wood-movie-ignites-a-firestorm-of-controve-1818767773
Read Katie Rife's 4-part series on CARMILLA:
https://www.fangoria.com/what-girls-do-when-theyre-left-alone-150-years-of-carmilla/
Buy Katie Rife's book IF YOU LIKE QUENTIN TARANTINO… https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/KATHERINE-RIFE
Watch Katie Rife talk about LADY SNOWBLOOD on The Brandon Peters Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQxBWuiG2a0&t=1400s
Watch the Film Club Podcast with Katie Rife and A.A. Dowd:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLslxeOGneMPsb4FjarRN8DByJi_xxYYni
Read Katie Rife on her time working for THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW:
https://www.avclub.com/trash-class-and-free-cigarettes-my-life-with-the-jer-1828530477
Listen to Katie Rife on Drinks On Monday with The Strike Team:
https://drinksonmonday.libsyn.com/whats-high-in-the-middle-and-round-on-both-ends
Read Katie Rife on The A.V. Club:
https://www.avclub.com/author/katierife
Episode 66: Elena Lazic
2022/07/05
Bill speaks to Animus Magazine founder/editor and film critic Elena Lazic. Topics include: Stéphane Delorme, PETRA, having a responsibility to cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, STRAW DOGS, filmmaker intentionality, Another Gaze, The Relentless Picnic, the Oscars, Cahiers du Cinéma, the solitary nature of writing, TITANE, Reverse Shot, Vincent D'Onofrio and developing critical faculties through disappointment with INSPECTOR GADGET.
Read Animus Magazine:
https://animusmagazine.com
Subscribe/Read Animus on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/animus_mag/posts
Visit Elena Lazic's website:
https://elenalazic.wordpress.com
Read Elena Lazic's interview with Abel Ferrara:
https://elenalazic.wordpress.com/2020/07/19/abel-ferrara-on-the-driller-killer/
Read Elena Lazic on WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED - A HISTORY OF FOLK HORROR:
https://animusmagazine.com/2021/08/23/a-man-who-would-come-here-of-his-own-free-will/
Read Elena Lazic on ONIBABA for The Criterion Collection:
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7556-onibaba-masks-and-faces
Hear Manuela and Elena Lazic discuss THE PARENT TRAP on Blank Check:
https://soundcloud.com/griffin-and-david-present/the-parent-trap-with-elena-lazic-and-mani-lazic
Hear Elena Lazic on The Evolution Of Horror:
https://www.evolutionofhorror.com/elenalazic
Watch Manuela and Elena Lazic discuss the films of Robert Pattinson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu2STc_wQ7k
Watch Manuela and Elena Lazic discuss iconic cinema serial killers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ZnIt58bic&t=1009s
Buy Indicator's limited edition Blu-Ray for Don Siegel's MADIGAN, with a new booklet essay by Elena Lazic:
https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/madigan-le-indicator-uk-blu-ray-region-b/
Visit Another Gaze:
https://www.anothergaze.com
Read Daniel Bird on POSSESSION for Animus:
https://animusmagazine.com/2021/12/31/everything-old-is-new-again-or-how-we-grew-to-stop-hating-and-love-possession/
Episode 65: Brad Stevens
2022/06/08
Bill speaks to author and film critic Brad Stevens about his film cultural endeavors, from contributing to publications like The Dark Side, Sight & Sound and Video Watchdog to writing books like MONTE HELLMAN: HIS LIFE AND FILMS and ABEL FERRARA: A MORAL VISION. Topics include: Auteurism, Robin Wood, BBC's "The Great American Picture Show" season, alternate versions of films, Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time poll, SCHINDLER'S LIST, Nicole Brenez, writing the novel THE HUNT, warming up to the films of Steven Soderbergh, physical media versus streaming and Abel Ferrara.
Read Brad Stevens' "Bradlands" articles for Sight & Sound:
https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/bradlands
Visit Brad Stevens' Amazon author page:
https://www.amazon.com/Brad-Stevens/e/B001KHCUEQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&qid=1654470806&sr=1-3
Buy Arrow Video edition of THE DRILLER KILLER, with commentary by Abel Ferrara moderated by Brad Stevens
https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/driller-killer-arrow-us-dvd-blu-ray-combo/
Buy MONTE HELLMAN: HIS LIFE AND FILMS:
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/monte-hellman/
Episode 64: Anna Bogutskaya
2022/05/11
Bill speaks to film programmer, broadcaster, writer, podcaster and festival director Anna Bogutskaya about her many endeavors in film culture, from co-founding The Final Girls collective and programming for BFI Southbank to serving as director of Underwire Festival, producing podcasts and recording Blu-Ray audio commentaries. Topics include: THE WIZARD OF OZ and tiny philistines, The Hot Fuzztival at the Prince Charles Cinema, TROUBLE EVERY DAY and arthouse horror, Yhara Zayd, Russian dubbing practices, "The B word" programming controversy, The Filmcast and parasocial relationships, the WE ARE THE WEIRDOS touring program and reediting a Pedro Almodóvar movie to discourage internet piracy.
Visit Anna Bogutskaya's official site:
https://www.annabogutskaya.com
Visit The Final Girls site:
https://www.thefinalgirls.co.uk/home
Hear The Final Girls podcast:
https://thefinalgirlspodcast.transistor.fm
Learn about Underwire Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/UnderwireFestival
Buy the Second Sight 4k UHD / Blu-Ray:
https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/the-witch-le-second-sight-uk-4k-uhd-blu-ray-see-note-preorder/
Read about Cruel Flesh: Films of the New French Extremity:
https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=newfrenchextremity
Watch Anna Bogutskaya discuss Pedro Almodóvar's ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWHrRxRrlxA
Follow Anna Bogutskaya on Twitter:
@annabdemented
Episode 63: Kim Newman
2022/04/11
Bill speaks to novelist and film critic/historian Kim Newman about some of his many endeavors. Topics include: NIGHTMARE MOVIES, originality in horror, SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT, audio commentaries, Carlos Clarens' ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE HORROR FILM, gatekeepers, toxic fandom, LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH and how a unique series of quirks in the British education system helped to prepare him for a freelance writing career.
Visit The Kim Newman website:
https://johnnyalucard.com
Buy Kim Newman's novel SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT:
https://johnnyalucard.com/2021/04/20/cover-reveal-something-more-than-night/
Read about Sheep Worrying:
https://www.sheepworrying.co.uk
Watch MISSING GIRL:
https://johnnyalucard.com/fiction/screen-audio/missing-girl/
Listen to Kim Newman on The Evolution Of Horror podcast:
https://www.evolutionofhorror.com/what-is-horror
Watch Kim Newman introduce a Mario Bava double feature on BBC2 in 1990:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfmXZvOn68Y&t=37s
Episode 62: Michael J. Weldon
2022/03/07
Bill speaks to author and magazine publisher/editor Michael J. Weldon about his many endeavors, from drumming with Cleveland proto-punk act Mirrors and reviewing movies for Cle, to Psychotronic, his photocopied, hand-written fanzine that lead to books like the influential PSYCHOTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FILM, the long-running PSYCHOTRONIC VIDEO magazine, calendars, film festivals and the Psychotronic store he manages today. Other topics include Ghoulardi, Roger Corman, hypnotism, Diane Keaton's HEAVEN, Club 57, Johnny Ramone, cattle call auditions for GHETTO FREAKS, childhood filmmaking efforts, Alfred Sole, research methods, 42nd Street theatres, THE HYPNOTIC EYE and being killed over and over by Dr. Butcher, M.D.
Visit Psychotronic.com:
http://psychotronic.com
Read old issues of Psychotronic Video Magazine:
https://archive.org/details/psychotronic
Watch a Psychotronic tour of 42nd Street:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNAE82werw
Kurt Loder plugs Psychotronic on MTV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M--jNfflu8M
Hear Michael Weldon's band Mirrors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENw6co2BUc4
Buy THESE FISTS BREAK BRICKS:
https://mondoshop.com/products/these-fists-break-bricks
Buy: DO YOU BELIEVE IN SWEDISH SIN? SWEDISH EXPLOITATION FILM POSTERS 1951-1984:
https://www.amazon.com/Believe-Swedish-Exploitation-Posters-1951-1984/dp/9198677209
Episode 61: Chris Poggiali
2020/12/04
Bill talks to writer and film historian Chris Poggiali about his many endeavors in film culture, from co-creating the Temple Of Schlock fanzine and founding the long-running blog of the same name, to contributing to various magazines and video releases, distributing BLACK SAMURAI and working on books with Grady Hendrix, Michael Gingold and Sam Sherman. Topics include: Jack Starrett, the impact of crack on 42nd Street theatres, Steve Puchalski's SLIMETIME and horror fanzines, The Journal of Interstitial Cinema, William Smith, blogathons, Paul Talbot, lost and endangered films, the link between THE GREEN HORNET and WANDA, bootlegs, THAT'S HOLLYWOOD, screenwriting for William Grefé, identifying PETS with Vinegar Syndrome and how interviews can become derailed by criminal confessions.
Read Temple Of Schlock:
https://templeofschlock.blogspot.com
Read "A Seagull Film", Chris Poggiali's essay on CHARLEY VARRICK:
http://www.journalofic.com/a-seagull-movie.php
Read "The American Dreamer and the Heyday of Campus Film Programming":
https://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-american-dreamer-and-heyday-of.html
Read "Zodiac Hunter: An Interview with Tom Hanson":
http://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2012/12/zodiac-hunter-interview-with-tom-hanson.html
Visit The Paperback Film Projector:
http://paperbackfilmprojector.blogspot.com
Read The Journal of Interstitial Cinema:
http://www.journalofic.com
Buy Xerox Ferox: The Wild World of the Horror Film Fanzine:
https://headpress.com/product/xeroxferox-2/
Buy He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection:
https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/he-came-from-the-swamp-the-william-grefe-collection-arrow-us-blu-ray/
Visit Chris Poggiali's IMDB page:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3073144/
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JackBluRay78 2025/11/16
Bill Ackerman, one of the best interviewers.
Supporting Characters is back after a long hiatus! As great as ever!
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Ackerman Delivers!!!!
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One if the best film related podcasts I’ve heard.
Great podcast! Great guests and thoughtful questions. Lengthy interviews too which I love.
akdonelly 2021/04/17
The Best
Bill is hands down the biggest cheerleader when it comes to people who love film as much as he does. He brings attention to the voices bringing the mo...
gregorygob 2020/02/15
One of the very best interview shows out there!
My only complaint (deduction of a half star) would be is that there aren’t consistently new episodes. It really is a joy to listen to what exists out ...
Klonj 2019/05/30
One of my favorite podcasts
For some reason I enjoy listening to film critics discussing their background. I guess it’s a relatable topic for me, but they always bring up fascina...
g3g3g3g3g3 2019/02/27
Love it!
This show provides a vital document of DIY film-response culture. Each episode is meticulously researched, warm and engaging, and comprehensive. Also,...
mwbegley 2019/01/18
Best guests ever?
Not sure what took me so long to tune into Supporting Characters, but now I feel like a dunce that it did. I'm properly gobsmacked by the guest list a...
JSF666 2018/04/02
Fantastic interviews
Bill is a great host and draws the most out of each guest.
mgm8080 2017/12/29
puts all the rest to shame
makes me want to be a better cinephile and i constantly find something new and interesting to take away from each interview. i love hearing the episo...
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