Podcasts by Switchblade Sisters

Switchblade Sisters

Switchblade Sisters is a podcast providing deep cuts on genre flicks from a female perspective. Every week, film critic and screenwriter April Wolfe sits down with a phenomenal female film-maker to slice-and-dice a classic genre movie - horror, exploitation, sci-fi and many others! Along the way, they cover craft, the state of the industry, how films get made, and more. Mothers, lock up your sons, the Switchblade Sisters are coming!

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Switchblade Sisters Preview from 2023-12-12T18:01:18.272888

Our debut episode drops this Thursday!

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On the upcoming premiere episode, April Wolfe (lead film critic at LA Weekly) sits ...

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Switchblade Sisters Preview from 2022-03-07T15:25:39.374972

Our debut episode drops this Thursday!

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On the upcoming premiere episode, April Wolfe (lead film critic at LA Weekly) sits ...

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Switchblade Sisters Preview from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.683342

Our debut episode drops this Thursday! Make sure to subscribe where ever you listen to podcasts. On the upcoming premiere episode, April Wolfe (lead film critic at LA Weekly) sits down with the wri...

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Bone Tomahawk with Emily Gordon from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.682176

On the debut episode of Switchblade Sisters, April talks with the writer and producer of The Big Sick, Emily Gordon. Things get gruesome quickly as the two of them discuss the 2015 horror-western, ...

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The Others with Anne Hamilton from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.678789

Things get spooky as April talks to director Anne Hamilton about the 2001 gothic horror film, The Others. They discuss Nicole Kidman's casting in the film, the director Alejandro Amenábar's rejecti...

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Snowpiercer with Trish Sie from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.675530

Just in time for record freezing temperatures, this week April talks to Pitch Perfect 3 director Trish Sie about Bong Joon-ho's frozen feature, Snowpiercer. They discuss the amazing performance of ...

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Raw with Barbara Crampton from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.672007

On this week's episode we have the legendary horror actress Barbara Crampton. You may know her from a number of classic horror/thrillers; Re-Animator, Body Double, From Beyond, and many others. She...

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Blood Simple with Julie Hébert from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.671233

"Now, in Russia, they got it mapped out so that everyone pulls for everyone else... that's the theory, anyway. But what I know about is Texas, an' down here... you're on your own." This week April ...

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Leigh Janiak from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.667856

"We don't hate you - there's no need for hate now. Or love." Dr. Kibner (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)   Invasion of the Body Snatchers   Don't be a pod! On this week's episode April welcomes di...

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The Witch Who Came from the Sea with Drea Clark from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.664155

You're in for a real freaky treat this week because April talks to 'Who Shot Ya?' regular, producer Drea Clark, about the under appreciated The Witch Who Came from the Sea. The two of them explore ...

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Fatal Attraction with Heather Graham from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.659457

We've got a huge episode this week. Actress, writer, director Heather Graham sits down with April to talk about the salacious Fatal Attraction. The two of them discuss relating to Glenn Close's cha...

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'Carrie' with 'RBG' Directors Betsy West & Julie Cohen from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.654763

This week, we are joined by the directors of the brand new Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary, RBG, Betsy West and Julie Cohen. They are on to discuss the Brian De Palma classic Carrie. Believe it or ...

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Deep Rising with Rebekah McKendry from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.649767

Rarely do we get a PhD. level academic on the show to discuss horror, but we got one this week! It's writer, director, professor and 'Shock Waves' podcast host Rebekah McKendry. She's on to discuss...

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Jurassic Park with The Writers of 'Lost in Space' - Vivian Lee, Kari Drake and Katherine Collins from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.644702

We've got a full house this week as the writers for Netflix's 'Lost In Space' are in the studio. We've got Vivian Lee, Kari Drake and Katherine Collins on to discuss Steven Spielberg's classic, Jur...

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'The Big Lebowski' with 'Never Goin' Back' Director Augustine Frizzell from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.576917

This week we're very lucky to have the director of A24's new film Never Goin' Back, Augustine Frizzell. She's on the show to talk with April Wolfe about the Coen Brothers' The Big Lebowski. April a...

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'The Innkeepers' with 'Summer of 84' Co-Director Anouk Whissell from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.575935

This week we've got one of the director's of the new film Summer of 84, Anouk Whissell. Anouk is a member of the Montreal film collective known as RKSS, along with François Simard and Yoann Whissel...

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'Basket Case' with Brea Grant from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.571511

This week we've got fellow Maximum Funster, podcast host of Reading Glasses, actor, writer, and director, Brea Grant. She has chosen, maybe, one of the most fun and fascinating movies we've discuss...

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'Matilda' with Documentary Producer Erikka Yancy from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.567247

This week we are very lucky to have the prolific documentary producer Erikka Yancy on the program. The movie she chose to discuss is the beloved 1996 film Matilda. Erikka discusses her documentary ...

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'The Skeleton Key' with 'Lez Bomb' Director Jenna Laurenzo from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.561958

We've got a great episode this week with the director of the new film Lez Bomb, Jenna Laurenzo. While her film is a romantic comedy about a woman attempting to come out to her family on Thanksgivin...

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'The Host' with 'Unlovable' Director Suzi Yoonessi from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.561014

This week we are so lucky to have the director of the new film Unlovable, Suzi Yoonessi. Her movie follows Joy, played by Charlene deGuzman, a recovering sex and love addict who finds solace in mak...

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'Leave Her to Heaven' with 'Dirty John' Showrunner Alexandra Cunningham from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.556533

We've got a truly fascinating conversation on this week's episode with 'Dirty John' showrunner Alexandra Cunningham. Her new show is based upon the wildly popular LA Times true crime podcast of the...

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'Under the Skin' with 'Rust Creek' Director Jen McGowan from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.552429

This week we've got director Jen McGowan (Rust Creek, Kelly & Cal) on the program to discuss Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin. Jen takes April deep into the world of filmmaking as she discusses the...

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'Don't Look Now' with 'Untogether' Director Emma Forrest from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.547529

What a fascinating episode we have in store for you this week. We are so lucky to be joined by writer/director, Emma Forrest. Emma has lived a life. She started out as very young journalist in Lond...

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'Ex Machina' with 'Mapplethorpe' and 'Dig!' Director Ondi Timoner from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.542933

Ondi is a Floridian, born in Miami, but she studied film, literature, and theater at Yale University. Her 2004 documentary Dig! made waves on the indie circuit, winning her the Grand Jury Prize at ...

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'One False Move' with 'Miss Stevens' and 'Fast Color' Director Julia Hart from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.538452

Julia Hart was a school teacher for eight years before she quit to make a go of screenwriting. Her debut screenplay, The Keeping Room, landed on the 2012 Black List and was made into a feature dire...

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'Mulholland Drive' with 'Wild Nights with Emily' Director Madeleine Olnek from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.533658

Madeleine Olnek is a New York City based playwright and filmmaker. She began her career with award-winning and widely screened comedy shorts. ?Countertransference ?(2009) and Hold Up ?(2006) were o...

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'The Red Queen Kills Seven Times' with 'Body at Brighton Rock' Director Roxanne Benjamin from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.532534

Roxanne Benjamin is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker, who began her career in creative development, analyzing story for film festivals and production companies. In 2010, she moved up the ladder at a c...

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‘Shaun of the Dead’ with ‘Broad City’ writer and comedian Naomi Ekperigin from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.527711

  Shaun of the Dead Naomi Ekperigin is a stand-up comedian, writer, actress, and podcaster (gotta be a multi-hyphenate these days!). She was born and raised in Harlem, New York, and studied Fi...

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'Blacula' with 'Jezebel' Director Numa Perrier from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.451255

Born in Haiti and raised in small town USA, Numa Perrier is a Los Angeles-based actor, filmmaker, and artist. Early in her acting career, she landed a recurring role on General Hospital, but now yo...

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'The Innocents' with 'The Babadook' and 'The Nightingale' Director Jennifer Kent from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.428721

Jennifer Kent is probably best known for directing her 2014 film, The Babadook. The film screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014 to critical and audience acclaim, and has won over 50...

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'American Psycho' with 'Satanic Panic' Director Chelsea Stardust from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.392400

Chelsea Stardust has been a horror film fan since the age of 10. After working for comedy legends Ivan Reitman and Judd Apatow, Chelsea found her horror home at Blumhouse Productions, where she ser...

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'Dead & Buried' with 'Riot Girls' Director Jovanka Vuckovic from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.387830

Jovanka Vuckovic is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. In the past two decades, she has worked as a visual effects artist, earning a Gemini Award, and cemented a reputation as a genre film auth...

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'Get Out' with 'A Black Lady Sketch Show' & 'Full Frontal with Samantha Bee' Writer and Actor Ashley Nicole Black from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.381114

This week we are joined by multi-talented writer, actor, and director Ashley Nicole Black. She can most recently be seen as a regular on A Black Lady Sketch Show. And prior to that she was a writer...

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'Psycho' with 'Blue' Director Gabriela Ledesma from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.373257

Katie Walsh is back in the hosting chair this week to speak with the fascinating director of the new film Blue, Gabriela Ledesma. Gabby's on the show to talk about the iconic Alfred Hitchcock film,...

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‘The Visit’ with ‘Little Joe’ Director Jessica Hausner from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.360697

This is a truly fascinating and unique episode of Switchblade Sisters. The phenomenal Austrian director Jessica Hausner joins April to talk about M. Night Shyamalan’s The Visit. But unlike any prev...

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‘Ladyhawke’ with Janet Varney from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.356842

A Maximum Fun crossover extravaganza! ‘The JV Club’ host Janet Varney joins host Katie Walsh to discuss the forgotten 1985 fantasy epic, Ladyhawke. Janet and Katie obsess over the score and insane ...

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‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ with Writer Megan Amram from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.355962

What a great way to start off the New Year. Writer Megan Amram (The Good Place, Parks and Rec) joins April to discuss the monumental classic, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Megan and April explore th...

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‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ with ‘Birds of Prey’ Director Cathy Yan from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.352310

What a FANTABULOUS episode this is! We have the magnificent Cathy Yan, director of Birds of Prey, on to talk all about Mad Max: Fury Road. Cathy discusses what it’s like making her own standalone f...

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‘Don’t Breathe’ with ‘Into the Dark: Culture Shock’ Director Gigi Saul Guerrero and a Conversation with the Artistic Director of Indie Memphis Film Festival Miriam Bale from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.348318

Director Gigi Saul Guerrero (Into the Dark: Culture Shock) joins April to discuss 2016’s Don’t Breathe. And the artistic director of Indie Memphis Film Festival drops in for a quick convo about div...

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‘Mandy’ with ‘Aliens’ and ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ Actor Jenette Goldstein from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.175971

Legendary character actor Jenette Goldstein joins April to discuss Panos Cosmatos’ ‘Mandy.’

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‘Brick’ with ‘Selah And The Spades’ Director Tayarisha Poe from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.161073

Director Tayarisha Poe (‘Selah And The Spades’) joins April to discuss Rian Johnson’s 2005 neo-noir ‘Brick.’

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‘Sexy Beast’ with ‘The Wolfpack’ and ‘Skate Kitchen’ Director Crystal Moselle from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.157554

Director Crystal Moselle (‘The Wolfpack,’ ‘Skate Kitchen’) joins April to discuss Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Sexy Beast,’ her new HBO series ‘Betty,’ and trusting her creative instincts.

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‘Underwater’ with Zoey Luna from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.150371

Actress Zoey Luna (‘Pose,’ ‘The Craft’ Remake) joins April to discuss the underseen Kristen Stewart movie ‘Underwater.’

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‘Thirst’ with ‘Relic’ Director Natalie Erika James from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.144679

“A priest becomes a vampire… another man’s wife is coveted…a deadly seduction triggers murder.”

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‘Man on Fire’ with ‘Love & Basketball’ and ‘The Old Guard’ Director Gina Prince-Bythewood from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.143885

“Sabotage his work, his fire will be released.”

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‘Border’ with Actor and ‘Amulet’ Director Romola Garai from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.140384

Actor, writer, and director Romola Garai (‘Amulet’) joins April to discuss the 2018 Swedish troll romance, ‘Border.’

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'The Faculty' with 'Coin Heist' Director Emily Hagins from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.136806

Director Emily Hagins (Coin Heist, Scare Package) joins April to discuss Robert Rodriguez’s ‘The Faculty.’

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‘May’ with ’12 Hour Shift’ Director Brea Grant from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.090018

Director of ’12 Hour Shift,’ writer of ‘Lucky,’ actor on ‘Heroes,’ host of Maximum Fun’s ‘Reading Glasses,’ our dear friend, Brea Grant, is here to talk about Lucky McKee’s ‘May.’

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‘Repulsion’ with ‘The Neon Demon’ Co-Writer and ‘Monsterland’ Creator Mary Laws from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.088835

Writer Mary Laws (Preacher, Succession) joins guest host Katie Walsh to talk about the controversial ‘Repulsion.’

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‘The Babadook’ with ‘The Craft: Legacy’ Director Zoe Lister-Jones from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.084915

Actor, writer, and director Zoe Lister-Jones (Band Aid, Lola Versus) joins April to discuss ‘The Babadook’ and her new film ‘The Craft: Legacy.’

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‘The Passenger’ with ‘Luxor’ Director Zeina Durra from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.080751

Writer and director Zeina Durra (Luxor, The Imperialists Are Still Alive!) joins April to discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s ‘The Passenger.’

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'Strange Days' with 'Lucky' Director Natasha Kermani from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.071399

Katie Walsh sits down with ‘Lucky’ director Natasha Kermani to discuss the disturbingly prescient ‘Strange Days.’

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‘Bride of Frankenstein’ with ‘A Nightmare Wakes’ Director Nora Unkel from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.067712

Writer and director Nora Unkel joins April to discuss ‘Bride of Frankenstein,’ Mary Shelley, and that devious gremlin Doctor Pretorius.

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Feeling Seen - 'Somebody, Somewhere' star Bridget Everett on 'Rudy' from 2022-02-22T10:05:17.063330

Feed drop! In this episode, host Jordan Crucchiola (a former Switchblade Sisters guest) talks with Bridget Everett about how she sees herself in the ultimate underdog story. BRIDGET! BRIDGET! BRIDGET!

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The Exciting Conclusion of Switchblade Sisters from 2021-02-25T08:00

Host April Wolfe is joined by Drea Clark, Katie Walsh, and producer Casey O’Brien to reminisce about the most memorable moments from Switchblade Sisters.

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‘Mars Attacks!’ with Jo Firestone from 2021-02-18T08:00

Jo Firestone (Dr. Gameshow, Joe Pera Talks with You) joins April to talk about important topics like Hooters girls and running into The Backstreet Boys while they were dressed as chickens.

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‘To Die For’ with ‘I Blame Society’ Director Gillian Wallace Horvat from 2021-02-11T09:00

Director Gillian Wallace Horvat joins Katie Walsh to discuss gatekeepers in the film industry, her lunch buddy Bucky Henry, witchcraft, and so much more!

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‘The Game’ with ‘Happiest Season’ Co-Writer and Actor Mary Holland from 2021-01-28T09:00

Actor and writer Mary Holland (Happiest Season, Greener Grass) gets lost in ‘The Game’ with April Wolfe.

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‘Blow the Man Down’ with Mallory O’Meara from 2021-01-21T09:00

Reading Glasses host and author of ‘The Lady from the Black Lagoon’ Mallory O’Meara joins April Wolfe to discuss ‘Blow the Man Down.’

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'Sisters' with 'Insecure' Actor & 'Definition Please' Director Sujata Day from 2021-01-14T09:00

“What the Devil hath joined together let no man cut asunder.”

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‘Us’ with Writer, Producer, & Professor Tananarive Due from 2020-12-31T09:00

Tananarive Due, the producer of the groundbreaking doc ‘Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror,’ joins April Wolfe to discuss Jordan Peele’s ‘Us.’

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‘Ghost’ with ‘Wander Darkly’ Writer & Director Tara Miele from 2020-12-24T09:00

Molly…you in danger, girl.

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‘Volver’ with ‘Miss Juneteenth’ Writer & Director Channing Godfrey Peoples from 2020-12-17T09:00

Writer and director Channing Godfrey Peoples joins host Katie Walsh to discuss writing in a Texan dialect, portraying her hometown, and stories about women.

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'Jackass: The Movie' with 'Dick Johnson Is Dead' Director Kirsten Johnson from 2020-12-10T09:00

Director Kirsten Johnson and April discuss death, love, family, and men putting electrodes on their taints.

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‘A History of Violence’ with ‘Proxima’ Director Alice Winocour from 2020-11-26T09:00

Writer and director Alice Winocour (Proxima, Disorder) joins April Wolfe to discuss David Cronenberg’s ‘A History of Violence,’ sex scenes, and women astronauts stopping their periods.

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‘Sorry to Bother You’ with ‘Freaky’ Actor Celeste O’Connor from 2020-11-19T10:00

Actor Celeste O’Connor is here to discuss ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ their new film ‘Freaky,’ and the exhaustion of being continuously offered “slave roles.”

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‘Train to Busan’ with ‘Kaali Khuhi’ Director Terrie Samundra from 2020-11-12T10:00

Writer and director Terrie Samundra joins April to discuss ‘Train to Busan’ and her latest movie, the chilling ‘Kaali Khuhi.’

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‘The City of Lost Children’ with ‘The True Adventures of Wolfboy’ Writer Olivia Dufault from 2020-10-29T08:00

“When you’re born in the gutter you end up in the port.”

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‘The Fog’ with ‘Tito’ Director and Star Grace Glowicki from 2020-10-22T09:00

“What you can’t see won’t hurt you… it’ll kill you!”

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‘The Wailing’ with ‘Helstrom’ Actor Elizabeth Marvel from 2020-10-15T09:00

Actor Elizabeth Marvel joins April Wolfe to discuss working with the Coen Brothers, acting as a visual medium, and becoming a demon in Hulu’s ‘Helstrom.’

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‘Orlando’ with Rachel True from 2020-09-24T09:00:14

Writer and actor Rachel True (The Craft, Nowhere) joins April Wolfe to discuss Sally Potter’s fantastical romance, ‘Orlando.’

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‘Thelma & Louise’ with ‘Unpregnant’ Director Rachel Lee Goldenberg from 2020-09-17T09:00:05

“Somebody said get a life… so they did.”

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‘Double Indemnity’ with ‘Lingua Franca’ Director Isabel Sandoval from 2020-09-10T09:00:17

Director/writer/actor Isabel Sandoval joins April to discuss ‘Double Indemnity’ and her own film ‘Lingua Franca.’

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‘Twister’ with ‘Yes, God, Yes’ Director Karen Maine from 2020-08-20T09:00:11

Writer and director Karen Maine (‘Yes, God, Yes’ and ‘Obvious Child’ co-writer) joins April Wolfe to discuss the perfect embodiment of art, Jan de Bont’s ‘Twister.’

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‘The Company of Wolves’ with Actor and ‘Prevenge’ Director Alice Lowe from 2020-08-13T09:00:03

Actor, writer, and director Alice Lowe (Prevenge, Sightseers, Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace) joins April Wolfe to discuss the sexy, Angela Carter penned ‘The Company of Wolves.’

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‘Beetlejuice’ with Sydney Fleischmann and Mel Eslyn of HBO’s ‘Room 104’ from 2020-07-30T10:00:07

Executive producer & director Sydney Fleischmann (‘Room 104’), and executive producer, writer, director, & president of Duplass Brothers Productions, Mel Eslyn, join host April Wolfe to discuss ‘Be...

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'Possession' with 'The Rental' and 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night' Actor Sheila Vand from 2020-07-23T10:00:18

Actor Sheila Vand joins April Wolfe to discuss ‘Possession,’ bringing sensitivity to acting, and the importance of good communication with directors.

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‘Pillaged’ with ‘First Cow’ Director Kelly Reichardt from 2020-07-16T10:00:04

One of cinema’s greatest filmmakers, Kelly Reichardt (‘Wendy and Lucy,’ ‘Old Joy’), joins April Wolfe to discuss the obscure French film ‘Pillaged’ AKA ‘Mise à sac.’

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‘Drive’ with ‘Stray Dolls’ Director Sonejuhi Sinha from 2020-06-25T10:00:27

“I give you a five minute window. Anything happens in that five minutes, then I’m yours, no matter what. Anything happens a minute either side of that, and you’re on your own.”

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‘Gattaca’ with ‘Twilight’ and ‘Thirteen’ Director Catherine Hardwicke from 2020-06-18T15:54:07

“There is no gene for the human spirit”

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‘Adventures in Babysitting’ with ‘Driveways’ Co-Writer Hannah Bos from 2020-05-28T10:00:28

Actor and writer Hannah Bos (Driveways) joins April to discuss ‘Adventures in Babysitting,’ utilizing swear words in her work, and the late great Brian Dennehy.

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‘Blade Runner’ with ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ Director Issa López from 2020-05-21T10:00:09

The return of director Issa López! She discusses nightmares in the film industry, working with Guillermo del Toro, and what it means to be human.

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‘Galaxy Quest’ with ‘Mother’s Little Helpers’ Director Kestrin Pantera from 2020-05-14T10:00:14

Writer, actor, and director Kestrin Pantera (‘Mother’s Little Helpers,’ ‘Let’s Ruin It with Babies’) joins April to discuss ‘Galaxy Quest.’

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‘The Vanishing’ with Essie Davis from 2020-04-30T10:00:04

Actor Essie Davis (‘The Babadook, ‘Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries’) joins April to discuss 1988’s ‘The Vanishing,’ forming a punk band for her new film ‘The True History of the Kelly Gang,’ and fig...

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‘Earth Girls Are Easy’ with Mitra Jouhari from 2020-04-23T10:00:26

Writer, actor, and comedian Mitra Jouhari joins April to discuss ‘Earth Girls Are Easy,’ her new Adult Swim series ‘Three Busy Debras,’ and the “Touchdown Jesus” of Ohio.

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'Gremlins' with Felicia Day from 2020-04-16T10:00:08

The multi-talented Felicia Day joins April to discuss Joe Dante’s ‘Gremlins,’ her latest film ‘Pooka Lives!’, and being true to herself in the content she creates.

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‘Ms .45’ with ‘The Ranger’ Director Jenn Wexler from 2020-03-26T11:00:05

Director Jenn Wexler (‘The Ranger’) joins April to discuss Abel Ferrara’s classic, ‘Ms .45.’

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'The Wicker Man' with 'Blow the Man Down' Directors Danielle Krudy & Bridget Savage Cole from 2020-03-19T17:52:13

Directors of the new crime-thriller-comedy-drama ‘Blow the Man Down,’ Danielle Krudy & Bridget Savage Cole, join their old friend Katie Walsh to discuss 1973’s ‘The Wicker Man.’

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‘Willow’ with ‘I Am Not Okay with This’ Co-Creator Christy Hall from 2020-03-12T16:41:28

Writer, producer, and co-creator of Netflix’s ‘I Am Not Okay with This,’ Christy Hall, joins April to discuss the fantasy epic, ‘Willow.’

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‘Kill Bill’ with ‘Sacred Lies’ Showrunner Raelle Tucker from 2020-02-27T18:31:54

Sacred Lies showrunner and TV writer Raelle Tucker (Jessica Jones, True Blood) joins April to discuss Kill Bill.

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‘It Follows’ with Jenna Kanell from 2020-02-20T18:21:46

Today we have the multi-talented Jenna Kanell (Terrifier) on the program. She’s a writer, director, actor, and stunt performer. And she’s on the show today to talk about 2014’s It Follows. Jenna di...

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‘The Lost Boys’ with ‘Into the Dark: My Valentine’ Director Maggie Levin from 2020-02-13T17:04:34

We have the magnificent director Maggie Levin (Blumhouse’s Into the Dark: My Valentine, Miss 2059) on the show to discuss Joel Schumacher’s vampire-classic, The Lost Boys. Maggie and April chat abo...

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‘Adaptation’ with ‘Color Out of Space’ Star Madeleine Arthur from 2020-01-30T17:56:28

This week we are joined by the wonderful actress Madeleine Arthur (Color Out of Space, Big Eyes, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before) to talk about 2002’s Adaptation. Madeleine discusses the craft of...

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‘Bunny Lake Is Missing’ with ‘She’s Missing’ Director Alexandra McGuinness from 2020-01-23T17:24:06

We are so lucky to be joined by the phenomenal director of the new film She’s Missing, Alexandra McGuinness. She’s on the program to talk about the aptly chosen movie, Otto Preminger’s Bunny Lake I...

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‘Addams Family Values’ with Julia Prescott from 2020-01-16T18:19:24

This week we have one of our very own Max Fun pals on the program, writer and Round Springfield co-host Julia Prescott! She’s on the show to talk about the delectable Addams Family Values. Julia d...

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‘Scream’ with Clarke Wolfe from 2019-12-26T17:15:20

Ladies and gentlemen, Katie Walsh is back in the booth. She’s joined by the wonderful writer, actor, and host Clarke Wolfe to talk about Scream. This is a truly in depth analysis of the film by two...

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'Brazil' with 'Watchmen' and 'The OA' Writer Claire Kiechel from 2019-12-19T18:02:06

We are so lucky because – A). We have Claire Kiechel, writer for Watchmen and The OA, on the show this week. And B). She’s discussing Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, which is technically a Christmas movie!...

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‘Prince of Darkness’ with ‘Black Christmas’ Co-Writer and Switchblade Sisters Host April Wolfe from 2019-12-12T18:19:04

We have traveled through the mirror and everything is backwards and evil! April has become the guest on her own show! That’s right, Katie Walsh is taking over the reigns as host and speaking to our...

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‘Safe’ with ‘Knives and Skin’ Director Jennifer Reeder from 2019-11-28T15:42:14

April is joined by the magnificent filmmaker and artist Jennifer Reeder to discuss Todd Haynes’ 1995 classic, Safe. Jennifer discusses the making of her new film Knives and Skin and the necessity o...

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'Another Earth' with 'Fun Size Horror' Producer & Director Mali Elfman from 2019-11-21T19:50:05

April is back in the studio to talk with the one and only Mali Elfman. She's on the show to talk about the very interesting Brit Marling film, Another Earth. Mali elaborates on the challenges of wo...

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'The Ring' with 'Pure' & 'Sickhouse' Director Hannah Macpherson from 2019-11-14T19:48:48

Katie Walsh returns to talk to the groundbreaking director Hannah Macpherson (Pure) about 2002's The Ring. Hannah discusses her fascination with the film and how it ties into her obsession with the...

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'Logan's Run' with 'Paradise Hills' Director Alice Waddington and Halloween Horror Recs with Jordan Crucchiola from 2019-10-31T18:30:49

Just in time for Halloween, we have the amazingly talented Alice Waddington (director Paradise Hills) on the program to talk about Logan's Run. She discusses creating specific fantasy worlds, being...

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'Black Widow' with '10 Things I Hate About You' & 'Legally Blonde' Screenwriter Kiwi Smith from 2019-10-24T17:25:52

We have royalty on this week's episode. We are graced by the presence of Kiwi Smith, writer of 10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde, She's the Man, The House Bunny, and so many more. She's on...

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'Polyester' with 'Greener Grass' Actors and Directors Dawn Luebbe & Jocelyn DeBoer from 2019-10-17T17:42:06

We have the honor and distinction to be graced by the presence of Dawn Luebbe & Jocelyn DeBoer, the actors, writers, and directors of the new film Greener Grass. They discuss a classic film that wo...

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'Ravenous' with 'Bloodline' Writer Avra Fox-Lerner from 2019-10-10T14:30:17

This week we initiate another woman into the Switchblade Sisterhood. Avra Fox-Lerner, writer of the new Seann William Scott led horror, Bloodline, is on the show to talk about 1999's Ravenous. She ...

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'The Witch' with 'The Long Walk' Director Mattie Do and 'Tigers Are Not Afraid' Director Issa López (LIVE AT FANTASTIC FEST) from 2019-09-26T17:34:09

Recorded LIVE at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, this show has a little bit of everything - special guests, witchcraft, and a stuffed animal version of Black Phillip. Mattie Do, Laos's first, and ...

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'Picnic at Hanging Rock' with 'The Office' and 'Maniac' Writer Caroline Williams from 2019-09-19T18:34:41

Caroline Williams is a screenwriter originally from Atlanta, Georgia. In 2008 she created the ABC series Miss Guided starring Judy Greer and Chris Parnell, about a high school guidance counselor wh...

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'Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer' with Producer Heather Buckley from 2019-09-12T18:13:22

Heather Buckley is a grand maester of film and horror. The first feature she produced, Jenn Wexler’s The Ranger, for Glass Eye Pix and Hood River Entertainment, premiered at SXSW and played numerou...

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'Heathers' with 'Jawline' Director Liza Mandelup from 2019-08-29T19:01:27

Liza Mandelup is an award winning film director from New York residing in Los Angeles. Starting her career in photography, she graduated from New York’s School of Visual Arts and embedded herself i...

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'Hereditary' with 'Pet Sematary' Director Mary Lambert from 2019-08-22T18:12:02

Mary Lambert is an Arkansas native and a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. There she became enfolded in the music scene, and her experimental shorts led her to the world of music video...

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'Rebecca' with 'The Wind' Director Emma Tammi from 2019-08-15T18:14:13

This week, the wonderful Katie Walsh returns to chat with director Emma Tammi. Emma is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles, whose most recent documentary films include Election Day and Fair Chair. She...

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'Little Shop of Horrors' with 'The Last Time You Had Fun' Director Mo Perkins from 2019-07-25T16:38:50

Mo Perkins earned an MFA in directing from UCLA’s School of Film and Television. Her master’s thesis film, Piss Hat, was nominated for a student Academy Award. Her writer/directorial debut feature ...

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'Donnie Darko' with 'Braid' Director Mitzi Peirone from 2019-07-18T15:58:27

Mitzi Peirone was born and raised in Turin, Italy. After high school Peirone left Italy to study theater in New York City at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She ended up writing and directin...

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'Drop Dead Gorgeous' with 'Grown-ish' Writers Melanie Kirschbaum & Alexandra Decas from 2019-07-11T17:22:22

Melanie Kirschbaum started her LA career working for Jeff and Jackie Filgo, and then Vali Chandrasekaran on Modern Family, while Alexandra Decas was with Jonathan Groff on Black-ish. The two met wh...

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'Black Christmas' with 'Night of the Comet' & 'Chopping Mall' Star Kelli Maroney from 2019-06-27T17:52:08

Kelli first got her big break in daytime TV, both as the evil adolescent Kimberly in Ryan's Hope and then as vengeful Tina in One Life to Live. Her film debut as the ‘Spirit Bunny’ Cindy Carr in Fa...

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'Night Tide' with 'Gas Food Lodging' Director Allison Anders from 2019-06-20T17:47:51

Allison Anders is an award-winning screenwriter, film and television director who was born in Kentucky and raised in LA. She attended film school at UCLA, where she co-directed the 1987 feature fil...

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'3 Days of the Condor' with the Incomparable Adrienne Barbeau from 2019-06-14T00:48:43

3 Days of the Condor   Adrienne Barbeau was born in Sacramento, California, and caught the showbiz bug while entertaining troops on Army bases in Southeast Asia as part of the San Jose Civic Light...

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'Unfaithful' with 'Being Frank' Director Miranda Bailey from 2019-05-30T18:43:43

Unfaithful   Miranda Bailey is a producer, actor and director. She’s produced over 20 films, among them the Oscar-nominated The Squid and the Whale, the Spirit Award-winning The Diary of a Teenage...

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'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' with 'The Devil Wears Prada' writer and 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Co-Creator/ Showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna from 2019-05-23T17:55:56

Aline began her screenwriting career in 1999 with her first produced feature, the romantic comedy Three to Tango, starring Neve Campbell. That film established Aline as a go-to writer of realistic ...

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'An American Werewolf in London' with 'American Psycho' and 'Charlie Says' Writer Guinevere Turner from 2019-05-16T18:53:31

Guinevere Turner is a writer, director and actor who has been working in film and TV since her 1994 debut feature Go Fish, which she wrote, produced and starred in. The film premiered at Sundance a...

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'The Peanut Butter Solution' with 'Pet Sematary' Actor and 'The Girlfriend Experience' Co-creator Amy Seimetz from 2019-04-25T19:22:26

Amy Seimetz started out writing, directing, and acting in short films and made her feature debut in a pair of films, Black Dragon Canyon and the indie cult hit Wristcutters: A Love Story. She appea...

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'Alien' with 'Little Woods' Director Nia DaCosta from 2019-04-18T18:08:07

To quote the Tribeca Film Festival, director Nia DaCosta is “a name you’re gonna need to get familiar with.” Nia DaCosta was born and raised in New York City and attended NYU’s Tisch. She started h...

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'The Bad Seed' with 'Breakthrough' Director and 'Star Trek: Voyager' Actor Roxann Dawson from 2019-04-11T19:16:56

Roxann got her first job playing Diana Morales in the Broadway production of A Chorus Line. But fans probably know her best for her role as B'Elanna Torres in Star Trek: Voyager. Voyager offered he...

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'Dead Ringers' with The Soska Sisters! PLUS an Interview with Michele Meek from 2019-03-28T21:56:19

Identical twins Sylvia and Jen Soska, known as The Soska Sisters, are an unstoppable force. You may know them best from their films Dead Hooker in a Trunk and American Mary. You may also know them ...

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'Pickup on South Street' with 'Leave No Trace' and 'Winter's Bone' Director Debra Granik from 2019-03-21T20:32:33

Debra was a Boston independent filmmaker before she picked up and left for NYU’s graduate film program. Her first short film there, “Snake Feed,” was accepted into the Sundance Labs, where she deve...

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'What We Do in the Shadows' with 'At Home with Amy Sedaris' Producer Katie Tibaldi from 2019-03-14T18:53:43

Katie Tibaldi is a writer, director and producer born and raised in Michigan. She also has the distinction of being childhood best friends with the host, April Wolfe! Between working on shows such ...

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'Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me' with 'Shirkers' Director Sandi Tan from 2019-02-28T18:22:05

Born in Singapore, Sandi began her career as a film critic at The Straits Times, Singapore’s largest newspaper. She then threw that all away to run off to film school at Columbia University. Sandi ...

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'Labyrinth' with 'Solace' Director Tchaiko Omawale from 2019-02-21T22:38:47

Tchaiko graduated from Columbia University before going on to intern for Spike Lee and Mira Nair. While assisting directors George C. Wolfe and Tom Vaughan she directed several short-form projects,...

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'Head' with 'B.C. Butcher' Director Kansas Bowling from 2019-02-14T19:20:40

Kansas is a born-and-raised-in-Hollywood writer and director. She wrote her first feature when she was only 15, and then went on to direct it for release at 17. The film, titled, B.C. Butcher, is a...

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'The Wiz' with 'How to Get Away with Murder' Director DeMane Davis from 2019-01-31T19:33:09

This week we are graced by the presence of the wonderful writer/director, DeMane Davis (Lift, 'Queen Sugar', 'How to Get Away with Murder'). She's on the program this week to discuss The Wiz. She a...

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'The Bourne Identity' with 'Close' Director Vicky Jewson from 2019-01-24T19:41:37

This week we have the amazing writer/director Vicky Jewson (Lady Godiva, Born of War) on the program. Her new film, Close, stars Noomi Rapace as a counter-terrorism expert and bodyguard tasked to p...

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'The Lure' with 'Abducted in Plain Sight' Director Skye Borgman from 2019-01-17T18:59:16

We are so lucky to have on the program this week, cinematographer and director Skye Borgman. Her most recent documentary, Abducted in Plain Sight, follows the story of a young girl in a tight-knit ...

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'Defending Your Life' with 'Operator' Director Logan Kibens from 2019-01-10T20:12:03

This week we slice and dice with writer/director Logan Kibens. She's on the program to discuss Albert Brooks' Defending Your Life. This is one of Logan's favorite films as well, and she explains th...

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'Point Break' with 'Alaska Is a Drag' Director Shaz Bennett from 2018-12-27T18:35:54

This week we've got writer and director Shaz Bennett on the program to talk about Kathryn Bigelow's classic, Point Break. As Shaz says on the show, this is the movie she most wishes she had directe...

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'Black Panther' with Director, Actor, and Dancer Delila Vallot from 2018-12-20T23:17:45

This week we are so lucky to have on director, actress, and dancer, Delila Vallot. Delila is a prolific worker and has too many credits to list. But some of her films as director include the thrill...

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'Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte' with 'Clara's Ghost' Director Bridey Elliott from 2018-12-13T21:52:19

This episode specializes in creepy haunted houses with potentially crazy women living inside them. And who better to have on the show than director and actor, Bridey Elliott. She's on to discuss he...

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'Funny Games' with 'The Long Dumb Road' Director Hannah Fidell from 2018-11-29T18:57:49

A great new episode coming your way with the director of the new road comedy The Long Dumb Road, Hannah Fidell. Her film follows the sheltered Nat (played by Tony Revolori) as he drives cross count...

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'Jennifer's Body' with 'Cam' Writer/Producer Isa Mazzei from 2018-11-21T19:57:57

In this season of Thanksgiving, we give thanks for our wonderful guest this week. We've got the writer and producer of the new film Cam, Isa Mazzei. We're so excited about having her on the show th...

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'The Mask' with Emily Heller from 2018-11-15T19:34:50

On today's episode, we're talking about the movie for which the masses have been clamoring. That's right, we've got comedian Emily Heller on to talk about The Mask. Emily is a stand-up comedian, bu...

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'All That Jazz' with 'Party Girl' Director Daisy von Scherler Mayer from 2018-10-25T18:06:14

If you listen to this episode you don't have to go to film school. Our guest this week is Daisy von Scherler Mayer. You may know her best for her "debut tour de force" Party Girl. She is a prolific...

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'Black Swan' with 'Jinn' Director Nijla Mu'min from 2018-10-18T18:38:39

This week we are very lucky to have award winning writer and director Nijla Mu'min on the program. In 2014, she was selected for the Sundance Institute Screenwriters Intensive and her debut feature...

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LIVE FROM FANTASTIC FEST: 'The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant' with 'Ladyworld' Director Amanda Kramer from 2018-09-27T17:28:34

You are looking LIVE on Switchblade Sisters at Fantastic Fest. Recorded at The Highball theater at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas. April welcomes one of the filmmakers from the festival, Ama...

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'Freaks' with Jess Weixler from 2018-09-20T20:02:13

This week we are so lucky to have actor, writer, and director Jess Weixler on the program. Most people know her from her breakout role in the 2007 film, Teeth. But she has a new movie out called Ch...

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'Let the Right One In' with 'Nancy' Director Christina Choe from 2018-09-13T18:35:35

This week we've got the fantastic director of the new film Nancy, Christina Choe. She's on the program to talk about the vampire classic, Let the Right One In. This episode is really gripping becau...

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'The Night of the Hunter' with 'Night Comes On' Director Jordana Spiro from 2018-08-30T18:42:19

This week we're so lucky to have the director of the critically acclaimed new movie Night Comes On, Jordana Spiro. She is maybe best known for her acting roles in shows like 'My Boys,' 'The Mob Doc...

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'Unbreakable' with 'Like Father' Director Lauren Miller Rogen from 2018-08-23T17:48:26

This week, we could not be more excited to have the director of the new film Like Father, Lauren Miller Rogen! Like Father stars Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer as an estranged daughter/father who ...

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'Young Frankenstein' with 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post' Director Desiree Akhavan from 2018-08-16T18:34:54

This week we are elated to have the director of the new film The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Desiree Akhavan. The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a young gay teenager in the early '90's forced t...

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'Wild Tales' with 'Buster's Mal Heart' director Sarah Adina Smith from 2018-07-26T18:53:53

This week we're joined by friend of the podcast, writer and director Sarah Adina Smith. You may know her from her feature film Buster's Mal Heart starring Rami Malek. But she's also directed episod...

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The Matrix with Vera Miao from 2018-07-19T18:03:36

This week we're joined by writer and director Vera Miao. You may know her best from her acting roles on 'Eastsiders', 'NCIS', and 'State of Affairs'. But since then she's switched her focus to writ...

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Birth with Kate Berlant from 2018-07-12T18:42:32

We are joined by the wonderful comedian, writer, and actor Kate Berlant. She's on the show to talk about the underappreciated Jonathan Glazer film, Birth. April and Kate dive right into this truly ...

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Children of Men with The Last Man on Earth's Cleopatra Coleman from 2018-06-28T18:55:12

This week we've got the multi-talented actor, writer, producer Cleopatra Coleman. You may know her best from her role as Erica on the beloved 'The Last Man on Earth' with Will Forte. But she's on t...

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Rear Window with 'The Killing' and 'Seven Seconds' Creator Veena Sud from 2018-06-21T18:08:04

We are so lucky this week to have TV creator, writer, and director Veena Sud on the program. She's most well known for creating the TV show, The Killing. But she's got a new show out now called Sev...

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Death Becomes Her with Angela Trimbur, Lauren Parks and Jenée LaMarque of 'The Feels' from 2018-06-14T22:38:01

We've got a packed house today with Angela Trimbur, Lauren Parks, and Jenée LaMarque of the new film The Feels. The three women all act in the film with Jenée directing and co-writing with Lauren. ...

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28 Days Later with 'Bob's Burgers' Writers/Producers Lizzie & Wendy Molyneux from 2018-05-31T22:06:26

We've got a great episode this week with our first pair of sisters - Lizzie and Wendy Molyneux. The 'Bob's Burgers' writers/producers are on to discuss the Danny Boyle film, 28 Days Later. They ela...

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The Craft with 'UnREAL' Creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro from 2018-05-24T18:55:11

This week's episode was recorded LIVE at Resident in downtown LA, as a part of The Voyager Institute's lecture series. So you may hear some noises in the background that you're not normally accusto...

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Being John Malkovich with 'The Magicians' creator Sera Gamble from 2018-05-17T18:51:45

This week we've got the amazing creator of Syfy's 'The Magicians' - Sera Gamble. She's on to talk about the film that introduced the world to the mind of Charlie Kaufman - Being John Malkovich. Ser...

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'The Fly' with 'Divergent' & 'Hell or High Water' Producer Rachel Shane from 2018-05-10T18:31:56

This week we are joined by producer Rachel Shane. She's produced such films as Divergent, Lawless, Hell or High Water and the National Geographic show Genius. She's on the program to talk all about...

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The Witches of Eastwick with Ramaa Mosley from 2018-04-26T21:06:51

This week director Ramaa Mosley (The Brass Teapot, Tatterdemalion) stops by to discuss George Miller's The Witches of Eastwick. If you're looking for an in depth discussion on making independent fe...

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The Big Sleep with Martha Coolidge from 2018-04-19T20:51:15

In a spectacular new episode, director Martha Coolidge (Real Genius, Valley Girl, Rambling Rose) joins April to discuss Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep. The two of them dissect the film: the amazing sc...

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The Heat with Tamra Davis from 2018-04-12T22:43:07

This week director Tamra Davis (Billy Madison, Half Baked, CB4) sits down with April to discuss Paul Feig's The Heat. Tamra takes April through what it's like directing comedies, how she worked wit...

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The Silence of the Lambs with Liz Hannah from 2018-03-29T21:52:56

This week we have on the phenomenal writer of this year's The Post, Liz Hannah, to talk about Jonathan Demme's classic The Silence of the Lambs. Liz delves into her process and how she became a fir...

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Monsters with Meera Menon from 2018-03-22T19:22:14

This week we've got the wonderful director Meera Menon (Farah Goes Bang, Equity, GLOW, Halt and Catch Fire) to discuss Gareth Edwards' Monsters. Meera touches upon how well the film works despite t...

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Code 46 with Lynn Shelton from 2018-03-15T18:18:02

This week we've got the amazing director Lynn Shelton (Humpday, Your Sister's Sister, Laggies) talking about the mostly ignored Michael Winterbottom film, Code 46. Lynn describes the film as the "o...

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Night of the Comet with Amber Benson from 2018-02-22T23:33:08

This week April is joined by the phenomenal writer, director, and actor Amber Benson (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) to talk about the cult classic Night of the Comet. The two discuss the wonderful Kell...

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The Shining with Lin Shaye from 2018-02-15T22:58:29

This week we have the star of Insidious: The Last Key, the wonderful and vibrant Lin Shaye. She speaks with April about the seminal horror film, The Shining. Lin discusses how it was actually Jack ...

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Set It Off with Tina Mabry from 2018-01-25T21:57:22

Much like Queen Latifah's character, Cleo, April is also about to SET IT OFF...with this interview! Director Tina Mabry (Mississippi Damned, Insecure, Dear White People, Queen Sugar) is on this wee...

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Star Trek Generations with Marianna Palka from 2018-01-18T22:31:21

Resistance to this episode is futile. This week, April talks to writer, director, and actress Marianna Palka (Good Dick, Bitch, GLOW) about the undersung Star Trek film Star Trek Generations. Maria...

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The Legacy with Lotti Pharriss Knowles from 2018-01-11T21:56:53

On this week's episode, April talks to producer, writer, and actress Lotti Pharriss Knowles about the 1978 supernatural horror, The Legacy. They discuss the hot chemistry of the leads Katharine Ros...

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Sudden Fear with Anna Biller from 2017-12-28T21:26:05

On this week's episode April sits down with The Love Witch director, Anna Biller, to discuss the 1952 noir thriller, Sudden Fear. Anna confesses her love for old movies and in particular the work o...

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Rosemary's Baby with Jessie Nickson-Lopez from 2017-12-21T19:57:11

On this week's episode April talks to Stranger Things and Narcos writer Jessie Nickson-Lopez about the controversial film, Rosemary's Baby. The two dive right into the complicated relationship both...

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Body Double with Sophia Takal from 2017-12-14T19:03:39

Things get steamy as April talks to actress and director Sophia Takal about the somewhat problematic Brian De Palma erotic thriller, Body Double. The two discuss how the film influenced Sophia's ow...

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Pan's Labyrinth with Issa López from 2017-11-30T22:03:49

This week is a fantastical episode of Switchblade Sisters where April sits down with director Issa Lopez to discuss the influential Guillermo Del Toro film, Pan's Labyrinth. Issa opens up about her...

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The Invitation with Heather Matarazzo from 2017-11-23T20:48:03

This week, April sits down with actress, producer, and director Heather Matarazzo (Welcome to the Dollhouse, Saved, The Princess Diaries). They talk about a movie directed by last week's guest Kary...

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Near Dark with Karyn Kusama from 2017-11-16T22:18:04

This week, April sits down with director Karyn Kusama (Girl Fight, Jennifer's Body, The Invitation) to discuss the Kathryn Bigelow vampire classic, Near Dark. The two marvel at Bigelow's mastery in...

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