Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks THE BANISHING with director CHRIS SMITH At Frightfest 2020, Britflicks concluded: "THE BANISHING is a classy, period horror that oozes confidence in the directorial choices of genre master Chris Smith. This kind of creepy story, emanating from past dirty-deeds, generations ago, coupled with such a strong cast of oddball characters is what British horror does best." THE BANISHING HITS UK CINEMAS & DIGITAL PLATFORMS 26TH MARCH 2021 Written by Dean Lines & R...
Mar 21, 2021•42 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with writer / director Vanessa Perdriau about 5 Great Period Dramas and her Black 47 period short film THE WIDOW'S LAST. Watch Vanessa's award winning film for free via the Omeleto Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W2A--2OeVE&t=11s In Period date order: The Revenant (1823) (2015) BONUS 5 mins on The Widow's Last (1847) (2019) The Professor and the Madman (1879) (2019) 1917 (1917) (2019) Hidden Figures (1970) A Beautiful day in the Neighborhood ...
Mar 15, 2021•54 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks 5 Great Downer Endings with HORROR MOVIES AND BEYOND's Ivotres Little Invaders from Mars (1986) TOBE HOOPER Cloverfield (2008) MATT REEVES Knowing (2009) ALEX PROYAS Skyline (2010) COLIN & GREG… The Brothers Strause Dark Skies (2013) SCOTT STEWART Find Ivotres Little on social media and the internet here: https://www.instagram.com/horror_movies_and_beyond/ https://twitter.com/HMoviesBeyond Facebook: www.facebook.com/hmoviesandbeyond YouTube: https://www.youtu...
Mar 05, 2021•53 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to J Blakeson (Disappearance Of Alice Creed) about writing and directing the morally ambiguous, visceral, tar black comedy I CARE A LOT, how you cast someone as high profile as Rosamund Pike to play such a nasty piece of work as Marla Grayson and much more. I CARE A LOT is available to watch in the UK now on PRIME VIDEO It also stars: Peter Dinklage. Eliza Gonzalez, Dianne West, Chris Messina, Isiah Whitlock Jr and Macon Blair Credits Intro/Outro music is Rocking...
Feb 28, 2021•39 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright speaks with writer/director Will Jewell about his film CONCRETE PLANS Out now digitally in the UK to rent/buy from Amazon, Sky et al https://www.concreteplans.co.uk/watch CONCRETE PLANS is out in USA from 5th March, 2021 Credits Intro/Outro music is Rocking The Stew by Tokyo Dragons (www.instagram.com/slomaxster/) Podcast from www.britflicks.com You can support the @Britflicks podcast by pledging money via www.patreon.com/stuartwright and/or subscribing to it via iTune...
Feb 22, 2021•33 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright listens to story consultant & blogger Gareth Dimelow talk about 5 QUEER THEMES IN MODERN HORROR You'll find Gareth on twitter at @gdimelow A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET PART 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE (1985, dir. Jack Holder) NIGHTBREED (1990, dir. Clive Barker) INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (1994, dir. Neil Jordan) HAUTE TENSION (2003, dir. Alexandre Aja) MIDNIGHT KISS (2018, dir. Carter Smith) Other key texts referenced: THE CELLULOID CLOSET a book by Vito Russo, made into doc...
Feb 11, 2021•53 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright has invited David Pope (Advance Films, co-founder of Stowe Story Labs & moderator for Rotterdam Labs) onto this weeks episode of the podcast to offer some advice and insight so you might get the best out of the script development process. 5 Aspects of the Development Process For Screenwriters & Producers’ 1) Best practice for development meetings 2) Most common things he comes across working on scripts 3) Benefits of talking through script notes vs giving writt...
Jan 29, 2021•40 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to director Justin G Dyck about making the horror film ANYTHING FOR JACKSON ANYTHING FOR JACKSON is out now via Shudder You can buy me a cup of coffee & support this independent podcast that I host and produce at https://app.redcircle.com/shows/ae030598-6b83-4001-8a29-5e5dd592ed26/sponsort Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts if you enjoyed this. It really helps the Britflicks Podcast grow and others to discover it. Credit...
Jan 21, 2021•49 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with writer/director Ross Boyask about his new film I AM VENGEANCE: RETALIATION and a celebration of 5 GREAT ACTION MOVIES. PROJECT A (1983) Dir. Jackie Chan & Sammo Kam-Bo Hung; written by Jackie Chan & Edward Tang; Jack Maeby (English adaptation) REVENGE OF THE NINJA (1983) Dir. Sam Fisterberg; written by James R Silke COMMANDO (1985) Dir. Mark L Lester; written by Steven de Souza ROADHOUSE (1989) Dir. Rowdy Herrington; written by R Lance Hill and Hilar...
Jan 15, 2021•42 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright gets an education in Indian genre cinema by Screenanarchy's brilliantly informed JOSH HURTADO. This podcast was set up under the banner 5 Great Indian Genre Movies, but I feel for many of us, this is an 'An Introduction to Indian Genre Cinema via 5 Great Movies selected by Josh Hurtado. Not only is there's Bollywood, there's a whole a regional movie making system that traverses a plethora of languages. Hollywood (Kannada, 2003) Muni 2: Kanchana (Tamil, 2011) Eega (Telu...
Jan 08, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with film critic & podcasters Leslie Byron Pitt about 5 Great LO FI HIGH CONCEPT SCI FI MOVIES CUBE (1997) CYPHER (2001) PRIMER (2004) FERMAT'S ROOM (2007) COHERENCE (2013) Find Leslie on twitter & instagram on @afrofilmviewer His blog http://afrofilmviewer.com Fatal Attractions Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fatal-attractions/id1229261184?mt=2 Hustlers Of Culture Podcast https://soundcloud.com/4dapublishing/sets Credits Intro/Outro music i...
Jan 01, 2021•59 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright speaks to prolific UK horror filmmaker JASON IMPEY about his documentary VIPCO: THE UNTOLD STORY & 5 Great VIPCO Releases VIPCO was the British distributor, who brought a wide and wild range of genre/horror films - video nasties as the tabloids tagged them - during the 1980s and 1990s. Founded and run by Michael Lee. Jason Impey's documentary brings Micheal, Mike to his friends, to fore to tell the story from his point of view with help from a plethora of cult film...
Dec 19, 2020•58 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with COUNTY LINES writer/director Henry Blake about his debut feature film and the creative processes that got him there. COUNTY LINES is available to watch on BFI Player in the UK. It stars Conrad Khan, Ashley Madekwe, Harris Dickinson and Marcus Rutherford. You can buy me a cup of coffee & support this independent podcast that I host and produce at https://app.redcircle.com/shows/ae030598-6b83-4001-8a29-5e5dd592ed26/sponsort Please consider leaving a five-s...
Dec 11, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright interviews writer/director Gerard Johnson about his latest feature film, the neo - 'Newcastle' - noir thriller MUSCLE. From Friday 4 December, 2020 in selected UK cinemas and available across most on demand platforms including BFI Player and Curzon Player. MUSCLE stars: Craig Fairbrass, Cavan Clerkin, Peter Ferdinando, Polly Maberly, Sinead Matthews and Mark Stobbart. Credits Intro/Outro music is Rocking The Stew by Tokyo Dragons (www.instagram.com/slomaxster/) Podcast...
Dec 06, 2020•57 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright welcomes WE ARE THE GEORDIES Producer Zee Zomorrodian to talk Newcastle United and 5 Great Sporting Documentaries. WE ARE THE GEORDIES is out Friday 11 December 2020 on DVD and for sale on all good Digital Platforms (Amazon, Apple, Google Play et al) Pre-order your DVD here https://www.wearethegeordies.com/store/p3/DVD_Pre_Order.html 5 Great Sporting Documentaries HOOP DREAMS (1994) WHEN WE WERE KINGS (1996) NEXT GOAL WINS (2014) FOREVER PURE (2016) LAST CHANCE U (2016...
Nov 27, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to film composer Sacha Puttnam about his new music project: Out Now! SPIRIT OF CINEMA: SACHA PUTTNAM with THE CLASSIC FILM ORCHESTRA Out now digitally from all major music platforms: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/3G414TK9gNKG0AhvrZFPj4?si=AB2vrbobRwi1uTM-e5TIwQ Apple iTunes https://music.apple.com/gb/album/spirit-of-cinema-feat-the-classic-film-orchestra/1538125223?uo=2&at=10l9W2&ct=item Amazon Music https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spirit-Cinema-Puttnam...
Nov 21, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with Martyn Casserly about 5 Great Films Shot In England, But Not Always Depicting England Martyn is a freelance writer for @techadvisoruk, @macworlduk and others. Also hosts the comedy/retro-film podcast I SAW IT YEARS AGO … A comedy podcast where two friends see if old films are as good as they remember. Out every weekend. Carry On Screaming (1966) Bugsy Malone (1976) The Shining (1980) Skyfall (2012) Ex Machina (2014) For his comedy podcast see http://www.isaw...
Nov 15, 2020•42 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to Alistair Owen, author of THE ART OF SCREEN ADAPTATION: Top Writers Reveal Their Craft, about 5 GREAT SCREEN ADAPTATIONS. THE ART OF SCREEN ADAPTATION is out now from Creative Essentials http://kamerabooks.co.uk/index1.php?imprint=4&isbn=9780857302274 We dip into 5 case studies from the book: DRIVE - Hossein Amini - how to write a great opening ATONEMENT - Christopher Hampton - fidelity to the novel PRIDE & PREJUDICE - Deborah Moggach - importance of po...
Nov 07, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with actor Johnny Vivash about 5 Great Irish Horror Films. GRABBERS (2012) A DARK SONG (2016) THE LODGERS (2017) THE DEVIL'S DOORWAY (2018) A HOLE IN THE GROUND (2019) Trailer for DEATHCEMBER release https://youtu.be/3VAI3BFJwww Trailer for LIE LOW https://youtu.be/d-nQjr8_EIU 2020 short BLACK MASS dir Scott Lyus https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10264142/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_8 Trailer for CHARISMATA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCo8Nhik2VI Credits Intro/Outro music i...
Oct 30, 2020•52 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright speaks with Harry Michell about writing and directing his new feature film - SAY YOUR PRAYERS. SAY YOUR PRAYERS is out now on all good digital platforms. Stars: Harry Melling, Tom Brooke, Vinette Robinson, Derek Jacobi, Anna Maxwell Martin and Roger Allam. Credits Intro/Outro music is Rocking The Stew by Tokyo Dragons (www.instagram.com/slomaxster/) Podcast from www.britflicks.com You can support the @Britflicks podcast by pledging money via www.patreon.com/stuartwrigh...
Oct 16, 2020•40 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to actor, writer and producer Caroline Goodall about adapting one her favourite stories for screen. BAY OF SILENCE is out now on DVD and Digital HD Directed by Academy AwardTM nominee Paula van der Oest (Accused) and written by and also starring British actor Caroline Goodall (Schindler's List). THE BAY OF SILENCE is based on the novel of the same name by Lisa St Aubin de Terán. Stars: Claes Bang (Dracula), Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace), Alice Krige (Star Tr...
Oct 09, 2020•47 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with Paul Hyett about 5 Great Sci-Fi Films and his new film PERIPHERAL (Out now) BLADE RUNNER (1982) THE THING (1982) THE FLY (1986) EVENT HORIZON (1997) EQUILIBRIUM (2003) Credits Intro/Outro music is Rocking The Stew by Tokyo Dragons (www.instagram.com/slomaxster/) Podcast from www.britflicks.com You can support the @Britflicks podcast by pledging money via www.patreon.com/stuartwright and/or subscribing to it via iTunes Support this podcast at — https://redcir...
Oct 03, 2020•47 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with writer/director Ross Boyask about how to make a sequel - focussing on his new film, I AM VENGEANCE: RETALIATION, the sequel to the 2018 action/thriller I AM VENGEANCE. Both star former wrestling star Stu Bennett and the latest instalment of loyal soldiers turned mercenaries gone bad features ex-footballer Vinnie Jones as the villain of the peace. You can now buy and rent I AM VENGEANCE: RETALIATION & I AM VENGEANCE (2018) on all major digital platforms C...
Sep 21, 2020•30 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with filmmaker Ben Cole about 5 Great Skills Of A Good Collaborator In Film. 1. Accountability 2. Trust 3. Integrity 4. Assumptions 5. Listening For more on the A BAND OF BROTHERS documentary see http://bencolecinematographysite.com/?page_id=1553 For about the organisation A BAND OF BROTHERS see https://abandofbrothers.org.uk Credits Intro/Outro music is Rocking The Stew by Tokyo Dragons (www.instagram.com/slomaxster/) Podcast from www.britflicks.com You can supp...
Sep 14, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to Dan Martin (13 Finger FX & co-host of Arrow Video Podcast) about 5 Great SFX Moments in Film. Pre-watch the SFX moments or watch and listen with me and Dan: L'INFERNO (1911) - Satan eats a man: https://youtu.be/MU4q-ZGo_kw BLOOD FEAST (1963) - Woman has her tongue torn out: https://youtu.be/Dk71_EvljaE?t=23m15s ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS (1979) - Infamous eye scene: https://youtu.be/9wMOYNFlaCY ALIEN (1979) - World famous chest burster: https://youtu.be/nPQ7om598...
Sep 03, 2020•56 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to award winning cinematographer Larry Smith about his feature film directorial debut TRAFFICKER and lessons learned working with Stanley Kubrick. TRAFFICKER IS OUT NOW ON AMAZON PRIME Credits Intro/Outro music is Rocking The Stew by Tokyo Dragons (www.instagram.com/slomaxster/) Podcast from www.britflicks.com You can support the @Britflicks podcast by pledging money via www.patreon.com/stuartwright and/or subscribing to it via iTunes Support this podcast at — ht...
Aug 18, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with Lucky Mckee about writing and directing THE WOMAN, collaborating with novelist Jack Ketchum (RIP) and the power of collaboration to making a movie. Brand new 4K restorations of THE WOMAN and OFFSPRING, supervised and approved by Lucky McKee and Andrew van den Houten is out now on Blu ray, limited edition two disc package loaded with extras is out now from Arrow Films. https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/the-woman-offspring-limited-edition-blu-ray/FCD2007 T...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 20 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with writer/director Miguel Llanso about his new his ACTION / COMEDY / SCI-FI film JESUS SHOWS YOU THE WAY TO THE HIGHWAY. JESUS SHOWS YOU THE WAY TO THE HIGHWAY is now available to stream on the Arrow Video Channel in the UK & US! Available on Blu Ray via Arrow Video from 14 Sept 2020 https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/jesus-shows-you-the-way-to-the-highway-blu-ray/FCD2009 Get your printable masks here https://arrowfilms.com/news/jesus-shows-you-the-way-t...
Jul 25, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with writer/director David Freyne about his new movie DATING AMBER. DATING AMBER is out now on Amazon Prime The film stars: Finn O'Shea, Lola Petticrew, Sharon Horgan, Barry Ward David Freyne's first feature, the horror film, THE CURED, is available to watch in the UK on Netflix. Credits Intro/Outro music is Rocking The Stew by Tokyo Dragons (www.instagram.com/slomaxster/) Podcast from www.britflicks.com You can support the @Britflicks podcast by pledging money v...
Jul 15, 2020•53 min
Screenwriter Stuart Wright talks 5 Great Michael Reeves Moments with writer and academic Ben Halligan. Intrusion (1961) Castle of the Living Dead (1964) Revenge of the Blood Beast (1966) The Sorcerers (1967) Witchfinder General (1968) Ben wrote the book Michael Reeves one of the British Film-Makers series (2003) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Michael-British-Film-Makers-Benjamin-Halligan/dp/0719063515 THE MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION OF MICHAEL REEVES (directed by Dima Ballin) is not released in the UK at ti...
Jul 08, 2020•1 hr 9 min
