Writers on Film

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

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Women Vs Hollywood: an Interview with Helen O'Hara

Empire writer and author Helen O'Hara talks about her career as a writer, Hollywood and its treatment of women both in front of and behind the camera, and as audience members. We discuss the Me Too movement and Enough is Enough and Helen recommends Bob McCabe's Dreams and Nightmares: Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Grimm, & Other Cautionary Tales of Hollywood and The Writer's Tale by Benjamin Cook and Russell Davies. You can find her book Women v Hollywood here . Get bonus content on Patreon Hos...

Jun 18, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas: an Interview with Glenn Kenny

Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas hit cinemas thirty years ago like a shot to the back of the head. Starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and an amazing Ray Liotta, the film climbed the crime ladder of hits wrong by wrong, now standing toe to toe with The Godfather and The Sopranos . New York journalist and film critic Glenn Kenny has written the definitive book on the film – Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas – an essential read for all you mooks out there. John Bleasdale talked to him about the film, h...

Jun 11, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Wild and Crazy Guys: an Interview with Nick de Semlyen

There’s no getting around it. The comedies the 1980s were some of the best films Hollywood produced in that weird decade. The likes of John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, John Candy, Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy morphed from SCTV and SNL and spread throughout the filmic world with blockbusting comedies. It’s a wild and fascinating story, told by Nick de Semlyen in his book: Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the ’80s Changed Hollywood Forever . John Bleasdale talk...

Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 2

The Nolan Twisters: an Interview with Tom Shone

I talk to Tom Shone, whose books include Blockbuster: How the Jaws and Jedi Generation Turned Hollywood into a Boom-town, Martin Scorsese: A Retrospective, and most recently The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan. Tom was the film critic for the Sunday Times from 1994-9. He has written for many different publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue and The Guardian. We discuss his work and he also recommends his own favourite film book. ...

May 11, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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