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Supporting Characters

by Bill Ackerman

Host Bill Ackerman talks to writers, bloggers, podcasters, fanzine publishers, programmers, preservationists and more about their creative endeavors and today’s film culture.

Episodes

Episode 59: Andrew J. Rausch

2h 1m · Published 12 Oct 05:00

Bill speaks to novelist, screenwriter and film historian Andrew J. Rausch about his various endeavors, from early experiences in journalism, hip-hop and microbudget horror movies to a writing career that has yielded over 40 books to date. Topics include Quentin Tarantino and MY BEST FRIEND’S BIRTHDAY, Rod Lurie, interview techniques, Jack Hill, identifying homophobic aspects in the work of Edward D. Wood Jr., freestyling with The Roots, writing crime fiction and the challenges of adapting CARNIVAL OF SOULS into a novel.

Visit Andrew J. Rausch’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Andrew-J-Rausch/e/B001JS5VZQ?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_29&qid=1602456356

Read Andrew J. Rausch at Diabolique Magazine:
https://diaboliquemagazine.com/author/andrewjrausch/

Read Andrew J. Rausch’s Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_J._Rausch

Visit Andrew J. Rausch’s official site:

https://authorandyrausch.wordpress.com

Buy Shock Cinema Magazine:
https://www.shockcinemamagazine.com

Hear Andrew J. Rausch on Just Some Podcast:
https://heliumradio.com/podcast/just-some-podcast-episode-10/

Hear Andrew J. Rausch discuss THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND on The Projection Booth: http://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2015/05/episode-217-other-side-of-wind.html

Episode 58: Mink Stole

1h 20m · Published 28 Sep 05:00

Bill speaks actress and singer Mink Stole about her life and career. Topics include the rehearsal process on John Waters movies, Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable show, taking friends from The Cockettes to see PINK FLAMINGOS (and their reactions), her “Think Mink” advice column, LOST HIGHWAY, Peaches Christ, learning new skills in public, Prescott Townsend, Peggy Gravel’s opening rant in DESPERATE LIVING, the pleasures of voting in person, THE BROWNIE STORY, Dreamland fashions and what color shoes she wore the day after Labor Day.

Watch Mink Stole as Peggy Gravel in the opening to DESPERATE LIVING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc3QsZHu5SI

Follow the Mink Stole fan page for all the latest news and event details:
https://www.facebook.com/minkstolefans

Listen to Do Re MiNK by Mink Stole And Her Wonderful Band:
https://theminkstole.bandcamp.com/album/do-re-mink-2

Buy MULTIPLE MANIACS, FEMALE TROUBLE and POLYSTER from The Criterion Collection:
https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse?director=waters-john

Read Gerald Peary’s interviews with Mink Stole, John Waters, and other Dreamlanders discussing their Provincetown experiences in the 1960s:

http://www.geraldpeary.com/interviews/wxyz/waters-p-town.html

Read Chloé Griffin’s Edgewise: A Picture of Cookie Mueller:
https://www.amazon.com/Edgewise-Picture-Mueller-Chloé-Griffin/dp/3942214202

Read the Wikipedia on Dreamlanders:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamlanders

Episode 57: Gary Tooze

2h 20m · Published 21 Sep 12:00

Bill speaks to Gary Tooze about his home video review site, DVDBeaver, now in its 18th year. They discuss his experiences with film, from encountering Charlie Chaplin on television and renting 35mm Basil Rathbone movies with his father to creating the Listserv discussion group that evolved into his website. Topics discussed include audio commentaries, the 4K UHD format, David Cronenberg, nostalgia, Jonathan Rosenbaum, content warnings, Jesús Franco, Tim Lucas, contemporary pop culture in James Bond movies, online negativity, DETOUR and the pleasures of simple storytelling.

Visit DVDBeaver:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com

Read the DVDBeaver Top 100 desert island discs list:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/top100.htm

Visit the DVDBeaver Patreon page:

https://www.patreon.com/dvdbeaver

Read the DVDBeaver analysis of Universal's 4K Ultra HD edition of VERTIGO:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film9/blu-ray_review_127/vertigo_4K_UHD.htm

Episode 56: Jonathan Hertzberg

2h 56m · Published 07 Sep 13:00

Bill talks to Kino Lorber’s Director of Repertory Sales and Acquisitions, Jonathan Hertzberg, about his many film cultural endeavors, from creating the Obscure One Sheet Blog and programming for the Chicago International Film Festival to developing his DIRTY OLD NEW YORK video essays and launching the new Fun City Editions home video label. Topics include THE WANDERERS, virtual cinemas, Michael Ferrari, Montclair in the 90s, THE SWIMMER, Milestone Films, the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee and how discovering Danny Peary’s CULT MOVIES books during adolescence can both expand one’s taste and lead to a bad back.

Visit the Fun City Editions website:
https://funcityeditions.com

Follow Fun City Editions on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/FunCityEdition

Follow Fun City Editions on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/funcityeditions/

Visit the Kino Lorber Repertory site:
https://kinorep.com/

Visit Obscure One-Sheet:
http://knifeinthehead.blogspot.com

Visit Jonathan Hertzberg’s Vimeo page:
https://vimeo.com/user4815515

Watch DIRTY OLD NEW YORK SUBWAY:
https://vimeo.com/65108638

Buy the Fun City Editions ALPHABET CITY Blu-Ray:
https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage/products/alphabet-city-fun-city-editions

Hear Jonathan Hertzberg on Just The Discs:

http://justthediscs.libsyn.com

Hear Jonathan Hertzberg on Crackpot Cinema:
Ep 22 - Alphabet City with special guest Jonathan Hertzberg by Crackpot Cinema Podcast

Episode 55: Abraham Castillo Flores

2h 54m · Published 24 Aug 15:56

Bill speaks to lecturer, editor and film programmer Abraham Castillo Flores about his path in film, from directing short films and cutting promos for the Independent Film Channel to programming for Mexico’s Mórbido Film Fest and hosting The Morbido Crypt's Guide to Mexican Fantasy and Horror Cinema events. Topics include: Luz María Rojas, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Luchador films, Liliana V. Blum, the documentaries of Paulina del Paso, contextualizing extreme films at festivals, Lucio A. Rojas’ TRAUMA, the programming work of Evrim Ersoy and Nicole McControversy, employing terror to promote safe sex, Lex Ortega, DIAMOND FLASH, the magic of editing and sharing a quiet smoke with David Lynch.

Follow Abraham Castillo Flores on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/aullidosp

Follow Abraham Castillo Flores on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/aullidos_panteoneros/

Visit Abraham Castillo Flores’ Vimeo page:

https://vimeo.com/aullidospanteoneros

Watch THE TESTAMENT OF THE MEXICAN MUMMY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN-cXH-ZFmk

Read a list of films from Abraham Castillo Flores's lecture at Fantastic Fest 2019:

https://letterboxd.com/noahphex/list/the-morbido-crypts-guide-to-mexican-fantasy/

Visit the official Mórbido Film Fest site:

https://www.morbidofest.com

Episode 54: Nellie Killian

1h 53m · Published 10 Aug 12:00

Bill speaks to film programmer Nellie Killian about her pursuits in film, from attending Orson Welles and Fritz Lang retrospectives as a child to co-founding the Migrating Forms Film Festival and teaching film courses at the Pratt Institute. They discuss her career in programming, from her work with venues like Brooklyn Academy Of Music to such recent efforts as the acclaimed TELL ME: WOMEN FILMMAKERS, WOMEN’S STORIES, now streaming on The Criterion Channel. Topics include: The Cinema Worker Solidarity Fund, experimental films, the New York Underground Film Festival, producing live subtitles for 35mm Andrzej Zulawski movie screenings, virtual cinema rentals, the publicity work of Michael Lieberman and Ryan Werner, the impact of COVID-19 on New York film culture and moderating Q&As while injured.

Watch on TELL ME: WOMEN FILMMAKERS, WOMEN’S STORIES on The Criterion Channel:

https://www.criterionchannel.com/tell-me-women-filmmakers-women-s-stories

View Nellie Killian's official site:

https://nelliekillian.com

Visit the Screen Slate Twitch page:

https://www.twitch.tv/screenslate

Watch the Movie Club Q&A with Nellie Killian and Miriam Bale:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPFh9CgeErI

Read Eric Allen Hatch's interview with Nellie Killian:

http://endcrawl.com/blog/shared-histories-popular-obscure/

Read the Artforum article on the Cinema Worker Solidarity Fund:

https://www.artforum.com/print/202005/thomas-beard-ed-halter-nellie-killian-and-sierra-pettengill-on-the-cinema-worker-solidarity-fund-82816

Episode 53: Ashlee Blackwell

1h 43m · Published 27 Jul 05:00

Bill speaks to writer, producer/screenwriter and professor Ashlee Blackwell about her various endeavors, from organizing events like Philly Loves Women In Horror and developing the Graveyard Shift Sisters website to teaching film at St. Joseph’s University and co-writing, co-producing and appearing in the documentary HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR. Topics include: James Bond III, the value in narrowing one’s focus, R. Shanea Williams, THE EXORCIST, Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman, unwinding to stand-up comedy and having one’s feminist sensibilities awakened by A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER.

Follow Ashlee Blackwell on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/AshleeTakesNote

Read Graveyard Shift Sisters:

https://www.graveyardshiftsisters.com

Watch HORROR NOIRE: A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR: https://www.shudder.com/movies/watch/horror-noire-a-history-of-black-horror/4548652

Listen to Ashlee Blackwell and Diandra Lazor interview actress Toy Newkirk on Elm Street Radio:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeWEUoYmqek

Read "Why We Exist: A Call For Community":

https://www.graveyardshiftsisters.com/2013/10/why-we-exist-call-for-community.html

Watch the films of R. Shanea Williams:

https://vimeo.com/user3681349

Episode 52: E. Purchell

1h 52m · Published 13 Jul 05:00

Bill speaks to film historian, preservationist and filmmaker E. Purchell about their various endeavors, from programming and creating pre-screening short films for the Florida Avalon microcinema to the development of ASK ANY BUDDY, their Artforum 'Best of 2018' Instagram feed and acclaimed collage film companion. Topics include: Gregg Araki, Man Parrish, the Don’t Look In The Closet podcast, the film programming of Jazmyne Moreno, Everything Is Terrible!, Dark Entries Records, Instagram and Vimeo restrictions, Tom DeSimone and the contradictory qualities of adult films.

Follow the ASK ANY BUDDY Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/askanybuddy/

Visit the official ASK ANY BUDDY film website:

https://www.ask-any-buddy.com

Follow Evan Purchell on Letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/schlockvalue/

Follow Evan Purchell on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/schlockvalue

Read Evan Purchell’s lists for Rupert Pupkin Speaks:

http://www.rupertpupkinspeaks.com/2017/09/underrated-77-evan-purchell.html

http://www.rupertpupkinspeaks.com/2019/01/film-discoveries-of-2018-evan-purchell.html

http://www.rupertpupkinspeaks.com/2020/02/film-discoveries-of-2019-evan-purchell.html

Read A Most Unusual Film List: 50 Years of Radical Queer Cinema:

https://talkfilmsociety.com/articles/a-most-unusual-film-list-50-years-of-radical-queer-cinema

Read Heather Drain’s interview with Evan Purchell:

https://diaboliquemagazine.com/nights-in-black-leather-an-interview-with-ask-any-buddy-creator-evan-purchell/

Watch BFI Flare Programmer Brain Robinson speaks with Evan Purchell about ASK ANY BUDDY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lsNxUgeCQQ

Listen to the ASK ANY BUDDY Spotify Playlist:

Episode 51: Emma Westwood

3h 23m · Published 03 Jun 05:00

Bill speaks to author, broadcaster and film historian Emma Westwood about her many creative endeavors, from co-founding film societies and writing freelance criticism to hosting Triple R’s Plato’s Cave and developing her recent monograph on David Cronenberg’s THE FLY. Topics include: Fatal Visions, Lee Gambin, the differing approaches of American and Australian film schools in the early 1990s, ALIEN, John Frankenheimer, Bert Deling's DALMAS, writing about standup comedy, HOUSEBOAT HORROR, the research process for audio commentary tracks, Raymond Stross, why children relate to monsters and why “write what you know” is bad advice.

Visit Emma Westwood’s website:

https://emmawestwood.wordpress.com/

Buy and read THE FLY:

https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-fly/9781911325420

Hear Emma Westwood on Plato’s Cave:

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/rrr-fm-platos-cave/id433074505

Hear Emma Westwood discussing Roman Polanski on Hell Is For Hyphenates:

http://www.hellisforhyphenates.com/blog/2017/11/30/november-2017/

Read A Fiend On Film’s interview with Emma Westwood:

https://themagnificentworldofdavek.wordpress.com/2019/02/08/a-fiend-on-films-interview-with-emma-westwood-author-of-the-fly-2018/

Read “The Act of Seeing: Cinema, Ethics and Responsibility”:

https://issuu.com/atompublications/docs/2_westwood_screen_ethics

Read “To Watch Or Not To Watch, That Is The Question”:

https://diaboliquemagazine.com/to-watch-or-not-to-watch-that-is-the-question/

Read newsletters from the Fitzroy Film Society:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8vxfkkm20wvhtc6/FFS%20Newsletter%20Archive%20Complete.pdf?dl=0

Read a roundtable discussion of Women In Horror with Emma Westwood, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Kate Robertson:

http://fourthreefilm.com/2016/02/to-just-survive-as-the-final-girl-is-not-victory-a-roundtable-discussion-on-women-in-horror

Hear Emma Westwood, Stuart Cornfeld, Mike White, Samm Deighan and Bill discuss THE FLY on The Projection Booth:

http://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2019/03/special-report-fly-1986.html

Watch Emma Westwood, Sally Christie, Hande Noyan and Lee Gambin at the Cinemaniacs event, "All of them Witches", discussing the Devil in 60s and 70s cinema:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVEL5qE9bwE

Listen to Art Of The Score:

http://www.artofthescore.com.au/

Episode 50: Josh Olson

2h 15m · Published 29 Apr 05:00

Bill speaks to writer/director, Trailers From Hell guru and podcaster Josh Olson about his many endeavors, from writing screenplays like the Oscar-nominated A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE and the audio drama BRONZEVILLE to co-hosting shows like The Movies That Made Me and The West Wing Thing. Topics include: Harlan Ellison, Werner Herzog and the German New Wave, NIGHT WATCH, Randy Frakes, landing professional opportunities through mistaken identity, MAD Magazine, Anthony Bourdain, screening UNFORGIVEN for David Cronenberg, The Cinefamily and whether or not people still approach him to read their scripts.

Watch Josh Olson on Trailers From Hell:

https://trailersfromhell.com/gurus/olson-josh/

Listen to The Movies That Made Me:

https://trailersfromhell.com/podcast/

Listen to Bronzeville:

http://bronzevilleseries.com/

Listen to The West Wing Thing:

https://westwingthing.libsyn.com/

Read “I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script”:

https://www.villagevoice.com/2009/09/09/i-will-not-read-your-fucking-script/

Watch Josh Olson on I Blame Dennis Hopper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An--XX-5o0Y

Hear Josh Olson on Pure Cinema Podcast:

http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/purecinema/episode11

Buy DARK OF THE SUN, featuring an audio commentary by Josh Olson, Larry Karaszewski, Elric Kane and Brian Saur:

https://www.wbshop.com/products/dark-of-the-sun-bd

Supporting Characters has 69 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 147:57:27. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 12th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 8th, 2024 20:12.