Up next on Film Festival Radio, we’re stirring up a cauldron of charm with the delightful new children’s book SILLY WITCH. It’s a playful tale that’s already enchanting young readers—and we’ve got a special treat: the author Sandra Magsamen is here for a chat! We’ll uncover the inspiration behind this quirky little witch, the magic of storytelling, and what makes this book a spellbinding addition to any kid’s bookshelf.www.sandramagsamen.com #SillyWitch #Halloween #childrensbook #SandraMagasamen

📚 Some books raised us. Others haunted us.This week on A.J. Chat, we revisit the stories we were told as kids—the ones that didn’t just entertain, but unintentionally scarred us for life.From Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark to Coraline, The Velveteen Rabbit to The Little Match Girl, these books were meant to be sweet… but ended up teaching us about death, fear, grief, and the harsh truths of growing up.You thought they were classics. Turns out, they were early horror training.🎙️ 10 books.💔

Carole Dean is Founder and President of From the Heart Productions Inc, a 501(c)3 Non-Profit. From the Heart’s mission is to help indie filmmakers and creatives, with unique projects that contribute to society, get funding. From the Heart accomplishes this through five Roy W. Dean Film Grants a year, fiscal sponsorship, education, mentorship, and free resources. Since 1993, From the Heart has assisted thousands of documentaries, features, short films, and web series in getting the...

🎙️ Not all horror is about monsters.This week on A.J. Chat, we dive into 15 horror films that go way deeper than jump scares and gore. These stories use terror as a tool—revealing hidden truths about grief, addiction, capitalism, racism, control, and the parts of ourselves we’d rather not see.🔪 Featuring:The Babadook (Grief)Get Out (Racism & Consumption)The Witch (Religious Repression)Hereditary (Inherited Trauma)Jaws (Capitalism)Rosemary’s Baby (Control & Autonomy)Alien, Midsommar, Nope,

Hosts Dan Allen and Ellen Thomas chat with Grace Dickinson, a professional animal trainer and handler who works with exotic animals for film and television. From big cats to crocodiles and rats, Grace has brought some of the screen’s most unforgettable creatures to life, safely, ethically, and with a deep respect for the animals she works with. She has worked for and alongside one of Europe’s most highly esteemed providers of trained wild animals for media since 2002 and continued to wo...

There are a few perks to running every aspect of this site and podcast, the biggest being picking who I want to interview (and avoiding whomever I don't). Part of that, sometimes, is using film music as an excuse to interview bands that I just broadly like. Enter: Chat Pile. The Oklahoma noise rock band has one score under their belt, the 2022 indie crime flick Tenkiller, which they released as a score album after their debut God's Country, and have provided some songs for other films, most

In this week's episode, we chat through our experience of attending the BFI London Film Festival. From the red carpet to watching Bradley Cooper on stage talk about his new movie Is This Thing On?, it was a super evening! Don't forget to write in! If you have watched anything you would like to share, please get in touch at offscriptfilmpodcast@gmail.com New episodes of Off Script released every other week.Off Script Instagram:

🎙️ Some places don’t just hold history — they hold onto it.This week on A.J. Chat, we explore 15 of the most haunted locations in the world — from plague islands and royal castles to abandoned prisons and cursed forests. These aren't just ghost stories. They're echoes. Scars. Places where the past refuses to stay buried.👁️‍🗨️ Featuring:The Tower of London (England)Eastern State Penitentiary (USA)The Queen Mary (USA)Poveglia Island (Italy)Bhangarh Fort (India)And many more...Some still welcome

No kings, no kings! No kings indeed, and the star of our next film we discuss would most certainly agree! Join Dave, Mark and Jony as they deep dive into the folk adventure that is 1973's Robin Hood. Adventurous tunes, trials and tribulations, a snake named Sir Hiss, and the quite-possible alter-ego of a famous singer. But I won't say more. So, sit back and listen to our merry episode! Logo artwork by Zuxiu Chen

Letitia Wright shares her journey into film and most inspiring cinema going moments on the all new BIFA Podcast, supported by Kia. Listen to the Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts and watch the filmed version on the BIFA Youtube channel.FOLLOW BIFA ON SOCIALInstagram - @BIFA_filmTikTok - @BIFA_filmX - @BIFA_filmABOUT THE BIFA PODCAST SUPPORTED BY KIAEach week hosts Karis Aldridge and Joy Hunter chat to a new guest from the world of independent film about their

Cindy and Marty chat about the movie Gaslight, a psychological thriller that coined the term we use today.Director: George CukorWriters: John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, and John L. Balderston (adapted from Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play)Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, Angela Lansbury, Dame May WhittyStudio/Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)Runtime: 114 minutes; Format: B&WSetting: Victorian LondonCultural Legacy: Origin of the term “gaslighting” — now used to describe

Some exciting news — The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo. Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member‑only chat rooms, polls and submissions to influence the show, behind‑the‑scenes photos and videos, the monthly Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show — a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your

The fog is thick, the pumpkins grin, and the veil between worlds is whisper-thin…Gather close, creatures of the night — it’s time for Kevin Lane’s Spill Your Guts Annual Halloween Special!This isn’t your usual campfire chat. Tonight, we summon dark tales and dreadful whispers from some of horror’s greatest minds — authors, actors, and legends of the macabre — each story crafted to chill your spine and haunt your dreams.So light the bonfires. Carve your pumpkins.And chant with us to the

🎙️ Some movies feel like fall — even when they’re not.No pumpkins. No Halloween. No leaves crunching under boots. Just quiet melancholy, muted colors, layered clothes, and that crisp stillness in the air.This week on A.J. Chat, we’re diving into 15 films that breathe like autumn. From Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to Arrival, Zodiac to Blade Runner 2049, these stories live in that space between energy and stillness. Cozy. Eerie. Reflective. Timeless.They’re not set in fall. But they carry

🎙️ No new A.J. Chat episode today — but we’re back Wednesday with something fresh.Thanks for sticking around. If you’ve missed any of the chaos, now’s a good time to catch up.And if you’re new, start with one of our most talked-about episodes — horror breakdowns, weird media, found footage chaos & more.

Join Emma Marchant and the team for reviews across the big screen and small. They will be casting their critical eye over the musical biopic Springsteen: Deliver me from Nowhere, […]

In the very first full episode of The Horror and Her, I am joined by the brilliant Mary Muñoz - podcaster - writer and genre fan to talk about the film that hooked her on horror. Horrogin Story - Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho (1960) We chat about what it meant to discover Psycho for the first time and what it means to her still. From the intimacy of fear to the art of sound we discuss how horrors's sensory power can feel like coming home and why the genres outsiders so often feel like our

This is a chat about the horror spoof from 2022, "The Blackening". A horror movie from a black perspective! This movie is hilarious, especially how it plays up horror movie tropes!Directed by Tim StoryStarringGrace ByersJermaine FowlerMelvin GreggX MayoDewayne PerkinsAntoinette RobertsonSinqua WallsJay PharoahYvonne Orji

Send us a text In this episode, we talk with our friend, film director Glenn Andreiev about the Universal Movie monsters of the 30s and 40s. Glenn helps us break down Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolfman, The Invisible Man, and much more. Click to listen!! 🎥🎥🎬🎬 Hey, please if you can, help out Glenn with his next movie!! history!https://www.gofundme.com/f/47k7c-long-island-joins-the-space-race Thanks for listening!