Episodi

  • 47: R.M. Francis - Writing, Poetry, and Faith

    47: R.M. Francis - Writing, Poetry, and Faith
    Oct 9 2025
    In this episode, I talk to prolific novelist and poet R.M. Francis about his new collection, Palmer, which you can buy here: https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/2025/09/launching-palmer.html
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    1 ora e 3 min
  • 46: Newton Talks #36 Tom Lee Rutter and The Pocket Film of Superstitions

    46: Newton Talks #36 Tom Lee Rutter and The Pocket Film of Superstitions
    Jun 26 2024
    In this episode the acclaimed West Midlands based filmmaker Tom Lee Rutter joins me to talk about his new feature The Pocket Film of Superstitions.
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    53 min
  • 45: Newton Talks #35 Death Lines: Walking London's Horror History with author Lauren Jane Barnett

    45: Newton Talks #35 Death Lines: Walking London's Horror History with author Lauren Jane Barnett
    Apr 9 2024
    In this episode, author Lauren Jane Barnett joins me to talk about her new book, Death Lines: Walking London's Horror History - a walking guide to horror movie locations in the capital city. The book is now available here: https://strangeattractor.greedbag.com/buy/death-lines-walking-londons-horr/
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    49 min
  • 44: Newton Talks #34 Nigel Kneale's Beasts, with author Andrew Screen.

    44: Newton Talks #34 Nigel Kneale's Beasts, with author Andrew Screen.
    Feb 12 2024
    In this episode, I talk to Andrew Screen about his new publication, The Book of Beasts  (Headpress, 2023), which is an in-depth study of the Nigel Kneale anthology horror series called Beasts from 1976. You can buy the book here:
    https://headpress.com/product/the-book-of-beasts/ 
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    41 min
  • 43: Newton Talks #33 American Shot-on-Video Horror with Vincent A. Albarano.

    43: Newton Talks #33 American Shot-on-Video Horror with Vincent A. Albarano.
    Nov 2 2023
    My guest in this episode is Vincent A. Albarano, who joins me to talk about his new book, Aesthetic Deviations: A Critical View of American Shot-on-Video Horror, 1984-1994. You can buy the book here: https://headpress.com/product/aesthetic-deviations/ and go to the Headpress website to for more fantastic books on cult film and media: https://headpress.com
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    51 min
  • 42: Newton Talks #32 Namsploitation with Neil Jackson

    42: Newton Talks #32 Namsploitation with Neil Jackson
    Mar 16 2023
    In this episode, I talk to Neil Jackson, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln about his upcoming book, Combat Shocks: Exploitation Cinema and the Vietnam War (Bloomsbury, Forthcoming), which deals with exploitation films about the Vietnam war from the mid 1960s up until the late 1980s. We talk about the conventions and iconography of the cycle, as well as individual films such as Forced Entry (Shaun Costello, 1973), The Exterminator (James Glickenhaus, 1980) and The Last Hunter (Antonio Margheriti 1980). Contains adult themes. 
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    54 min
  • 41: Newton Talks #31 Jackie Brown

    41: Newton Talks #31 Jackie Brown
    Feb 24 2023
    On the 25th anniversary since Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown had its UK release (the US release was Christmas Day 1997), Dr Chris Deacy joins me to discuss the casting and performances, the soundtrack and use of music, and the tone and mood of the film.
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    40 min
  • 40: Newton Talks #30 Director Lizzie Borden and Born in Flames

    40: Newton Talks #30 Director Lizzie Borden and Born in Flames
    Feb 10 2023
    In this episode I am joined by filmmaker Lizzie Borden to talk about her renowned 1983 feminist sci-fi movie Born in Flames. We also talk about her follow up feature film, Working Girls (1986). Lizzie's latest book, Whorephobia: Strippers on Art, Work, and Life (2022), is now available from Seven Stories Press. You can order the book here: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4430-whorephobia 
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    43 min