It’s a story we keep running into here on Pop Screen: a band are so big, so acclaimed, that they think “We could make a film, how could that go wrong?” and the universe then demonstrates exactly how that could go wrong. Coming just one year after their worldwide smash […]
Podcasts
Martin Kemp in Embrace of the Vampire – Pop Screen 97
Vampires! Undead creatures of the night who people also find really hot! If you think fancying a walking corpse is #problematic, wait until you see the actions of Vampire, the imaginatively-named vampire played by Martin Kemp in 1995’s Embrace of the Vampire. In Anne Goursaud’s film, he’s looking to get […]
Ben Wheatley (Kill List & In the Earth) – Series 2 Finale PODCAST
And with this, Series 2 is done and dusted. To close out this sophomore series, we looked at British fan favourite, Ben Wheatley, with the debuting Caitlyn and Faye, as well as the returning Kat and Mike. For this episode we get deep into the weeds of 2011’s evergreen Hitman/Gangster/Cult/Folk Horror, Kill List. And by deep I […]
Motley Crue in the Dirt (2019) – Pop Screen 96
Shinya Tsukamoto PART 2 (A Snake of June & Kotoko) Podcast
C/W: Self Harm, Suicidal Thoughts, Invasion Thoughts, Depressive States. Yeah, the fact that I had to put one of those warnings before the episode synopsis but surely tell you that the content forthcoming hits on some very hard and heavy topics, Shinya Tsukamoto certainly goes to some exceptionally emotional places, […]