Episodios

  • Episode 18: Vinegar Syndrome Weekender
    Jun 17 2025
    In mid May, film collective Zelluloid 42 and US film label Vinegar Syndrome organized a mini festival called Vinegar Syndrome Weekender showcasing a selection of outrageous, nonsensical, incredibly entertaining B movies and celebrating celluloid film. I went there with my B movie loving friend Jess and this episode is a documentation of our time there. You'll hear our bewildered reactions to the films we saw, a Q&A with Vinegar Syndrome co-founder Joe Rubin and chief archivist Oscar Becher (apologies for the audio, recording it was a spur of the moment decision), and a short interview with Zelluloid 42 programmers Audrey and Tarek.Did we leave the cinema forever changed after this weekend? Maybe so! And we've got Zelluloid 42 and Vinegar Syndrome to thank for it! If you live in Berlin and love transgressive, psychotronic cinema, Zelluloid 42's monthly film series Pleasure Dome at Filmrauschpalast is the place to be!Show Notes: Zelluloid 42Vinegar SyndromeCreepshowTales from the CryptSusan TyrellJim JarmuschTommy WiseauKonstantin StanislavskiActors on ActorsPledge NightDemon WindThe Kids in the HallBattlefield EarthNight Train to TerrorMegalopolisMarathon ManThe OmenThe Ghost DanceDracula SucksPrisoner of ParadiseThe LampAngelStrangers with CandyFollow Somebody's Watching here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter: @somebodyspod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: @somebodyswatchingpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email: somebodywatchingpod@gmail.com
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  • Episode 17: Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Dusty Mancinelli (VIOLATION, HONEY BUNCH)
    May 16 2025

    Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Dusty Mancinelli are a Toronto-based filmmaking duo who premiered their second feature HONEY BUNCH, an unconventional thriller set in a 70s medical clinic, at the Berlinale earlier this year. They're an exciting, genre-defying voice in contemporary cinema and it was great to get them on the podcast. We spoke about what it's like working as a duo, making the anti-revenge film VIOLATION, accessibility in film, and much more.


    Show Notes:

    Madeleine & Dusty’s website

    Slap Happy (2017)

    Woman in Stall (2018)

    Chubby (2019)

    Violation (2020)

    Honey Bunch (2025)

    Her Friend Adam (2016)

    Great dm interview with Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

    Describe Video

    Heavenly Creatures (1994)

    Don’t Look Now (1973)

    Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (2004)

    Possession (1981)

    Phantom Thread (2017)

    Babygirl (2024)

    Brussels International Film Festival

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    58 m
  • Episode 16: Elaine May with Carrie Courogen (Miss May Does Not Exist)
    Mar 19 2025

    “People would leave me saying, ‘She’s a nice girl. What is this big thing about? She’s a nice girl.’ And the thing is, of course, I wasn’t a nice girl. And when they found this out, they hated me all the more.”—Elaine May, 2006


    Elaine May is a game-changing director, writer, and actress that not enough people know about. Thankfully, I was able to talk to a May expert, writer Carrie Courogen, who wrote an Elaine May biography called 'Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood's Hidden Genius.' We spoke about her significance to cinema and comedy, her fascinating career, her elusiveness, and more!


    Show Notes:

    Miss May Does Not Exist – Carrie Courogen

    Carrie Courogen’s Website

    Carrie Courogen’s Instagram

    Nichols & May -Teenagers in a Car

    Nichols & May – Examine Doctors

    The Waverly Gallery

    Lenny Bruce

    A New Leaf

    New Hollywood

    Roberta Findlay

    The Heartbreak Kid (Full Movie on YouTube)

    Mikey and Nicky

    The Birdcage

    Ishtar

    Ghostbusters

    Back to the Future

    Neil Simon

    Elaine May’s New Film?

    Todd Solondz

    John Waters


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  • Episode 15: David Lynch Twitch Marathon (with Jen & Matt)
    Feb 12 2025
    Recorded a week and a half after David Lynch's death, this episode is a mishmash of interviews with Cinema of the Dam'd programmers Jen Bronson and Matt Cornell and clips of what we showed during our 15 hour twitch marathon. We spoke about our Lynch faves, what he means to us, and where our head was at after watching so much of his work at once (it was pretty divine). Lynch's death hit hard and this won't be the last time I feature him on Somebody's Watching.Show Notes:Cinema of the Dam'dJennifer's Bronson's InstagramCinema of the Dam'd's InstagramThe Squid and the Whale (2005)The Straight Story (1999)Blue Velvet (1986)Blue Velvet edited for televisionTwin Peaks (1990-1991, 2017)Mulholland Drive (2001)Lost Highway (1997)Eraserhead (1977)Inland Empire (2006)Hotel Room (1993)Crash (1996)Pink Flamingos (1972)Swingers (1996)John WatersDavid Wants to Fly (2010)Angelo Badalamenti on Laura Palmer's themeFollow Somebody's Watching here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter: @somebodyspod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: @somebodyswatchingpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email: somebodywatchingpod@gmail.com
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    53 m
  • Episode 14: Caryn Coleman (The Future of Film is Female)
    Dec 10 2024
    Caryn Coleman is the founder of New York-based film initiative The Future of Film is Female which amplifies the work of women and non-binary filmmakers early in their career, offering short film grants. Caryn's initiative has been exponentially growing and I wanted to ask her how she made it all happen! We talk about how Caryn came to curating, her Future of Film is Female highlights, and the knots and bolts of indie distribution. Show Notes: Instagram @futureoffilmisfemale Twitter @fofif Future of Film is Female Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) Top Gun (1986) The House of Monsters Chicago Devil’s Nightmare (1971) The Baby (1973) (YouTube) BFI Nitehawk Cinema Eleanor Wilson Kate Dolan You’re Not My Mother (2021) Oddity (2024) Speak No Evil (2024) Nice Shoes Post Production Heard City Post Production Mosquito Lady (2024) (YouTube) I Could Just Die, And That Would Be All Right (2023) All Over Me (1997) (YouTube) Not A Pretty Picture (1976) Jennifer’s Body (2009) Girlfight (2000) Fancy Dance (2023) High-Rise (2015) Free Fire (2016) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) (YouTube) Messaging the Monstrous Women Make Horror @MoMA Vidiots Alison Peirse Alexandra Heller-Nicholas The Graduates Announcement in IndieWire The Graduates (2024) I Saw the TV Glow (2024) Nightbitch (2024) Booger (2023) Hollywood 90028 (1973) Black Conflux (2019) All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023) Our Father, the Devil (2021) Timestalker (2024) Mirror, Mirror (1990) (YouTube) Little Women (1994) One Timers film series at Metograph Wanda (1970) (YouTube)
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  • Episode 13: Classism in Film with Tosha R. Taylor
    Nov 20 2024
    There's a plethora of "eat the rich" films these days, films that relish in showing the wealthy suffer without, god forbid, rocking the status quo. My guest today is Tosha R. Taylor is quite skeptical of the trend. Tosha R. Taylor is a writer, former academic, and regularly publishes and presents on horror, extremity, and queerness. We talk about the history of class in cinema, the invisibility of class issues in the majority of films, hillbilly horror, and Tosha picks some of her favorite class-conscious horror films. Show Notes: Tosha R. Taylor's twitter Tosha R. Taylor on academia.edu Films: Lumiere Brothers – Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory (1895) Battleship Potemkin (available on YouTube) (1925) Man With A Movie Camera (available on YouTube) (1929) Bicycle Thieves (available on YouTube) (1948) American Hollow (available on YouTube) (1999) Harlan County USA (available on YouTube) (1978) Blood on the Mountain (available on YouTube) (2016) Saltburn (2023) Triangle of Sadness (2022) The White Lotus (2021-2025) The Menu (2022) The Hunger Games (2012) Parasite (2019) The Wicker Man (1973) Calvaire (2004) Eden Lake (2008) Wake in Fright (1971) Attack the Block (2011) Funny Games US (2007) Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) His House (2020) Take Shelter (2011) Wrong Turn (2003) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Figures Dardenne Brothers Maysles Brothers Ken Loach Bong Joon-ho Kimberly Crenshaw on Intersectionality Follow Somebody's Watching here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter: @somebodyspod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: @somebodyswatchingpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: somebodywatchingpod@gmail.com
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    1 h y 36 m
  • Episode 12: Anthony Perkins with Xanthe Pajarillo
    Oct 16 2024
    I spoke with fellow Anthony Perkins superfan, PhD student and podcaster Xanthe Pajarillo, all about the immensely talented and under-appreciated Anthony Perkins. Perkins was far more than Norman Bates and I wanted to delve into his interesting and eclectic career with someone who gets it. We discuss his early days as a teen idol, his career in Europe, midcentury masculinity, and chose some of our favorite Perkins performances. Show Notes: Xanthe Pajarillo’s instagram twitter tiktok Xanthe Pajarillo’s Website Xanthe’s Anthony Perkins article My Anthony Perkins Letterboxd list Films: Psycho (1960) The Actress (1953) Friendly Persuasion (1956) Fear Strikes Out (1957) Green Mansions (1959) Hitchcock (2012) I’m Not There (2007) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) Goodbye Again (1961, movie on YouTube) The Trial (1962) The Ravishing Idiot (1964, movie on YouTube) Five Miles to Midnight (1962) Phaedra (1962, movie on YouTube) Evening Primrose (1966, movie on Youtube) Catch-22 (1970) Psycho II Psycho III Lucky Stiff (1988, movie on YouTube) The Last of Sheila (1973) The Evil Dead (1981) Winter Kills (1979) Pretty Poison (1968) Play It As It Lays (1972) Television: The Ghost Writer (YouTube) Bates Motel SNL – Anthony Perkins Episode (archive.org) Music: Podcast Interlude Anthony Perkins – How About You Anthony Perkins – A Little Love Can Go A Long Way Elvis Perkins – Ash Wednesday Books: Osgood and Anthony Perkins – Laura Kay Palmer Haunted Life: Anthony Perkins – Ronald Bergan Plays: Tea and Symphony Look Homeward, Angel Follow Somebody's Watching here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter: @somebodyspod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: @somebodyswatchingpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: somebodywatchingpod@gmail.com
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  • Episode 11: Coming-of-Age Movies & TV with Karolin
    Sep 3 2024
    My friend Karolin joins me on this episode to talk about something we both really love - the coming-of-age film (and show). We spoke about why we love them, the depiction of movie high school and how they affected our own high school expectations, our list of the films and shows that mean the most to us, and a whole lot more. Apologies for my freshly post-Covid voice in this and the technical glitches! Show Notes: Karolin’s website Karolin’s instagram Rebel Without A Cause (1955) 400 Blows (1959)Almost Famous (2000) IT (1990)The Wonder Years (1988) The Squid and the Whale (2005) Dawson’s Creek (1998) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) On Matrescence 2023 Coming Of Age Retrospective @Berlinale Kids (1995, movie on YouTube) Clueless (1995) American Pie (1999) Twilight (2008) The Souvenir (2019) Grazuole (1969) Ordinary People (1980)Petite Maman (2021) River’s Edge (1986) Tully (2018) Six Feet Under (2001) Gilmore Girls (2000) Heartbreak High (2022) The Cosby Show (1984) The Adults (2023) My So-Called Life (1994) Freaks and Geeks (1999) Looking for Alaska (2019) My Own Private Idaho (1991, movie on YouTube) Say Anything (1989)Heavenly Creatures (1994, movie on YouTube) Friday Night Lights (2006) Boyhood (2014) The Up Series (1964) Fame (1980)Judy Blume Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023) Molly Ringwald Eighth Grade (2018) Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995, movie on YouTube) Streetwise (1984, movie on YouTube) Lilya 4-ever (2002) Boarders (2024) Dead Poets Society (1989) The Half of It (2020) Never Have I Ever (2020) The Breakfast Club (1985) Follow Somebody's Watching here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter: @somebodyspod⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: @somebodyswatchingpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: somebodywatchingpod@gmail.com
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    1 h y 46 m