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Tim takes the reins to enthuse about a shockingly creepy British TV series for kids (?!), Children of the Stones.
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Watch the entirety of Children of the Stones on YouTube!
Hear the Reese Shearsmith-led podcast adaptation of Children of the Stones over at the Beeb.
Want more folk horror? Sample our collection of same!
Jen welcomes Darren Herczeg to help her rhapsodize about a movie even director Ken Russell didn’t like, Valentino!
The wonderfully-named Phallic Frenzy gives Russell his due as an audacious filmmaker, and describes Valentino in complimentary terms.
See Nureyev fully commit to the bit by dancing “Swine Lake” on the Muppet Show in 1978.
The book on Fatty Arbuckle that Jen mentioned is called Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hollywood, and it’s well worth a read for anyone interested in early Hollywood.
Can’t get enough Darren? Check out our collection of his appearances on the show!
Jen and Tim rationalize David Fincher’s unlucky first feature, Alien Cubed (aka Alien³). Turns out that Tim has A LOT to say about Alien movies!
Read a 1992 interview with David Fincher, in which he’s quite candid about “the worst thing that ever happened to me”— that is, the production of Alien³.
A helpful fan wiki has provided a transcript of William Gibson’s first draft screenplay for the movie.
Love Fincher? Listen to our episode on a movie that people steadfastly refuse to engage with in good faith, Fight Club!