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When podcast fan becomes podcast guest: I still can't get over that this is real but I'm on the latest episode of the @directorsclub.substack.com with Jim Laczkowski and we're talking all things JACK CLAYTON

You've seen her work on Bad Sisters. Now I got to interview costume designer Camille Benda about her latest project with Sharon Horgan -- the HBO series, YOUTH:

Miriam Hopkins in Rouben Mamoulian's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (with Fredric March) - BOTD

It's one thing to end a book with the main couple agreeing to try long distance. It's another to show how that pans out in vol. 2 of NAVIGATING WITH YOU. Out soon from @maverickogn.bsky.social, I got to ask @jeremywhitley.bsky.social & @feliahanakata.bsky.social about it: comicon.com/2026/10/15/t...

Go read this interview where I get to say the phrase "horror bimbofication" in a professional context! And check out these preview pages!!!

If you thought Freddy Krueger was the only reason to fear sleep just wait until @zoewithasword.bsky.social and @comixbychloe.bsky.social's story for @2000ad.bsky.social's SCREAM! HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2026 (or you can check out my interview w/Zoe and Chloe now at the link): comicon.com/2026/10/14/t...

Meläg may be a fictional place but I enjoyed every minute I got to spend there thx to @bongredila.bsky.social's upcoming collection NOCTURNAL WHISPERS. Out soon from @fantagraphics.bsky.social, it was truely cool getting to pick Redila's brain & learn more about his town: comicon.com/2026/10/12/a...

🎃 And Then There Were None 🎃 New post about suspense, personifying death, Agatha Christie, self-determination, and Final Destination Bloodlines! grave-offerings.ghost.io/and-then-the...

What could be more Halloween than Star Trek meets Edgar Allan Poe? Originally released in September, if you can still find a copy I highly recommend @idwpublishing.com's one-shot STAR TREK: DEVIATIONS — EVERMORE and got to interview the issue's writer here: comicon.com/2026/10/09/a...

big thanks to @ziggystarlog.bsky.social with @thecomicon.bsky.social for this excellent interview with me and Luke Horsman about our smart-mouthed evil wizard Goldmask!

You can't go wrong w/an egotistical villain & Goldmask definitely fits the bill in @zackquaintance.bsky.social & Luke Horsman's story for the DEATH OF COMICS BOOKCASE anthology! Volume 2 is currently funding on Kickstarter but you can read my interview w/Zack & Luke here: comicon.com/2026/10/08/k...

I didn't intentionally time this for Banned Books Week but any list that would think to take issue w/ @jeremywhitley.bsky.social & @breindigo.bsky.social's incredible THE DOG KNIGHT needs to do some introspection (& this is the completely unbiased opinion of a non-dog person). Interview link below:

New interview with both @johncusack.bsky.social and Ignacio Noé about their graphic novel, Momo, which has arrived in shops this week! Check it out on @thecomicon.bsky.social:

Earlier this year, I stated that I was working on something comprehensive about CAMP MIASMA. This is a video essay on the history of trans psycho killers and how CAMP MIASMA uses that history for subversion and reclamation. I hope you enjoy it. mubi.com/en/program-n...

Pine Island might not be as murderous as Cabot Cove yet but give Alicia Malone time! Her first fiction book, MURDER AT THE MOVIES, comes out next week from @runningpressbooks.bsky.social and I got to interview the #TCM host and author here: comicon.com/2026/09/29/a...

Are some of her films better than others? Sure, but Deanna Durbin can really do no wrong and I'm glad Universal are continuing to release her films on Blu-ray, however barebones those discs may be. My review of FIRST LOVE and I'LL BE YOURS: comicon.com/2026/09/23/d...

THE FRIGHTENERS is a tale of two movies. I preferred the film about a scam artist who tricks people w/the help of ghosts👻. Peter Jackson seems to have preferred the film about an undead serial killer. My full review of @arrowvideo.bsky.social's upcoming 4K & Blu-ray here: comicon.com/2026/09/21/s...

Nobody ever really addresses who the Bride was before they became the Bride which is why I'm intrigued by @kellythompson.bsky.social & @mattiadeiulis.bsky.social new series BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN LIVES (plus they're a power team) & was excited to interview them again here: comicon.com/2026/09/21/t...

It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.

I went into LIZA THE FOX-FAIRY expecting Casper the Friendly Ghost with kitsune. What I found instead was a real gem available on Blu-ray from @cauldronfilms.bsky.social and which you can read my full review for here: comicon.com/2026/09/17/i...

As a NIGHT GALLERY fan I didn't realize Rod Serling had less creative control on that show. Just one of the things you can learn from reading @sepinwall.bsky.social's biography SERLING (@grandcentralpub.bsky.social), I even got to interview Sepinwall about the book here: comicon.com/2026/09/14/b...

I wrote about THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER for my horror column. I feel as though this is one of the best pieces I have written this year. It is always an energizing experience to write about a film that I consider an all time great. www.patreon.com/willowcately...

It might seem early to be thinking about Christmas but the FOC date for @archiecomics.bsky.social's CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR is this Monday and I got to interview @ianflynnbkc.bsky.social and @danparent.bsky.social about their story which features Bob Phantom and Black Jack: comicon.com/2026/09/11/t...

Herne & Shuck are back in @2000ad.bsky.social next week! Thanks to @thecomicon.bsky.social and @ziggystarlog.bsky.social for an excellent interview: comicon.com/2026/09/10/e...

More HERNE AND SHUCK (@2000ad.bsky.social) is always cause for celebration. In my latest interview with @davidmbarnett.bsky.social & Lee Milmore, David comes for The Princess Bride and we even get a sneak peek at Lee's art for the new arc which starts next week in the UK: comicon.com/2026/09/10/e...

I don't know if I'll ever be a Minion-stan, but the tip off that Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton would be making an appearance in MINIONS & MONSTERS meant I at least had to give the latest installment a try. FULL REVIEW: comicon.com/2026/09/10/t...

One of the few gangster films I hold in high esteem, Ben Kingsley's performance in SEXY BEAST is explosive and I got to review @secondsightfilms.bsky.social's Blu-ray release which is coming out later this month: comicon.com/2026/09/09/i...

It's always cool when creators you've been following for years come out with a new project. UNDERCOVER MONSTER is available now from @papercutzgn.bsky.social and I got to interview Mina Elwell (Infernoct), @acmedina.bsky.social and Kit Wallis (Hellicious) about it: comicon.com/2026/09/04/t...

Every Friday this month @tcmtv.bsky.social has a programmed a different documentary and I got to interview the Kuperberg sisters about theirs -- BEYOND THE BORDER: LATINO REPRESENTATION IN HOLLYWOOD -- which is making its broadcast TV premiere on September 18th: comicon.com/2026/09/02/a...

GILMORE GIRLS is the 1st series I started collecting on DVD. This set doesn't add much to the table, but it's still a chance to own the show on Blu & I hope Warner continues this trend with other shows like ER & a Deadwood re-release (but rethink the packaging). REVIEW: comicon.com/2026/09/01/i...

I know THE PITT is filling that ER void for some people, but for my money medical drama fans are sleeping on ALL HEART. A) you get to support PBS to stream it. B) it's Italian. C) it's set in the sixties. D) I am much more invested in these characters' lives, plus the fashions are incredible.

MIDNIGHT RUN is the film when I became aware of Charles Grodin's comic genius. Next week @tcmtv.bsky.social is airing a documentary on him called CHARLES GRODIN: REBEL WITH A CAUSE and I got to interview the film's director, James L. Freedman: comicon.com/2026/08/28/a...

Interview I conducted with comic creator Enrique Colominas about the upcoming 2026 adaptation of Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray from @comicstitan.bsky.social is publishing. tinyurl.com/4epme3y6 #comics #comicbook #comicbooks #interview #oscarwilde #graphicnovel

What horseshit. She embraced gay people at the height of the AIDS crisis, embraced trans people at the height of the war against them, supported Black communities and artists, and wrote the most pro-worker's rights feminist pop song of all time. Neutral my ass

TILL WE MEET AGAIN may be a propaganda film but in director Frank Borzage's hands there's something undeniably magical about this WWII drama which has been unavailable (but not because it's unmemorable). Out next week from @kinolorber.com, here's a link to my review: comicon.com/2026/08/21/n...

I first learned about SERGEANT RUTLEDGE in Donald Bogle's book, Hollywood Black. Now this John Ford western is available on Blu-ray from Warner Archive and you can read my full thoughts here: comicon.com/2026/08/19/c...

Big news! My second novel, Beth March Returns from the Dead, has a gobsmackingly great cover by Zevvy Smith-Danford! I am so proud of this book and also of getting a weird Nathaniel Hawthorne joke into the pages of People magazine. people.com/emily-st-jam...

Over at the newsletter: My repressed church-kid childhood, imagining "My Own Private Idaho," and the tragedy of River Phoenix. No paywall, my sadness is for the world: jude-doyle.ghost.io/children-of-...

Want to help support Not Our Native Daughters and get your hands on a jam packed anthology? YOU ARE ON NATIVE LAND comes out next month from @madcavestudios.com and I got to interview @mightybrunstad.bsky.social about editing the charity comic: comicon.com/2026/08/18/t...

MALPERTUIS is definitely weird but sometimes hypnotic, surreal imagery is enough to forgive a shaky plot. The painterly aesthetic of this film is mesmerizing (and I say that as someone who didn't love DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS). FULL REVIEW:

It's alive! Eyegore Estates is, that is, in ARCHIE'S HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR. Out next month from @archiecomics.bsky.social, I got to ask @ianflynnbkc.bsky.social and @billgalvanartwork.bsky.social about turning the house into a Frankenstein's monster of sorts: comicon.com/2026/08/17/e...

I wish @kinolorber.com's Blu-ray included the UK cut as well as the US cut, but seeing Dan Duryea next to a British police box let me imagine what it would've been like if he'd guested on Doctor Who and that makes WALK A TIGHTROPE a noir well worth seeing. FULL REVIEW: comicon.com/2026/08/13/a...

All the adults working on the wizard bigot show made an active decision to endorse a vile campaign of hate. We do not in any way have to reward them for that, let alone sympathize with their plight. Which they CHOSE.

I don't know if the Final Destination films are supposed to be affirming but as a staunch precaution taker there's something extremely comforting about these movies & I'm chuffed I got to discuss my fave of the 6 w/ @sarahstubbssays.bsky.social, @carriehartzell.bsky.social, & @eversonpoe.bsky.social