Electric Sheep Magazine podcast: Investigating Genre The monthly show about world cinema and cult releases. Electric Sheep assistant editor Alex Fitch talks to Lee Broughton about his book Euro-Western, published by I.B. Tauris, which uncovers progressive attitudes to women and minorities in European Westerns, and to the director (Andrew Martin) and lead actor (Edmund Kingsley) about their excellent Cold War SF thriller Capsule, in a Q&A recorded at the SCI-FI-LONDON film festival. Also, Electric Sheep editor Virginie Selavy discusses December’s London International Animation Festival with festival director Nag Vladermersky, plus classic tracks from David Bowie, Nicola Di Bari, Shonen Knife, and Gianfranco and Giampiero Reverberi. Originally broadcast: 16th November 2016 on Resonance 104.4 FM Capsule poster / Cover of Euro-Western by Lee Broughton / LIAF promotional image by Ed Bulmer Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: LIAF 2016 website Buy Euro-Western: Reframing Gender, Race and the Other in Film by Lee Broughton and Capsule on DVD from Amazon Info about Euro-Western at ibtauris.com Info about Capsule on the British Council website

Electric Sheep magazine podcast: Death and Beyond Electric Sheep Magazine editor Virginie Sélavy talks to Death Waltz Records’ Spencer Hickman and composer Fabio Frizzi about the latter’s scores for such classic Italian horror films as The Beyond and Zombi 2, recorded at Frightfest 2016. Also, ESM assistant editor Alex Fitch takes part in a Q and A with director Justin Schein about his film Left on Purpose which documents the life and death of ‘Yippie’ activist Mayer Vishner, recorded at Leeds International Film Festival 2015. Plus classic tracks from Frizzi’s film scores… Originally broadcast: 19th October 2016 on Resonance 104.4 FM Mayer Vishner in his prime / Fabio Frizzi with his band Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: Links: Official Left on Purpose website Buy tickets for Fabio Frizzi’s performance at Union Chapel, Oct 29th Facebook pages for Fabio Frizzi and Left on Purpose Leeds International Film Festival website

Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast: Fear and Fantasy Electric Sheep Magazine editor Virginie Sélavy talks to Steven Shainberg about his new film Rupture and takes part in a Q and A with director Guillermo del Toro about the documentary Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex, recorded at Fantasia Festival, Montreal. Also, ESM assistant editor Alex Fitch discusses the comprehensive history of ‘Tarzan on Film’ published by Titan Books, with author Scott Tracy Griffin. Plus classic tracks from Carlos Casal Jr, Johnny Burnette, The Deadly Ones and Glenn Reeves! Originally broadcast, 21st September 2016 on Resonance 104.4 FM Cover of Tarzan on Film, posters for Creature Designers and Rupture Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: Transcript of Virginie’s interview with Steven Shainberg Info about Titan Books’ Tarzan on Film Buy Creature Designers – The Frankenstein Complex on DVD from amazon.co.uk Electric Sheep Magazine website

Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast: Looking East / Thalma Goldman Electric Sheep editor Virginie Selavy talks to East End Film Festival programmer Andrew Simpson, Masonic Temple programmer Josh Saco, and to Evrim Ersoy, programmer and presenter of DukeFest the Third. Electric Sheep assistant editor Alex Fitch discusses Israeli-born British artist and animator Thalma Goldman with Richard Hallam and Sylvie Venet-Tupy, authors of Thalma, An Artist’s Life. Plus an extract from a conversation between Austrian filmmaker Peter Tscherkassky and British director Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio, The Duke of Burgundy) recorded at the ICA. With music by The White Stripes and The Sex Pistols. Cover of Thalma, An Artists Life by Richard Hallam and Sylvie Venet-Tupy / posters for Duke Fest, Temple Cinema and EEFF Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: Info about the Thalma, An Artit’s Life East End Film Festival 2016 programme and website DukeFest website Info about the Andaz Liverpool Street Masonic Lodge

Electric Sheep Magazine podcast: Skolimowski and Kinoteka Celebrating this year’s Polish Film Festival Kinoteka, Alex Fitch talks to Oscar winning producer Jeremy Thomas and director Jerzy Skolimowski about the latter’s work on such films as The Shout, Essential Killing, and his latest movie 11 Minutes. Virginie Selavy talks to writer and filmmaker Daniel Bird about the late director Andrzej Zulawski, and his translation of the director’s Cosmos. With classic tracks by Blondie, Otis Spann, and Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheel. Kinokteka continues at various London venues until 28th April, with Skolimowski’s autobiographical trilogy screening at Close-up between 22nd and 24th April. Stills from the Shout and 11 Minutes by Jerzy Skolimowski / Cosmos by Andrzej Zulawski Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: Kinoteka website Listen to Alex’s 2010 interview with Andrzej Zulawski Zulawski tribute page on facebook Watch the trailer for 11 Minutes on youtube Info about Close-Up Film Centre

Reality Check: Building a better High Rise Following a screening of High Rise as part of the symposium J.G. Ballard in the Seventies, Alex Fitch talks to three members of the production team behind Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s High Rise. Dan Martin discusses arranging the special effects for the movie and creating realistic gore for Wheatley’s films, Mark Tildesley talks about dressing the set cost effectively and how this compared to working with Michael Winterbottom on Code 46, and Odile Dicks-Mireaux discusses making science-fictional clothes for the cast, including a James Bond style suit for Tom Hiddleston. Alex Fitch talks to Dan Martin, Odile Dicks-Mireaux and Mark Tildesley on stage at the British Library after a screening of High Rise For more info about this podcast and a variety of other episodes you can download, please visit the home of this episode at www.sci-fi-london.com Links: Info about the British Library event where this podcast was recorded High-Rise tumblr page Electric Sheep podcast about High-Rise and the 1971 production of Crash

Panel Borders: Action – The Story of a Violent Comic Guest presenter Professor Martin Barker (University of Aberystwyth) investigates the story of Britain’s notorious Action comic, which was launched on Valentine’s Day and banned by Halloween in 1976. Professor Barker explores the rise and fall of the comic, what elements of the strips were censored and censured, and how the legacy of Action was continued in “The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic” – 2000AD. Also, in a panel discussion entitled: “Poor, angry white kids”, Barker discusses Action with its writer Pat Mills and 2000AD artist Jim McCarthy. Edited, and recorded at Graphic Brighton / Cine-Excess 2015 by Alex Fitch. (Panel Borders continues on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 8pm, repeated the following day at 9am. Originally broadcast as a Clear Spot on Resonance 104.4 FM, 8th March 2016) The most notorious cover of Action, and the issue never printed / Barker, Mills and McCarthy at Graphic Brighton and Cine-Excess (photo by Lisa Mills) / cover of The Story of a Violent Comic by Martin Barker For more info and a variety of formats to stream or download this podcast, please visit archive.org Links: Wikipedia page on Action Pat Mills’ blog Jim McCarthy’s website Alex’s discussion with McCarthy, Milligan and Ewins about 2000AD and interviews with Pat Mills Martin Barker and Roger Sabin’s discussion of Doonesbury at the Imperial War Museum Graphic Brighton website Cine-Excess website

Electric Sheep Magazine podcast: Ballard and the Seventies The March episode of the Electric Sheep Film Show is a J.G. Ballard special: ESM editor in chief Virginie Sélavy talks to his daughter, artist Fay Ballard, to director Harley Cokeliss, who made a version of Crash featuring J.G. Ballard for the BBC in 1971, and to director Ben Wheatley about his new adaptation of High-Rise, which is out in cinemas on 18 March. With classic tracks by The Shangri-Las, The Residents and The Specials. (Edited and introduced by Alex Fitch) Still from Crash by Harley Cokeliss / ‘Memory Box: About my Father’ by Fay Ballard / Still from High-Rise Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: Fay Ballard’s website Watch Crash (1971) by Harley Cokeliss Read Virginie’s 2012 interview with Ben Wheatley High-Rise official website

Electric Sheep Magazine podcast: Frankenstein revived, Superman Lives In the February episode of the Electric Sheep Film Show, Electric Sheep Magazine editor assistant editor Alex Fitch talks to Jasper Sharp, artistic director of the Asia House Film Festival, which runs from 22 February, to actor Tony Todd about Bernard Rose’s new adaptation of Frankenstein, and to the director (Jon Schnepp) and producers (Holly Payne, Robert Pierce) of the documentary The Death of Superman Lives. With classic tracks by The Clique, Klark Kentt and The Crystals. The Electric Sheep Film Show continues on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 8pm, repeated the following day at 9am. Blu-Ray cover for Frankenstein (2015) / Asia House Film Festival flyer / Jon Schnepp interviewed by Alex Fitch at BFI Southbank / The Death of Superman Lives poster Originally broadcast as a ‘Clear Spot’, 17th February 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM; The Electric Sheep Film Show continues on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 8pm, repeated the following day at 9am, on Resonance FM. Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: Contribute to the Resonance FM fundraiser / ebay auction The Death of Superman Lives website Buy Frankenstein (2015)from amazon.co.uk More info about the Asia House Film Festival and The Creeping Garden

Book List: McKean and Sinclair Guest presenter Chiara Ambrosio talks to psycho-geographer and novelist Iain Sinclair and artist Dave McKean about their collaborations such as Slow Chocolate Autopsy and London Orbital, their inspirations and their working methods. The podcast also includes additional questions from Alex Fitch and others, plus readings by Sinclair and McKean of their short stories The Articulate Head and The Coast Road. Recorded at The Light and Shadow Salon, Horse Hospital, Bloomsbury in July 2014. (Partially broadcast as an episode of Panel Borders, 21/07/14 on Resonance FM) Dave McKean, Chiara Ambrosio and Iain Sinclair at the Horse Hospital / cover and interior art from Slow Chocolate Autopsy Links: Dave McKean’s website Iain Sinclair’s website The Horse Hospital website and more info about the original event Light and Shadow Salon blog Chiara Ambrosio’s website

Reality Check: Save Our Skins, Superbob! Alex Fitch talks to the casts and crews of two British Comedy / Science-Fiction films, in Q and As on stage at the SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival. At Stratford PictureHouse, the director of SOS: Save our Skins, produced by Baby Cow, discusses finding humour in an alien apocalypse, and at the Ritzy Cinema, the creator of SuperBob and members of the cast, including Catherine Tate talk about creating a South London Superhero. Poster and still from SOS: Save Our Skins / Superbob poster, Catherine Tate, Brett Goldstein, Natalia Tena and director John Drever at the Ritzy Q and A with Alex Fitch (photo by Chris Harvey) Links: Grain Media page on Superbob Buy Superbob from amazon.co.uk SOS Save Our Skins tumblr BITE TV channel on youtube

Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast: Brain Pickings and Cigarette Burns Virginie Sélavy and Alex Fitch talk to Rich Pickings director Carla MacKinnon, about their new series of science and art events titled Inside Out, which explore the human experience through film and discussion. They also talk to Josh Saco, head of celluloid promotion outfit Cigarette Burns, about their Twisted Valentine screening of 1965 seedy gem Who Killed Teddy Bear at the Barbican. Plus an interview with female-centred erotic film maker Erika Lust; includes classic tracks by Luther Ingram, Lyn and The Invaders, Chubby Checker, and The Velvet Underground. Rich Pickings logo, Who Killed Teddy Bear poster, Erika Lust photo Originally broadcast as a ‘Clear Spot’, 20th January 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM; The Electric Sheep Film Show continues on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 8pm, repeated the following day at 9am, on Resonance FM. Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: Rich Pickings website Cigarette Burns website Erika Lust‘s website

Electric Sheep Magazine podcast: Pop culture and Honor Blackman In the December episode of the Electric Sheep Film Show, ESM editor in chief Virginie Sélavy and assistant editor Alex Fitch explore film and pop culture. Celebrating her recent 90th birthday, in an interview recorded at the London Film Museum, Alex talks to legendary British actress Honor Blackman about Goldfinger, Doctor Who and the cult 1960s TV series The Avengers, plus producer Sean Hogan discusses Future Shock: The Story of 2000AD, a documentary that charts the development of the seminal British comic. Also, Virginie chats to curator Helen Melody about the Alice in Wonderland exhibition at the British Library, and the varying adapations of Alice on screen over the years; includes classic tracks by The Sonics, Serge Gainsbourg and Jefferson Airplane. Originally broadcast as a ‘Clear Spot’, 16th December 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM The Electric Sheep Film Show continues on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 8pm, repeated the following day at 9am, on Resonance FM. Poster for Alice in Wonderland at the British Library, publicity still for The Avengers with Patrick MacNee and Honor Blackman, poster for Future Shock Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: Electric Sheep Magazine website More info about Alice in Wonderland at The British Library Future Shock!: The Story of 2000AD website Honor Blackman’s website

Reality Check: The Ersatz Doctors part 2 Alex Fitch continues his exploration of the actors who have been hired to play incarnations of Doctor Who after the original actors have passed on. Alex talks to John Guilor about providing a new voice for William Hartnell’s First Doctor in reconstructed ‘missing’ scenes for BBC DVDs; and to Tim Treloar about continuing the adventures of the Third Doctor in Big Finish audio plays, now that Jon Pertwee is no longer with us. (Originally broadcast 21st December 2015 as part of a Clear Spot on Resonance FM, recorded at ‘The Day of the Doctors 2’ convention, with thanks to Big Finish Productions) Cover of The Third Doctor Adventures / Syvlester McCoy and Tim Treloar / Cover of Doctor Omega / Behind the scenes and cover of Doctor Who: Planet of Giants For more info about this podcast and a variety of other episodes you can download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org Links: More info about ‘Tenth Planet’ Doctor Who events Article about the recording of The Third Doctor Adventures at bigfinish.com Behind the scenes video of recording The Planet of Giants Buy The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume 1, Doctor Who: Planet of Giants and Doctor Omega And The Fantastic Adventure To Mars from amazon.co.uk Info about Tim Treloar’s Doctor Who CDs at bigfinish.com Listen to Alex’s interviews with Jon Culshaw and David Troughton about playing alternate versions of Doctor Who

Reality Check: The Ersatz Doctors part 1 Alex Fitch looks at the actors who have been hired to play incarnations of Doctor Who after the original actors have passed on or retired. While the programme has a built in fiction for the constant recasting of the lead role, fans have had a desire to still see and hear new adventures for the 1960s and 70s versions of Doctor Who, and these have begun to be made and licenced by the BBC for broadcast on digital radio, television and download. Alex talks to impressionist Jon Culshaw about playing Tom Baker – otherwise known as the Fourth Doctor – in Dead Ringers, and audiobooks such as The Ark in Space; to actor David Troughton about channeling his father Patrick as an ersatz Second Doctor on BBC Radio 4extra (Originally broadcast 21st December 2015 as part of a Clear Spot on Resonance FM, with thanks to BBC Audio) David Troughton / Jon Culshaw / Covers of The Hexford Invasion and the Ark in Space For more info about this podcast and a variety of other episodes you can download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org Links: Article about the recording of The Ark in Space at ladbrokeradio.com Review of Doctor Who: Serpent Crest at cultbox.com Listen to Alex’s interviews with Doctor Who actors Sylvester McCoy, Michael Jayston and Sophie Aldred Order Death to the Daleks, The Ark in Space, The Hexford Invasion and The Curse of Peladon on CD from bbcshop.com

Electric Sheep Magazine podcast: Sound and Vision Electric Sheep Magazine editor in chief Virginie Sélavy and assistant editor Alex Fitch talk to visual artist Graham Humphreys, best known for his posters for The Evil Dead, Dream Demon and Santa Sangre, about his new book, Drawing Blood. Festival director Nag Vladermersky discusses this year’s edition of the London International Animation Festival, which runs at the Barbican from 4 to 10 December. Plus an interview with Peter Strickland, director of Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke of Burgundy, about his new ‘3D sound’ adaptation of Nigel Kneale’s The Stone Tape for BBC Radio 4. Plus classic tracks by Link Wray, The Cramps, Elroy Dietzel, Hasil Adkins and The Sonics. Electric Sheep Film Show continues on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 8pm, repeated the following day at 9am. Originally broadcast as a ‘Clear Spot’, 18th November 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM Details from Berberian Sound Studio, LIAF 2015 and Monster Club (by Graham Humphreys) posters Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: Electric Sheep Magazine website Download The Stone Tape from BBC iPlayer (until November 30th 2015) Graham Humphrey’s website London International Animation Festival website

Electric Sheep Magazine podcast: Satanic Panic, Festival Screenings Electric Sheep Magazine editor Virginie Sélavy talks to author Kier-La Janisse about her book on the 1980s ‘Satanic Panic’ phenomenon, in which subculture, cult film and teenage rebellions were erroneously classified as having supernatural connections. Virginie also chats to film critic and cartoonist Mark Stafford about films they saw at this year’s London Film Festival, including: High Rise, The Witch, Evolution, Der Nachtmahr, The Invitation, Men and Chicken, The Lobster, Green Room, James White, Desierto and The Forbidden Room. Plus classic tracks by Sparkle Moore with Dan Belloc and his orchestra, and The Sonics. (Edited by Alex Fitch) Partially broadcast as a ‘Clear Spot’, 22nd October 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM Satanic Panic cover / LFF logo / Mark Stafford, photo by Sarah McIntyre Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: Electric Sheep Magazine website Info about “Satanic Panic” by Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe Mark Stafford’s website

Electric Sheep Magazine podcast: Cult Screenings, Hardware, Squirm Electric Sheep Magazine assistant editor Alex Fitch talks to directors Jeff Lieberman and Richard Stanley, and composer Simon Boswell about cult cinema screenings. Fitch and Lieberman discuss the latter’s classic horror films Squirm, Blue Sunshine and Just Before Dawn during the director’s visit to Cine-Excess 2014 at the University of Brighton, and bookending a 25th anniversary screening of Hardware at SCI-FI-LONDON, Stanley and Boswell explore the genesis of their film, the former’s plans to direct an adaptaion of H.P.Lovecraft’s “The Colour out of Space” and the latter’s scores for other genre classics such as Sante Sangre and Shallow Grave. Plus classic tracks by R Dean Taylor, and PiL (with live accompaniment by Simon Boswell). Partially broadcast as a ‘Clear Spot’, 22nd October 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM Still from Hardware / Norwegian video cover for Blue Sunshine / still from Squirm Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: Electric Sheep Magazine website Cine-Excess website and tickets for this year’s event Info about the 25th anniversary screening of Hardware at SCI-FI-LONDON Listen to Alex’s interview with artist Kevin O’Neill about the strip Shokk which inspired Hardware

Panel Borders: Erica Smith – Girl Frenzy Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Erica Smith recalls her influential zine Girl Frenzy, made by Brightonians in the 1990s, in an interview recorded at Cartoon County, Hove. Alex and Erica also discuss the anti-UKIP beer mats the artist designed for distribution in the South East before the General Election and her contributions to “Julia Kay’s Portrait Party”.(Originally broadcast as part of the ‘Clear Spot’, 12th October 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM) Issues 3 – 5 of Girl Frenzy, Erica Smith holds GF annual (photo by Sarah McIntyre), anti-UKIP beer mats designed by Smith For more info and a variety of formats to stream or download this podcast, please visit archive.org Links: Interview with Erica Smith about portrait art Article by Smith on her anti-UKIP beer mat design Article by Charlotte Cooper on her contributions to Girl Frenzy

Panel Borders: Chris Riddell Alex Fitch talks to Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell about newspaper cartoons, Goth Girl and illustrating Coraline. Chris and Alex also discuss the artist’s different takes on Alienography for political cartoons and children’s books, plus his memories of encountering David Lloyd’s V for Vendetta at a young age. (Originally broadcast as part of the ‘Clear Spot’, 15th September 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM. Recorded at Graphic Brighton) Political and non-political Alienography, Antrobus and Coraline by Chris Riddell For more info and a variety of formats to stream or download this podcast, please visit archive.org Links: Chris Riddell’s website Info about Riddell’s illustrated books at bloomsbury.com Biography at cartoons.ac.uk More info about Graphic Brighton