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The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

Katelyn Amber

191 episodes

4 days ago

The stories behind the lights, cameras, and action are now at your fingertips. The Tinsel Factory gives you, the listener, an introductory look at some of the greatest stories from the world of film. Each month your host, a filmmaker who daylights for a major Hollywood studio, picks a theme and choses four topics from within to broaden your film knowledge. Not a film snob? Put off by film bros? This podcast is for you - everything is broken down for the causal film goer or someone looking to start dipping their toes into the world of cinema. Come on in, take a seat, it's showtime.

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The stories behind the lights, cameras, and action are now at your fingertips. The Tinsel Factory gives you, the listener, an introductory look at some of the greatest stories from the world of film. Each month your host, a filmmaker who daylights for a major Hollywood studio, picks a theme and choses four topics from within to broaden your film knowledge. Not a film snob? Put off by film bros? This podcast is for you - everything is broken down for the causal film goer or someone looking to start dipping their toes into the world of cinema. Come on in, take a seat, it's showtime.

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Episodes (20/191)

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

Tell it to Me Crooked: Modern Tabloid Journalism

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a brief look into modern journalism.

Movie Reviews: Wicked

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Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/

11 months ago

35 minutes 21 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

Tell it to Me Crooked: Fan Magazines and Gossipers of Hollywood's Golden Age

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the first fan magazines and the four major voice of early celebrity journalism.

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Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/

Sources: https://www.vqronline.org/criticism-essays/those-glorious-fan-magazines

12 months ago

35 minutes 59 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

Tell it to Me Crooked: The Birth of Tabloid Journalism

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the origins of tabloid journalism.

Movie Reviews:

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Sources:

1 year ago

30 minutes 6 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

Stuff of Nightmares: The Child's Play Franchise

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a history of Chucky and the Child’s Play Franchise

Movie Reviews: Conclave

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Sources:

https://www.looper.com/866659/the-entire-story-behind-childs-play-explained/

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Chucky_(Child's_Play)#Powers_and_Abilities

1 year ago

43 minutes 38 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

Stuff of Nightmares: The Hellraiser Franchise

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a history of the Hellraiser Franchise

Movie Reviews:Saturday Night

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Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/30/how-we-made-hellraiser-horror-film-pinhead-clive-barker

https://www.loudersound.com/features/hellraiser-story-behind-horror-movie

https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3731740/hellraiser-inferno-revisiting-scott-derrickson-underrated-sequel/

1 year ago

38 minutes 29 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

Stuff of Nightmares: The Leprechaun Franchise

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a history of the Alien Franchise.

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Sources:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/leprechaun-new-movie-in-the-works-1235510562/

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/leprechaun-film-series-oral-history

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/leprechaun-new-movie-in-the-works-1235510562/

1 year ago

33 minutes 47 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

Stuff of Nightmares: The Alien Franchise

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a history of the Alien Franchise.

Movie Reviews: Speak No Evil

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Sources:

youtube.com/watch?v=j_DBS2WIEv8

https://www.space.com/alien-movies-in-order

1 year ago

54 minutes 22 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

Back on the Road Again: Australian Cinema

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a brief history of Spanish cinema.

Movie Reviews: Blink Twice and Casa Bonita mi Amore

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Sources:

https://thirdspace.org.au/city/blog/how-do-you-define-australian-films

1 year ago

32 minutes 16 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

Back on the Road Again: Hong Kong Cinema

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a brief history of Hong Kong Cinema.

Movie Reviews: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-16526765

https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/rct/pdf/e_outputs/b2930/v29&30P293.pdf

1 year ago

33 minutes 32 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

Back on the Road Again: Spanish Cinema

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a brief history of Spanish

cinema.

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Sources:

https://vamospanish.com/discover/spanish-and-the-cinema-a-

filmic-journey/

https://www.enforex.com/culture/spanish-films.html

https://www.latinolife.co.uk/articles/things-you-should-know-

about-spanish-cinema

https://www.sjsu.edu/people/drew.todd/courses/c3/s0/lamovida.pdf

Music: youtube.com/watch?v=PRwkE78fqtY

1 year ago

31 minutes 16 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

Back on the Road Again: Russian Cinema

This week on The Tinsel Factory, a brief history of Russian cinema.

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Sources:

youtube.com/watch?v=NtnTs90knro

https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2011/the-history-of-russian-cinema/

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/s/socialist-realism

1 year ago

39 minutes 33 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

More Kings of the Silent Age: Lon Chaney

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life and career of Lon Chaney

Movie Reviews: Alien: Romulus

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Sources:

https://www.cspm.org/articles/lon-chaney/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lon-Chaney

youtube.com/watch?v=Nt_RFXC-Kzc

1 year ago

33 minutes 52 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

More Kings of the Silent Age: Sessue Hayakawa

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life of Sessue Hayakawa.

Movie Reviews: Trap

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Sources:

http://goldsea.com/Personalities/Hayakawas/hayakawas.html

http://dr-yokai.blogspot.com/2011/09/sessue-hayakawa-japanese-star-of.html

youtube.com/watch?v=qJCvAdJt_9w

1 year ago

28 minutes 30 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

More Kings of the Silent Age: John Barrymore

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life of John Barrymore

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1 year ago

31 minutes 19 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

More Kings of the Silent Age: Douglas Fairbanks

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the life of the first king of Hollywood: Douglas Fairbanks

Movie Reviews: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

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Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Douglas-Fairbanks

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pickford-douglas-fairbanks-1883-1939/

1 year ago

22 minutes 5 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

The World Turned Upside Down: The Invention of Streaming

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the rise of streaming

Movie Reviews: Deadpool and Wolverine

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Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/technology/streaming-media

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=history+of+streaming&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

1 year ago

44 minutes

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

The World Turned Upside Down: Home Video

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the invention of home video. Movie Reviews: Twisters Support This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tinselfactorypod Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/the-tinsel-factory/all Venmo: @tinselfactorypod Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/tinselpod Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tinselfactory/ Sources: https://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/compare/betamax-vhs.html https://legacybox.com/blogs/analog/vhs-beat-betamax

1 year ago

31 minutes 25 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

The World Turned Upside Down: Television

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the death or Rebecca Schaeffer and reforms that came from her tragic passing.

Movie Reviews: Longlegs

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Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/technology/television-technology

https://www.history.com/news/how-tv-killed-hollywoods-golden-age#

1 year ago

35 minutes 50 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

The World Turned Upside Down: The Rise of Sound Films

This week on The Tinsel Factory, how sound changed the film industry.

Movie Reviews: A Quiet Place: Day One and MaXXXine

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Sources:

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/brief-history-of-sound-in-film/

1 year ago

44 minutes 14 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

June Gloom: The Titanic Chowder Debacle

This week on The Tinsel Factory, the night an entire film crew tripped out on some delicious chowder.

Movie Reviews: The Bikeriders and South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 25th Anniversary

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Sources:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/ypaq3g/remembering-when-everyone-filming-titanic-got-spiked-with-pcp

https://globalnews.ca/news/10462345/titanic-movie-set-pcp-chowder-halifax-details/#

https://globalnews.ca/news/10462345/titanic-movie-set-pcp-chowder-halifax-details/#

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/16/the-titanic-drug-poisoning-is-one-of-the-greatest-mysteries-in-film-history-about-to-be-solved

https://www.businessinsider.com/titanic-pcp-laced-chowder-mystery-what-happened-2024-4

https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/25-years-later-no-one-knows-who-spiked-the-titanic-chowder.html

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/titanic-crew-members-drugged-pcp-clam-chowder-1235465618/

Break music: youtube.com/watch?v=cB-Q3nNprJY&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkKEFxaxpzpImxaPAEFVkRNg

1 year ago

24 minutes 15 seconds

The Tinsel Factory: A Film History Podcast

The stories behind the lights, cameras, and action are now at your fingertips. The Tinsel Factory gives you, the listener, an introductory look at some of the greatest stories from the world of film. Each month your host, a filmmaker who daylights for a major Hollywood studio, picks a theme and choses four topics from within to broaden your film knowledge. Not a film snob? Put off by film bros? This podcast is for you - everything is broken down for the causal film goer or someone looking to start dipping their toes into the world of cinema. Come on in, take a seat, it's showtime.