As another Thursday rolls around its time for Alex Fitch to update us on his recent and forthcoming broadcasts and podcasts and quite possibly some other form of cast never encountered before; as usual for more details and links check the Panel Borders site:
“Strip!: Charles Burns’ Fear(s) of the dark, tonight at 5pm on Resonance FM
Guest presenter Virginie Sélavy talks to the renowned American comic book artist and writer Charles Burns, who’s famous for such titles as El Borbah – masked Wrestler and detective – and Black Hole, a Cronenbergian tale of teenage body horror that’s currently being adapted into a movie. Virginie interviewed Charles when he was in London promoting the French portmanteau film Fear(s) of the dark / Peur(s) du noir which is being released in cinemas on October 3rd and features a prominent segment written by Burns and animated in the style of his comics…
Online shortly:
Reality Check: Genre (crossing) directors (October ’08), due online on the 1st of October
After a month’s summer break, Sci-FI London’s fortnightly podcast is back, starting with the second of our twice yearly looks at the work of directors whose films are hard to quantify as they straddle a variety of genres. Alex Fitch talks to director Paul W.S. Anderson about his remake of the Roger Corman produced classic Death Race 2000 which loses the millennial moniker but adds elements from prison movies and computer games. Also Chris Patmore talks to director Tarsem Singh about the belated release of his stylish homage to silent movies – The Fall – which combines elements of Wuxia, cowboy films and the Arabian nights to dazzling effect…
Recent podcasts…:
Electric Sheep podcast: The animé of Osamu Tezuka – An episode of The Electric Sheep Magazine Podcast – Alex Fitch talks to anime expert Helen McCarthy in front of an audience of manga fans at Streatham Library about the work of manga and animé pioneer Osamu Tezuka who is the subject of a season now on at The Barbican. Alex and Helen talk about Tezuka’s career in animé from early experimental shorts to the big budget adaptation of his classic manga comic Metropolis. Also comedienne and actress Jessica Fostekew reviews the cinema release of Eden Lake and the DVD release of Annie Leibovitz – Life Through a Lens…
Panel Borders: Osamu Tezuka @t Bristol – Introduced by Dickon Harris and recorded live at this year’s Bristol International Comics Expo, Helen McCarthy talks to a panel of fans, artists and experts about the work of Osamu Tezuka, the godfather of modern manga and animé. On the panel are Tim Pilcher, Sean Michael Wilson, Akiko Shimojima and manga / DFC artist John Aggs…
*yes I know you don’t normally add an extra “t” after the @ sign, but in homage to the Millennium development in Bristol, I’ve gone with their spelling…
Comics / Sci-Fi news:
3rd October at The Apollo West End Cinema, 19 Regent Street, London – Sci-Fi London presents Oktoberfest, a one day / all night genre film festival presenting the latest and best Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy entertainment including zombie, anime and Mystery Science theatre 3000 ‘all nighters’ and UK premieres of new movies including Terra, Zombies Zombies Zombies (!), Strait Jacket and the pilot episode of J.J. Abrams’ Fringe…
Thu, Sep 25, 2008
Comics and cartoons, Film, TV and radio, Podcast