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Hosts: Jon Dieringer & C. Spencer Yeh

We speak to queer film historian, archivist, filmmaker, programmer, writer (and occasional Screen Slate contributor) Elizabeth Purchell while she was in town to present a Rosa von Praunheim retrospective. We talk about the pioneering queer German filmmaker before doing a deep dive into adult films: the history, the culture of collecting, tracking down rare films, bringing smut to Letterboxd, and why you hear Pink Floyd and see the same public bathroom in every gay porn film from the 70s.

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C. Spencer Yeh's trailer for Drive (Jack Deveau, 1974)

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Hosts: Jon Dieringer (Screen Slate EIC), Caroline Golum (filmmaker/writer), John Klacsmann (film archivist), Maxwell Paparella (Screen Slate managing editor).

Jon reports from the Cannes film festival, covering highlights including Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun, Owen Kline’s Funny Pages, and hanging out on (allegedly) the world’s 34th-to-36th-largest yacht. Caroline Golum reviews highlights of the first post-lockdown Nitrate Picture Show, including Detlef Sierck (aka Douglas Sirk)’s Final Chord, Ernst Lubitsch’s Cluny Brown, and Marcel Carné’s Daybreak, plus controversial thoughts about the culinary scene in Rochester, NY. And Maxwell Paparella shouts out BAMCinemaFest highlights including Tyler Taormina’s nocturne Happer’s Comet and Rita Baghdadi’s Middle Eastern metal doc Sirens.

For more, our Patreon-exclusive bonus episode contains an extended discussion of Crimes of the Future, Top Gun: Maverick and Jon speed-ranking everything else he saw at Cannes. Join to listen.

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Recorded live on the beach along the Croisette: the great cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt meets up with Screen Slate to discuss his career behind the camera, including his five films with Kelly Reichardt—the latest of which, Showing Up, premiered in competition at Cannes. We talk about his family's multigenerational history on film sets, honing in on a minimalist approach to create space for quiet moments, and how his mentor Harris Savides helped him understand the camera department as more than just a trade. Plus: musings on Cannes, meeting Mr. T, and why his manager wants him to stop making so many friends.

Host: Jon Dieringer. Editor: C. Spencer Yeh.

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We welcome sex educator, journalist, and artist Zoë Ligon, aka the Dildo Duchess, to Screen Slate HQ. We talk about movies, sex, early Spectacle, late 285 Kent, and leaving New York to start sex-positive toy store Spectrum Boutique. Plus: an invitation to join her Discord for Effed Up Film Heads.

Hosted by Screen Slate editor Jon Dieringer with audio engineer C. Spencer Yeh on mic.

Zoë Ligon @Thongria on Instagram
Spectrum Boutique
Effed Up Film Heads Discord

This episode of the Screen Slate podcast is co-presented with the German Film Office, an initiative of the Goethe-Institut and German Films.
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For Patreon members | Full episode 20 min | We turn the mic on co-host John Klacsmann, who is on the bargaining committee of the Anthology Film Archives union, for updates on the workers' situation. We talk about how people can support Anthology staff by continuing to attend screenings there and let their support for a fair contract be known to the AFA board and management.

Plus: JD runs into a millennial politician from our dating episode, and Caroline Golum on Mets commentators' film criticism.
 
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We talk to Prismatic Ground founder Inney Prakash about starting a new experimental/documentary film festival with no budget that pays filmmakers, actually programs from submissions, and is free and accessible to all worldwide. We also talk about how visiting the Criterion Closet changes you,  a New York niche celebrity performing lewd sexual acts on Succession, and more.

Hosted by Screen Slate editor Jon Dieringer, film archivist John Klacsmann, and filmmaker Caroline Golum. Audio engineer C. Spencer Yeh.

Prismatic Ground
Why I Started a Film Festival in 2021 by Inney Prakash

This episode of the Screen Slate podcast is co-presented with the German Film Office, an initiative of the Goethe-Institut and German Films.
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