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Writers on Film

Film Stories, Bleav

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Writers on Film is the only podcast to focus on film books and to talk to the best authors working in the area of cinema. From Making Of tomes to biographies, studies to novelisations, author and film critic John Bleasdale is fascinated by where the written word intersects with the world of the big screen. Get bonus content on Patreon A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk

Recent Episodes

OCT 22, 2026
Chris Bujold's Robot Dreams and Suburban Nightmares
For Chris Bujold, every chapter of life begins with a movie. Every film unlocks a memory, revealing a personal story about growing up in suburban New Hampshire, navigating an imperfect family, becoming a husband and father, and ultimately facing unimaginable loss, all through the lens of 1980s and 1990s cinema and pop culture.
58 MIN
OCT 15, 2026
James Mottram on The Making of The Odyssey
John Bleasdale talks to James Mottram about his new book Filming The Odyssey
60 MIN
OCT 8, 2026
Allyson Nadia Field Talks about Acts of Love: Black Performance and the Kiss That Changed Film History
John Bleasdale talks to Allyson Nadia Field at the Pordenone International Silent Film Festival about her new book Acts of Love: Black Performance and the Kiss That Changed Film History.
24 MIN
OCT 6, 2026
The Pordenone International Silent Film Festival
John Bleasdale talks to Mark Fuller, an expert on silent film at the international silent film festival in Pordenone, Italy.
34 MIN
OCT 1, 2026
Roddy MacDowall by Samuel Garza Bernstein
John Bleasdale talks to the author of the first comprehensive biography of actor Roddy MacDowall
72 MIN