BearManor Media News — blog

Tim Lucas Q&A on his new NoZone book   Tim, could we start with you telling us something about your new book NOZONE, in general?Certainly. NOZONE collects all of the “NoZone” review columns that I wrote for SIGHT & SOUND, the magazine of the British Film Institute, between 2003 and 2012 - so, a nearly ten-year period. My editors there, Nick James and James Bell, were exemplary at their jobs. James Bell, in particular, was personally assigned to the column and always made the end result a bit better than what I initially turned in. I’ve always been bad with...

AMERICAN CABLE Q+A WITH AUTHOR JOSEPH BRUTSMAN1. Your latest new book, AMERICAN CABLE sounds epic in both subject and theme. Is that indeed the case?Joseph Brutsman: After a great deal of work, research and introspection, I believe it arrived at that place. I wanted to present an overall history of “Cable”, as I also serve up the true-life adventures of those who put “Reality” programming together. Utilizing my own personal timeline as one of the earliest and longest-running creatives in cable and reality, I go through the evolution of this media, as I also tell of my own journey. The...

Q & A with Chris Strodder, author of The Academy Awards Book of Lists: An Unauthorized, Unofficial, and Unprecedented History of the Oscars, Part One and Part Two1. What inspired you to write these two books?Gratitude— I wanted to celebrate and honor an annual event that has brought me a lifetime of fun, fascination, entertainment, and memories.2. How far back do those memories go?I first watched the ceremony as a young kid in 1965, sitting in our suburban living room, happily munching popcorn alongside my family, and rooting for any movie I’d actually seen in a theater, especially A Hard...

No James Bond fan can miss the next broadcast of KSAV.org’s “Flashback!”   That’s because on Mon. Jan. 16, online radio’s “Flashback” continues its James Bond avalanche   with a new interview with James L. Neibaur & Gary Schneeberger, co-authors of From Connery to Craig: The James Bond Film Series. Nobody knows more than these two gents so expect lots of surprises and insights you might not have known all these years when these guys swap stories and perspectives with fellow Bond aficionado Wes Britton and co-host Karina Kantas! We flesh out this lively conversation with a vintage interview with Rob...