BearManor Media News — q&a

                      Q & A with Barbara Roisman Cooper -- Author of the "Great Britons of Stage and Screen" Series:   As native Californian, what drew your interest to British film and stage notables? I was taking ballet at the time, and my parents took me to see my first British film, The Red Shoes. After that, there was nothing I wanted more than a pair of red pointe shoes. My parents indulged me, and I was hooked on British film. Then there was The Man in the White Suit, with...

Interview with Anthony Slide on his new book on Bobbie Kimber Who Is Bobbie Kimber?I suspect that is a question that most Americans will be asking. And I am not going to suggest that he is actually known in the U.S. — although he certainly should be. Bobbie Kimber was a British ventriloquist, who began his professional career in the summer of 1938. He worked in female attire in large part because there weren’t any female ventriloquists and he was rather a novelty. His name, of course, is asexual, and so audiences did not necessarily know he was a man...

Q&A with Gabriel Bergmoser, author of The Lecter Variations - A History of Hannibal Tell us a bit about the book. The Lecter Variations is an analytical deep dive into every corner of the Hannibal franchise, starting with the release of Thomas Harris’ seminal Red Dragon and moving chronologically up to the 2021 TV series Clarice. It explores the behind-the-scenes story of each book, movie and show, but also delves into their merits and pitfalls. What sets this apart from previous books about the Hannibal films?Previous books like The Hannibal Files or Making Murder: The Fiction of Thomas Harris were...

BearManor Q&A with Ian Cooper, author of Kentucky Wild: The Films of William Girdler 1. You´ve written a study of William Girdler. Why?Girdler has a reputation among cult film fans, mostly because of his work in the horror genre but he´s not exactly well-known. I´m been a fan of his work since I saw Grizzly as a kid and I think his life story is interesting, film nut becomes this very prolific director and then dies young.2. And why Bear Manor?I thought it would be a good fit for their brand, Girdler being an obscure-ish figure with a small but...

INTERVIEW WITH DR. STEVE HABERMAN FOR GOTHIC FOR RADICALS 1. Why did you write a book on the horror movies of Gordon Hessler and Christopher Wicking?I write and narrate a lot of audio commentaries for classic horror movies on blu rays and DVDs. While doing research for one, I looked over the row of books in my library on horror filmmakers of the sixties and seventies. I had books on Terence Fisher, William Castle, Roger Corman, Mario Bava, Freddie Francis and even books on Michael Reeves who only directed three features. But I couldn’t find anything of any substance or...