Podcast
Ticklish Business #210: Saturday Night Fever (1977, with Margo Donohue)
We're hitting the dance floor with John Travolta and this seminal '70s classic
Emily J. Edwards
Podcast
Ticklish Business #209: Giant (1956, with Julie Gilbert)
We're visiting the frontier with an epic look at George Steven's feature.
Podcast
Ticklish Business #208: Dangerous When Wet (1953)
Esther Williams tries to spice up a movie whose only salacious thing is its title
The Trade
Hollywood Falling Back on Questionable Men Feels like a Basic Instinct
With Joe Eszterhas bringing back Catherine Trammell and Victorian morality tales being adapted by Johnny Depp what power is Hollywood rebelling against?
Podcast
Ticklish Business #207: Beach Blanket Bingo (1965 with John Malahy)
The "Summer Movies" author joins us on the beach to talk Frankie and Annette.
Guest Author
Dance, Monkey, Dance: The TikTokification of An Arts Career
Is this the new working for exposure?
Podcast
Ticklish Business #206: Jaws (1975 with Christopher Shaw Myers)
You're gonna need a bigger boat for this episode
Podcast
Ticklish Business: High and Low (1963) with Scott McGee
Our international month tribute to Akira Kurosawa closes out with this slick 1960s police drama
Podcast
Ticklish Business: Seven Samurai (1954) with Alicia Malone
International Month kicks off with a look at Akira Kurosawa's war epic
Publishing
Some Essential Tips for Writing and Publishing Your First Fiction Novel
So you wanna write a (fiction) book ... in this climate?
Politics
Trump’s Three Old Men Aren’t Going to Save Hollywood
It's doubtful the likes of Jon Voight can make the town tinsel again