World Cinema History

​In this episode, we take an existential road trip from Lund to Stockholm to discuss Ingmar Bergman's 1957 film, Wild Strawberries —or Smultronstället —a film about aging, isolation, and confronting a lifetime of emotional coldness. ​Host Eric Trommater is joined by panelists Erin Brown (experiencing Bergman for the first time) and Sila Blume for a deep dive into the film's structure. We examine h...

Erin Brown hosts a discussion with Eric Trommater and Jennifer Trujillo on one of her favorite movies, 2019's "Jojo Rabbit." The film features Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson and Scarlett Johannson in a tale of a young boy and his imaginary friend Adolph Hitler, played by the movie's Writer-Director Taika Waititi. Check us out on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@worldcinehist?si=z8Yay0W0I-6APEZz ⁠⁠⁠ on...

Luke Higginson, who wrote, directed and edited "Relax I'm from the Future," joins Eric Trommater, Erin Brown, Audra Angelique and Jennifer Trujillo to unpack one of his favorite films by his favorite director Akira Kurosawa's "Ikiru." Check us out on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@worldcinehist?si=z8Yay0W0I-6APEZz ⁠⁠⁠ on Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/world-cinema-histo...

Eric Trommater, Erin Brown and Jennifer Trujillo are joined from Bonnie Scotland by Leonard Hockerts from Understanding Movies. We look at Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's romantic comedy "I Know Where I'm Going!" Set in the Hebrides Islands, of Scotland, and starring Wendy Hiller and Roger Livsey, the film was made during the last days of World War II. Check us out on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://y...

Eric Trommater, Erin Brown, Nicole de Meneses and Jennifer Trujillo end their month-long look at horror with Tomas Alfredson's (The Snowman and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) 2008 adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's vampire novel "Let the Right One In," set in snowy Sweden. Later remade by Matt Reeves, the original drew a mixed reaction from Eric and Erin while Nicole and Jennifer found it a masterf...

Eric Trommater and Erin Brown are joined by Jennifer Trujillo of The Gilbert Baker Film Festival and "Vampire Director" Nicole de Meneses to discuss one of Nicole's favorite films, "Near Dark" (1987). Coming on the heels of our month long look at women behind the camera, we got a chance to celebrate both Spooky-Season and Katherine Bigalow, the first woman to ever win an Academy Award for best dir...

Consider leaving us a tip at KI-FI.com/worldcinemahistory Eric Trommater and Erin Brown are joined by Nicole de Meneses, who is currently making her own vampire film, and Jennifer Trujillo, who runs the Gilbert Baker Film Festival. At issue is Carl Theodore Dreyer's "Vampyr," a strange choice from the director of "The Passion of Joan of Arc," "Ordet" and "Day of Wrath." Opinions varied on the film...

To support this podcast go to https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory A group called CPR Agency for MK2 had our original video pulled from YouTube for an alleged Copyright violation. They, most likely, mistook the video for the actual film. Just in case we re-edited the episode, taking out approximately one minute and seven seconds of sound clips from the film. Eric Trommater, Erin Brown and Sila Blu...

Help keep us Advertising Free. Donate at https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory Special Guest Luke Higginson, the writer and director of "Relax, I'm From the Future" (which starred Rhys Darby), joins Erin Brown and Eric Trommater to discuss Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi's 2014 Vampire Mockumentary "What We Do in the Shadows." First, though, Erin Brown tells of her meeting, the day before, with h...

Thank you for listening to this bonus episode of World Cinema History. For more content like this join our DVD Extras Club at Ko-Fi.com/worldcinemahistory. This week's bonus episode centers on Dr. Ernesto Todd Mireles's "War of the Flea: Fight for Xicano Studies," a documentary film detailing the story of Chicano students who fought for a Xicano/Latino Studies program at Michigan State University....

Help keep us advertising free. Go to https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory and toss a buck or two in the tip jar. Eric Trommater and Sila Blume are joined by a special guest as they try and unpack Luis Buñuel's 1930 Surrealist masterpiece ""L'Âge d'or, (The Golden Age)." Dr. Ernesto "Todd" Mireles is an award-winning author, filmmaker, educator, and a lifelong activist and organizer in the Xicano m...

Help Keep Us Free From Ads. ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory Erin Brown and Eric Trommater continue their month long look at women behind the camera. This time it's director Lina Wermüller who, despite her name, is an Italian, and her 1975 black comedy "Seven Beauties." One of many films Wertmüller made with leading man Giancarlo Giannini, the film puts its hero, Pasqualino, through the wringer, inclu...

Help us stay Advertising Free with a one time tip or by joining our DVD Extras Club. https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory Eric Trommater, Erin Brown and Sila Blume discuss Chantel Ackerman's 1975 film "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles." Named the Best Film of All Time in 2022 by Sight and Sound Magazine's poll of filmmakers, critics and influencers. The movie is a slow, methodic...

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If you enjoy this program consider leaving us a tip at  https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory or, for more content,  join our DVD Extras Club. Director Céline Sciamma's 18th century sapphic love story can be enjoyed simply for the beauty of it's images, the great performances by Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel and Luàna Bajrami, or as an all too human tale of love and loss. It was also seen as a great...

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If you want to support us we are at: https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory Yassi Sofi and Eric Trommater. "Some men think the Earth is round, others think it flat; it is a matter capable of question. But if it is flat, will the King's command make it round? And if it is round, will the King's command flatten it? No, I will not sign." Henry VIII scraps the Catholic Church in order divorce his wife a...

If you want to support us we are at: https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory Erin Brown and Eric Trommater continue their look at Queerness in Cinema with Rose Troche's 1998 comedy "Bedrooms and Hallways." The film stars: Kevin McKidd, Hugo Weaving, James Purefoy, Tom Hollander, Christopher Fulford, Julie Graham, Con O'Neill (ticking Erin's OFMD box), Paul Higgins, Jennifer Ehle, Harriet Walter and S...

If you want to support us we are at: https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory Special guest host Nicole de Meneses a writer, director, and founder of Dark Rainbow Films, an independent production company specializing in bold, unapologetic LGBTQ+ stories through a genre lens. She chose Ariane Louis-Seize's "Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consen...

Help keep us ad free at: https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory We round off our trilogy of Italian comedies with Erin Brown and Eric Trommater' s discussion of Marco Bellochio's 1967 film "China is Near," focusing on class struggle within the Italian Socialist party. With cinematography Tonino Delli Colli, editing by Roberto Perpignani, and music by Ennio Morricone, it also serves as an early look...

Help keep us ad free at: https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory Eric Trommater, Sila Blume and Erin Brown discuss commedia all’italiana and Mario Monicelli's 1963 film "The Organizer." The film stars Marcello Mastroianni as a High School teacher turned labor organizer in Turin at the end of the 19th century. With a screenplay by Age & Scarpelli and cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno the film sho...

Help keep us ad free at: https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory Erin Brown and Eric Trommater host a discussion with Canadian filmmaker Luke Higginson about his 2022 Time-Travel Comedy "Relax, I'm From the Future." Joining them were WCH regular Sila Blume and content creator Just Me DashV. Dawn Fields and Hillary Marek also came along for the ride. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGRXnWm3Ji...

Help keep us ad free at: https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory Eric Trommater, Erin Brown and Sila Blume get a rare chance to discuss a film while it's still playing in American theaters. Paola Cortellesi's surprise hit "C'è ancora domani (There's Still Tomorrow)" is a comedy about domestic abuse in the aftermath of the Second World War in 1946 Rome. Filmed in black-and-white and in the Romani dial...

Help keep us ad free at: https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory In an exclusive interview for World Cinema History, independent filmmaker Sav Rodgers discusses the making of "Chasing, Chasing Amy" with Eric Trommater and Erin Brown. Comforted, as a "closeted queer kid in Kansas," by director Kevin Smith's 1997 Romantic Comedy "Chasing Amy," Sav would later give a Ted talk that came to the attention...

Help keep us ad free at: https://ko-fi.com/worldcinemahistory Erin Brown and Eric Trommater look at three versions of Charles Dyer's 1-act play "Staircase." Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Ugo Tognizzi, Robin Williams, and Gene Hackman all take turns in different decades adapting this early look at a queer couple. Check us out on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@worldcinehist?si=z8Yay0W0I-6APEZz ⁠⁠⁠...