Thu 14 Dec 2017
Our podcast on author biopic films, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, and the depiction of the author and novel in The Man Who Invented Christmas
Dr. Hila Shachar, an English literature and adaptations lecturer from De Montfort University, talks to us about The Man Who Invented Christmas, the style of biographical films, Charles Dickens’ shrewd business and marketing sense, his family life, and the impact of A Christmas Carol.
For more on Hila’s work on author biopics check out her chapter “Authorial Histories: The Historical Film and the Literary Biopic” in A Companion to the Historical Film
For her work on other classic works in adaptation in her book Cultural Afterlives and Screen Adaptations of Classic Literature: Wuthering Heights and Company
Directed by: Bharat Nalluri
Starring: Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, and Jonathan Pryce
For more fact checking on the film see: “How Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Changed the Way the Holiday Is Celebrated”
Fri 8 Dec -
With Battle of the Sexes well underway, we talk with Dr. Ellen Wright about the depictions of female athletes, the differing pressures regarding body images, and our reactions to the feminist representations in the film. (Duration 20mins)
Tue 28 Nov -
With two Waititi films coming up, we talk with Kieran Foster, Harry Abbot, and Ethan Hargreaves from the Film department at De Montfort University, about Taika Wititi, his filmography, his work with Marvel for Thor Ragnarok, and why we love the style that is all his own. (Duration 27mins)
Fri 24 Nov -
We had three film and Hollywood experts discussing the life and career of Gloria Grahame, the double standards in Hollywood, ageing actresses, and the film's treatment of its stars in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool. (Duration 27mins)