A New Translation of a Master Filmmaker: Dr. Anne McKnight on Long Take
An interview with Japanese media scholar Anne McNight about her new book Long Take. Long Take is a collection of interviews and other materi...
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The History of Film
An international narrative history of film from its origins to right now. Each episode covers movies, movements, film makers, technology, culture and politics, technique, and more.
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20 of 44 episodes37- Abel Gance, and the Prelude to the Post-War
An episode about Gance, covering his life and movies from birth to just before of the release of his monumental film J'accuse. Support...
36- Women's Pictures, Staring Women, that Women Were Watching
An episode all about proper (or not explicitly patriotic) melodrama as it was developing in France during the war. Who were these movies mad...
35- French Patriotic Melodrama
This episode is a little smaller in scope than usual. But like one my great podcasting heroes, my ambition for this show is to tell the hist...
34- American Invasion, Sessue Hayakawa, and "The Cheat"
In this episode we cover just how, exactly, American cinema came to dominate Europe in the wake of WW1. We take a look at the economic pract...
33- War on Film, Film at War
This week we cover the effect of The War on the French film Industry. While The Conflict's Titanic needs did a real number on French pr...
32- Foundation of Death, Foundation of Light
This episode reexamines some topics we have already looked at, but this time as context for one of history's greatest butcheries, rathe...
Announcement – Plans and Reasons
The History of Film Podcast has been on Haitus since May of 2022. This announcement officially ends that. Let's get back to it! If you...
31- Gertie: The First Animated Character
In this episode we finish up our series on early animation by covering Gertie the Dinosaur and The Sinking of the Lusitania, both animated b...
30- Animation Before the Dinosaur
This is the first of two episodes (only two, I promise) about the great animator Winsor McCay. We cover his life before he became a filmmake...
29- Phantasmagoria
It's a new year, and the History of Film is back! In this episode, we cover the life and achievements of French animator Emile Cohl, as...
28- Drawings That Can Dance
The long promised day is finally here! We dive into the world of animation, examine ancient Iranian pottery, and meet animators named Charle...
27- The Fall of Babylon, The Fall of Griffith
In this episode we take a look at Griffith's second most famous movie, Intolerance , and examine its production, structure, and impact....
26- The Birth of a Nation: Part III
This is the last of it. In this episode, we dig into how and why The Birth of a Nation was so influential, and who was influenced by it. I a...
25- The Birth of a Nation: Part II
When I write these, I never know just how long they will be. As it turns out, talking about a film that has had a huge impact on the develop...
24- The Birth of a Nation: Part I
Well, where it is. The Birth of a Nation is an extremely important movie. It would be hard to overstate it. In this episode, we cover the or...
Bonus: Film as Cultural Artifacts
This is the first of (hopefully) a recurring series of episodes on film critical theory. Today, with special guest Melissa Favara, we cover...
23- D. W. Griffith
Here it is! Its an episode and a subject that has been a long time coming, and it's one that is less important then people used to thin...
22- Italian Futurism and Everything Else
Hello and welcome back! This is everything about early Italian films that we didn’t cover in the last two episodes. That means we talk a lit...
Announcement: Updates on "The History of Film" Going Forward
A few words on exciting changes that are coming to "The History of film in very near future. historyoffilmpodcast@gmail.com historyoffilmpod...