42 “Don’t Panic: The Hitchhiker’s Guide Phenomenon” @everyscififilm.bsky.social

HEED THE WARNING! Lord David McDavidFace hath spoken. (A bit of French New Wave mixed with the answer to life, the universe and everything for your Monday commute!)

Alien: Earth series 1 is done and I spoke to @jabd.bsky.social about episode 8 for around 3 hours. What!? 3 hours? You may be surprised but not a single one of my primary school teachers would be. https://f.mtr.cool/vdrhaewvnq

Me deciding whether The Manchurian Candidate (1962) is science fiction.

Despite decades of watching dystopian films I am not even remotely ready for the current state of the world. I feel zombies would help me get into the right frame of mind though…

Sunset Boulevard (1950), directed by Billy Wilder Who is with Frank on Some Like It Hot being Wilder’s best? Joining us this week: @silverscreeners.bsky.social from Reels of Cinema. Find the episode wherever you get your podcasts, including in video on the YouTube channel. #movies #filmsky

“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Spencer Kuvin, Epstein's victims' lawyer, says the FBI interviewed 40+ girls, some just 14, and prepared a 54-count indictment. Then came the secret plea deal that let Epstein walk. Those interviews are in the files. Kuvin says Alan Dershowitz scoured the girls' MySpace pages to smear them as liars.

The buzz is back as Halsey finds its not always wise to follow in dads footsteps. Terrific fun with more monster mayhem and plenty of Price. 1959. #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam #vincentprice

Am researching for La Jetée (1962). Director Chris Marker cites Hitchcock's Vertigo as inspiration. This video on YouTube with a side by side is beautiful. ♥️

Many weeks ago I was asked to come up with my favourite films. I agreed forgetting that I am an enthusiastic mess of a human. And yet, I made the deadline.* And now look at this fancy thing! *With 9 hours to spare. (Yes I want a medal.)

The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a very British take on nuclear apocalypse. Set in a frantic newsroom, cynical and failing hero Peter Jennings seems incapable of sticking to deadlines or writing much at all until the end is nigh!  The Day the Earth Caught Fire: Britain’s 1961 Apocalypse is out now.

So this happened! And I've been feeling very overwhelmed about it. I think because it's not an award you apply for and so it feels very special and a bit scary.  Winner of the @earworthy.bsky.social  award for best movie podcast. 🥹 Thank you to everyone listening, the amazing guests & Ear Worthy.

Amphibian Man (1962) is a Soviet film set in Argentina and at first I thought “WHAT!? This doesn’t look like an amphibian man. That’s a man man wearing a glitter ball suit!” which is what he’s meant to be. (Although I’m not sure if they were aiming for glitter ball precisely.)

When you’ve come to ask a respected scientist about some money to save your revolutionary newspaper and he starts banging on about saving the people by starting an underwater republic.  Amphibian Man (1962). #scifi

You like creepy kids? Does anyone? Well horror seems pretty fond of them. 😂 Hear the wonderfully clever academic heavyweights @markbould.bsky.social and @theprofrog.bsky.social talk about John Wyndham, George Sanders and evil children. On your favourite podcasting app. Or YouTube. 🫡

Why would any sane person NOT listen to DavidMcDavidFace? 😁

So the new podcast is up. Learn about the shenanigans behind this 1960 East German-Polish production that has so many chefs spoiling the script that Stanislaw Lem withdrew his name from the "trashy screenplay". 😂 Diverse casting, communist visions of Utopia and a dire Cold War warning. Achtung! 🚀

Indie podcasts are generally those with no budgets, no time and no team. 😂 Try some if you have time. 🤓

Spaceship ancestry! 1. Fantastic 4’s  2. new spaceship harks back to  3. The First Spaceship on Venus (1960) which in turn references 4. Woman in the Moon (1929) with its much blockier but gorgeously art deco aesthetic.  Next episode will be on 3. if all goes well.  #sciencefiction

Harryhausens UFO's take on the world for one of the best invasions to hit the drive-in. Huge fun with thrilling effects packed with cool vintage style. 1956 #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #film #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #classicscifi #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam

I’m finding it hard to process the levels of human depravity but at least I found a new party slogan.

Listen to Kon. Kon knows what’s up. Be like Kon. I have no idea how to add that squared part. 😂

We begin the 1960s by heading back to the end of the 19th century when both the idea of a machine that travels through time and cinema were invented around the same time. (Science fiction, cinema and history!) The new episode is out! Link in bio. The Time Machine: HG Wells' Legacy in 1960s Sci-Fi.

WHY THE FUCK IS THE BORG CUBE THE CHEAPEST OPTION?!

Good morning. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

The hardest disbelief to suspend about the show.

Ladies and gentlemen! Roll up! Roll up! The podcast is entering the 1960s this weekend! Groovy, time travelling awaits, maaaan.  (AKA: What I do to entertain myself in the insomniac hours of the morning.) #sciencefiction #filmsky

For multiple weeks my most viewed podcast on YouTube has been the months old Forbidden Planet episode. The 1956 film is often overlooked. A seminal sci-fi classic. If you want to check out why: https://f.mtr.cool/wqgsqrrevx

Since Superman is on many people’s minds (I’m booked with the kids for Sunday morning!) I wanted to share this clip of Julian Chambliss from episode 10 of the podcast talking about how Superman is the ultimate good immigrant. Comics, Pulps & the Rise of Superheroes Ep. 10 Link in bio. #superman

The tolerant left in spaaaaaaaace! I don’t know if this was meant to be a recruitment drive but I’ve already signed up. 🤣

Superman is out soon and 10 year old me will END me if I don’t go to see it (even if my own children are halfhearted). But the idea of Superman as an immigrant isn’t new. Time code 28:44 on episode 10. (Or watch the whole thing. 😂 Or listen on your podcasting app.) youtu.be/_3ycNNM2pUM?...

Only sci-fi adjacent in the sense that it’s dystopian. I went to a social gathering last year where I met a woman who supported Trump because he was going to uncover the Epstein files. Admittedly I was not gracious and laughed. He’s not going to do that. Continued:

DUNE 3: Mo' Spice, Mo' Problems

Cover by Fred Ray. #Superman

Wonderful thread but I forgot the most obvious! Dune: He’s not the Messiah He’s a very naughty boy.

I am now eligible for the YouTube Partner programme. But since I am old I honestly have no idea what that means. 😂 I bet it means I have to wear shoulder pads and boss people around. Everything I know about success comes from 80s TV.

I’ve been (hopefully temporarily) restricted from my Threads account so I may end up round here trying to act like I fit in. Please excuse the typos in advance.

2 people have said they want to know which films are coming up on the podcast. I often make last minute decisions but the films that I'm working on are:  The Wasp Woman (✅ done) The Time Machine The Silent Star (AKA First Spaceship on Venus) Village of the Damned continued on the next post....

Good morning. 👀 Children of the Damned (1964)

Apparently it is/was World UFO day. How does one celebrate world UFO day? You have two choices. 1. Get abducted.  2. Listen to a podcast that has a UFO in its logo. I don't make the rules!* *I did. It was me.

This is evergreen now, isn't it

Your face when you remember you haven’t heard The Tingler episode of the podcast that covers the amazing legacy of William Castle’s ballyhoo marketing, Vincent Price, LSD and manly screaming. Link in bio.

On the list for the podcast if you wanted to get ahead. 🤓

Imagine having a great time prepping a meal and listening to a fantastic podcast. Imagine. *sigh. www.everyscififilm.com/the-tingler

Ancient silver stater (coin) with an octopus on the reverse side 🐙 🤩 Minted in Eretria, Euboea, Greece, 500-480 BC. Photo: British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... #Archaeology

Guess who got an email this morning about being featured on the @pocketcasts.com recommended "Fresh List" of 20th Century History podcasts? Alongside heavy hitters and big companies. 🥹 Go on… guess. 😁 Thank you. ♥️ lists.pocketcasts.com/20th-century... (Please share the podcast if you can!)