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The Auteur Series: Abel Ferrara’s Short Films & 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy

[https://podcastingthemsoftly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/51vkmwzhttl.jpg] [https://podcastingthemsoftly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/270078_overview.jpg] Frank and Dr. Crain are back with a soft reboot of our Abel Ferrara Auteur series. This time we’re doing it right and starting off with Abel Ferrara’s short films: Nicky’s Film, The Hold Up, and Could This Be Love which are available and both screened by Frank and Patrick via the Cult Epics release that also includes the Driller Killer and the trailer for Nine Lives of a Wet Pussy. We also cover Abel Ferrara’s first feature, the adult film Nine Lives of a Wet Pussy which was beautifully released by Vinegar Syndrome.

For Your Ears Only: Quantum of Solace

We’re pleased to bring you our latest discussion in our For You Ears Only series featuring Frank and Tom. This time, we’re joined with special guest playwright and actor Jeremy Kareken to discuss Daniel Craig’s second outing as James Bond in 2008’s Quantum of Solace, which is a direct continuation of the storyline from Craig’s debut, Casino Royale. The film was directed by Marc Foster, and Neal Purvis and Robert Wade collaborated again with Paul Haggis, and the film also features Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Arterton, David Harbour, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, Jesper Christensen, and Judi Dench.

Podcast: Actor’s Spotlight with Harry Northup

We are honored to present our latest conversation in our Actor’s Spotlight series. With this episode, Frank and Raymond Benson [https://raymondbenson.com/] have a conversation with poet and actor Harry Northup who is living film history. Harry was featured in Martin Scorsese’s first six films WHO’S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR, BOXCAR BERTHA, MEAN STREETS, ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE, TAXI DRIVER, and NEW YORK NEW YORK. Harry was also a frequent collaborator with maverick filmmakers Jonathan Demme and Jonathan Kaplan. Harry has been featured in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, TOM HORN, and OVER THE EDGE amongst many others. Harry recounts his very rich filmography, along with stories of working with actors Harvey Keitel, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush, Peter Boyle, and Steve McQueen. Please checkout Harry’s poetry here [https://www.spdbooks.org/Author/Default.aspx?AuthorId=7780].

For Your Ears Only: Martin Campbell’s CASINO ROYALE

Welcome everyone to a very special episode of Podcasting Them Softly’s For Your Ears Only series. Today we are going to discuss Martin Campbell’s return to the Bond franchise with CASINO ROYALE. Released in 2006 this was Daniel Craig’s debut as James Bond, based on Ian Flemings’s first Bond novel of the same name. Featuring an amazing cast coupled with Chris Cornell’s show-stopping title song, CASINO ROYALE had a worldwide box office total of 600 million and went on to win a bounty of BAFTA awards and Daniel Craig became the first actor to be nominated for a BAFTA for portraying James Bond.  What makes this episode so very special, is that we are joined with returning guest and one of our favorite filmmakers Wayne Kramer and actress Ivana Milicevic who co-starred in both CASINO ROYALE as Valenka – Mads Mikkelson’s girlfriend, and Wayne’s neo-noir masterpiece, RUNNING SCARED.

For Your Ears Only: DIE ANOTHER DAY

Join Frank, Mac and the esteemed Tom Zielinski as they discuss Pierce Brosnan’s final outing as 007 in Lee Tamahori’s DIE ANOTHER DAY. The film also features Halle Berry, Judi Dench, Toby Stephens, Will Yun Lee, Michael Madsen, John Cleese, and Rosamund Pike. The film grossed a little over 400 million at the global box office, which at the time was considered a box office success, yet the producers decided to take the franchise in another direction, released Brosnan, and then cast Daniel Craig to take the series in a new direction. For our next episode in the For Your Ears Only series, Frank and Tom will be joined with filmmaker Wayne Kramer and actress Ivana Milicevic to discuss CASINO ROYALE.