Monthly Archives: April 2008

Reality Check: Genre (crossing) directors

Reality Check: Genre (crossing) directors
Originally podcast on Sci-Fi London

Alex Fitch talks to the directors of two recent genre crossing movies – Garth Jennings and Park Chan-Wook – about their films Son of Rambow and I’m a Cyborg (but that’s okay). Alex and Garth also talk about low-fi and hi-fi approaches to special effects making, plus hitting Mos Def with a plank of wood on the set of the Hitchhiker’s Guide of the Galaxy while Alex also talks to Park (via translator Sinae Lew and actor Philip Hayden) about themes of pop culture in the latter’s movies, such as Oldboy, and how the suppression of freedom in Korea influenced his subject matter.
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Panel Borders: Comics and Columns by Andy Luke

Panel Borders: Comics and Columns by Andy Luke
Originally broadcast 03/04/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Alex Fitch talks to small press comics creator Andy Luke about his self published titles that range from auto-biographic 24 hour comics to endearing encounters with pop culture icons. Alex and Andy also talk about the latter’s column for Comics Village and Andy’s involvement with promoting the small press scene at conventions and at the London Underground comics stall in Camden Market.
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Peppatits: Episode 5

Jessica Hynes and Julia Davis return for an hour of original comedy improvisation and their personal selection of music. If you want your Peppatits delivered to your iPod, PC or the music-player of your choice please consider subscribing to the Resonance FM podcast channel – you can get this show plus a range of other Resonance productions for free.

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Panel Borders: The art of Doug Braithwaite

Panel Borders: The art of Doug Braithwaite
Originally broadcast 20/03/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM

Alex Fitch interviews Doug Braithwaite, a British comics artist who is best known for his collaborations with painter Alex Ross & writer Jim Krueger on such titles as Universe X & Paradise X which depict a mythological future for the characters of the Marvel Universe and Justice, a graphic novel celebrating the DC â€˜Silver ageâ€™. Alex and Doug also talk about the latter drawing ultra-violent escapades of the Punisher that hark back to 1980s action films and whether being a black comic book artist has influenced his work and projects.
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Reality Check: Eastercon ’08, part two

Originally podcast on Sci-Fi London
The second of two shows looking at this year’s Sci-Fi literary convention Orbital ’08 which was held last month in Heathrow. Alex Fitch is talking to Graham Sleight about the BSFA, Jetse de Vries & Aliette de Bodard about Interzone, John Coxon about ZZ9 – the Douglas Adams appreciation society and author Neil Gaiman about why he loves conventions (with a brief cameo by Paul Cornell)…
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Panel Borders: Manhua! China Comics Now part 5 – Benjamin, Nie Chongrui and Zhang Xiaoyu

Originally broadcast 03/04/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM

This is the fifth* of five podcasts looking at the Manhua! China comics now exhibition at the London College of Communication in the Elephant and Castle. Manhua! China comics now is a month long exhibition featuring the best of recent Chinese comic book art. In this episode Alex Fitch is talking to artists Benjamin, Nie Chongrui and Zhang Xiaoyu via translator Coco Wang.
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Art house Cinema: Podcast #8 – Winter â€˜07 / ’08

Yup, it’s the ubiquitously tardy Electric Sheep Magazine & Resonance FM‘s latest Art House cinema podcast featuring reviews of films released last autumn at ‘Art House’ cinemas in London… This show is presented by Alex Fitch with contributions from Virginie SÃ©lavy (editor of Electric Sheep Magazine) , comedienne Jessica Fostekew and beloved Resonance FM engineer (and electronic musician) Robin Warren…
Featuring reviews of Jesus Camp, KM31 / Kilometro treinta y uno, Southland Tales, The Saragossa Manuscript, The Kite Runner, Paranoid Park, 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days, Dan in real life, No country for old men, Our daily bread / Unser taglich brot and Sweeney Todd: The demon barber of Fleet Street.
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