Oct 7, 2019
Benefit for Random Acts at the Rockwood NYC 9/30/19
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Benefit for Random Acts at the Rockwood NYC 9/30/19
Ep. 4 Diana Prince AKA Darcy the Mail Girl
had the great pleasure of talking with Diana Prince/Darcy The Mail Girl on Joe Bob Briggs new show on Shudder. She's just lovely. At a con I was dressed as a Victorian Femme Joe Bob and she lost her mind and exclaimed "SHES YOU!" then insisted I take a photo with Joe. He's holding my beer (Lone Star) bc I was holding a fan with the Drive-in Countdowns. She's very sweet and we had a fun conversation about the porn industry. Interview by Hansi Oppenheimer for Squee Projects.
LA Screening of All Hail the Popcorn King: Joe R Lansdale Documentary
LA Premiere Screening of All Hail The Popcorn King with Special Guest Performer, Kasey Lansdale.
About this Event
LA Premiere Screening of All Hail The Popcorn King,: The Joe R. Lansdale Documentary with Special Guest Performer, Kasey Lansdale
Hosted by Filmmaker Hansi Oppenheimer and Moderated by Bill Thill.
"Documentary films about authors are few and far between. That's chiefly because the act of putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard isn't anyone's idea of high drama.
Not so with New York-based documentarian and self-professed fangirl Hansi Oppenheimer's All Hail the Popcorn King, a tribute to and examination of Joe Lansdale, the Lone Star State's "writer of the purple rage."
Marc Savlov, The Austin Chronicle
"Lansdale shares stories from his life and career in Nacogdoches, Texas while a wide range of artists and fans, including Joe Hill, Mick Garris, Brian Keene, Bruce Campbell, Don Coscarelli, and more, share what they love the most about the man and his work. All Hail the Popcorn King paints a vivid picture of iconoclastic creator Joe R Lansdale, who isn’t just a talented writer, but seems to be a genuinely good person, to boot. The interviews included here are in such a down-to-earth, conversational manner that you can’t help but just get drawn in by his charisma and sense of humor. I can’t imagine watching this and not being compelled to go grab the first book you can find and dive right in. Hell, I’ve read a fair chunk of his work and this made me want to go back and reread everything while scouring bookshop shelves for the ones I haven’t found yet."
Paul Brian McCoy, Psycho Drive-In
New episode of The Grr in Fangrrl Podcast featuring actor Elizabeth Shepherd. Conversation with actor Elizabeth Shepherd about her roles as Rowena and Ligeia in Roger Corman's iconic film The Tomb of Ligeia, working with Vincent Price, behind the scenes stories of working on our favorite Poe film of Corman's trilogy, her love of language, approach to acting, her impressive career and her reading of Poe's story Tomb of Ligeia and some of his poems recently released on CD. You can get a copy at her appearances and on her Facebook page (link below) She is appearing at NYC Forbidden Planet on October 24th and the New England SuperMegaFest on November 16th-17th.More about Elizabeth, her work and to purchase her CD can be found at https://www.facebook.com/ELIZABETHSHEPHERDACTOR/ , her website http://www.elizabethshepherdactor.com and Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/unfollow/the-elizabeth-shepherdElizabeth has had over 500 TV appearances that range from Hermione in “The Winter’s Tale” (Emmy nomination) and several BBC Masterpiece Theatre series to All My Children and Law and Order SVU, numerous episodic guest spots and MOWs, including more recently Mrs Margaret Thatcher in “Shades of Black” and her movies include: The Tomb of Ligeia, Hellboats, Damien: Omen 2, Criminal Law, Double Negative, Invitation to the Wedding, Kidnapping of the President, End of Summer, Desire, Amelia.Special thanks to actor Gil Boothe for his fabulous Voice Over work on the opening Poe tribute. I gave him Latin and he read it like a champ. The Latin is from a real Necromancy spell I found online so BEWARE! Bwa-ha-ha!
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/grr_fangrrl/2019/10/22/ep-16elizabeth-shepherd
Here’s my Joe Lansdale origin story…if you will. It has often been my custom to seek out and devour everything an author has written….once said author’s work has completely overwh…
With collaborators like Don Coscarelli, Joe Hill and the man with a chin that could kill, Bruce Campbell, Popcorn King showcases Joe Lansdale the best way a filmmaker can: on his home turf, on his own terms, and in his own wondrous porch raconteur’s tone, that I’ve heard before – but still, it’s not nearly as cool as talkin’ to the legend his own self.Enjoy this dynamic one-two punch of literary and cinematic awesomeness, I pray you. Be excellent…“And…at last…we have a cinematic valentine to that literary God among men. All Hail the Popcorn King, directed by Hansi Oppenheimer, is a perfectly balanced, passionate portrait of the man, who by some, is called the greatest writer…you’ve never heard of.
Squee Fangirl Archive Project
I’m randomly beginning to organize the footage on my drives.I have about 10 drives of footage going back to interviews since 2012.
These paricular interviews include Jessica Mason, Tanya Cook, Christine Killmer, Tiny Fences: A Buffy Podcast,and Maggie Nowakowska at GeekGirlCon.
Next steps: I need to clean them up and convert them to smaller files before I start posting them. I'll probably start on my Youtube and save backups for a dedicated platform at a later date. Once we get it going, I'll need help organizing them by date, con, nterviewee, topic and any other search terms researchers can suggest. Please help us create this fantastic archive of interviews with women, femmes and non-binary fans about their experiences, contributions and the history of fandom.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/women-in-fandom-archive-project
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlCiBD_S6vg)
I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with John Skipp. He is a writer/editor/musician/screenwriter/director and one of the original creators in the Splatterpunk movement, He's known for the Book of the Dead, The Light at the End, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, Stupography among other work and as cool as you'd expect him to be from his work. We chatted about punk, 1980's NYC, horror, splatterpunk among other topics.
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cakPyVi2dO4)
NJ HORRORCON; SPRING 2019 ATLANTIC CITY NJ I covered the Spring NJ HorrorCon in March for Squee Projects and had a wonderful time. My Joe Bob Briggs documentary Squee Fu screened in the Film Festival so I got to enjoy watching it with friends, I met and became instant friends with the fabulous Felissa Rose and Diana "Darcy the Mail Girl" Prince. I finally got the opportunity to meet Mick Garris in person, although we'd been friends online for a while. he was kind enough to do an interview for my upcoming Joe R Lansdale documentary All Hail the Popcorn King, Karoake was a real blast with all the actors and fans participating together. I look forward to the next NJ HorrorCon in October! For more info on their event http://www.newjerseyhorrorcon.com