The Popcorn Muncher Podcast

It’s another special interview edition of the podcast this week, as I chat to Hannan Majid and Richard York. They are filmmakers through production company Rainbow Collective and they also run Films For Food, which is a great initiative that puts on free film screenings for those willing to donate goods to a London food bank. I had a fun chat with Hannan and Richard, covering the origins of Films For Food, their partnership with the East End Film Festival and the importance of socially conscious movies with awareness of today’s political landscape. We even found time to discuss the representation of race and gender in recent blockbusters like Wonder Woman and Black Panther. The next Films For Food event is tonight, Thursday 22nd March, at Hub 67 in Hackney Wick. The film being shown is documentary Belonging: The Truth Behind the Headlines, which tells the story of industrial disputes across three decades to examine the power dynamics in Britain. It’s a very worthy event, so get yourselves down there if you can. All of the details are here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/films-for-food-belonging-the-truth-behind-the-headlines-qa-tickets-44016788399 If you like the podcast, subscribe and rate us on iTunes. It really helps. Music by Bensound and photo by Lima Charlie.

Tom got the chance to sit down with Luke Owen, author of Lights, Camera, Game Over - a new book about the making of video game movies. We chat about the book, some of the best and worst video game movies ever made and the films that could be able to turn the genre around. You can get hold of the book from Amazon, Waterstones, Barnes & Noble or indeed anywhere that sells books.

It's another interview special on The Popcorn Muncher Podcast. Just in time for Halloween, writer James Moran pops in to talk about his vlog take on Dracula in Mina Murray's Journal as well as his previous films, including Cockneys vs. Zombies. We also discuss the horror genre in general, streaming services and James' stint as a writer for Doctor Who and Torchwood.