# host dr (video feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover host dr. Page: Feed: --- ## [EFP 85: Rachael Nisbet on Danger: Diabolik](http://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_wbmpu7w5) _2026-08-05 · Edinburgh Film Podcast_ On this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by film critic and historian Rachael Nisbet to discuss one of cinema’s most dazzling comic book adaptations, Mario Bava’s Danger: Diabolik (1968). Based on the comics written by sisters Angela and Luciana Giussani, Diabolik chronicles the escapades of the masked master criminal and his lover and co-conspirator Eva Kant. The comics have been… [Listen](http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/p/2010292/sp/201029200/playManifest/entryId/1_wbmpu7w5/flavorId/1_1tgyruyt/protocol/http/format/url/a.mp4?clientTag=feed:1_xy3d94fs) ## [EFP 84: Olivia Laing on Fellini, Pasolini and The Silver Book](http://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_7h5rnq6s) _2026-07-21 · Edinburgh Film Podcast_ On this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by award-winning writer Olivia Laing to discuss their latest novel The Silver Book. Olivia’s book is part thriller, part queer love story set against the backdrop of the Italian film industry in the mid-1970s. Skilfully merging fact and fiction, The Silver Book shines a light on the work of real-life costume and production designer Danilo Donati.… [Listen](http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/p/2010292/sp/201029200/playManifest/entryId/1_7h5rnq6s/flavorId/1_moa5h6ur/protocol/http/format/url/a.mp4?clientTag=feed:1_xy3d94fs) ## [EFP 83: Caroline Young on Fashioning Hitchcock](http://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_lpsjtb0u) _2026-07-01 · Edinburgh Film Podcast_ Host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by author Caroline Young to discuss her new book Fashioning Hitchcock (Bloomsbury, 2026). Caroline is a prolific author and critic based in Edinburgh. Specialising in fashion, pop culture and classic cinema, her previous books include The It Girls: Glamor, Celebrity and Scandal (2025), Single & Psycho: How Pop Culture Shaped the Unhinged Woman (2025), Crazy Old… [Listen](http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/p/2010292/sp/201029200/playManifest/entryId/1_lpsjtb0u/flavorId/1_olvfb456/protocol/http/format/url/a.mp4?clientTag=feed:1_xy3d94fs) ## [EFP 82: Professor Mark Goble on the Art of Slow Motion](http://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_c0nfonvm) _2026-06-16 · Edinburgh Film Podcast_ On this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone is joined by Professor Mark Goble to discuss a visual effect that is used in everything from action films to football matches. Whether it’s to extend or amplify, to lyricise or clarify, slow motion is everywhere on our screens. Published by Columbia University Press, Mark’s book Downtime: The 20th Century in Slow Motion (2025) takes a close look at an… [Listen](http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/p/2010292/sp/201029200/playManifest/entryId/1_c0nfonvm/flavorId/1_prjj30kn/protocol/http/format/url/a.mp4?clientTag=feed:1_xy3d94fs) ## [EFP 81: Professor Martine Beugnet on cinema and the blurred image](http://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_n1o9zejv) _2026-05-25 · Edinburgh Film Podcast_ On this episode, we dial down the sharpness and celebrate cinematic blurriness. Going against the common assumption that blur is only for backgrounds, a new book by Professor Martine Beugnet explores the power and poetics of the blurred image. Originally published in French in 2017, Blur (2026) is part of the Cutaways series from Fordham University Press, where authors take a close look at one… [Listen](http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/p/2010292/sp/201029200/playManifest/entryId/1_n1o9zejv/flavorId/1_6kmq06h6/protocol/http/format/url/a.mp4?clientTag=feed:1_xy3d94fs) ## [EFP 80: Neil Brand on 100 Years of Laurel and Hardy](http://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_30pm295h) _2026-05-06 · Edinburgh Film Podcast_ On this episode, we discuss the work of legendary comedy duo Laurel and Hardy , whose careers straddled both the silent and sound eras. They were active between the 1920s and the 1950s, making more than a hundred films together and their unmistakeable big man-little man dynamic would go on to influence many a comedy double-act, from Abbott and Costello to Morecambe and Wise. This year marks the… [Listen](http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/p/2010292/sp/201029200/playManifest/entryId/1_30pm295h/flavorId/1_v11fr6qe/protocol/http/format/url/a.mp4?clientTag=feed:1_xy3d94fs) ## [EFP 79: Writer-director Valerio Ciriaci on Elvira Notari](http://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_vuvv4009) _2026-04-20 · Edinburgh Film Podcast_ Host Dr Pasquale Iannone goes back to Naples in the early 1900s to discuss a pioneer of silent cinema and Italy’s first woman filmmaker, Elvira Notari (1875 - 1946). Notari directed dozens of features and documentaries, but like so much from the silent era, only a small percentage of her work has survived. Most notably there are three films she made between 1920 and 1927 - A' santanotte (1922), È… [Listen](http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/p/2010292/sp/201029200/playManifest/entryId/1_vuvv4009/flavorId/1_vg41ecuc/protocol/http/format/url/a.mp4?clientTag=feed:1_xy3d94fs) ## [EFP 78: Michał Oleszczyk on Andrzej Wajda](http://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_u508ejl7) _2026-04-06 · Edinburgh Film Podcast_ On this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone marks the centenary of one of the towering figures of world cinema, the Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda. Born in 1926, Wajda was a clear-eyed and sensitive chronicler of Polish history, literature and culture in a film career spanning more than 65 years. He is probably best known for his war trilogy of the mid to late 1950s - A Generation (1955), Kanał… [Listen](http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/p/2010292/sp/201029200/playManifest/entryId/1_u508ejl7/flavorId/1_93y3mwt9/protocol/http/format/url/a.mp4?clientTag=feed:1_xy3d94fs) ## [EFP 77: Dr Lin Feng on John Woo's Hard Boiled](http://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_cf1jn80f) _2026-03-25 · Edinburgh Film Podcast_ On this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone discusses one of the finest action films ever made, John Woo’s masterpiece of Hong Kong 'Heroic Bloodshed' Hard Boiled (1992) . The film has recently been restored in 4K and is about to be released in a special edition box set courtesy of Arrow Video. Starring Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung, Hard Boiled tells of a hard drinking Hong Kong cop Yuen (aka… [Listen](http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/p/2010292/sp/201029200/playManifest/entryId/1_cf1jn80f/flavorId/1_j912qf6t/protocol/http/format/url/a.mp4?clientTag=feed:1_xy3d94fs) ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RTmLq1ZNj4ft) _2026-03-25 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [EFP 76: Writer-director Ben Wheatley on Bulk](http://media.ed.ac.uk/media/1_esap4ju9) _2026-03-12 · Edinburgh Film Podcast_ Host Dr Pasquale Iannone's guest on this episode of Edinburgh Film Podcast is the acclaimed British filmmaker Ben Wheatley . Since his 2009 debut, the crime thriller Down Terrace , Ben has specialised in highly inventive, unsettling, darkly funny pictures, often written in collaboration with his partner Amy Jump. From the hitman thriller Kill List (2011) to English Civil War drama A Field in… [Listen](http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/p/2010292/sp/201029200/playManifest/entryId/1_esap4ju9/flavorId/1_04xe9hgs/protocol/http/format/url/a.mp4?clientTag=feed:1_xy3d94fs)