# Christopher Frayling

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Fairy Tales

From Disney classics such as Cinderella and Snow White, to the fantastical The Red Shoes, darker tales from European cinema like Bluebeard or Pan's Labyrinth, or stories within stories such as The Princess Bride or The Fall - Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the magical spell fairy tales have…

The Man Who Built James Bond's World, Ken Adam - with Sir Christopher Frayling

What made Sir Ken Adam a movie design genius? We sit down with Sir Christopher Frayling, the world's leading Ken Adam expert. Frayling knew Adam for over 30 years to decode this question. Frayling has written three books about Ken Adam, including the massive Taschen archive. He also curated the fi…

Free Thinking - Neel Mukherjee

Matthew Sweet examines our contradictory attitudes to China and it's culture with the film historian Sir Christopher Frayling and the Chinese ceramics expert Stacey Pierson, who has been to see the British Museum's new exhibition about Ming. Padraig Reidy who writes for Index on Censorship and Rob …

Christopher Frayling

Christopher Frayling: As Time Goes By - Dooley Wilson; Reasons to be Cheerful - Ian Dury

Moving Pictures

This week, we meditate on childhood memories with TLS Ackerley Prize-winner Geoff Dyer; and Ben Street on the tricky business of artists at the cinema. 'Homework', by Geoff Dyer 'The Hollywood History of Art', by Christopher Frayling Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv…

Why James Bond Villain Lairs Make You Feel Uncomfortable: Ken Adam Secrets Revealed!

Ken Adam James Bond Villain Lairs changed the way movie audiences saw evil. Before James Bond ever says a word, the room does the talking. In this episode, Dan and Tom dig into the secret language hidden inside Ken Adam's most famous sets. Ken Adam was the production designer behind Dr. No, Goldfi…

The Treat: Sir Christopher Frayling

Sir Christopher Frayling is a film scholar who has written extensively about Italian director Sergio Leone, most notably in the biography Sergio Leone by Himself. For his treat, Frayling reveals the early so-called children’s films he watched that horrified and thrilled him.

We're All Vampires: Patriarchy, Prions and Unhinged Academia

This week Amy, Abby & Payton get truly academic and discuss a scholarly article that they have not read; deep dive into the history of the undead and the "oops we promise we really thought they were dead"; examine themes of animalism, predation, patriarchy and violence in Twilight, Buffy, and The V…

We're All Vampires: Patriarchy, Prions and Unhinged Academia

This week Amy, Abby & Payton get truly academic and discuss a scholarly article that they have not read; deep dive into the history of the undead and the "oops we promise we really thought they were dead"; examine themes of animalism, predation, patriarchy and violence in Twilight, Buffy, and The V…

Bram Stoker's Dracula & Victorian Fears, Vampires & the Man Behind the Monster

Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Victorian Fears, Vampires & the Man Behind the Monster Happy birthday, Bram Stoker! Bram Stoker was born on November 8, 1847, and this week on The Brit Lit Book Club we’re celebrating with a deep dive into Dracula, the Gothic horror novel that defined the modern vampire. Firs…