Kronenberg Chronicles: Recent Episodes
Kronenberg Chronicles
Katherine M. of the Film Noir Foundation and RINGSIDE SEAT Magazine joins us to discuss Pre-Code Hollywood movies, film noir, boxing movies, her work for the FNF and RS Magazine. What are her favorite Pre-Code and film noir movies? All of this and much more!
Nathan and Michael discuss in detail their seven favorite political movies: ALL THE KING'S MEN, VIVA ZAPATA, THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, Z, BURN, WALKER, and CHE. We discuss each movie, along with interesting behind the scenes info about the filmmakers and actors, along with historical context about each movie. Plus: What's in the new issue of NOIR CITY, RINGSIDE SEAT's upcoming Special Issue, STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS, PERRY MASON, and how did our Davis vs. Garcia fight predictions turn out?
Nathan and Michael are back and they update what's been going on. A brief review of Michael's new favorite cigar. Movies and TV we've recently watched, and comics we've read. What's to come in season two of the KRONENBERG CHRONICLES.
Nathan and Michael welcome author and RINGSIDE SEAT Magazine Editor-In-Chief Bill Dettloff to the show. Bill talks about his new book on the life of Matthew Saad Muhammad, one of boxing's most beloved fighters. We also discuss Bill's path to becoming a writer and his time as an amateur boxer. We reveal the origins of RINGSIDE SEAT Magazine. We also chat about new books we've read, in particular former E Street Band member and SOPRANOS star Steve Van Zandt's recent autobiography. All this and more.
Steve Kronenberg and Josh Weiss join the show to discuss the making of John Carpenter's masterpiece THE THING. We delve deep into the making of the film, including: The original short story, script, special effects, casting, behind-the-scenes, audience reception and much more. Josh Weiss spoke to all the living principles from the film, including Carpenter, and he enlightens us with great info and anecdotes.
Author Josh Weiss joins the show for a discussion of his critically acclaimed, debut novel BEAT THE DEVILS. It's 1958, Joseph McCarthy is president, HUAC is more powerful than the FBI, anti-communism, anti-Semitism, and paranoia are running rampant. John Huston and Walter Cronkite are found murdered and LAPD detective Morris Baker, a Holocaust survivor, is first on the scene. That's the setup for Josh's compelling page-turner that delivers many twists and turns. A story that proves prescient for our times. We discuss the novel, Josh's writing process, the inspiration for Morris Baker, The Blacklist, film noir, and much more!
Writer Tom King joins Nathan and Michael for a special episode dedicated to artists Neal Adams and George Perez. We reminisce about our favorite stories drawn by these two legendary artists. We also discuss our personal encounters and working with Adams and Perez. A fond farewell to two of the most influential figures in the industry's history.
Nathan and Michael review the latest blockbuster movies: THE BATMAN and SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME. Get an honest and unique perspective about these movies from two longtime comic book aficionados and moviegoers.
Vince Keenan, NOIR CITY Magazine's editor-in-chief and co-author of the immensely successful Renee Patrick mystery novels, joins the show as our guest. First, Nathan and Michael discuss new cigars; The Netflix series THE UNLIKELY MURDERER about the assassination of Sweden's prime minister in 1986; Frank Miller's THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS; the recent James Bond movie NO TIME TO DIE; James Bond board and video games, and the SPY WEB board game. Vince shares the origin of Renee Patrick books and its hero Edith Head. We also have a round table talk about James Bond. Vince previews the new issue of NOIR CITY Magazine and hosting NOIR CITY Seattle Film Festival. We share our love of the Criterion Channel and finish with a preview of the baseball season for our favorite teams.
Michael and Nathan are joined by Steve Kronenberg for this episode to celebrate "Valentine's Day" with an EC Comics/horror theme. Each of us selects our favorite EC horror stories that feature romance. We also discuss some of the great EC artists: Wally Wood, Graham Ingels, Jack Davis, Reed Crandall, and George Evans. We talk about the stories that were adapted as episodes on the HBO TALES FROM THE CRYPT series and the two British anthology movies that were based on EC stories in the 1970s. Steve remembers his friend Mitch Wainer who recently died. Mitch was an avid movie, comic book, MAD Magazine fan and visited the MAD offices in the 1960s.
DC Comics' writer extraordinaire Tom King joins the show! We take a deep dive into THE SOPRANOS and its series finale. We talk about recent games we've played: Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Mystery Date, and Past Lives. We talk to Tom about his approach to writing and his series: The Human Target, Batman, Rorschach, Strange Adventures and their ties to classic noir books and movies. We also discuss the book and film versions of NIGHTMARE ALLEY, & of course we talk about COLUMBO along with the rare Columbo board game. Plus much more!
The debut episode of the "Kronenberg Chronicles" podcast. Featuring a special guest who tells how director John Landis supplied us with our podcast's title. Also a discussion of books and comics we've been reading; what movies we've been watching and what cigars we've been smoking. Plus: board games and gorilla suits. New guests every episode, subscribe to the podcast on Apple.