The Haunted Screen

By: Travis Mushett
  • Summary

  • The Haunted Screen is a narrative podcast about film, history, and the places they intersect. Incorporating extensive research and archival interviews, Professor Travis Mushett explores key movements in global cinema through engaging audio storytelling that appeals to both hardcore cinephiles and casual moviegoers. The first season—"From Caligari to Hitler"—investigates the chaotic, creative world of Weimar Germany. Thanks to our official sponsor, FUJIFILM North America!
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Episodes
  • The Happy Halloween We're So Back Folk Horror Extravaganza, Pt. I
    Oct 31 2024

    Midsommar!
    Witchfinder General!
    The Blood on Satan's Claw!
    The Wicker Man! '73! And a lil '06 as a treat!

    No Derrida, though. Gonna have to wait for Derrida.

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    40 mins
  • 1.6 — The End: The Blue Angel and the Twilight of the Weimar Republic
    Sep 21 2022

    Nazi, dissident, victim…

    Josef von Sternberg’s cabaret classic The Blue Angel had three stars: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich, and Kurt Gerron. As the Weimar Era ended and the Third Reich began, fate brought them—and all of Germany—to a crossroads. What would they choose, and what choices would be taken from them?

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • 1.5 — Fritz Lang & Thea von Harbou, Pt. II: A Marriage—and a Country—on the Brink
    Sep 7 2022

    As the 1920s became the 1930s, both the Lang-von Harbou marriage and German democracy itself teetered on the edge of collapse. In this moment of personal and political chaos, the couple made movies—and choices—that would define their legacies.

    For show notes and other supporting information, click here.

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    1 hr and 10 mins

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