The stories behind the lights, cameras, and action are now at your fingertips. The Tinsel Factory gives you, the listener, an introductory look at some of the greatest stories from the world of film. Each month your host, a filmmaker who daylights for a major Hollywood studio, picks a theme and choses four topics from within to broaden your film knowledge. Not a film snob? Put off by film bros? This podcast is for you - everything is broken down for the causal film goer or someone looking to start dipping their toes into the world of cinema. Come on in, take a seat, it's showtime.
Stuff of Nightmares: The Hellraiser Franchise
Hellraiser (1987) · Oct 20, 2024
Stuff of Nightmares: The Alien Franchise
Alien (1979) · Oct 6, 2024
Back on the Road Again: Hong Kong Cinema
Beetlejuice (1988) · Sep 15, 2024
The World Turned Upside Down: The Rise of Sound Films
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) · Jul 7, 2024
June Gloom: The Titanic Chowder Debacle
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) · Jun 30, 2024
June Gloom: The Titanic Chowder Debacle
The Bikeriders (2024) · Jun 30, 2024
June Gloom: The Tragic Death of Rebecca Schaeffer
Inside Out 2 (2024) · Jun 23, 2024
Directed by Alan Smithee: Death to Smithee
Directed by Alan Smithee (2002) · Apr 28, 2024
Directed by Alan Smithee: The Birds II/Hellraiser: Bloodline
Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996) · Apr 21, 2024
Directed By Alan Smithee: The Twilight Zone: The Movie
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) · Apr 14, 2024
Directed By Alan Smithee: Death of a Gunfighter
Death of a Gunfighter (1969) · Apr 7, 2024
The 2023 Finale
The Finale (2023) · Dec 10, 2023
Game Changing Child Stars: Mickey Rooney
The Marvels (2023) · Nov 19, 2023
50's Screen Queens: Jayne Mansfield
It Lives Inside (2023) · Sep 10, 2023
Dynamic Duos: Laurel & Hardy
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) · Jun 4, 2023
Rock n' Roll 101: The Runaways
The Runaways (2010) · Apr 23, 2023
Rock n' Roll 101: Sex Pistols/Sid and Nancy
Sid and Nancy (1986) · Apr 16, 2023
Rock n' Roll 101: Queen/Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) · Apr 9, 2023
Rock n' Roll 101: The Doors
The Doors (1991) · Apr 2, 2023
The Greatest Films Never Made: Alejandro Jodorowsky's Dune
Dune (1984) · Mar 19, 2023
The Greatest Films Never Made: Orson Welles's Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness (1993) · Mar 12, 2023
Kings of the Silent Age: Harold Lloyd
The Whale (2022) · Jan 1, 2023
The Little Three: Columbia Pictures
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) · Nov 13, 2022
Based on a True Scary Story: The Exorcism of Roland Doe
The Exorcist (1973) · Oct 16, 2022
On the Road Again: Italian Cinema
Orphan: First Kill (2022) · Aug 21, 2022
Hell Shoots: Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo (1982) · Jul 24, 2022
Hell Shoots: Ishtar
Ishtar (1987) · Jul 17, 2022
Hell Shoots: Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate (1980) · Jul 10, 2022
Hell Shoots: The Man Who Killed Who Don Quixote
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) · Jul 3, 2022
Tales From the Blacklist: The Hollywood Ten and the Blacklist
The Blacklist (2021) · Jun 19, 2022
An Offer You Can't Refuse: The Making of Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) · Apr 24, 2022
An Offer You Can't Refuse: The Making of Bram Stoker's Dracula
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) · Apr 24, 2022
An Offer You Can't Refuse: The Making of Bram Stoker's Dracula
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) · Apr 24, 2022
An Offer You Can't Refuse: The Making of Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now (1979) · Apr 17, 2022
An Offer You Can't Refuse: The Making of The Godfather
The Godfather (1972) · Apr 10, 2022
Queens of the Silent Age: Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918) · Mar 27, 2022
Queens of the Silent Age: Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish (1984) · Mar 27, 2022
Queens of the Silent Age: Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me (1988) · Mar 27, 2022
Queens of the Silent Age: Clara Bow
The Batman (2022) · Mar 13, 2022
Black History Month: A Brief History of Blaxploitation
Dog (2022) · Feb 27, 2022
Cinema Pioneers: George Eastman
Licorice Pizza (2021) · Jan 9, 2022
Cinema Pioneers: Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer (1975) · Jan 2, 2022
History 101: Cleopatra
Cleopatra (1963) · Nov 7, 2021
Monster Slash: Ghostface
Scream (1996) · Oct 31, 2021
Monster Slash: Michael Meyers
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) · Oct 10, 2021
Cult Classics: Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko (2001) · Sep 26, 2021
Cult Classics: The Craft
The Craft (1996) · Sep 19, 2021
Cult Classics: The Room
The Room (2003) · Sep 12, 2021
Cult Classics: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) · Sep 5, 2021
Hollywood Fight Club: Orson Welles vs. William Randolph Hearst
Citizen Kane (1941) · Jul 18, 2021
March Murder Madness: The Fatty Arbuckle Scandal & The Murder of William Desmond Taylor
The Courier (2020) · Mar 28, 2021
March Murder Madness: The Fatty Arbuckle Scandal & The Murder of William Desmond Taylor
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) · Mar 28, 2021
March Murder Madness: The Fatty Arbuckle Scandal & The Murder of William Desmond Taylor
Promising Young Woman (2020) · Mar 28, 2021
Love is Dead: Jennifer Anniston, Brad Pitt and the Celebrity Tabloid Machine
Revenge Porn: Love Is Dead (2015) · Feb 28, 2021
Love is Dead: The Life and Loves of Clark Gable
Revenge Porn: Love Is Dead (2015) · Feb 21, 2021
Love is Dead: The Life and Loves of Marilyn Monroe
Revenge Porn: Love Is Dead (2015) · Feb 14, 2021
Love is Dead: The Life and Loves of Elizabeth Taylor
Revenge Porn: Love Is Dead (2015) · Feb 7, 2021
Universal Monster Mash: The Wolf Man & Creature From the Black Lagoon
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) · Oct 31, 2020
Universal Monster Mash: The Mummy & The Invisible Man
The Mummy (1999) · Oct 25, 2020
Universal Monster Mash: The Mummy & The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man (2020) · Oct 25, 2020
Universal Monster Mash: Frankenstein
Frankenstein (1931) · Oct 18, 2020
Universal Monster Mash: Dracula
Dracula (1931) · Oct 11, 2020
The Big 5: RKO
Citizen Kane (1941) · Oct 4, 2020
The Big 5: RKO
King Kong (1933) · Oct 4, 2020
The Big 5: RKO
Bringing Up Baby (1938) · Oct 4, 2020
The Big 5: RKO
Cat People (1942) · Oct 4, 2020
The Big 5: RKO
Flying Down to Rio (1933) · Oct 4, 2020
The Big 5: RKO
The Ghost Ship (1943) · Oct 4, 2020
The Big 5: RKO
Of Human Bondage (1934) · Oct 4, 2020
The Big 5: RKO
The Vagabond Lover (1929) · Oct 4, 2020
The Big 5: Warner Bro’s.
A Clockwork Orange (1971) · Sep 27, 2020
The Big 5: Warner Bro’s.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) · Sep 27, 2020
The Big 5: Warner Bro’s.
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) · Sep 27, 2020
The Big 5: Warner Bro’s.
The Matrix (1999) · Sep 27, 2020
The Big 5: Warner Bro’s.
The Jazz Singer (1927) · Sep 27, 2020
The Big 5: Warner Bro’s.
42nd Street (1933) · Sep 27, 2020
The Big 5: Warner Bro’s.
The Exorcist (1973) · Sep 27, 2020
The Big 5: Warner Bro’s.
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) · Sep 27, 2020
The Big 5: Warner Bro’s.
Little Caesar (1931) · Sep 27, 2020
The Big 5: Warner Bro’s.
The Life of Emile Zola (1937) · Sep 27, 2020
The Big 5: Warner Bro’s.
Don Juan (1926) · Sep 27, 2020
The Big 5: Warner Bro’s.
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) · Sep 27, 2020
The Big 5: Warner Bro’s.
My Four Years in Germany (1918) · Sep 27, 2020
The Big 5: MGM Studios
North by Northwest (1959) · Sep 13, 2020
The Big 5: MGM Studios
The Wizard of Oz (1939) · Sep 13, 2020
The Big 5: MGM Studios
Ben-Hur (1959) · Sep 13, 2020
The Big 5: MGM Studios
Gone with the Wind (1939) · Sep 13, 2020
The Big 5: MGM Studios
Singin' in the Rain (1952) · Sep 13, 2020
The Big 5: MGM Studios
Doctor Zhivago (1965) · Sep 13, 2020
The Big 5: MGM Studios
The Broadway Melody (1929) · Sep 13, 2020
A Brief History of Film: Part Two
The 400 Blows (1959) · Aug 23, 2020
A Brief History of Film: Part Two
Seven Samurai (1954) · Aug 23, 2020
A Brief History of Film: Part Two
Rashomon (1950) · Aug 23, 2020
A Brief History of Film: Part Two
Ben-Hur (1959) · Aug 23, 2020
A Brief History of Film: Part Two
Godzilla (1954) · Aug 23, 2020
A Brief History of Film: Part Two
Ninotchka (1939) · Aug 23, 2020
A Brief History of Film: Part Two
Pather Panchali (1955) · Aug 23, 2020
A Brief History of Film: Part Two
The Ten Commandments (1956) · Aug 23, 2020
A Brief History of Film: Part Two
The Crucible (1996) · Aug 23, 2020
A Brief History of Film: Part Two
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) · Aug 23, 2020
A Brief History of Film: Part Two
The Brave One (1956) · Aug 23, 2020