Switchblade Sisters is a podcast providing deep cuts on genre flicks from a female perspective. Every week, film critic and screenwriter April Wolfe sits down with a phenomenal female film-maker to slice-and-dice a classic genre movie - horror, exploitation, sci-fi and many others! Along the way, they cover craft, the state of the industry, how films get made, and more. Mothers, lock up your sons, the Switchblade Sisters are coming!
Latest episodes
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50 min
Feeling Seen - 'Somebody, Somewhere' star Bridget Everett on 'Rudy'
It's a Feeling Seen feed drop! One of Maximum Fun's newest shows is one that Switchblade Sisters fans oughta know.In this episode, host Jordan Crucchiola (a former Switchblade Sist…
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1 h 32
The Exciting Conclusion of Switchblade Sisters
Well, we did it. It’s the final episode of Switchblade Sisters. Instead of doing a traditional show, April invited Katie Walsh, Drea Clark, and producer Casey O’Brien to discuss th…
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46 min
‘Mars Attacks!’ with Jo Firestone
This week we are joined by the wonderful Jo Firestone. She’s a comedian, whose writing can be seen on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. You can see her in front of the camera as…
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45 min
‘To Die For’ with ‘I Blame Society’ Director Gillian Wallace Horvat
This week we are joined by the wonderful writer, director, producer, and actor Gillian Wallace Horvat. She sits down with host Katie Walsh to discuss Gus Van Sant’s classic, To Die…
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46 min
‘Bride of Frankenstein’ with ‘A Nightmare Wakes’ Director Nora Unkel
This episode begins with a very important announcement from our host April Wolfe about the future of Switchblade Sisters. But as far as guests go, this week we are joined by the ph…
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48 min
‘The Game’ with ‘Happiest Season’ Co-Writer and Actor Mary Holland
We are joined this week by the lovely Mary Holland. She is an actor and writer, who can most recently be seen in Happiest Season, a film that she co-wrote with director Clea DuVall…
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48 min
‘Blow the Man Down’ with Mallory O’Meara
This week we are joined by the amazing author and producer Mallory O’Meara. Some may know her as one of the hosts of the Maximum Fun podcast Reading Glasses. But she is here today…
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43 min
'Sisters' with 'Insecure' Actor & 'Definition Please' Director Sujata Day
We are joined by the multi-hyphenate, uber-talented writer, actor, director, producer Sujata Day. You may know her best from her role as Sarah on Insecure. But she also recently wr…
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43 min
'Strange Days' with 'Lucky' Director Natasha Kermani
This week we are joined by the incredibly talented director Natasha Kermani to talk about Kathryn Bigelow’s undersung classic, Strange Days. Katie Walsh takes over hosting duties t…
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45 min
‘Us’ with Writer, Producer, & Professor Tananarive Due
This week we are joined by a very special guest; writer, producer, and educator Tananarive Due. For those who don’t know, Tananarive recently produced the groundbreaking documentar…
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43 min
‘Ghost’ with ‘Wander Darkly’ Writer & Director Tara Miele
Writer and director Tara Miele joins host Katie Walsh this week to discuss 1990’s massive hit, Ghost. Tara explains the connection between this film and her latest movie, Wander Da…
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46 min
‘Volver’ with ‘Miss Juneteenth’ Writer & Director Channing Godfrey Peoples
Katie Walsh returns to take over hosting duties this week, and she is joined by the truly talented filmmaker, Channing Godfrey Peoples. The movie that Channing has chosen to discus…
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59 min
'Jackass: The Movie' with 'Dick Johnson Is Dead' Director Kirsten Johnson
This week’s episode is truly one of our most powerful…and, of course, the film being discussed is Jackass: The Movie. April is joined by cinematographer and director Kirsten Johnso…
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46 min
‘The Passenger’ with ‘Luxor’ Director Zeina Durra
This week we are joined by the phenomenal writer and director Zeina Durra. She’s on the program to discuss Michelangelo Antonioni’s The Passenger. Zeina elaborates on how this film…
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46 min
‘A History of Violence’ with ‘Proxima’ Director Alice Winocour
This week we are joined by the celebrated writer and director Alice Winocour. She calls in from Paris to talk about David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence. Alice and April dissec…
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44 min
‘Sorry to Bother You’ with ‘Freaky’ Actor Celeste O’Connor
This week we are joined by the fabulous actor Celeste O’Connor to dissect Boots Riley’s new classic, Sorry to Bother You. Celeste and April discuss the risks that Tessa Thompson to…
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44 min
‘Train to Busan’ with ‘Kaali Khuhi’ Director Terrie Samundra
We have the wonderful filmmaker Terrie Samundra on the show this week. She’s the co-writer and director of Netflix’s new horror Kaali Khuhi. And she’s here to discuss and analyze 2…
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44 min
‘The Babadook’ with ‘The Craft: Legacy’ Director Zoe Lister-Jones
It’s the perfect week to call upon the collected power of a coven. This is why we are delighted to have as a guest, the director of The Craft: Legacy, Zoe Lister-Jones. She’s on th…
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45 min
‘The City of Lost Children’ with ‘The True Adventures of Wolfboy’ Writer Olivia Dufault
We are joined by a truly thoughtful and talented writer, Olivia Dufault. You may know her work from writing on the shows Legion and Preacher. But she also has a new movie out calle…
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46 min
‘The Fog’ with ‘Tito’ Director and Star Grace Glowicki
This week we have an emerging artist who has created a truly unique and original debut film. We have writer, director, and actor Grace Glowicki, whose debut feature Tito can now be…