Welcome to The Tower, a podcast that explores the films that took the rulebook, doused it in gasoline and lit a match. The Tower tarot card represents chaos and the upheaval of old forms, and here I will focus on films that did just that for my brilliant guests. The films that changed them forever are the films that belong in The Tower.
In each episode, I interview visionaries in cinema, from directors to festival programmers, from actors to writers, from critics to psychoanalysts, and explore their favorite paradigm-shifting films. The fire is burning. Come dance with us in the flames.
The Tower is created and hosted by Emily Bennett
Produced by Jordan Gass-Pooré and Glass Eye Pix.
Technical adviser … Justin Brooks
Sound engineering … Mark Bush.
Original music composed by Graham Reznick.
Art by Steak Mntn.
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EPISODES
Episode 1: Larry Fessenden discusses his Tower Film, the 1931 classic FRANKENSTEIN. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart, and Amazon.
Episode 2: Brea Grant discusses her Tower Film, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1992) Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart, and Amazon.
Episode 3: In this surprise edition of The Tower, Joe Lynch discusses his Tower Film, EVIL DEAD 2 (1987). Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart, and Amazon.
Episode 4: Mary Wild discusses her Tower Film, THE MATRIX (1999). Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart, and Amazon.
Episode 5: Toby Poser discusses her Tower Film, A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2014). Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart, and Amazon.
Episode 6: Jenn Wexler discusses her Tower Film, ALL THAT JAZZ (1979). Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart, and Amazon.