Today’s guest is programmer, film critic, and author of the new film book, THAT VERY WITCH,  Payton McCarty-Simas! 



📚Pre-order the book HERE [https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page/that-very-witch-that-very-witch-fear-feminism-and-the-american-witch-movie]

🎟️Get tix to Season of the Witch at Nitehawk Cinema HERE [https://nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg/showtimes/season-of-the-witch-7-28-25-700-pm/?date=2025-07-28]

✨Follow Payton on Instagram HERE [https://www.instagram.com/paytplace/]



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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠ [https://www.studiomontes.com/], original music by Jeremy Bullen.

#038 THAT VERY WITCH with PAYTON MCCARTY-SIMAS — American Witch Films, The Blair Witch Project, Season of the Witch, Anthology Film Archive, Nitehawk Cinema, Film Books

On today’s episode, Host Alec Rodriguez hears about the Naqoyqatsi [https://letterboxd.com/film/naqoyqatsi/] live score experience at Town Hall from guest Patrick Ellis [https://open.spotify.com/artist/37eh24UUOivxuVBGXm4oFx?si=PaMtM932TDepRaszz-xZAA]. They also discuss their first time watches of the Qatsi Trilogy, their gateways to experimental film, the music of Philip Glass, and more.



✨Learn more about The Philip Glass Ensemble HERE [https://philipglassensemble.com/]

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠ [https://www.studiomontes.com/], original music by Jeremy Bullen.

#037 NAQOYQATSI LIVE TO FILM, Pt. 2 with PATRICK ELLIS — The Philip Glass Ensemble, The Qatsi Trilogy, Experimental Film, Live Score, The Town Hall, Godfrey Reggio

Film programmer FRANK YAN returns to the show to talk about his newest and most personal rep series: WUHAN, DIFFERENT EVERY DAY. 



🎟Get your tickets now at BAM [https://www.bam.org/film/2025/wuhan-every-day]

✨Follow Frank Yan on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/yrcfrank/]

✨Learn more about CineCina Film Festival at their website HERE [https://cine-cina.co/]



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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠ [https://www.studiomontes.com/], original music by Jeremy Bullen.

#036 WUHAN, DIFFERENT EVERY DAY, Pt. 1 with FRANK YAN — BAM, Chinese Cinema, CineCina Film Festival

We’re thrilled to welcome our next guests on the show: the Music Director and General Manager of the The Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman and Andrew Sterman. They’re returning to The Town Hall on April 19 for a live score accompaniment to Godfrey Reggio’s NAQOYQATSI (2002). In the last couple of years they also performed the first entries to the Qatsi trilogy at the Town Hall: KOYANNISQATSI [https://letterboxd.com/film/koyaanisqatsi/] (1982) and POWAQQATSI [https://letterboxd.com/film/powaqqatsi/] (1988). 



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🎟Get your tickets to Naqoyqatsi at The Town Hall on April 19 [https://www.thetownhall.org/event/philip-glass-ensemble-naqoyqatsi]



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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠ [https://www.studiomontes.com/], original music by Jeremy Bullen.

#035 NAQOYQATSI, Pt. 1 with THE PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE — The Town Hall, The Qatsi Trilogy, Live Score, Experimental Films

Marya E. Gates just published her first film book, CINEMA HER WAY: Visionary Female Directors In Their Own Words, and she’s programming several rep screenings across the nation for her book tour. In collaboration with The Future of Film is Female, Marya’s book tour is bringing GIRLFIGHT [https://letterboxd.com/film/girlfight/] to Nitehawk Cinema and MI VIDA LOCA [https://letterboxd.com/film/mi-vida-loca/] on 35mm at MoMA.



✨Follow Marya E. Gates on Substack [https://oldfilmsflicker.substack.com] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/oldfilmsflicker/]

🎟Get your tickets to Girlfight [https://nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg/movies/girlfight-fofif/] and Mi Vida Loca [https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/10343]

📚Buy her book HERE [https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847846610/]



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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠ [https://www.studiomontes.com/], original music by Jeremy Bullen.

#034 CINEMA HER WAY, Pt. 1 with MARYA E. GATES — Film books, Female Directors, MoMA, Southampton Playhouse, Noirvember, Nitehawk Cinema

We’re covering a “Movie Palace” for the first time on the pod and it’s one of the five legendary Loew’s Wonder Theatres still standing and operating as a cinema today — THE UNITED PALACE in Washington Heights! Our guest on this episode is their Movie Program Director, GREG IPPOLITO, and he shares how they’re celebrating the United Palace’s 95th anniversary by kicking off with a STAR WARS TRIPLE FEATURE event that will include a live lightsaber duel, a costume parade, and more.

✨FollowThe United Palace on InstagramHERE [https://www.instagram.com/unitedpalacenyc/]

🎟Get your tickets to theStar Wars Triple Feature on Saturday Feb 22HERE [https://unitedpalace.boletosexpress.com/star-wars-triple-feature/80329/]

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by⁠Cristina Montes⁠ [https://www.studiomontes.com/], original music by Jeremy Bullen.

#033 STAR WARS TRIPLE FEATURE, Pt. 1 with GREG IPPOLITO — The United Palace 95th Anniversary, The Miranda Family Fund, Loew’s Wonder Theatres, Movie Palaces.

EL CINE makes their NY debut with rep screenings of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s SANTA SANGRE at The Roxy Cinema this week. Our next guest is El Cine’s Founder and Programmer — MARIANA DA SILVA!

El Cine is a 501-c3 that provides free film education for the community through Latin focused screenings and conversations. 



✨Follow El Cine on Instagram HERE [https://www.instagram.com/somoselcine/]

✨Follow Mariana on Instagram HERE [https://www.instagram.com/maridasilva/]

✨Follow The Roxy Cinema on Instagram HERE [https://www.instagram.com/roxycinemanyc/]

🎟Get your tickets to Santa Sangre HERE [https://www.roxycinemanewyork.com/screenings/santa-sangre/]



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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠ [https://www.studiomontes.com/], original music by Jeremy Bullen.

#032 EL CINE with MARIANA DA SILVA — Santa Sangre, Latin Cinema, Alejandro Jodorowsky, The Roxy Cinema

ALEX VEGA is on the show this week to help Host Alec Rodriguez share their reactions watching Disney/Pixar’s COCO with a live score accompaniment by The Sinfonietta and Mariachi Flor de Toloache at Town Hall on Día de los Muertos! 



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🎟Learn more about the next Film Concerts at Town Hall HERE [https://www.thetownhall.org/event/philip-glass-ensemble-powaqqatsi]



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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠ [https://www.studiomontes.com/].

Music excerpts from the soundtrack to Disney/Pixar’s Coco by Michael Giacchino.

#031 Disney/Pixar’s COCO IN CONCERT LIVE TO FILM, Pt. 2 with ALEX VEGA

HUNTER LU visits the show to discuss the new film book Revolution in 35mm and the movie BLOODY FRIDAY (1972) that was screened at Nitehawk Cinema and programmed by the book’s co-editor, SAMM DEIGHAN! 



✨Follow Samm on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sammdeighan/] and Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/c/sammdeighan/posts]

✨Follow Hunter at his website HERE [http://www.hunterlu.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYAwT3qWEN49cL7CMbI9UEKqUkMQOorNCEoDnCjVZBDVuD3V1WIuPp-hr4_aem_FFUCSkCV72vj4-Bdt54dAg]

📚Get a digital or physical copy of REVOLUTION IN 35MM [https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1656]



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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠ [https://www.studiomontes.com/], original music by ⁠Jeremy Bullen⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/forgetjeremy/].

#030 REVOLUTION IN 35MM, Pt. 2 with HUNTER LU

This week’s guest, Dani Duarte, joined Host Alec Rodriguez for a 35mm screening of THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE — part of the rep film series HISPANIC HORROR! On this episode they’re chatting about Hispanic folk horror, their gateways to magical realism, their love for Guillermo del Toro, and a deep dive into revisiting his 2001 masterpiece. 

This episode is a direct response to Episode #22 with Kat Rodriguez [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1eL0Fqfr1N8P6xdOmObJM4?si=19b44517caca4354]— the Programmer for HISPANIC HORROR and the Content Editor at Nitehawk Cinema!

🎞️ [https://emojipedia.org/film-frames]Films in this series include:

 * Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) [https://letterboxd.com/film/tigers-are-not-afraid/]

 * Juan of the Dead (2011) [https://letterboxd.com/film/juan-of-the-dead/]

 * La Llorona (2019) [https://letterboxd.com/film/la-llorona-2019/]

 * The Devil’s Backbone (2001) [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-devils-backbone/]

 * We are the Flesh (2016) [https://letterboxd.com/film/we-are-the-flesh/]

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠ [https://www.studiomontes.com/], original music by ⁠Jeremy Bullen⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/forgetjeremy/].

#029 HISPANIC HORROR, Pt.2 with DANI DUARTE — The Devil's Backbone (2001), Folk Horror, Magical Realism

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