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Exploring sci-fi, fantasy and speculative films through the lens of imagination & imagery.
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UFOria: A Boston SciFI Podcast
Season 5 · Episode 8
jeudi 11 décembre 2025 • Duration 56:31
They come in peace, maybe. Since the 50s, Hollywood has loved illegal aliens. You know those little green men in their flying saucers. With film critic Erin Underwood and film director David Giancola, host Garen Daly looks to the skies for answers. From Harryhausen's EARTH VS FLYING SAUCERS to Jordan Peel's NOPE with stops at CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, ARRIVAL and more how humans interact with strange beings from another planet is the topic of this podcast. Have you had an encounter?
#UFOs #uap #flyingsaucer #aliens #roswell #movies #sciencefictionmovies #podcast
You can find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts from. You can also find us on our YouTube Channel, BostonSciFi.
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Many of our podcasts include movie trailers and clips from movies. These may sometimes be sounds, not dialog.
TAKE TWO: Superior SciFi Sequels A Boston Sci-Fi Podcast
Season 5 · Episode 7
lundi 24 novembre 2025 • Duration 53:35
They say imitation is a form of flattery. In Hollywood, it's a way to milk every last dollar out of an IP (Intellectual Property), Hollywood's most precious commodity. These imitations are called sequels and for the most part, they are inferior to the originals. Yet sometimes they surpass the originals. They are superior. That's what we talking about here. Great science fiction movie sequels. Our guests are Somerville Theatre Creative Director Ian Judge and Boston Hassle Editor Oscar Gaff. We'll start with BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN and stops to the Star Trek and Star Wars universe. Join us as we look at some of the bests sequels ever screened.
Please note: we use clips for movies. Occasionally these clips will seemingly lack sound, and you can always see the podcast video at BostonSciFi Channel.
#podcast #movies #films #sciencefiction #cinema #cinematography ##cultfilm #Watchparty #35mm #StarWars #StarTrek #MadMax
You can find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts from. You can also find us on our YouTube Channel, BostonSciFi.
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Many of our podcasts include movie trailers and clips from movies. These may sometimes be sounds, not dialog.
Getting Into Our Shorts: A Boston SciFi Podcast
samedi 8 février 2025 • Duration 45:16
Two of our favorite team members, Suzzanne Cromwell and Melissa Starker, pull back the curtains on how Boston SciFi choses shorts and then creates programs. From the watching, to the selecting, to creating the flow, see what goes on inside a film festival
#podcast #filmfestival #shortfilm
You can find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts from. You can also find us on our YouTube Channel, BostonSciFi.
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Many of our podcasts include movie trailers and clips from movies. These may sometimes be sounds, not dialog.
It Came from the Orson Welles: A Boston SciFi Podcast
Season 4 · Episode 12
vendredi 13 décembre 2024 • Duration 57:48
Fifty years is a long time. Much has happened. Much has changed. Fifty years ago the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival began at a legendary movie theatre. Later it overcame a fire, an historic blizzard, and a plague. It overcame changing demographics, and rapidly evolving technologies. We have gone from seeing movies only in movie theatre to being able to catch a blockbuster while riding on a bus. Authors Robert Viagas and Harry Lohr, Jr passionately recount their adventure in creating a history of America's longest running genre film festival - The 50th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival & Marathon, Host: Garen Daly
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#films #sciencefiction #book #documentary #indiefilmmaker #films #filmfestival #Boston #cinema #cinematography #movies #indiefilm #timetravel #cultfilm #Watchparty #cultfilm #35mm #bingeview
You can find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts from. You can also find us on our YouTube Channel, BostonSciFi.
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Many of our podcasts include movie trailers and clips from movies. These may sometimes be sounds, not dialog.
Return of the Modern Character Actors
Season 4 · Episode 11
mardi 19 novembre 2024 • Duration 52:37
Good movies have good actors. Better movies have better actors. They're called character actors. No longer typed as gangster or slapstick comedian, modern character actors show, range, understand psychology and film history. Listen in as film commentators Alexis den Boggende & Oscar Goff join MC Garen Daly in zoom through JK Simmons, Angela Bassett, Steve Buscemi, Brad Dourif and Paul GIamatti as five such examples. A fun, insightful podcast produced by Boston SciFi, Garen Daly is the MC.
#films #sciencefiction #documentary #indiefilmmaker #films #filmfestival #Boston #cinema #cinematography #movies #indiefilm #actor #cultfilm #Watchparty #cultheroes, #sequel
Please note, BostonSciFi podcasts are record live and include clips from movies. There may be times when all you hear is music or cinematic silence. Silence will not last more than a few seconds.
You can find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts from. You can also find us on our YouTube Channel, BostonSciFi.
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Many of our podcasts include movie trailers and clips from movies. These may sometimes be sounds, not dialog.
We Approved this Message: Presidents on Film
Season 4 · Episode 10
lundi 28 octobre 2024 • Duration 49:43
Melissa Starker
David Giancola
You can find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts from. You can also find us on our YouTube Channel, BostonSciFi.
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Many of our podcasts include movie trailers and clips from movies. These may sometimes be sounds, not dialog.
Podcast: UIVERSAL MEMORIES: The Films of Philip K Dick
Season 4 · Episode 9
mardi 8 octobre 2024 • Duration 49:27
Memory implants, replicants, alternative realities, and fake reality - these are some of the elements that make stories by Philip K Dick resonant decades after his death, and what makes them fodder for 'high concept' Hollywood films. Join author/crtic Hope Madden & film programmer Melissa Starker as Boston SciFi Presents UNIVERSAL MEMORIES: The Films of Philip K Dick. Garen Daly is the host, who apologies in advance for getting Harlan Ellison and Philip K Dick mixed up in his addled brain.
Also please note, Boston SciFi uses movie clips to illustrate points discussed. Sometimes there will be sound, but no voices.
#newpodcast #podcasting, #newpodcastalert, #SciFiFilmpodcast, #podcastfomovielovers, #podcastforscifilovers, #philipkdick, #bladerunner, #hollywood, #movies, #sciencefiction
You can find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts from. You can also find us on our YouTube Channel, BostonSciFi.
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Many of our podcasts include movie trailers and clips from movies. These may sometimes be sounds, not dialog.
Alien Probes & Other Visitations, A Boston Sci-Fi Presents Podcast
Season 5 · Episode 1
vendredi 20 septembre 2024 • Duration 47:43
Visitors from another world are a relatively recent theme in movies that started in the 50s. Since then we have all sorts of illegal immigrants from genial neighbors to human eating nasties. Please join us as Simon Foster, Festival Director of the Sydney SciFi Film Fest and author Dan Kimmel probe #killerklownsfromouterspace, #attacktheblock, #paul, #marsattacks and more. So unholster your ray guin and enjoy ALIEN PROBES & OTHER DISTRACTIONS, the latest podcast from Boston SciFi.
#podcasts #movies #sciencefiction
Please note: our podcasts are recorded live and use movie clips and sound tracks. Sometimes you will hear an audio track without voices.
You can find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts from. You can also find us on our YouTube Channel, BostonSciFi.
Thank you. Please comment, like and share. And if you have an idea for a podcast, please share it with us.
Many of our podcasts include movie trailers and clips from movies. These may sometimes be sounds, not dialog.
MODERN CHARACTER ACTORS, Part 1, A Boston SciFi Presents Podcast
Season 4 · Episode 7
jeudi 11 juillet 2024 • Duration 45:05
You see their faces in movies and on TV. You hear their voices in animation, but you never quite know who they are. Listen in as film directors Hope Madden and David Giancola join MC Garen Daly as they try and define what a character actor is in the 21st century. Featuring #dickmiller, Catherine O'Hara, #jameshong, Keith David Brion James & more. Plus we'll look at when does a character actor become a star. It's fun, enjoyable conversation. Listen in.
#podcast #movies #newpodcastalert #hollywood #writing #podcastrecommendations #acting #Hollywood #cinema
Please note: Boston SciFi uses film clips to illustrate points in the podcast. Sometimes this means there is only sound, no talking, in a podcast
You can find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts from. You can also find us on our YouTube Channel, BostonSciFi.
Thank you. Please comment, like and share. And if you have an idea for a podcast, please share it with us.
Many of our podcasts include movie trailers and clips from movies. These may sometimes be sounds, not dialog.
TO SERVE MAN: Good Robots in Movies, a Boston SciFI Presents Podcast
Season 4 · Episode 5
jeudi 11 juillet 2024 • Duration 49:09
Humans make them and use them. They can be safe, clunky contraptions or svelte streamline bodies, but they are designed to make our lives better. And in the process we imbue them with our emotions and sometimes are neurosis. TO SERVE MAN looks at how robots are depicted in movies.
Weighing in with commentary and humor are Alexis den Boggende, Boston Hassle film critic and David Giancola, film director. Boston SciFi Film Fest Director is the host.
PLEASE NOTE: this podcast was recorded live and uses film clips from movies. There may be breaks that are part of the movie clips's soundtrack.
#IronGiant, #Wall-E, #HitchikersGuidetotheGalaxy #Alan Rickman #movies #podcast #newpodcastalert #ForbiddenPlanet #Startrek
You can find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts from. You can also find us on our YouTube Channel, BostonSciFi.
Thank you. Please comment, like and share. And if you have an idea for a podcast, please share it with us.
Many of our podcasts include movie trailers and clips from movies. These may sometimes be sounds, not dialog.









