Media Studies Lecturer, Dr James Newton‘s latest podcast episode, titled ‘Britain and the Video Rental Boom with Dr Johnny Walker‘, discusses the video rental boom of the 1970s and 1980s in Britain, and how it impacted the film industry in terms of new market opportunities, influencing future filmmakers, and also its effect on Britain’s working class and South Asian communities.
James Newton’s podcast, Newton Talks, discusses topics related to cinema, television, and culture. His guests include filmmakers, artists, historians, and writers, and the podcast takes the form of unscripted discussions. The Cult Film Microcast series consists of very short discussions on a number of famous and sometimes obscure cult movies. In addition to being a Lecturer at the University of Kent, James is the author of The Anarchist Cinema (Intellect, 2019), and a filmmaker.