Wes Craven Presents: Studio 360’s Scary Short Film Fest
Master of suspense Wes Craven has been orchestrating horror for more than four decades. It began with The Last House on the Left (1972), continued with Freddy Krueger and A Nightmare on Elm Street...
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This week in Studio 360, using music to change the world. Pete Seeger, who died this week at age 94, told Kurt Andersen a few years ago about his most important work: singing at college campuses for...
View ArticleThree’s Company on Trial & Neneh Cherry’s Comeback
A stage play riffs on Three’s Company to talk about homophobia and drugs; is it fair use? Not to the copyright holder, who’s trying to block its publication. Kurt Andersen talks with comedian BJ Novak,...
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Kurt Andersen’s Terrifying Horror Movie
Master of suspense Wes Craven has been orchestrating horror for more than four decades. It began with The Last House on the Left (1972), continued with Freddy Krueger and A Nightmare on Elm Street...
View ArticleSt. Vincent’s Art Pop & Meditating on Middlemarch
The powerhouse guitarist Annie Clark, also known as St. Vincent, calls her music a cross between pop and “lunatic fringe.” She tells Kurt Andersen how David Byrne and metal heroes Pantera inspired her...
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Scary Shorts: Terror in 30 Seconds or Less
A couple weeks ago, we announced Studio 360's Scary Short Film Festival and gave you a challenge: create a scary movie on the theme of “young genius,” no longer than 30 seconds. The filmmaker Wes...
View ArticleAlfonso Cuarón & Laura Cantrell
Who is Oscar? (Hint: his real name isn’t Oscar.) This week, we reveal the man who inspired the Academy Awards’ iconic gold statue. Kurt Andersen talks with filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, who explains why...
View ArticleHow to Make a Super Scary Short Film
The Challenge: create a scary movie on the theme of “young genius,” no longer than 30 seconds. The filmmaker Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream) will judge the submissions.The Submissions:...
View ArticleSuper-Short Movies that Will Give You the Creeps
The Challenge: create a scary movie on the theme of “young genius,” no longer than 30 seconds. The filmmaker Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream) will judge the submissions.The Submissions:...
View ArticleSpies on TV & Shakespeare in Haiti
This week in Studio 360, Kurt Andersen talks with a songwriter whose words are being sung by protesters in the deadly clashes in Venezuela — he gives a firsthand account of life trapped behind...
View ArticleStaff Picks: Our Top 10 Scary Shorts
For our latest listener challenge, we asked you to scare the horror filmmaker Wes Craven with short films no longer than 30 seconds. Craven encouraged you to break rules and do away with conventions,...
View ArticleWes Craven's Favorite Scary Short Films
From the desk of Wes Craven, to Studio 360:Just finished watching the shorts, with a few breaks for chores and human interaction around the house. What fun!Congratulations. Having done something like...
View ArticleWes Craven’s Winner: Studio 360’s Scary Short Film Fest
We asked you to create 30-second horror films. Our judge, the filmmaker Wes Craven, gave you the theme “young genius.” We got more than 300 movies — from Canada, Italy, England, and all over the United...
View ArticleMake This Scary Short Screenplay
In our most recent listener challenge — Studio 360’s Scary Short Film Fest— we dared you to spook the master of scare himself, filmmaker Wes Craven. More than 300 of you took on the task, uploading...
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Why Wes Was The Best
Here's something you wouldn't have assumed about Wes Craven: the Master of Suspense was an avid birder. To celebrate the arrival of spring in 2013, Studio 360 held a listener challenge: remix spring...
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