Podcast appearances and mentions of nia edwards behi

This week we talk to Gareth Smith about his reviews of two crime thrillers - S4C's Yr Amgueddfa, and BBC One's Welsh-made series The Pact – thinking about the efficacy of formulas and codes, as well as the relationship between genre and place. In our second segment we discuss Nia Edwards-Behi's exploration of the term ‘post-horror', questioning the existence of the concept of post-horror in and of itself, and thinking about the potentialities of horror beyond critical snobbery. We also look at Martha O'Brien's review of Rachel Trezise's Easy Meat—a return to the 2016 referendum through the eyes of Caleb Jenkins, exploring Wales' relationship to the EU, examining class concerns and the desire for control, and if we can definitively say why Wales voted Leave. Finally, we'll be letting you know what projects and events you should be looking out for in our ‘What's on, Wales' segment. Follow us on Twitter @WalesArtsPod and send us a tweet if there are any topics that you think we should be talking about. You can email us at podcast@walesartsreview.net if you would like your project or event to be featured in the ‘What's on, Wales?' segment of our next episode, and you can also leave comments while supporting the podcast at www.ko-fi.com/walesartspod Links to Articles Discussed: Gareth Smith, ‘Yr Amgueddfa | New S4C Thriller is Far From Formulaic' https://www.walesartsreview.org/yr-amgueddfa-new-s4c-thriller-is-far-from-formulaic/ Gareth Smith, ‘The Pact | TV Review' https://www.walesartsreview.org/the-pact-tv-review/ Nia Edwards-Behi, ‘Cinema | A Response to Post-Horror' https://www.walesartsreview.org/cinema-a-response-to-post-horror/ Martha O'Brien, ‘Easy Meat by Rachel Trezise | Books' https://www.walesartsreview.org/books-easy-meat-by-rachel-trezise/ What's on, Wales? Nawr Magazine www.twitter.com/nawrmag Honno Press https://www.honno.co.uk/submissions-and-services/welsh-women-writing-crime/ Life on the Levels Exhibition https://www.livinglevels.org.uk/events/2021/5/18/life-on-the-levels-exhibition Music: ‘Vienna Beat' by Blue Dot Sessions From the Free Music Archive (www.freemusicarchive.org) CC by NC (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)

Welcome to the new series of the Wales Arts Review podcast, the best podcast for all the chat about what's going on in the arts and culture of Wales. In this new format opening show, Wales Arts Review editor Gary Raymond talks to Welsh Assembly Member Bethan Sayed about her role as Chair of the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee, and her recent travel to Spain to review the devolved media of the Basque Country.Next up is award-winning novelist Tristan Hughes, who discusses the importance of pre-eminent Welsh writer Emyr Humphreys in this, Humphreys' centenary year. Raymond and Hughes discuss Humphreys' genius, his influence, and why more people are not talking about him during such a rare and significant anniversary year for the country.Raymond discusses two very different types of graffiti with associate editor Nia Edwards-Behi, that of Tryweryn and the Banksy of Port Talbot, and asks if the nationalism of Wales' first "fully devolved generation" is different to that of the older generations.And we have a new short story from poet and novelist Kate North, whose new collection Punch is out this week.The Wales Arts Review Podcast is available via iTune and Spotify - don't forget to subscribe on your usual podcast provider and ensure you never miss a minute of the conversation.

This episode, Abertoir programmer Nia Edwards-Behi joins us to talk about Korean police procedural/supernatural horror The Wailing! SPOILER WARNING: We've all been to see Winchester, and the discussion gets pretty spoilery. If you've not seen it yet and just want to hear Nia tell us about what she looks for in a movie and how a couple of Abertoir guests made their audience drink some seriously nasty cocktails, you'll want to skip to 20 minutes 37 seconds. Music and sound effects by Terry Emm. Follow us on Twitter: @RunesCasting

Nia Edwards-Behi is a writer, cinema academic, and co-director of one of the country’s most successful festivals, The International Horror Festival of Wales based at the Arts Centre in Aberystwyth, and ingeniously titled more familiarly as Abertoir. Along with founder and co-director Gaz Bailey, Nia organises this much beloved film festival and fan-mecca every year, and has been responsible for bringing some of the most legendary names of world horror cinema to the Welsh coast. Here I talk to Nia about the evolution of the festival and what it takes to pull off year in year out, but we also talk about much broader subjects. Nia’s Masters Thesis was on cognitive responses to the films of Dario Argento, and her PhD centred on Hollywood’s penchant for remaking controversial classics such as Straw Dogs and Last House on the Left. We talk about all of these things, and just whether western cinema’s attitude to women, race and politics is going forwards or backwards.

Halloween is just around the corner and the Countdown To Abertoir continues, so we've pulled together some of our writing team to chat about our favourite horror movies.  Your host is Dion from the Scrolls podcast, joined by regular cohort Phil Ambler.  Joining them are GS film reviewer Phil Hobden, GS tv reviewer Dee (aka Faint Dreams) and special guests Conor Boyle and Nia Edwards-Behi. It's a massive genre with examples to suit all tastes, so we've tackled the subject from several different angles.  You'll get our first movie memories, great examples of phsychology vs special effects, the most beloved rubbish, how humour works in horror, the best remakes and adaptations and, finally, our all-time personal favourites. There's a lot of laughter, a little friction and one or two shocks along the way, but we all had a great time recording it.  So much so that we over-ran by a good couple of hours.  Herding cats - that's all I'm saying...  The cut you've got here keeps things relatively focused on the topic at hand.  If you enjoy this you'll be please to know that most of the rest of the material will be appearing as a clip-show podcast called 'After The Slash' on theFilmsploitation feed, soon. Dion utterly weasled out of declaring his own favourite horror movie and best-bad movie during recording.  It was worth it just to drive Mr Ambler nuts, but we wouldn't want to bug any listeners.  Best film - Ring.  Best-Bad film - Warlock.  (Shhhhhhhh, he still doesn't know.) Keep Screaming. Time for the links: For those interested in these things, the music that tops and tails the show is written & performed by the fabulous Norwegian band, Katzenjammer.  The song is called 'Hey Ho, On The Devil's Back' and it comes from their first album 'Le Pop.'  Click here to watch an hour long concert for free on YouTube.  Fancy snagging their albums?  Both 'Le Pop' and 'A Kiss Before You Go' are available at Amazon, among other retailers. Fancy getting in touch with us?  We are all reachable on Twitter @Dion_Scrolls @Phlambler @Filmsploitation @Faintdreams @Pencil_Monkey and @Stonecypher or you can post any general comments on the post down below. Like horror (and why would you be reading this if not?)  Check out the website Nia writes for brutalashell.com And come to the Abertoir festival too, obviously...  Phone up the Aberystwyth Arts Centre and the Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff to book tickets. Follow @cyberschizoid on Twitter and help him with his Classic Horror campaign Fancy trying your hand at writing some horror-based Flash Fiction?  Seek out Phlambler's World. Like the world of Judge Dredd?  Read Conor's brilliantly horrific Dark Judgement. If you're not already subscribers you may want to check out the Scrolls andFilmsploitation podcasts too.