SUSANNAH GRUDER
Journalist + Copywriter
August 2, 2022
Intermission Podcast (from The Film Stage): The Vanishing (George Sluizer, 1988)
I chatted with host Michael Snydel about The Vanishing, horror's ongoing relationship with shock value, and the narrative tradition of "The Missing Girl."
October 19, 2021
Catalyst and Witness Podcast: NYFF 2021 Dispatch Pt. 2
The second 2021 festival dispatch of the Catalyst and Witness podcast hosted by Ryan Swen. Appeared with fellow critics Forrest Cardamenis, Edo Choi, Soham Gadre, Jeva Lange, and Jason Miller.
October 6, 2021
Catalyst and Witness Podcast: NYFF 2021 Dispatch Pt. 1
The first 2021 festival dispatch of the Catalyst and Witness podcast, devoted to exploring the films and format of the New York Film Festival, hosted by Ryan Swen. Appeared with fellow critics Forrest Cardamenis, Soham Gadre and Patrick Preziosi.
June 10, 2021
Processing Podcast: Food and Grief on Film Pt. 2
Returned to Heritage Radio’s Processing podcast, hosted by chef Zahra Tangorra and her mom Bobbie Comforto, a grief counselor, to discuss the intersection of food and grief on film. We discussed Nomadland and Shiva Baby, among many other things.
December 30, 2020
Reverse Shot’s Critical Interventions
On Wednesday March 11, 2020, Reverse Shot hosted its first ever “live” symposium as part of Museum of the Moving Image’s new First Look Festival initiative “Working on It,” a series of events focusing on the creative process. This symposium featured private in-person conversations and experiments among critics, filmmakers, and programmers. We discussed process, creativity, and inspiration, and documented the events on camera.
Critical Interventions, edited remotely and under quarantine by filmmakers Ben Garchar, Michael Koresky, Jeff Reichert, Olivia Sattan and Farihah Zaman, is both a record of this day and a film that makes itself up as it progresses.
November 13, 2020
Processing Podcast: Food and Grief in Film
Appeared on Heritage Radio’s Processing podcast, hosted by chef Zahra Tangorra and her mom Bobbie Comforto, a grief counselor, to discuss the intersection of food and grief on film. We discussed Jeanne Dielman, Still Walking, and Dick Johnson Is Dead, among many other things.
October 12, 2020
Podcast: The Last Thing I Saw with Nicolas Rapold
Appeared on Nic Rapold’s podcast The Last Thing I Saw with critic Beatrice Loayza to discuss NYFF and other new and old releases. We chatted about Beginning, Smooth Talk, Dick Johnson Is Dead, Daughters of Darkness and more.
September 29, 2020
Catalyst and Witness Podcast: NYFF 2020 Dispatch
Discussed the first week of the 2020 New York Film Festival along with critics Forrest Cardamenis, Max Carpenter, Jeva Lange, Chloe Lizotte, and C.J. Prince on Ryan Swen’s Catalyst and Witness podcast.
September 9, 2020
Reverse Shot Happy Hour: Feel-Bad Feel-Good Movies
Discussed the movies I return to for comfort despite the fact that they're not remotely comfortable with Reverse Shot editors Michael Koresky and Jeff Reichert, along with programmer and critic Ashley Clark.
April 13, 2020
The Letterboxd Show: Big Cities, Empty Streets
I discussed some of my favorite city films that I’m watching during quarantine with Editior-in-Chief Gemma Gracewood and West Coast Editor Dominic Corry on Letterboxd’s podcast.