About the Podcast
“[The Haunted Screen] shapes swaths of cinema’s past into engaging, character-driven stories.”
—David Hudson, The Criterion Daily
“[Season One offers a] detailed take on Berlin’s rich cinematic past.”
—Karen Moreno, The Berliner
The Show
The Haunted Screen is a narrative podcast about film, history, and and the places they intersect. Professor Travis Mushett provides extensively-researched episodes about movements and moments in global cinema, and delivers them in an engaging package that appeals to both hardcore cinephiles and casual moviegoers.
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The Host
Travis Mushett is a New York-based educator and filmmaker. He holds a PhD from Columbia University and teaches film & media history at Fordham University and Marymount Manhattan College. His photos have appeared in outlets like Hyperallergic, the Brooklyn Eagle, and Bushwick Daily. From its founding in 2012 to its demise in 2018, he was the editor-in-chief of Blunderbuss Magazine, a print & web journal of art, literature, politics, and criticism. Circle of Fourths, Travis' debut film, played at festivals across the country in 2020. He and his sister Lindsay are currently in pre-production for True North, their first feature.
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