Matt Baume

It's 1978 and director William Friedkin needs to do a little research, so he strips down to a jockstrap and walks into The Ramrod with a friend who's carrying a concealed revolver. In this week's bonus video, I have the weird story of how Friedkin found himself nearly nude and surrounded by orgiasti

Hello there! I'm in Los Angeles this week, combing through various film and TV archives, and I've found some fun tidbits for upcoming videos. A few highlights: A bizarre misunderstanding of queer fashion from the 1960s; an invitation to a gay ashram; and what appears to be a true crime magazine that

My guest on The Sewers of Paris podcast this week is Oliver Darkshire. As a young adult, he found himself drifting away from his friends, due in part to what turned out to be an undiagnosed illness that made it hard for him to participate in day-to-day activities. It was a fantasy novel that turned

If you could step out of your body and look at yourself from the outside, how unfamiliar would you look? It's impossible to evaluate yourself with complete impartiality, but my guest this week has found ways to get as close as possible. Professor Ali Mushtaq's preferred method for clearing his mind