Just announced: on 1 June, I’m introducing an extraordinarily rare screening of Daiei’s The Whale God as part of Forbidden Worlds Film Festival at the Bristol Megascreen! This represents the first time the film has EVER screened in the UK, and may well be the film’s first theatrical screening in ANY English-language territory in over SIXTY YEARS. Hope to see some of you there! Tickets and details here.
Here’s some news: I’m writing a book on Ishiro Honda’s original Godzilla! It’s part of the BFI Film Classics range and will be published by Bloomsbury in 2027.
I’m mostly active on Instagram these days, so head over there to keep up-to-date with all my kaiju and film-related activity: https://www.instagram.com/steven_sloss
Remember the Kaijusaurus Podcast? You won’t find it on your podcast provider anymore, but the entire series is archived on YouTube for your listening pleasure!
Kaiju-Eiga International Resurgence (2013 - Present)
A period during which the production of new, high-profile, studio-led kaiju features reaches an unprecedented high for the first time since the 1960s, with the genre encompassing non-Japanese films and taking on a much broader international definition. The genre’s influence is recognised and acknowledged more commonly in the Western world, and the term “kaiju” finally enters the general vernacular worldwide.
This blog should now be considered inactive. I’ll keep it up for the sake of posterity and preserving the massive archive of posts, but it’ll be no longer updated. Podcast updates can be found on the Facebook page.
Kaijusaurus Podcast #28: Godzilla ‘98 LIVE Discussion!
The Kaijusaurus Podcast: Lifelong kaiju fan Steven Sloss and newbie Ross Menzies make their way through the thirty-plus film Godzilla canon, sharing their thoughts and waxing lyrical on each film per episode.
Steven, Ross, and Laura take to Facebook to broadcast a LIVE discussion of the most controversial film in the entire Godzilla series - Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin’s 1998 Hollywood feature. Will the much-maligned film be given a fair trial, or will it be sent straight to the gallows? Either way, one thing’s certain - there’ll be a lot of fish.
CONTACT INFO AND SHOW NOTES UNDER “KEEP READING” BELOW!
Kaijusaurus Podcast #28: Godzilla ‘98 LIVE Discussion!
The Kaijusaurus Podcast: Lifelong kaiju fan Steven Sloss and newbie Ross Menzies make their way through the thirty-plus film Godzilla canon, sharing their thoughts and waxing lyrical on each film per episode.
Steven, Ross, and Laura take to Facebook to broadcast a LIVE discussion of the most controversial film in the entire Godzilla series - Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin’s 1998 Hollywood feature. Will the much-maligned film be given a fair trial, or will it be sent straight to the gallows? Either way, one thing’s certain - there’ll be a lot of fish.
CONTACT INFO AND SHOW NOTES UNDER “KEEP READING” BELOW!
