Only on Video
Only on Video is a film review podcast by Karl Hughes. Each season focuses on the work of a single director, highlighting the common themes, strengths, and weaknesses of their movies as part of their broader careers.
Episodes
I Shot Andy Warhol: Mary Harron’s Uncomfortable, Brilliant Debut
What if the most famous moment in Andy Warhol’s life wasn’t really about him at all? In this episode of Only On Video , I kick off a season focused on director Mary Harron, with her debut feature, I Shot Andy Warhol . This is...
American Psycho: Mary Harron's Misunderstood Masterpiece
In Episode 2 of Only On Video, I dig into Mary Harron’s most famous film: American Psycho. This is one of my all-time favorites—not because it’s “fun,” but because it’s brutally precise: it’s a horror film, a pitch-black come...
The Notorious Bettie Page: The Reason Your Grandfather Kept the Garag…
In Episode 3 of Only On Video (Mary Harron Season), I cover The Notorious Bettie Page —Harron and Guinevere Turner’s tonal left-turn after American Psycho . Instead of a satire about a narcissistic killer, this one follows a ...
The Moth Diaries: Just Another Young Adult Vampire Movie?
In Episode 4 of Only On Video , I cover Mary Harron’s 2011 gothic horror film The Moth Diaries —a psychological vampire story set at an elite girls’ boarding school. It never reached the cult status of American Psycho or I Sh...
Daliland: Mary Harron’s Portrait of Salvador Dalí
In the Season 1 finale of Only On Video , I close things out with Dalíland —Mary Harron’s most recent feature, and a return to the art world after I Shot Andy Warhol . This time, though, we’re not watching an artist rise. We’...