Episode 15: Velvet Goldmine (1998)

Enter the sensual, outrageous world of glam rock with Brian Slade and Curt Wild, as we examine Todd Haynes’ glittery musical Velvet Goldmine. We talk about the history of glam as a genre, the film’s role in queer cinematic history, and effects of David Bowie’s lack of endorsement.

• Velvet Goldmine: 20 years on, has the time come for Cool Britannia’s Citizen Kane? by Stephen Dalton
• Velvet Goldmine captures the spirit, if not the biography, of David Bowie by Caroline Siede
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers Has Only Seen Velvet Goldmine Once by Jaya Saxena
• The Rise of Glam Rock by John Williams
• Rebel Nights by Lisa Robinson
• New Again: Ewan McGregor by Todd Fuller
• Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy by Simon Reynolds – review by Sukhdev Sandhu
• Growing Up Gay to a Glam Rock Soundtrack by Jim Farber
• What Is Glitter? A strange journey to the glitter factory. by Caity Weaver