Switchblade Sisters

Pan's Labyrinth with Issa López

This week is a fantastical episode of Switchblade Sisters where April sits down with director Issa Lopez to discuss the influential Guillermo Del Toro film, Pan's Labyrinth. Issa opens up about her lonesome adolescence, the death of her mother, and how these events influenced her work. She tells April about the emotional process of working with children on her most recent film, the fantasy-horror Tigers Are Not Afraid. And she also discusses the culture of witchcraft and magic in Mexico and how that pervades many Mexican artist's work. Keep an eye out for Issa López's most recent film <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPhKZZQpzec&amp;t=2s">Tigers Are Not Afraid</a>. And if you haven't seen it yet, go watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7XGNPXdlGQ">Pan's Labyrinth</a>. With <a href="http://www.maximumfun.org/aprilwolfe">April Wolfe</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/issitalopez?lang=en">Issa Lopez</a> You can let us know what you think of Switchblade Sisters at <a href="https://twitter.com/switchbladepod">@SwitchbladePod</a> on Twitter. Or email us at <a href="mailto:switchbladesisters@maximumfun.org">switchbladesisters@maximumfun.org</a> Produced by <a href="http://www.maximumfun.org/caseyobrien">Casey O'Brien</a> and <a href="http://maximumfun.org/laura-swisher">Laura Swisher</a> for <a href="http://www.maximumfun.org/">MaximumFun.org</a>.

Switchblade Sisters is a podcast providing deep cuts on genre flicks from a female perspective. Every week, film critic and screenwriter April Wolfe sits down with a phenomenal female film-maker to slice-and-dice a classic genre movie - horror, exploitation, sci-fi and many others! Along the way, they cover craft, the state of the industry, how films get made, and more. Mothers, lock up your sons, the Switchblade Sisters are coming!