In this episode, we discuss two films about close female friendships between teenage girls — that may tip into sapphic love — and how they are affected when the girls are possessed by the patriarchy: Céline Sciamma’s Water Lilies (2007) and Karyn Kusama’s Jennifer’s Body (2009).
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Ep. 95: No Ordinary Man and John Ware Reclaimed: Reclaiming history in documentary
We discuss two of the best films of 2021, No Ordinary Man and John Ware Reclaimed, documentaries that use creative techniques to reclaim lost history.
Ep. 94: HBO’s Looking
On the first in our series of Pride Month episodes we delve into one of our favourite TV shows, HBO’s Looking
Ep. 93: The films of Agnieszka Holland
On this podcast episode, we celebrate the work of great Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa, Washington Square, Charlatan).
Ep. 92: Sugar Daddy and An Easy Girl: Commodifying women
In this episode, we discuss two recent films directed by women about how women commodify themselves and are commodified by society and the people around them: Wendy Morgan’s Sugar Daddy and Rebecca Zlotowski’s Easy Girl. We ask how these films comment on patriarchal norms without (or if they manage to do so) reproducing them.
Ep. 91: AIDS on screen, featuring It’s a Sin
On this episode, we have a wide-ranging conversation about the history of AIDS on film, inspired by the recent TV miniseries, It’s a Sin.