February is Women in Horror month and on this podcast episode, to celebrate, we re-visit two of our favourite horror films about motherhood, Jennifer Kent's The …
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Ep. 79: Sundance 2021, part 2
This week we conclude our podcast discussion of the best and worst of Sundance 2021, including CODA, Judas and the Black Messiah, Pleasure, and The World to …
Ep. 78: Sundance 2021, part 1
This week we begin our discussion of the best and worst of Sundance 2021, including The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet, Flee, Passing, R#J, and Searchers. We also …
Ep. 77: Deep Blue Sea(s)
On this episode we discuss two versions of Terence Ratigan's 1952 play, The Deep Blue Sea. Terence Davies' 2011 film version is a moving portrayal of memory and …
Ep. 76: Abderrahmane Sissako’s Bamako and Timbuktu
On this episode we look at two of Malian director Abderrahmane Sissako's films, the newly restored Bamako, and one of our favourite films of the 2010s, …
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Ep. 75: Sound of Metal and Blind: Portrayals of disability
This week, we focus on two films, Sound of Metal and Blind, with different approaches in depicting disability. We discuss the formula of the disability …
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