This week, we’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of Joachim Trier’s Oslo, August 31, our favourite film of the 2010s. As part of the celebration, we are presenting a special edition of our December 2020 podcast episode
Podcasts on films that screened at Sundance
Here you'll find all of our podcast episodes which cover films that played at the Sundance Film Festival in past years, from Sundance hits like Leave No Trace to under-the-radar films like The Assistant and Oslo, August 31st.
Ep. 106: Christine and Kate Plays Christine: Reviving Christine Chubbuck
We discuss Christine and Kate Plays Christine, a fiction and documentary film about Christine Chubbuck. We ask, what’s the value of telling a story in fiction versus nonfiction?
Ep. 97: The films and TV of Desiree Akhavan
On this episode, we discuss the work of bisexual Iranian-American filmmaker Desiree Akhavan, who is best known for the films Appropriate Behaviour and The Miseducation of Cameron Post, as well as the TV shows The Slope and The Bisexual.
Ep. 89: Spinster and The Forty-Year-Old Version: Coming of age at forty
This podcast episode explores two wonderful 2020 dramedies, Spinster and The Forty-Year-Old Version, about women who find themselves at a personal and career crossroads as they approach forty.
Ep. 86: Una & Slalom: Depictions of childhood sexual assault
On this episode we discuss how two films, Una and the recent Slalom, depict the trauma of childhood sexual assault. We discuss the films’ messy navigation of depiction and questions of empathy and catharsis.
Ep. 80: The Babadook and Prevenge: Motherhood in horror
On this podcast episode, we revisit two horror films about motherhood, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and Alice Lowe’s Prevenge.