This week, we're celebrating the 10th anniversary of Joachim Trier's Oslo, August 31, our favourite film of the 2010s, on both the site and the podcast. As part …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Ep. 80: The Babadook and Prevenge: Motherhood in horror
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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