This week, the Dames discuss any manner of bad (and good!) things, including the return (sigh) of the Garbage Men:

• Ansel Elgort gets accused of assault and Film Twitter shows their asses - https://www.thewrap.com/ansel-elgort-sexual-assault-2014
• White male film critic has another tantrum https://twitter.com/firstshowing/status/1273597808709447681
• AMC reverses course on mask policy
• Nia DaCosta's Candy Man short http://manualcinema.com/company/
• Hot Movie Dads!

Plus Listener Questions and What We've Been Watching!

• The Big Five
• The Paramount Case and anti-trust laws (1948)
• The 1950s and the further decline of the system into the independent era
• Important genres: film noir, horror, melodrama, prestige pictures
• Star personas! 
• Female filmmakers during the system
• Some lesser known essentials of the era

This week, the Dames take some time out to discuss the many ins and outs of film noir and the Columbia Noir collection on the Criterion Channel, including:

• The Lady from Shanghai
• The Sniper
• Pushover
• My Name is Julia Ross
• How hot is Rita Hayworth?!
• And why Fred MacMurray is the worst. 

Plus, a tribute to the awesomeness that is Honor Blackman.

The Dames continue their quarantine episodes with discussions of fun things, like:

• Netflix's Tiger King
• Kino Marquee and supporting your local arthouse cinema
• More Women's History Month shenanigans
• And favorite isolation movies!

You can access Kino Marquee via your local arthouse or go here: https://www.kinolorber.com/film/bacurau#playdates

The good thing about having a podcast is you can social distance and still record! Everything is scary, but there things that happened this week that are actually good. 

• Harvey Weinstein gonna go to prison for 23 years: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51840532#:~:text=Disgraced%20film%20producer%20Harvey%20Weinstein,on%20Wednesday%20in%20a%20wheelchair.
• Karyn Kusama’s Dracula https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/new-dracula-movie-works-as-universal-remakes-monsterverse-1283635
• Allllllll the movies are postponed due to coronavirus
• Movies to stream in quarantine
• Plus, Lauren talks The Lady Vanishes

The Dames would like to say that Harvey Weinstein is a convicted rapist, as he's found guilty, guilty, guilty in New York. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/24/harvey-weinstein-guilty-trial-charges-verdict

Plus, they spend some time on:

• Adele Haenel, Celine Sciamma, and others walk out of the Cesar awards when Polanski wins best director. https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/adele-haenel-protests-roman-polanski-cesar-director-award.html
• Onward, “Disney’s first gay character," and performative representation. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/onward-introduces-first-lgbtq-character-disney-pixar-history-170026105.html?ncid=twitter_yahooenter_qb2vkwfmnk
• The Candyman trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlwzuZ9kOQU
• Reviews of Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon, and a brief overview of The Invisible Man!

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On this very special year-end episode of Citizen Dame, we cover: our favorite movies, performances, scripts, new thirst discoveries, underrated films, and many, many more! Listen in for our Totally Objective discussion in which we are right about everything. It's the only 2019 film list you need. 

To all our listeners and patrons: thank you so much for your continued support. We appreciate you all so much, and we look forward to bringing you some awesome stuff in the coming year!

• Ghostbusters: Afterlife and why men need to calm the eff down
• Mel Brooks says Jojo Rabbit is fantastic
• Throwback to our “most anticipated” lists!
• Favorite films that went under the radar this year
• The ultimate Garbage Man!