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Why the film is so much better and deeper than a lot of people want to think it is
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Body swapping and consent
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How long is too long to pine for Chris Pine?
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Barbara and Diana and the relationship we never got to see
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Is Pedro Pascal's Maxwell Lord the greatest movie villain ever?
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And more!
Episode 143: Wonder Dame 1984
Episode 142: The Dames’ Christmas Carol
The Dames close out the holiday season discussing our favorite holiday movies, with some lesser known ones suggested by our listeners! Plus:
- Why the ending of The Baby Yoda Show was (kinda) dumb
- Karen's favorite holiday film about a suicide hotline
- Danny Kaye: Hot or Hottest?
Happy Holidays everyone!
Bonus: ‘Mank’ Review (Excerpt)
We have a bonus bonus this month! Even though Mank didn't win the poll, we decided to review it anyway and tell you allllll our thoughts about David Fincher's latest film. There WILL be spoilers, so you might want to watch the film first and then listen to what we have to say about it.
Episode 122: The Baby Yoda Show!
This week, the Dames discuss the most important topics, including:
- Baby Yoda!
- Hamilton!
- What We Been Watching
- Cancel culture and the Harper's letter https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/
Plus: Listener questions!
Episode 116: Silent Dames
The Dames return to cover the history of early and silent cinema, why it's so important, and how women basically did everything first.
- The birth of motion pictures and the Silent Film era
- Lumieres vs. Melies
- The development of the mobile camera and continuity narrative
- Different film industries and influences (Hollywood, Weimar cinema/expressionism, etc.) - how techniques, images, themes, etc. continue to influence filmmaking TODAY
- Early female filmmakers and artists, including Alice Guy-Blaché, Frances Marion, Mary Pickford, Lotte Reiniger, Marion E. Wong, and Lois Weber.
Episode 112: Dame Noir
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.
Episode 111: All Along Together…Still
Ready for more indoor fun? This week, the Dames are talking:
- Amazon plans to stream films from SXSW:
- Documentaries and cinematic “truth”
- Men can't quit talking about their favorite movie, Birds of Prey
- We revisit Extra Ordinary
- Plus listener questions!
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Episode 110: Don’t Go There
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
Episode 109: Stay the Hell at Home
This week, Nannina Gilder returns to chat about:
- Being alone together
- Celebrating Women's History Month with great films
- Listener Questions
- And reviews of:
- Song of Songs
- Three Cases of Murder
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Episode 108: The Dame Vanishes
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