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Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
The Dames are covering the Studio System and the Golden Age of Hollywood this week, including:
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
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Welcome back!
This week, we're talking about:
What the Snyder Cut is really all about
What We Do in the Shadows is getting a season three!
The Production Code and how it changed Hollywood
Some of our favorite shocking pre-code films
And to read more about the Hays Code, click here: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/592022/
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Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
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.
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
We're back this week with our dear friend Kimberly Pierce! This week, the Dames are discussing:
The definition of Feminist Film Criticism
Laura Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" and Male vs. Female Gaze
The future of feminist film criticism
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Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
The Dames discuss the meaning and background of Film Theory and Criticism. Plus listener questions and a Very Special Contest announcement!
Further reading:
Francois Truffaut's "A Certain Tendency" essay: https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/TruffautInCahiers31/Truffaut%20A_certain_tendency_translated.pdf
For Next Week:
Laura Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema": https://www.asu.edu/courses/fms504/total-readings/mulvey-visualpleasure.pdf
Barbara Creed's "The Monstrous Feminism": http://ieas-szeged.hu/downtherabbithole/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Barbara-Creed-The-Monstrous-Feminine-2007.pdf
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Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Hello and welcome!
This week, we're talking about:
Our Quarantine Watchlists
The new images of Dune that broke Twitter and why no one in the movie seems to understand what it's about
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/behold-dune-an-exclusive-look-at-timothee-chalamet-zendaya-oscar-isaac
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/10/rebecca-ferguson-dune-lady-jessica-1202185246/
Shudder's new series, Cursed Films
Plus your questions!
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Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
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.
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Ready for more indoor fun? This week, the Dames are talking:
Amazon plans to stream films from SXSW:
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/02/826393884/sxsw-film-festival-heads-to-amazon
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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Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
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
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
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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Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
It's feeling kinda bleak out there, but we're here to help keep you going!
For this bonus episode, we are talking the movies and TV shows that are keeping our spirits up. Join in the fun!
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
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
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
Wednesday Mar 11, 2020
This week, the Dames are joined by our very special guest, Courtney Howard, to discuss:
Men who try to explain things to us and why we’re kind of done with it
Why we’re mad about everything
Timothy Hutton rape accusation:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kateaurthur/oscar-winning-actor-timothy-hutton-raped-me-when-i-was-14
Hatchette walkout over Woody Allen memoir and its subsequent cancellation:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/woody-allen-memoir-dropped-by-hachette-staff-walk-1282978
Plus we review The Invisible Man!
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Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
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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Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Welcome back!
This week, we're chatting about the Oscars, choosing between Brad Pitt and Taika Waititi, and, of course, all things BIRDS OF PREY.
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Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
This week, the Dames return to discuss all manner of topics, including:
The complicated legacies of some beloved celebrities (https://jill.substack.com/p/kobe-bryant-and-complicated-legacies(
The Harvey Weinstein trial (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nishitajha/harvey-weinstein-lawyer-donna-rotunno-daily-times-interview
https://pagesix.com/2020/02/04/harvey-weinstein-jurors-shown-naked-photos-of-movie-mogul/ )
Karen's Wacky Adventures at Sundance
Essential films to celebrate Black History Month
Listener Questions!
Gretel & Hansel
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Greetings! Here's what we're talking about this week:
Catching up! Lauren needs to talk about Cats and Karen has stories!
Harvey Weinstein trial begins (jury selection has been...challenging)
Christophe Ruggia gets arrested (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51105716)
Do women make inherently “different” films? (https://twitter.com/t_ruggeri/status/1214624849722626048)
Oscar-centric listener questions
A lively game of F***-Marry-Kill: Oscar Edition!
Plus we review Little Women
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Saturday Jan 11, 2020
Saturday Jan 11, 2020
Welcome back! This week we're chatting about:
Apparently it’s Carrie Fisher’s fault that Rose was hardly in Rise of Skywalker https://www.awardsdaily.com/2019/12/24/star-wars-screenwriter-chris-terrio-on-ending-the-42-year-skywalker-saga/
Women account for 21% of all behind-the-scenes jobs in the top 250 grossing films this year: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/women-made-up-20-percent-key-behind-scenes-film-roles-2019-1265681
Movies we’re looking forward to this year
Listener Questions!
Plus reviews of Uncut Gems and The Two Popes
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Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
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!
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
It's the 100th Episode of Citizen Dame! The Dames welcome back Kimberly Pierce and Kristen Lopez to talk about 100 episodes, plus:
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!
Here's to 100 more episodes!