Citizen Dame
The podcast for feminists who love film, brought to you by two female critics who want to broaden the conversation.
Episodes
Wednesday May 29, 2019
Episode 79: Damesmart
Wednesday May 29, 2019
Wednesday May 29, 2019
On this week's all new episode:
Jason Mitchell dropped by manager, fired from Showtime's The Chi and Netflix movie.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jason-mitchell-dropped-chi-netflix-film-misconduct-claims-1212454
Blue Is the Warmest Color director Abdellatif Kechiche is back at Cannes with Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo and really likes getting his actors drunk and making them do stuff. Is it art or assault?
Quentin Tarantino and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Moby and Natalie Portman
Your Questions!
Trailer talk with Terminator: Dark Fate
And our review of Booksmart
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Thursday May 23, 2019
Episode #78: Ask for Dame
Thursday May 23, 2019
Thursday May 23, 2019
On this week's show:
Cannes head thinks that having too many women would show a lack of respect
A Rainy Day in New York gets a release
Disney takes control of Hulu - what does this mean for the future of cinema?
Robert Pattinson is Batman
Plus, Lulu Wang's The Farewell has a trailer
And reviews:
John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum
The Sun is Also A Star
Ask for Jane
Aladdin
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Episode #77: Dame Country
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Wednesday May 15, 2019
The Dames are back and have a lot on their mind:
Constance Wu and the nature of "difficult women"
Anjelica Huston had some very complicated things to say about male directors
Joe Carnahan went on a Twitter rampage because critics are the enemy!
Chris Hemsworth and Tiffany Haddish are making a movie together
A brief Endgame rant
Listener questions!
Our thoughts on the It: Chapter Two trailer
Movie reviews including a wealth of Netflix content, Poms, The Hustle, and Detective Pikachu! Plus Lauren gives a rundown on the Tribeca Film Festival
We also bid a fond farewell to one of the Dames!
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Wednesday May 01, 2019
Episode #76: Avengers End-Dame
Wednesday May 01, 2019
Wednesday May 01, 2019
The Dames sit down to discuss:
Olivia Munn fights the Fug Girls and makes us question the role of a critic versus a publicist
Joe Russo claims the MCU has given us an openly gay character but we have doubts
We answer your listener questions and name our guilty pleasure films
Karen rants against Game of Thrones
Karen and Kristen dive into a spoiler-heavy review of Avengers: Endgame
We're also giving away copies of On the Basis of Sex and Miss Bala on Blu-ray this month! To enter, just leave us a review anywhere and send us a screenshot!
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Thursday Apr 25, 2019
Episode 75: Dame of La Mancha
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
In this episode, the Dames discuss:
Roman Polanski (siiiiiiigh)
Quentin Tarantino (siiiiiiiiiiiiiigh)... as well as the fact that Karen and Lauren really don’t care about ‘Little Women’ (gasp!)
Kristen rails against the horrendous animated reboot of ‘The Addams Family’.
Oh yeah, and Kristen talks to legendary, fantabulous director Catherine Hardwicke about all things ‘Lost Boys’ and ‘Miss Bala’.
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Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Episode #74: Sha-Dames!
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
The Dames sit down to discuss:
Film bros are upset over thirst tweets
The Justice Department is upset that the Academy wants to ban Netflix from the Oscars
The Dames are still upset over Jason Reitman's Ghostbusters but they're fine with the cast
And people on Twitter are upset that art is political
We talk The Joker trailer
Listener questions
Reviews of Shazam! and Pet Sematary (2019)
We're also giving away a copy of On the Basis of Sex on Blu-ray this month! To enter, just leave us an iTunes review and send us a screenshot!
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Thursday Apr 04, 2019
Episode #73: Hyperbolic Dames
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
The Dames spend some time shouting about:
Jordan Peele's Us and the prevalence of critics hyperbolizing films
The continuing saga of Jussie Smollett
Zack Snyder’s Batman comments
Netflix and Brie Larson responding to trolls
The passing of Agnes Varda
Plus Listener Questions and Lauren's brief review of Us!
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Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Episode #72: Bechdel Dames
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
This week we're honored to have Caitlin Durante and Jamie Loftus of The Bechdel Cast as our special guest talking up all manner of stuff!
Babra Streisand makes some terrible comments she shouldn't have said
The sequel to To All the Boys I've Loved Before gets Hardwicked (no, not that guy!)
The studio doesn't want us to know Elton John was gay and cuddled with men
Fox lays off a bunch of people because you all wanted X-Men in the Avengers
Criterion announces its initial slate of streaming titles
Trailer Talk for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Lucy in the Sky and Aladdin
The ladies talk about Jordan Peele's Us
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Friday Mar 22, 2019
Episode #71: Captain Marvel
Friday Mar 22, 2019
Friday Mar 22, 2019
We're back together after Kristen and Karen braved SXSW and we have quite a show.
Netflix cancelled One Day at a Time and we're pissed about it.
Operation Varsity Blues aka the stupidest crime we all knew about
Your listener questions
Karen and Kristen lightly touch on the perils of SXSW and share their favorite films
We talk about Triple Frontier and its basicness
We also find time to share our thoughts on Captain Marvel
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
The Citizen Dames' Ultimate Boyfriend Draft
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
As Karen and Kristen wing their way to Austin, Texas for SXSW we're helping you get through March Madness by sharing our formerly Patreon-exclusive Ultimate Boyfriend Draft.
We created an ultimate boyfriend bracket and fight it out for nearly two hours. Only 1 man can be the Citizen Dames' Ultimate Boyfriend!
Get access to these episodes once they drop by supporting us via Patreon!
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Episode #70: Lorena Dame-itt
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Wednesday Mar 06, 2019
Welcome to Citizen Dame!
This week, the Dames are talking about:
Emma Thompson quits film of Lasseter hire
John Wayne is cancelled again
The Oscars were bad. Or were they?
The Dames dive deep into Amazon's new Lorena Bobbitt documentary
We answer your listener questions!
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Monday Feb 25, 2019
Star Dames: Or the Dames Discuss Star Wars
Monday Feb 25, 2019
Monday Feb 25, 2019
The Dames are taking a week off but wanted to give you something to listen to. Hear's our formerly Patreon-exclusive look at all things Star Wars that we recorded in honor of Solo: A Star Wars Story (remember that?).
We discuss our background with the series up to now, our thoughts on Kathleen Kennedy's continued reluctance to let a female direct, share conspiracy theories, express thirst, play fun games, and get around to actually reviewing Solo itself.
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Episode #69: Isn't It Dame-antic?
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Welcome to Citizen Dame!
This week, the Dames are talking about:
Ryan Adams makes his garbage person debut
R. Kelly might actually go to jail
The Academy says they'll present four categories during commercial breaks. Oh, wait, just kidding!
Mexican actresses want to block Yalitza Aparicio from another nomination
We give our thoughts on the trailers for The Hustle and Ma
The Dames review Period. End of Sentence and Isn't It Romantic?
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Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Minisode 5: On the Basis of Sex
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
Thanks to former Patron Branden Caine for suggesting an episode all about On the Basis of Sex. The Dames talk about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Karen's newfound love for Armie Hammer, and try to convince Lauren about Justin Theroux's awesomeness.
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Monday Feb 11, 2019
Episode 68: High Flying Dame
Monday Feb 11, 2019
Monday Feb 11, 2019
Welcome to Citizen Dame!
This week, the Dames are talking about:
Liam Neeson shows off his toxic masculinity
Woody Allen is suing Amazon and Kristen says bring it
Casey Affleck hopes we don’t judge his new movie too harshly
Max Landis is writing a feminist film because everything is stupid
Bradley Cooper didn't get a Best Director nomination and Sean Penn has something to say about it
We read your listener questions
The Dames debate whether the new Pet Semetary's changes suck or not
Reviews
Kristen praises Shudder's Horror Noire
Kim talks Isn’t it Romantic?
Lauren discusses Netflix's High Flying Bird
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Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Episode 67 - Velvet Dame-saw
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Welcome to Citizen Dame!
This week, the Dames are talking about:
The racist and homophobic attack on Jussie Smollett
James Gunn's The Suicide Squad
The 4% Challenge
The Criterion Channel
Dune casting news
Listener Questions
Trailers for:
Birds of Prey
Hobbs & Shaw
The Final Girls Berlin Film Festival
Reviews of They Shall Not Grow Old, Serenity, and Velvet Buzzsaw
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Friday Feb 01, 2019
Episode 66: Into the Dame-Verse
Friday Feb 01, 2019
Friday Feb 01, 2019
This week, the Dames are joined by Tael Tygiel.
Topics discussed are:
It’s Oscar nomination time again!
Bryan Singer (argh!)
Avi Lerner (argh! argh!)
Nicholas Cage is taking on HP Lovecraft, and Lauren can’t wait.
Quentin Tarantino, Sharon Tate, and why are we still talking about this movie.
Zac Efron... Ted Bundy, really?
Reviews:
Lauren Talks Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Kristen gushes about Serenity
Kim is still watching Ghosthunters.
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Thursday Jan 24, 2019
Episode 65: Dame's Creek
Thursday Jan 24, 2019
Thursday Jan 24, 2019
Welcome to Citizen Dame!
This week, the Dames are talking about:
R. Kelly is dropped by Sony!
Disney is rebooting that Victor Hugo feel-good classic, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Jason Reitman flips the bird to Paul Feig and the lady Ghostbusters
Lauren brings us a new installment of And Another Thing!
Trailers for:
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Fast Color
Spider-Man: Far From Home
John Wick: Chapter 3
Plus, what we've been watching lately
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Thursday Jan 17, 2019
Episode 64: AquaDames
Thursday Jan 17, 2019
Thursday Jan 17, 2019
The Dames return from vacation to catch up on the last month of news.
Kevin Hart is still talking about the Oscars, but Ellen forgave him
John Lasseter heads to Skydance
We deconstruct the R. Kelly allegations
Kevin Spacey was actually arraigned....in a courtroom!
Peter Farrelly used to expose himself "as a joke"
The Green Book screenwriter doesn’t like Muslims
We touch on the recent Golden Globes and give our Oscar predictions
Listener Questions
Trailer Talk
Men in Black: International
Us
Hotel Mumbai
ReviewsBird Box
Mary Poppins Returns
Aquaman
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Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Episode 63: Our Most Anticipated Films of 2019!
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Tuesday Jan 15, 2019
Welcome back!
This week, the Dames are talking about our Most Anticipated Films of 2019! Join in the fun!
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