Episodes
Oct 14, 2020
Oct 14, 2020
1 hr 42 min
This week, the dames are talking all about horror from around the world!
We discuss Asian horror (Audition, Ringu, A Tale of Two Sisters, Warning: Do Not Play), Scandinavian tales (Let the Right One In, Lake Bodom, Rare Exports), Western Europe (The Devil's Backbone, Goodnight Mommy), and lament that we haven't seen nearly enough horror from Latin America (Tigers Are Not Afraid, La Llorona, Terrified).
Plus we take some great recommendations from listeners!
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Oct 7, 2020
Oct 7, 2020
1 hr 10 min
The Dames cover monster movies, ghost stories, alien features, and...big thingie movies.
Harvey Weinstein is still a rapist: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/harvey-weinstein-charged-with-more-rapes-in-california/2437812/
The Dames love some Universal monsters
Are there similarities between supernatural films and monster movies?
Kaiju and “big thingie” monsters: Godzilla, Mothra, King Kong, Jaws, Crawl, Anaconda, and Lake Placid
Plus, learn why the alien from Alien is actually a kidnapping victim.
Sep 30, 2020
Sep 30, 2020
1 hr 18 min
This week is all about slasher movies!
How do we define slasher films and why does it matter?
Is Psycho the first slasher movie?
Common slasher movie tropes
Is Jaws a slasher movie or a monster movie?
Plus listener questions!
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Sep 23, 2020
Sep 23, 2020
1 hr 16 min
The Dames discuss a fave horror subgenre: Horror-comedy!
In this episode:
Why do we love horror-comedy?
Does a horror-comedy have to be scary?
Where does the Scream franchise fall in this subgenre?
Plus: discussions of Young Frankenstein, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Slumber Party Massacre, The Cat and the Canary, and many more!
Sep 16, 2020
Sep 16, 2020
1 hr 21 min
Welcome back! This week we're talking:
Diana Rigg
The Dune trailer
Oscar's new Best Picture requirements:
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/oscars-inclusion-standards-best-picture-diversity-1234762727/
https://variety.com/2020/film/awards/oscars-inclusion-diversity-rules-standards-explained-1234763473/
Kate Winslet regrets working with Roman Polanski and Woody Allen (but should she?):
https://www.indiewire.com/2020/09/kate-winslet-regrets-working-with-woody-allen-roman-polanski-1234585665/
Plus, what we've been watching!
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Sep 9, 2020
Sep 9, 2020
1 hr 27 min
The Dames inaugurate Spooky Season with a brief history of horror films, from the silent period through Classical Hollywood, world horror, the rise of slashers/indie horrors, and contemporary genres.
Favorite films and subgenres - what are the kinds of horror we love, and what do we really hate?
What do horror films represent for our culture?
Are horror films the return of the repressed?
Queer horror, feminist horror - what does that look like?
Is there such a thing as “elevated” horror?
Sep 2, 2020
Sep 2, 2020
1 hr 7 min
This week, the Dames discuss the work and legacy of Chadwick Boseman.
We also catch up on what we've been watching lately.
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Aug 26, 2020
Aug 26, 2020
1 hr 11 min
The Dames discuss the Most American Genre: the Western! This episode includes:
The history of the Western
Western tropes
Subgenres galore!
The weird relationship between Japan and the American Western
Why The Searchers is really good and also really not-good
Blazing Saddles!
And Johnny Guitar's challenge against toxic masculinity
Aug 13, 2020
Aug 13, 2020
1 hr 35 min
It's the episode you've all been waiting for!
This week, the Dames talk all about the one and only, never to be duplicated: Alfred Hitchcock!
We discuss:
Our favorite Hitchcock flicks, plus his best
The complete* history of Hitch and his filmography
The Hitchcock Blonde: Myth or Fact?
What everyone gets wrong about Vertigo (i.e. everything)
The only acceptable way to remake a Hitchcock movie (if you're not Hitchcock)
*okay, it's the bullet points
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Jul 29, 2020
Jul 29, 2020
1 hr 14 min
The Dames dive into the twisted world of German Expressionism! This episode includes:
German Expressionism: WTF is it?
A discussion of the major filmmakers, films, and cinematographers of the movement.
The long history of Expressionism and how it still shapes and influences the films of today.
Jul 22, 2020
Jul 22, 2020
1 hr 9 min
This week, the Dames are joined once again by Variety's Jazz Tangcay (@jazzt) for a lively discussion about all things nostalgia. Topics include:
What is nostalgia and why?
How is it good, how is it bad?
What are some of our favorite nostalgic movies?
Join in the fun!
Jul 15, 2020
Jul 15, 2020
1 hr 14 min
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!
Jul 1, 2020
Jul 1, 2020
1 hr 17 min
Join the Dames this week as we welcome Fritzi Kramer (@MoviesSilently) to discuss the legends and dispel the myths of Silent Film.
The damsels in distress were really the men!
Silent films were NOT all black and white!
D.W. Griffiths did NOT invent film as we know it!
Listen, learn, and enjoy.
Jun 24, 2020
Jun 24, 2020
1 hr 26 min
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!
Jun 17, 2020
Jun 17, 2020
1 hr 18 min
This week, the Dames discuss the role of film as a vehicle for social change, sparking conversation, and broadening our own experiences. We also review Spike Lee's newest film, Da 5 Bloods.
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Jun 3, 2020
Jun 3, 2020
1 hr 23 min
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
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020
1 hr 15 min
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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May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020
1 hr 27 min
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.
May 6, 2020
May 6, 2020
1 hr 25 min
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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Apr 29, 2020
Apr 29, 2020
1 hr 24 min
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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