Citizen Dame

Bonus: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

In honor of Pride Month, our listeners have selected Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire for our June bonus episode. Check out this excerpt, and then go to patreon.com/citizendame to subscribe and hear the rest.

Episode 163: Tribeca Dames

The Dames discuss the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. Plus:
Anthony Mackie's recent comments about Sam and Bucky's relationship, and how Disney/Marvel want to have it both ways: https://variety.com/2021/tv/awards/anthony-mackie-falcon-winter-soldier-paul-bettany-wandavision-podcast-1234999174/https://twitter.com/ZREllor/status/1405611013274312711 
Does Batman? Well? DOES HE?
Hot Movie Dads

Episode 162: Is a Dame a Person?

This week! The Dames are discussing the films and career of the great Lois Weber: director, writer, and Hollywood badass.
We also catch up on a few films we overlooked in our Pride episode.

Episode 161: The Dames Made Me Do It

The Dames celebrate the start of Pride month with a discussion of favorite LGBTQ+-themed films! Plus:
Cannes found FOUR WHOLE FEMALE DIRECTORS!
Favorite Palme d'Or winners across the ages!
Apparently Shrek 2 premiered at Cannes?
The Conjuring 3 has Catholic imagery! And other shocking revelations.

Episode 160: And Another Thing

In this grab bag episode, the Dames talk about Twitter, nitwits, director cults, studio movies, movie theaters, people getting tased at movie theaters, trailers, film criticism, Taika Waititi, Cruella, A Quiet Place Part II, the Amazon/MGM acquisition, and more. 

Bonus: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Our May bonus episode is here! Listen along as we discuss Pedro Almodóvar's Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
 
To subscribe and hear the complete episode, visit patreon.com/citizendame.

Episode 159: The Dame in the Window

The Dames dig deep into literature and film to discuss book to film adaptations, from The Woman in the Window to The Da Vinci Code and Psycho. Plus, why adaptation theory is probably not the best measure of a successful film. 

Episode 158: The Dame-quisition

This week! The Dames are talking about:
Great directors who never get included in the Great Directors lists
Dracula, Dracula movies, and anticipating Chloé Zhao's Dracula movie
Plus a bit of what we've been watching and more Twitter wars

Episode 157: Wild Mountain Dames

The Dames return for a grab-bag episode of stupid men, awesome women, and Jamie Dornan thinking he's a bee. 
BAFTA-winning Noel Clarke has been accused of sexual harassment and bullying by over twenty women (trigger warning): https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/apr/29/actor-noel-clarke-accused-of-groping-harassment-and-bullying-by-20-women
Chloe Zhao won Best Director! 
Why male critics need to SHUSH
Plus: Wild Mountain Thyme, bad Irish accents, Mare of Easttown, and Preston Sturges!

Bonus Episode: Winter's Bone

For this month's bonus, we discuss Debra Granik's Academy Award-winning film, Winter's Bone. To hear the full episode, visit patreon.com/citizendame and subscribe.

Episode 156: Dame 2 - Even Damier

This week! The Dames discuss SEQUELS and the Scream franchise in particular, plus:
Writing what you know
Whether Stephen King would be "allowed" to write Carrie today
More bad Twitter takes
Citizen Kane v Jaws
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Episode 155: Kar and Laur Go to Vista Del Mar

The Dames head to Florida to discuss the brilliance of Barb and Star, plus: 
Scott Rudin is a monster: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/everyone-just-knows-hes-an-absolute-monster-scott-rudins-ex-staffers-speak-out-on-abusive-behavior
Ray Fisher is a brave man: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/ray-fisher-opens-up-about-justice-league-joss-whedon-and-warners-i-dont-believe-some-of-these-people-are-fit-for-leadership
The new Ghostbusters teaser is dumb
And Elaine May is so much more important than male critics want her to be.

Episode 154: Seven Dames

Welcome! This week we're talking about:
The Academy's spotty history with female directors
The seven women nominated for Best Director - and all the ones who weren't
Plus more talk about how the Snyder Bros are why we can't have nice things

Episode 153: Dames on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

The Dames spend some time this week discussing what constitutes a feminist film, including whether or not male directors can make them. Plus:
New allegations against Armie Hammer (TW: the content of this article is graphic: https://variety.com/2021/film/news/armie-hammer-rape-allegation-effie-woman-victim-1234933830/
Media complicity in misogyny and anti-Asian racism
The Snyder Cut
Why we're so...so...tired

Episode 152: Dame's Movies

The world is dangerous for women and we're tired
Cancel Culture across the political spectrum
Woman's Films
We reveal the secret to guys: here's all you need to do to win over any woman you want
Plus listener questions!

Episode 151: Foxy Dame

Welcome to Citizen Dame! This week we're discussing:
TCM's "Reframing" Series is a good intention that doesn't address the network's real issue
Modern Black Cinema from 1970s Blaxsploitation to present-day horror and everything in between
Discussion includes: Pam Grier! Ganja and Hess! John Singleton and Spike Lee, Candyman, Widows, and more!
For further reading: Reframing the Problem of TCM by Lauren Humphries-Brooks 

Episode 150: Imitation of Life

The Dames discuss the representation of Black women in Classical Hollywood, from the "race films" of the 1920s–1940s, issues of stereotyping, white people controlling Black images, the relationships between Black women and white women on screen, and why we all should try to be more like Eartha Kitt. 

Episode 149: Watch Old Movies

Hello! This week, we're talking about the latest (and weirdest?) round of Old Movie Naysayers and how ignoring old films means ignoring an important record of our cultural history.  Plus we discuss how you're missing out on the experience of Oscar Micheaux and other Black filmmakers and their incredible, vital art.

Bonus: Judas and the Black Messiah

Our February bonus episode is here! Listen to two very white women talk about Shaka King's exceptional film, Judas and the Black Messiah.

Episode 148: Dame of the Nineties

The Dames spend this week talking about how Joss Whedon is even more of a Garbage Person than we originally imagined, how Britney Spears was done wrong by the media, and how Mae West threatened patriarchy so much, they had to make up an entire code of censorship to stop her.
Links about Whedon's terribleness: 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michelle-trachtenberg-says-joss-whedon-was-not-allowed-to-be-alone-with-her-on-buffy
https://twitter.com/AllCharisma/status/1359537746843365381?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
https://www.thewrap.com/firefly-writer-jose-molina-says-joss-whedon-bragged-about-making-female-writers-cry/
https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/gal-gadot-joss-whedon-experience-justice-league-1234605426/