We are joined by Emily St. James to discuss Jane Schoenbrun’s excellent sophomore outing. We discuss transformative experiences, leaps of faith, egg cinema, kissing on the astral plane, nostalgia and the specialness of inaccessibility, and (if that’s not enough) why we do this podcast at all! It’s a very special episode, and we want to hear whatContinue reading “I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024)”
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MIDSOMMAR (2019)
Emily VanDerWerff (Vox) joins us to discuss Ari Aster’s folk horror masterpiece, Midsommar. We discuss how the film subverts folk horror genre tropes to craft a compelling story about the loss of a relationship, self-discovery, and adoption into a new family. Emily articulates a trans reading of the film, and we discuss how it grapplesContinue reading “MIDSOMMAR (2019)”
Cows in the Field 