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FFR 151: Tenet Jan 20, 2021

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On this week’s podcast, we’re taking a look at Christopher Nolan’s aggressively high-concept film, Tenet, the disorienting twists, turns, and logic loops of which demand a lot of its audience. Is it worth the effort it takes to truly engage with the film? Listen in as Caro and Ebony discuss.

Time Stamps:

6:52 - Main discussion on Tenet

50:05 - What’s your Freq Out?

Caro on the ASMRtist, Phoenician Sailor

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Phoenician Sailor video: Tenet [ASMR] - https://youtu.be/iOipX-8unek

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FFR 150: This Way Up Jan 13, 2021

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CW: for discussions of suicide

Today on the podcast, Ebony is taking a turn hosting, leading a discussion with Caro and Anita on the new Hulu series This Way Up. This Irish series about a woman on the edge has drawn early comparisons to Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Flea Bag, but it offers it’s own unique perspective on a life in crisis. Join us as we take a look at what this show gets right and wrong about living in your head while living in community.

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8:05 - Main discussion on This Way Up

42:41 - What’s your Freq Out?

Caro on the Netflix series Pretend it’s a City

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FFR 149: Wonder Woman 1984 Jan 06, 2021

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Welcome to the first Feminist Frequency Radio podcast of 2021 where Anita, Ebony and Carolyn are lassoing the truth out of the confounding mess of a movie that is Wonder Woman 1984. We thought if nothing else we could coast through the two-and-a-half-hour run time on 80s nostalgia and Pedro Pascal’s charm, but there’s a lot more wrong with this movie than the aesthetics.

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8:12 - Main discussion on Wonder Woman 1984

49:52 - What’s your Freq Out?

Ebony on the Netflix series Narcos
Caro on the film Sorry to Have Missed You directed by Ken Loach

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https://twitter.com/EvelKneidel/status/1342697529876611077

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FFR 148: Nomadland Dec 09, 2020

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Today on the podcast Anita and Carolyn are hitting the road (figuratively, if not literally) to discuss NOMADLAND, the critically acclaimed film written, directed, AND edited by next year’s Eternals director Chloe Zhao. The film is gorgeous, as through main character Fern (played by Frances McDormand) it paints a picture of nomadic survival in the real life culture of American workers without roots, following sporadic work opportunities with no safety net beyond what fellow travelers can offer. Listen in as we discuss all the ways this film succeeds at telling a thoughtful, complex story about poverty, the failings of American Capitalism, and the intricacies and complexities of human relationships and grief.

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5:30 - Main discussion on Nomadland

41:22 - What’s your Freq Out?

Mrs. Fletcher - the HBOMax series
Dolly Parton’s America - the podcast series
Haven - the video game from The Game Bakers

Links Mentioned:

Feminist Frequency on Twitch, streaming every Thursday at 6pm PT and every Saturday at 12pm PT for the entire month (Dec 2020) - https://www.twitch.tv/femfreq
Carolyn’s review of Cyberpunk 2077 for Polygon - https://www.polygon.com/reviews/22158019/cyberpunk-2077-review-cd-projekt-red-pc-ps4-xbox-one-stadia
Chloe Zhao article in The Hollywood Reporter - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/director-chloe-zhao-arrives-with-hot-oscar-contender-nomadland-and-next-years-eternals

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FFR 147: Happiest Season Dec 02, 2020

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Anita and Ebony are joined by special and surprise guest Dave Proctor to discuss Happiest Season, Hulu’s new queer Christmas romcom from actor/writer/director Clea DuVall. Starring Kristen Stewart, Aubrey Plaza, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber, Dan Levy, Alison Brie, and Mary Holland (who also co-wrote), the film pulls out all the Christmas Movie tropes we’re used to seeing on Hallmark, but does the classic holiday treatment work here? Hint: we can’t decide if it works better as a romcom or a horror movie, so….

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4:36 - Main discussion on Happiest Season

37:00 - What’s your Freq Out?

Anita on The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty

Links Mentioned:

“Is Happiest Season a Horror Film?A scientific exploration” by Max Weiss - https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/is-happiest-season-a-horror-film/
https://www.buzzfeed.com/noradominick/happiest-season-aubrey-plaza-riley
Nomadland tickets: https://virtual.filmlinc.org/page/nomadland/

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FFR 146: LA Skins Fest Nov 25, 2020

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For this week’s podcast we checked out the 14th Annual LA Skins Fest, a festival of Native American films which was held virtually this year. The festival was a great opportunity to explore films by and about indigenous people whose stories too rarely get told in mainstream media. On this episode we’ll be discussing several works which stood out to us, from documentaries, to dramas about contemporary family life, films that employed elements of sci-fi and horror to explore generational trauma, and much more.

CW: discussion of suicide as part of a film plot in our segment on Intrepidus, beginning at 42:45

Time Stamps:

3:28 - Main discussion on LA Skins Fest

10:07 - Tostu (Redbird)

19:36 - Blackfeet Boxing

28:55 - Walking Together

36:52 - The Fall

42:45 - Intrepidus

52:12 - What’s your Freq Out?

Caro on Small Axe, collection of five original films by Steve McQueen, and the first film of the series, Mangrove

Links Mentioned:

LA Skins Fest - https://laskinsfest.com/event/14th-annual-la-skins-fest/
Small Axe - https://www.amazon.com/Small-Axe-Season-1/dp/B08J4HRR4P

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FFR 145: Entertainment News Nov 18, 2020

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Welcome to the third installment of Feminist Frequency’s entertainment news round up; a semi-regular series where we share our thoughts on all the media and pop culture news that crawled from the depths of 2020 to illuminate our screens (and mostly dampen our spirits). In this episode we’re: (still) looking forward to the release of Cyberpunk 2077; being disappointed by prominent voices who should really know better; and being as jazzed about a certain rock star in a couture gown as we are unsurprised by the people who have a problem with it.

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6:33 - David Fincher: “cancel culture” miniseries - https://news.avclub.com/david-fincher-wants-to-do-a-miniseries-on-sigh-cancel-1845675917

14:15 - Cyberpunk 2077 delay - (Jim Sterling Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKtrrlD8aTc

24:10 - Ubisoft Montreal swatting - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-police-ubisoft-1.5801236

29:08 - Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie thinks JKR’s anti-trans essay was “perfectly reasonable” - https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/15/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-jk-rowling-transgender-essay-reasonable-twitter-backlash/

37:22 - Harry Styles on the cover of Vogue; Candace Owens and other conservatives’ backlash

46:47 - What’s your Freq Out?

Ebony on the Netflix film Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, written and directed by David E. Talbert

Additional Links Mentioned:

LA Skins Fest - https://laskinsfest.com/event/14th-annual-la-skins-fest/

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FFR 144: Proxima Nov 11, 2020

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In Alice Winocour’s new film Proxima, astronaut Sarah (played by Eva Green) faces challenges her male colleagues do not while making preparations to depart for a year aboard the ISS. As Sarah tries to balance the personal and professional, her daughter Stella goes on an emotional journey of her own, struggling with the consequences of her mother’s work. Join us as we discuss how the film presents the familiar misogynistic complications presented by “the work/life balance” in the Earth-side life of an extraordinary human headed for the stars.

Time Stamps:

8:19 - Main Discussion on Proxima

43:31 - What’s Your Freq Out?

Anita on the novel Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis
Caro on Dems’ call for Centrism
Everyone on Election results

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FFR 143: First Cow Nov 04, 2020

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On the cusp of the 2020 US presidential election, we’re taking a look at a film set in 1820s Oregon Territory, telling the story of two men trying to make their way in the harsh frontier of the burgeoning American West. Join us on this week’s podcast, as we sink our critical teeth into this sweet cake of a “Caro film”: Director Kelly Reichardt’s 2019 film First Cow, exploring friendship, masculinity and the consequences of capitalism in a deliberately paced story filled with bright spots of light, sweetness, and memory.

Time Stamps:

13:17 - Main Discussion on First Cow

45:37 - What’s Your Freq Out?

Caro on the film On the Rocks (2020), directed by Sofia Coppola
Anita on the book The Library Book by Susan Orlean

Links Mentioned:

Recipe for oily cakes - https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/first-cow-oily-cakes-recipe.html

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FFR 142: The Witches of Eastwick Oct 28, 2020

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Today’s episode of the podcast finishes up our spooky season series on occult-themed nostalgia watches with 1987’s The Witches of Eastwick, starring Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Cher, adapted from the John Updike novel. Join us as we try to figure out how we feel about this movie including big 80s perms (great), Cher (even better), and Jack Nicholson’s diabolic sex appeal (not good). Made at the height of Reagan’s America, does the film have something insightful to say about gender inquality, or like the devilish Daryl, is it in the end all about reinforcing the Patriarchal status quo?

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8:18 - Main Discussion on The Witches of Eastwick

42:52 - What’s Your Freq Out?

Ebony on the Starz documentary, Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult

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