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Suspiria Watch Party 💃🧙‍♀️🎃🍿 Oct 30, 2020

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This Halloween, join us one country over (Germany) and two centuries later (1977) as we consume and are consumed by Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria. Mercifully, we’re joined by our first returning guest and resident spirit guide, Heather Petrocelli, who talks about Suspiria's similarities to Portrait and provides lovingly gathered insights into this beautiful and chilling film while Audrey and Laurel whimper unhelpfully.

Stuff from the show:

Heather's previous episode on Portrait's gothic themes
Heather on Instagram @queerforfear.
Gaylords of Darkness interview with Luca Guadagnino and David Kajganich

OUR 28th EPISODE and Portrait of a YOU on Fire FINALE!: What You Would Ask Céline and How Portrait Has Impacted Your Life Oct 23, 2020

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We close out our listener responses series with your questions for Céline as well as all the ways Portrait of a Lady on Fire has changed your (and our!) lives. We also awkwardly piece together how the two of us met through our shared obsession with this film.

Portrait of a YOU on Fire (Part 4): 🖼💔, Portrait Connections, and How Other Media Has Impacted You Oct 23, 2020

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In the second to last part of our listener responses series we try our best to verbally convey the emojis you sent us about how Portrait made you feel 🤷🏽‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️, we discuss the new connections you've made (and would like to make), how other films and TV shows impacted your life, what's up with the Portrait and Call Me By Your Name comparisons, and how the two of us feel about pineapple on pizzas.

Portrait of a YOU on Fire (Part 3): Which Scenes Took Your Breath Away, Impacted You the Most, and Hurt Too Much to Watch Oct 09, 2020

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Welcome to Part 3 of our listener responses series! Maybe someday we'll remember not to set ourselves up to relive all of everyone's most emotionally impactful scenes in a single episode, but today is not that day! 😂😭 We're a mess by the end of it, but what is Portrait Nation if not an international collective for FEELING FEELINGS TOGETHER?? Enjoy! 😀💀

Afterward (or before!) soothe yourself with this blissful video of morning affirmations from Marianne courtesy of @portraitoalof!

Portrait of a YOU on Fire (Part 2): Other Films, Shows, and Books That Impacted You Oct 02, 2020

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In Part 2 of this series, we talk about some of the other media that's impacted you similarly to Portrait: classic films like Mädchen in Uniform and new masterpieces like Moonlight, shows like Gentleman Jack and books like A Little Life. So much variation! No wonder we all write such interesting Lex ads!

Stuff we mentioned:

Céline Sciamma's new screenwriting project, Les Olympiades

Portrait of a YOU on Fire (Part 1): Theater, City/Country, and First Viewing Experience Sep 25, 2020

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So many of you have messaged us about your experiences surrounding Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and it made us want to hear ALL of your Portrait stories. We asked you a bunch of questions on Instagram, and you came through with hundreds of responses. Some of you even recorded audio responses! 😭 In Part 1 of this series we'll share how many of you saw Portrait in a theater, what country or city you saw it in, and what your first viewing experiences were like. Also, shout out to Güneş Padem for suggesting we do an episode with "Portrait stans from all around the world". . . Here you go, Güneş! 🌏 💕

🍿🌴 San Junipero Watch Party 💕🍿 Sep 18, 2020

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Let's all pile into our 18th century boat and row from the coast of Brittany to the coast of San Junipero for a different seaside lesbian love story. Whimper alongside us as we surrender our hearts to the combination of Mackenzie Davis's Resting Yearn Face and Gugu Mbatha-Raw's searing-in-literally-any-decade energy because OOOH HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH. ✨🌴💕

Watch "San Junipero" Season 3, Episode 4 of Black Mirror on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/70264888

Docs Watch Crossover! Real Doctors Explain the Abortion Stuff in Portrait of a Lady on Fire Sep 11, 2020

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Doctors Deepa and Jen from the Docs Watch podcast help us understand the various aspects of 18th century abortion portrayed by Portrait of a Lady on Fire. We'll answer questions like: what's running and hanging from the ceiling supposed to accomplish? What was in that tea? What was that stuff the midwife pulled a twig out of, and where did the rest of it end up?? Get ready to find out, be grateful for modern medicine, and renew your commitment to vote in favor of reproductive rights (or we'll all end up pulling twigs out of mystery paste again and hoping to avoid sepsis).

Check out Docs Watch:

Website and : https://www.docswatchpod.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/docswatchpod
Twitter: https://twitter.com/docswatchpod/
For comparison, Docs Watch discusses pregnancy as depicted in Twilight (It is a HOOT, folks.): https://www.docswatchpod.com/e/episode-13-how-get-pragnent/

Our Ears Are Burning Vol. 5: Yearning for Sex That Is Unlike a Sandwich Sep 04, 2020

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Thanks, as always, to everyone who asks us anything. We cover a lot of ground this week! We talk about #PortraitWatchParty, Ammonite, how to wean yourself off Portrait (if you want to 🤷🏽‍♀️ ), what might've made Noémie blush during filming, thumb detectives, and more. Links from the show: Kate Winslet Says Sex Scenes Are Not Like Eating a Sandwich - https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/kate-winslet-ammonite-sex-scenes-eating-a-sandwich.html Noémie: ". . . she gave a smile that I could really react to, because I just wasn't expecting it. I was blushing." - https://theartsdesk.com/film/actress-no%C3%A9mie-merlant-something-hasnt-been-told-yet

Lesbo Expo Aug 28, 2020

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THE RESULTS ARE IN! This week we discuss the results of our poll about how much "lesbo expo" (a.k.a. our VERY COOL abbreviation for "lesbian experience") Marianne and Héloïse had before they met each other. We also read some of the responses, and wow, y'all had OPINIONS. 💕🔥

Links from the show

- Free French learning marathon! https://www.fromance.tilda.ws/

- When Brooklyn Was Queer (Note: Laurel would like to thank Audrey for recommending this to her) http://www.hughryan.org/when-brooklyn-was-queer

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