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Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975) Mar 05, 2023

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we explore one of our pop culture obsessions, or one of Bren’s!

This episode we’re spending a sunny day with the Valentine’s Day classic: Picnic at Hanging Rock, including full spoilers toward the end of the podcast.

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Monkey Off My Backlog

Picnic At Hanging Rock is the 1975 Australian adaptation of the Joan Lindsay novel about 3 girls and one of their teachers who go missing after a school trip.

dir Peter Weir (Dead Poet’s Society, Master & Commander, The Truman Show, The Mosquito Coast, The Last Wave)

Producer: Pat Lovell

DP: Russell Boyd (Crocodile Dundee, Master & Commander)

Costumes: Judy Dorsman

makeup supervisor: Jose Luis Perez (Lord of the Rings)

and Liz Michie (Ever After!)

Cast

missing students:

Sara - Margaret Nelson

Miranda - Anne-Louise Lambert

Irma - Karen Robson - Samara Weaving in the Prime mini

McCraw - Vivean Gray (The Last Wave)

Edith - Christine Schuler

Appleyard - Rachel Roberts (‘74 Murder on the Orient Express) - Natalie Dormer

Minnie (maid) - Jacki Weaver (Oscar noms for Animal Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook)

Dianna de Poitiers - Helen Morse

Michael - Dominic Guard

Albert - John Jarratt (Wolf Creek)

Sharp Objects: we recommend something similar or relevant

The Next Picture Show - Picnic at Hanging Rock + The Dry

0:30:00 Analysis

P@HR as Weird Fiction

Story as dream & “real”

women as wild

Virgin Suicides influence?

Religion, Magic

Let’s Get Wild: Trivia & Random Thoughts

additional credits and bibliography:

Switchblade Sisters Podcast

https://maximumfun.org/episodes/switchblade-sisters/episode-98-picnic-at-hanging-rock-with-the-office-and-maniac-writer-caroline-williams/

Deep Focus Lense review: https://youtu.be/Q-2Ttyh1FMc

Acid Horizon podcast on Mark Fisher’s “The Weird & the Eerie” https://youtu.be/D__3ns55_k0

Next Picture Show

https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/FLM2375047009?selected=FILM5611478037

Just one video busting corset myths:

https://youtu.be/rExJskBZcW0

Ranking Our Favorite 2022 Films with Friends Feb 20, 2023

Guests and links:

Tessa https://twitter.com/thebiparadox

Jack https://boxd.it/3hET

Tori https://direct.me/vpotenza

Matt https://twitter.com/mattyhugh

full list:

The Janes (HBO)

X (Showtime)

Prey (Hulu)

Dual (Hulu)

Scream (Paramount)

NOPE (Peacock)

The Woman King (VOD)

Worst Person in the World (Hulu)

Women Talking

Everything Everywhere All At Once (Showtime)

Aftersun (VOD)

Decision To Leave (Mubi)

Pearl (VOD)

Dinner In America (Hulu)

Tar (VOD)

Bones & All

Banshees Of Inisherin (HBO)

ranked: https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-favorite-films-of-2022/

honorable mentions: Neptune Frost, Return To Seoul, Wounded Fawn, Crimes of the Future, Wendell & Wild, Before I Change My Mind, Kimi, RRR, The Fallout, Fire Of Love

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Our Favorite 2022 Films: Worst Person in the World, Dual, Tár, Dinner In America, Nope & more Jan 29, 2023

We’re finally picking our favorite films of 2022, with the help of some friends.

We want to hear or read your picks!

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0:01:15 The Popular Picks

https://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critics-pick-10-best-movies-of-2022

Everything Everywhere All At Once (Jack’s fav)

metacritic #1
Showtime, discs

The Banshees Of Inisherin (Matt)

metacritic #2
HBO

0:15:00 Tar (Matt’s fav)

metacritic #3
VOD, discs, Peacock 1/27

0:29:30 Aftersun (Jack)

metacritic #4
VOD

NOPE (Tessa’s fav)

metacritic #5
Peacock, discs

0:38:00 Decision To Leave (Tori’s fav)

metacritic #8
Mubi

Women Talking (Melissa)

metacritic #15
theaters

0:47:00 Bones & All (Matt)

metacritic #19
VOD

The Woman King (Melissa’s fav)

metacritic #30
VOD

0:55:00 Horror Picks

Showtime, blu-ray

2022 100 Horror Films guide: https://youtu.be/QHAkCJo_0-I

Pearl (Tori)

VOD, blu-ray

Prey

Hulu
WPT podcast review:

Scream (Tessa)

Paramount, discs
sequel coming this year
WPT: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-asyd9-12f4418

1:08:30 Sharp Objects: Our Favorites

Worst Person in the World (Melissa)

Hulu

Dual (Jarret’s fav)

Hulu

1:22:15 The Dark Horses

Breakfast In America (Tori)

Hulu
The Dinner in America song - https://youtu.be/WCDchde-ENk

The Janes

documentary
HBO

1:34:00 Honorable Mentions

Upcoming Episodes

ranking the top 10!

Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975) - HBO . . . a listener pick

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Monkey Off My Backlog https://twitter.com/monkeybacklog?lang=en

additional credits and bibliography

Fever Ray, Willow, Bishop Briggs, Brutus, Tove Lo, Alice Glass, Megan Thee Stallion, Miya Folick

Swimming With Sharks (Roku) Review Jan 11, 2023

This is a review of the recent Kieran Shipka vehicle, excerpted from our recent Patreon exclusive podcast

[Dis]Enchanted & Amy Adams Dec 12, 2022

This episode we’re discussing one of the breakout features, and the latest performance of the actress who started it all: Amy Adams, as we dive down the well of Enchanted and Disenchanted, both streaming on Disney Plus. We’ll spoil both films.

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Enchanted

2007

Susan Sarandon

Analysis & other thoughts

0:31:15 Sharp Objects: recommend something similar or relevant

0:36:00 Amy Adams

selected essentials

Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Junebug (2005)

Sunshine Cleaning & Doubt (2008)

Julie & Julia (2009, Julie Powell died recently)

The Muppets (2011)

The Master (2012)

HER & American Hustle (2013)

Big Eyes (2014)

Arrival & Nocturnal Animals (2016)

Sharp Objects (2018)

VICE (2018)

Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

The Woman in the Window (2021)

Dear Evan Hansen (2021)

Night Bitch - in production

0:53:30 Both Films Crew and Cast

Patrick Dempsey
James Marsden
Idina Menzel
Rachel Covey
songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

0:57:20 Disenchanted

Griffin Newman recast as Pip
Maya Rudolph as Malvina Monroe
Yvette Nicole Brown (Community) as Rosaleen and Jayma Mays (Glee) as Ruby, Malvina's assistants

CORRECTION: The ballet Jarret was thinking of was Sleeping Beauty, not Cinderella.

Don’t Worry Darling + The Wonder Nov 28, 2022

This episode we’re discussing two 2022 films starring Florence Pugh that make us question the nature of our manufactured reality, Don’t Worry Darling (streaming on HBO Max) and The Wonder (streaming on Netflix).

There is a spoiler section for Don't Worry Darling after the initial review.

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Monkey podcast: https://monkeyoffmybacklog.fireside.fm/

Topic 1: Don’t Worry Darling

Heroes of Noise patreon podcast with Melissa about Don’t Worry Darling media https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-46-drama-71892703

Scene It Cast https://sceneitcast.com/

Spoiler-free Evaluations

0:17:00 SPOILERS BEGIN!

Cast/Crew -

Olivia Wilde

Tracy Keehn Dashnaw

Stunt coordinator [Director’s Cut Podcast, Olivia Wilde]

Florence Pugh

Harry Styles

Chris Pine

KiKi Layne

Gemma Chan

Kate Berland, Timothy Simmons

Dita Von Teese

Analysis

Booksmart criticism https://www.flowjournal.org/2020/08/booksmart-whitecomplexity/

0:48:00 Topic 2: The Wonder

Spoiler-free Evaluations

Kafka’s “A Hunger Artist”

Crew Analysis

Upcoming Episodes

Enchanted & Disenchanted

Songs:

House on a Hill - The Pretty Reckless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK6RS5BN01c

Björk

Brutus https://www.wearebrutus.be/

Laurel https://shop.classiclaurel.com/

Hellraiser Patreon Preview Oct 31, 2022

This is a segment from our latest Patreon-exclusive podcast about the Hellraiser franchise. To support Wild Pretty Things and get hours of exclusive content, go here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-is-74047481?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator

Scream(s) Again: Scream 2 and Scream (2022), and The Meta Franchise Oct 22, 2022

This episode we’ll "scream once, scream twice, now scream again” at the franchise that reinvented horror: the Scream series, specifically Scream 2 and the 2022 legacy sequel, or requel, if you prefer.

News & Updates

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0:04:15 Scream Franchise review

0:08:55 Scream 2

0:22:00 light SPOILERS for Scream 2

0:28:45 The Scream Franchise revisited

0:39:00 Scream (2022) spoiler-free evaluations

0:44:50 Scream 5 analysis

additional credits and bibliography

Aughtsterion - Scream (2022) Part I and II -

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-42fnp-11835dd

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-pd6e8-1184a43

Bechdel Cast - Scream -

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-the-bechdel-cast-30089535/episode/scream-with-joan-ford-30089539

Our Spooky Season Essentials; The Blazing World; Let The Right One In Oct 06, 2022

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Our essentials list: https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-essentials/

We’re going to make a new essentials list, specific to spooky season. This is not an exhaustive list, but a starting point of our recommended frightful features.

horror films on our main essentials list: https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-essentials/

Let’s consider some franchises

0:34:00

The homework! The Blazing World and Let The Right One In

Our Spooky Season list: https://boxd.it/itVCs

music

Blind Mr Jones - Spooky Vibes

King Woman - I Wanna Be Adored (cover)

Prey and the Predator Franchise Ranked Aug 20, 2022

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we attempt to determine the essential filmography of an actress or director. This episode we’re discussing PREY, starring Amber Midthunder, now streaming on Hulu, including spoilers in the second half of the podcast.

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Amber Midthunder

Legion
Only Mine

0:16:00 Prey Spoiler-free Evaluations

0:23:00 Crew

Editing by Claudia Castello (Creed) & Angela M. Catanzaro (The Protege)

Art director: Kendelle Elliott (Interstellar, The Magicians, Once Upon A Time, The Cabin in the Woods)

Music by: Sarah Schachner - Iron Man 3, Now You See Me/2

0:32:00 Cast

Tammy Nera: AM’s stunt double

*Includes mild spoilers for Uncharted

0:38:15 Sharp Objects: Predator Claws Edition

J's Predator rankings https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/predator-ranked/

1:09:00 Prey Spoilers Begin

upcoming episodes:

Wachowskis continued

Bound (Wachowskis Part 2) Aug 09, 2022

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we attempt to determine the essential filmography of an actress or director.

This episode we’re popping in on the Wachowskis’ feature directorial debut, Bound, starring Jennifer Tilly & Gina Gershon, and this time we’re joined by returning guest Elyse from Podwaiths

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Scene-it Case

Elyse’s plugs and what not

Twitter/Letterboxd elyse_tendi
Pod Wraiths twitter/instagram podwraiths

Spoiler-free Evaluations Crew

Bill Pope

costumes Lizzy Gardiner (MI2)

set D Kristen Toscano Messina

Don Davis Cast

Jennifer Tilly

Gina Gershon

0:57:00 Sharp Objects: recommend something similar or relevant

1:11:00 Spoilers!

1:38:30 What’s the METAphor?

1:44:00 final thoughts

The Matrix Franchise Revisited (The Wachowski Sisters part 1) Jul 23, 2022

We’re taking a retrospective, and spoiler-filled look at the Matrix franchise and we’re joined again by Dr. Tessa and Dr. Sam from Monkey Off My Backlog.

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Picardcast: https://mobile.twitter.com/thepicardcast

https://twitter.com/monkeybacklog?lang=en

https://twitter.com/nannysbookclub

0:19:00 Matrix Franchise in general

1:03:00 Sharp Objects: recommendations

1:14:00 Thematic/Symbolic/etc Analysis

Upcoming Episodes: Bound, Sense 8

Ghost in the Shell (1995) with Tessa and Sam from Monkey Off My Backlog Jun 26, 2022

This episode we’re discussing the 1995 cyberpunk anime Ghost in the Shell, one of our newly minted essential films, as a transition into our series on the works of the Wachowskis.

And for this discussion, we’re joined by the ghosts Dr. Tessa and Dr. Sam from Monkey Off My Backlog via the magic of cyberspace, which somehow made Jarret sound even more robotic.

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Picardcast: https://mobile.twitter.com/thepicardcast

https://twitter.com/monkeybacklog?lang=en

https://twitter.com/nannysbookclub

film:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_(1995_film)

GitS is available on VOD (often free on a service or two) and a great 4K disc, etc.

Monica Byrne wrote the passage Jarret referenced about AI scifi and male anxiety

https://www.monicabyrne.org/

A history of the GitS franchise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H7fRNexE2c

0:29:00 Recommendations

0:41:30 Spoilers begin

Upcoming podcast:

The Matrix revisited with T&S!

Pictureplane: http://travisegedy.com/pictureplane

Lupita Nyong’o (Queen of Katwe, Black Panther, Little Monsters, Us) Jun 06, 2022

Welcome to Wild Pretty Things, an independent podcast about women on screen and behind the camera.

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we attempt to determine the essential filmography of an actress or director.

This episode we’re covering the career of Lupita Nyong'o so far

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Melissa: : @mellooyellow on Twitter; mellooyellowxx on Instagram; https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Scene It https://twitter.com/SceneItCast/status/1529582090613841921

Picard Cast https://twitter.com/ThePicardcast

Bronwyn Cosgrave podcast: https://adifferenttweedshow.libsyn.com/

Little Gold Men podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-final-oscar-predictions-in-every-category/id1042433465?i=1000555093746

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Prada_dress_of_Lupita_Nyong%27o

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/red-carpet-dresses/g7882/lupita-nyongos-best-looks/

0:30:05 Queen Of Katwe

0:41:40 Black Panther (2018)

0:46:00 Little Monsters (2019)

1:02:00 Us (2019)

Backlash around “the voice” - the guardian

The 355 (2022)

THR’s Awards Chatter podcast - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/awards-chatter-podcast/

Our Essential Movies Revisited May 13, 2022

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we attempt to determine the essential filmography of an actress or director.This episode we’re revisiting our list of essential films from a year ago.

First let’s review that list from April 2021: https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-essentials/

Sharp Objects

Gone Girl
Midsommar
Birds Of Prey
The Craft
Annihilation
Promising Young Woman
Jennifer’s Body
Halloween
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
The Witch

Carmilla (honorable mention)

Melissa on The Craft

We pick 8 more movies

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Jessica Chastain & The 355 Apr 19, 2022

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we attempt to determine the essential filmography of an actress or director.

This episode we’re discussing The 355, staring Oscar winners Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruise and Lupita Nyong’o, along with Fan Bingbing and Diane Kruger

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The 355

Peacock, VOD, discs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_355

Spoiler-free Evaluations, etc. Crew Sharp Objects

We have content planned for N’yongo and Cruise, so let’s talk about Jessica Chastain films:

Jolene

Take Shelter

Tree Of Life

The Help

Zero Dark Thirty

Mama

Interstellar

Crimson Peak

The Huntsman Winter’s War

Miss Sloane

Molly’s Game

Dark Phoenix

It Chapter 2 (Patreon archive)

Ava

Scenes from a Marriage (HBO)

The Eyes Of Tammy Faye (Oscar pod)

future:

The Forgiven

George & Tammy

The Good Nurse

The Division

1:19:00 other Cast

Fan Bingbing: I Am Not Madame Bovary https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5918090/?ref_=nm_knf_i3

Diane Kruger

1:23:30 Spoilers Begin

additional credits and bibliography

https://linktr.ee/goodmourningnancy

X is now on VOD

The Lost Daughter + The Power of the Dog (Oscars 2022) Apr 05, 2022

Welcome to Wild Pretty Things, an independent podcast about women on screen and behind the camera.

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we attempt to determine the essential filmography of an actress or director.

This episode we’re discussing some of this year’s Oscar films, including The Lost Daughter and Power of the Dog (with no spoilers).

News & Updates

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

The Lost Daughter

Spoiler-free Evaluations

Crew & Cast

directed by Maggie Gylenhall
novel; screenplay co-written by Elena Ferrante
Olivia Coleman
Jessie Buckley
Dakota Johnson
Dagmara Dominczyk

Spoiler-free details

Sharp Objects: other ‘22 Oscar films

M: The Eyes of Tammy Faye

J: Spencer

The Power of the Dog

Spoiler-free Review

Crew & Cast

Jane Campion (The Piano, Top of the Lake, Sweetie, Bright Star)

novel; screenplay co-written by Thomas Savage

Kirsten Dunst

Spoiler-free details

Upcoming Episodes

355

additional credits and bibliography

Monkey Off My Backlog

This Had Oscar Buzz

Wild (2014) directed by Jean-Marc Vallee Mar 08, 2022

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we attempt to determine the essential filmography of an actress or director.

In memory of director Jean-Marc Vallée we watched 2014’s Wild (no relation), starring Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern.

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Apple Podcast Reviews! Valle

Sharp Objects (first 10 podcasts or so)
Big Little Lies
Dallas Buyers Club
The Young Victoria

0:27:30 Wild (spoiler free segments)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_(2014_film)

https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/film/wild/

0:47:20 Recommendations

0:57:20 Jarret's soapbox: physical media & important films directed by women

1:04:10 Wild SPOILERS

Pan’s Labyrinth & the Women of del Toro’s Filmography Mar 01, 2022

This episode we’re discussing El laberinto del fauno aka Pan’s Labyrinth and the films of director Guillermo del Toro. Patrons get an extended version of this podcast that includes a spoiler section for PL and our detailed discussion of how we rank del Toro's filmography.

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Annie: The Daily Knightley

https://letterboxd.com/film/pans-labyrinth/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan%27s_Labyrinth

“Women in danger and dangerous women” in del Toro's films (No Spoilers):

Nightmare Alley (Cate Blanchett)

The Shape Of Water (Sally Hawkins)

Crimson Peak (Mia Wasikowska & Jessica Chastain)

Hellboys (Selma Blair)

Mimic (Mira Sorvino)

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This is just a segment of the full podcast, exclusive to Patrons, starting at $2!

new & upcoming: The Crow, Ema (Pablo Larraín)

Archive 81 + Sundance ’22 Jan 28, 2022

Welcome to Wild Pretty Things, an independent podcast about women on screen and behind the camera.

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we attempt to determine the essential filmography of an actress or director.

BUT This episode we’re doing spoiler-free reviews of the Sundance movies we saw, and reviewing the new Netflix horror series Archive 81, with a spoiler discussion at the very end of the podcast.

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Melissa: : @mellooyellow on Twitter; mellooyellowxx on Instagram; https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

https://www.popcultureleftovers.com/

https://monkeyoffmybacklog.com/

Sundance Reviews (Spoiler Free)

sponsored by our Patrons!

https://www.patreon.com/wildprettythingspod

new and upcoming content: The Crow, Ema

After Yang

Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple TV+ Date TBD)

Hatched (Theaters and VOD April 29)

Am I OK?

https://www.indiewire.com/2022/01/sundance-2022-most-anticipated-films-1234690106/

0:21:45 Archive 81 (Netflix) - Spoiler-free

0:45:30 Archive 81 (with Spoilers)

https://twitter.com/michael_deforge/status/1485998810782384134?s=20

Upcoming Episodes

Picnic at Hanging Rock, Wild

additional credits and bibliography

Prince Of Darkness (John Carpenter)

Midsommar

music

https://campcope.bandcamp.com/album/running-with-the-hurricane-2

Our Favorite Movies of 2021 (with many guests) Jan 22, 2022

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we attempt to determine the essential filmography of an actress or director, but this episode we’re having a spoiler-free discussion of our favorite movies of 2021, and creating our top 10, with the help of several guests.

Recorded on January 12, 2022

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https://www.moviejawn.com/home/2021/12/20/ryan-silbersteins-top-15-movies-of-2021

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Melissa: : @mellooyellow on Twitter; mellooyellowxx on Instagram; https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Tessa

Monkey: https://monkeyoffmybacklog.fireside.fm/
Nanny Ogg’s Book Club: https://nannyoggsbookclub.fireside.fm/
Twitter: @monkeybacklog, @nannysbookclub, and @SwehlaTessa

Tori

Killer Bs: https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/1ewNuOwcWDfVBB2FWyLGkb/overview
Instagram: theneonbanshee
https://www.moviejawn.com/home/category/victoria+potenza

Matt

The Pod-Wraiths: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast (castos.com)
Still Great Bob
@mattyhugh on twitter and letterboxed

Jack

https://whatamiconsuming.substack.com/

Twitter: @jacktweetslife

0:11:00 Notable & Relevant Films - not widely available yet

0:17:00 Honorary "non-2021" automatic entries

https://youtu.be/5JW-B4sMheo

https://www.cinema76.com/home/2020/12/23/promising-young-woman-makes-its-point-violently-clear

0:24:00 Nominees

Jarret's essay about The Green Knight: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54600058

1:44:30 Individual Top 5s

1:54:10 Honorable Mentions

2:10:00 Podcast Top 10

2021 TV with Rebekah (PicardCast, Number 1 Comic Books, SheRa & the Podcast of Power) & Tim (Failurepiece Theater) Jan 03, 2022

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we attempt to determine the essential filmography of a woman in film, but this episode we’re having a spoiler-free conversation about the television of 2021.

*Since this is a cloud-based recording, the quality is lower than most of our episodes. Apologies!

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Melissa: : @mellooyellow on Twitter; mellooyellowxx on Instagram; https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

0:10:00 Netflix

0:56:00 Hulu

1:16:15 Disney / Marvel

1:48:00 Apple

2:14:00 HBO

2:26:00 Paramount / Star Trek

2:44:00 Peacock

2:46:00 Top 5 picks

2:51:30 Shows we didn't love

3:04:00 Anticipated 2022 shows

The Women Of Hawkeye, The Matrix Resurrections and the Wachowskis Dec 24, 2021

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we attempt to determine the essential filmography of an actress or director. This episode, we’re talking about Marvel’s Hawkeye, and The Matrix Resurrections, directed by Lana Wachowski.

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new and upcoming content: Christmas movies, The Crow

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Melissa: : @mellooyellow on Twitter; mellooyellowxx on Instagram; https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Hawkeye

0:24:30 Spoilers for Hawkeye Begin

0:47:00 The Matrix Resurrections

1:26:30 Spoilers for TMR begin

Upcoming Episodes

2021 TV & Film recommendations, 355

Mulholland Drive Dec 08, 2021

This file is a corrected version of the previously uploaded podcast.

We’re back and discussing David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, the 21st-century classic and Twin Peaks sequel(?) released in theaters 20 years ago.

And this episode we’re joined again by Elyse of Podwraiths: A Deep Space Nine Podcast (@podwraiths)

twitter/letterboxd @elyse_tendi

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new and upcoming content: Alien, The Crow

Jarret on Monkey Off My Backlog: https://monkeyoffmybacklog.com/this-week-in-podcasts-november-27/

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Mulholland Drive (spoiler free?)

https://letterboxd.com/film/mulholland-drive/

https://youtu.be/yr65ZIWoD6c Maggie Mae Fish’s video essay

0:25:25 dirrector David Lynch

Fire Walk With Me Podcast: https://wildprettythings.podbean.com/e/twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me-laura-palmers-trauma-in-context-or-flashing-lights-broken-hearts-and-muffins/

editor & producer Mary Sweeney

0:46:45 Cast

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_(film)#Cast

Naomi Watts as Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn

Laura Harring (first Latinx Miss USA) as Rita/Camilla Rhodes

Justin Theroux as Adam Kesher

Ann Miller (classic actress & singer) as Coco

Melissa George as Camilla Rhodes, blonde

Angelo Badalamenti as Luigi Castigliane

Monty Montgomery (producer Wild At Heart, etc.) as The Cowboy

Mark Pellegrino (Dexter)

Rebekah Del Rio

1:11:30 Sharp Objects (Recommendations)

E: Madly in Love with My Best Friend (2019) - https://xconfessions.com/film/madly-in-love-with-my-best-friend

M: Black Bear (2020) - Epix

J: Suspiria (1978)

1:21:00 Mulholland Drive (WITH SPOILERS)

https://youtu.be/OiCfHW3N3vo Twin Perfect explains Mulholland Drive

Symbols and Motifs

https://www.iamnotastalker.com/2011/10/28/the-sierra-bonita-apartments-from-mulholland-dr/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Husbands_of_Evelyn_Hugo

Influences

Sunset Blvd

The Wizard Of Oz

Vertigo - What Is Cinema with David Lynch: https://youtu.be/B3p0ZZhlKrw

All About Eve https://letterboxd.com/film/all-about-eve/

Ingmar Bergman’s Persona https://letterboxd.com/film/persona/

Possession (1981) https://letterboxd.com/film/possession/

Maya Deren - Meshes Of The Afternoon

2:16:30 Movies MD Influenced (maybe)

Perfect Blue

The Neon Demon, Black Swan, Censor

Brand New Cherry Flavor, Last Night In Soho

Under the Skin

https://www.indiewire.com/2009/09/over-100-in-film-community-sign-polanski-petition-55821/

Midnight Mass, Dune, Titane, Last Night In Soho Nov 20, 2021

This episode we’re catching up on some recent releases, including Midnight Mass, Dune, Last Night In Soho, and Titane

There was a technical issue, so the editing is not as clean as usual.

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new and upcoming content: Scream, Alien, The Crow

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Melissa: : @mellooyellow on Twitter; mellooyellowxx on Instagram; https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Reel Zodiac podcast: https://twitter.com/reelzodiac

Midnight Mass (Netflix)

https://letterboxd.com/film/midnight-mass-2021/

0:14:40 SPOILERS BEGIN!

0:19:20 DUNE (HBO + theaters)

https://letterboxd.com/film/dune-2021/

and some discussion of Lynch’s Dune

The podcast Jarret couldn’t remember is Counter Esperanto https://www.windsoftheweird.com/

Melissa discussed Dune on Scene-It https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/023-dune-night-teeth-the-manor-promising-young-woman/id1154361571?i=1000539765135

0:35:05 Sharp Objects (Additional Recommendations)

Lady Parts (Peacock)

Those Who Wish Me Dead (HBO)

0:39:15 Titane (VOD)

https://letterboxd.com/film/titane/

0:54:45 Last Night In Soho (theatrical)

https://letterboxd.com/film/last-night-in-soho/

0:58:50 Mild Spoilers begin!

Good Mourning Nancy: https://linktr.ee/goodmourningnancy

Frankenhooker (Shudder or Arrow Blu-ray)

1:13:00 J’s Edgar Wright Rankings https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/edgar-wright/

Upcoming Episodes

Mulholland Drive (VOD and Criterion discs)

https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-2021/

The Kills - Doing It To Death https://kf-merch.com/products/ash-ice-album

Halloween Kills Oct 29, 2021

This episode, we’re joined by Tori from Movie Jawn and the podcast Killer Bs to discuss Halloween Kills

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toripotenza/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KillerBsPodcast

Moviejawn: http://www.moviejawn.com/home/category/victoria+potenza

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Melissa: @mellooyellow on Twitter; mmsloter on Instagram; https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

http://sceneitcast.com/ https://monkeyoffmybacklog.fireside.fm/

Tori’s festival recommendations:

https://letterboxd.com/film/beyond-the-infinite-two-minutes/

https://letterboxd.com/film/poser-2021/

a Wendy Carlos video featuring cats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3cab5IcCy8

Our Halloweens reviews: https://wildprettythings.podbean.com/e/halloween-1978-2018/

Halloween Kills is on Peacock Premium and in theaters.

Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers is on Shudder, various discs, and VOD.

Halloween (1978) is on Hoopla, Shudder, etc.

Halloween (2018) is on VOD and discs.

0:13:30 Halloween Kills Spoiler-free Evaluations

Relic (2020) is available on VOD. Our review: https://wildprettythings.podbean.com/e/the-lodge-relic/

0:28:00 Crew: the Akkad family

0:34:00 Cast

Curtis, Greer, Andi Matichak as Strode/Nelson women (Laurie, Karen, and Allyson)

Will Patton - Deputy Hawkins

Dylan Arnold - Cameron Elam

OMar Dorsey - Sheriff Barker

Anthony Michael Hall - Tommy Doyle

Robert Longstreet (Midnight Mass) - Lonnie Elam

Charles Cyphers (Halloween) - former sheriff Brackett

Kyle Richards - Lindsey Wallce, one of the kids Laurie babysat

Nancy Stephens (Halloween II and H20) - Marion Chambers, Loomis’s assistant

Levesque Triplets

0:46:40 Recommendations

Friday the 13th (2009) is available on HBO and AMC+

Psycho Goreman (2020) is available on Shudder and Hoopla

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) is available on HBO

American Psycho (2000) is available on VOD and various disc formats

American Psycho Book vs. Film: https://youtu.be/yxOiyKimbHA

*correction Cara Seymour plays one of Bateman’s victims, a sex worker who has several scenes; Witherspoon’s character is his fiance, of course.

1:01:30 Halloween Kills with Spoilers!

Halloween 3: Season of the Witch is on AMC+ and various discs.

Titane is on VODs

Upcoming Episodes

Alien and Mulholland Drive

https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-2021/

songs:

Le Tigre - TGIF

John Carpenter, Zola Jesus, Dean Hurley - Night remix

Phoebe Bridgers - Halloween

Recorded on October 25, 2021

Y The Last Man (FX on Hulu & DC Comics) Oct 15, 2021

This episode we’re discussing Y the Last Man, the first two volumes of the collected trade paperbacks for the original VERTIGO* comic series, and the new FX on Hulu series.

*Jarret incorrectly remembered the publisher. Thanks for Ryan from Movie Jawn for pointing this error out!

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New and upcoming content: Blockers & Scream

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

0:06:55 Hulu/FX Series Spoiler-free Evaluations

https://blackgirlcouch.podbean.com/

0:23:00 Crew

0:29:00 Cast

0:36:00 Random Details

0:41:00 Sharp Objects: we recommend a similar property

0:44:00 Y the Last Man comic Spoiler-free Evaluations

vol 1 & 2 (Unmanned ; Cycles)

2002-2008; 60 issues

0:53:20 Creators

Pia Guerra

Brian K. Vaughan (co-wrote several LOST episodes, showrunner of Under The Dome)

1:02:00 Jarret’s recommended reading list

1:00:25 Plot analysis

Vol 1 (1-5)

Emily VanDerWerff for Vox: The tricky trans politics of FX’s Y: The Last Man

1:29: Vol 2 (6-10)

Upcoming Episodes: Halloween Kills

https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-2021/

songs:

Cross Bone Style

Precious Things

I’m Not Waiting

Cruel

Spooky Season Recommendations Oct 07, 2021

This episode we’re recommending some horror flicks, thrilling films, and other cinema appropriate for spooky season.

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new and upcoming content: Blockers review + 2018 movies

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

0:07:00 Horror disclaimer

0:11:00 Spooky Season Movie Recommendations

Monkey Off My Backlog https://monkeyoffmybacklog.com/podcast/

Failurepiece Theater https://anchor.fm/failurepiecetheater

Just Watch: https://www.justwatch.com/

0:35:00 Dexter

0:44:00 XX anthology

0:47:00 Let The Right One In

0:51:00 Midnight Mass, You

0:53:00 The Blackcoat’s Daughter, The Others, The Cell

0:55:30 Titane & Raw

Letterboxd list of recommendations: https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-spooky-season-recommendations/

Upcoming Episodes

Y the Last Man; Scream; Halloween Kills (theaters and Peacock Premium)

https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-2021/

songs:

Salem - Frost, Traxx

Pretty Girls Make Graves - Ghosts In The Radio

KATE and Mary Elizabeth Winstead Performance Draft Sep 20, 2021

This episode we’re discussing Kate, the new Yakuza assassin revenge flick on Netflix.

We’re joined by Elyse

twitter/letterboxd: elyse_tendi

The Pod-Wraiths twitter/instagram: podwraiths

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email: wildprettyanimals@gmail.com

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCeb-r1oOdLwhyRGl_QVWyA

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twitter: @WildPrettyPod https://twitter.com/WildPrettyPod

Jarret: https://letterboxd.com/GrrNoise/ ; https://twitter.com/GrrNoise and on Instagram

Melissa: @mellooyellow on Twitter; mmsloter on Instagram; https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

https://www.patreon.com/wildprettythingspod

new and upcoming content: BoP commentary, Blockers

0:04:40 lists

https://letterboxd.com/tobiasandersen2/list/random-movie-roulette/

0:08:35 Bond movies

Monkey Off My Backlog

BIT (Hoopla, VOD)

0:16:30 Voyeurs (Prime)

0:22:00 LuLaRich documentary (Amazon Prime) 0:31:00 The Night House starring Rebecca Hall 0:34:10 Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu)

But I’m A Cheerleader (Hoopla, Blu-ray)

0:42:00 KATE Spoiler-free Evaluations 0:52:40 KATE Crew

Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan (The Huntsman, viz on Snow White &, The Ring, Pirates)

DP: Lyle Vincent (Bad Batch and A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Bad Education and Thoroughbreds)

score: Nathan Barr (The Great, Hollywood, Carnival Row, The Turning, Hemlock Grove)

editors: Sandra Montiel (Brooklyn 99) and Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir (Shang Chi, DP2, John Wick, Atomic Blonde)

costumes: Audrey Fisher (Destroyer, Barry, True Blood)

makeup team includes Miho Suzuki (Zoe Kravitz, BoP, Ghost in the Shell, 28 Days Later, Little Women) and Lauren Thomas (Terminator Genisys)

MEW's stunt double Hayley Wright https://collider.com/mary-elizabeth-winstead-interview-kate-stunts/

1:03:39 KATE Cast

Ani - Miku Patricia Martineau

Woody Harrelson - Varrick

Tadanobu Asano (Hogun in Thor movies) - Renji

Jun Kunimura (Kill Bill, Audition) - Kijima

Michiel Huisman (Flight Attendant, Haunting Of Hill House)

Amelia Crouch (Hunstman, young Anne Hathaway in Alice In Wonderland) - young Kate

1:08:00 Mary Elizabeth Winstead Performance Draft 1:31:30 Kate Plot Recap & Analysis

The Villainess (Hoopla, VOD)

2:23:50 Kate Trivia & Random Thoughts

https://www.thefocus.news/movies/boom-boom-lemon/

2:27:30 Oiwa myth

Upcoming Episodes: Y the Last Man, Halloween Kills, Scream, The Others, Mulholland Drive

https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-2021/

songs:

https://www.tunefind.com/movie/kate-2021

H a l s e y - honey

Ever After (A Cinderella Story) Sep 04, 2021

This episode we’re having a spoiler-filled discussion about the 1998 Cinderella reimagining Ever After, starring Drew Barrymore.

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new and upcoming content: Birds Of Prey commentary, Blockers review

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Melissa: @mellooyellow on Twitter; mmsloter on Instagram; https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

0:02:30 Ever After (1998)

available on Disney+ in the US

0:06:10 Spoiler-free Evaluations

0:14:10 Cinematographer Andrew Dunn (Practical Magic, Hot Rod, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, What A Girl Wants) and Amanda Bynes

0:16:45 Crew

Directed and co-written by Andy Tennant (It Takes Two, Sweet Home Alabama)

Screenplay also by Rick Parks and Susannah Grant (Erin Brokavich, In Her Shoes, and 28 Days)

Produced by Mireille Soria (Dreamworks animation) & Tracey Trench (Herbie reboot with LL)

Costume head: Jenny Beavan - Fury Road, Cruella, Sense & Sensibility (1995)

0:22:42 Cast & the Baz Lurhmann influence

Drew Barrymore as Danielle de Barbarac

Dougray Scott as Prince Henry (Batwoman)

Anjelica Huston as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent (The Witches, Addams Family, John Wick 3)

Megan Dodds as Marguerite de Ghent (For All Mankind)

Melanie Lynskey as Jacqueline de Ghent (Castle Rock, Coyote Ugly, Perks, 2 1/2 men)

Patrick Godfrey as Leonardo da Vinci

Lee Ingleby as Gustave

Richard O'Brien as Pierre Le Pieu (w - Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Timothy West as King Francis

Judy Parfitt as Queen Marie

Toby Jones as Royal Page (First Cow, Atomic Blonde, Hunger Games)

0:36:00 Cinderella as a meme

0:43:15 Plot synopsis

1:18:00 Jarret’s observations

1:30:00 Role Around

Remake, reboot, sequelize the main topic and pick female cast separately and see how many roles match.

1:37:30 Other Cinderella Adaptations - Disney TV musical

starring Brandy, Whitney Houston, Bernadette Peters as Stepmother, Veanne Cox and Natalie Desselle as sisters

Falling in Love with Love added for Peters form 30s Rodgers musical

choreographer directing the Halle Bailey Little Mermaid LA remake

Disney’s 2015 adaptation

2021 musical adaptation

now available on Prime

directed by Kay Cannon (Blockers)

A Cinderella Story

1:46:00 Game - Soundtracking

Melissa picks a movie related to any Cinderella adaptation for Jarret to guess based on the soundtrack and a few other clues as needed.

1:54:45 Game - Tags and Rags

Jarret gives Melissa keywords and quotes from reviews or comments from a movie related to an upcoming topic. Melissa tries to guess the movie.

Upcoming Episodes: Y the Last Man, Kate (Netflix), Halloween sequel(s), Scream

https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-2021/

Harley Quinn Aug 17, 2021

This episode we’re discussing the mythopoeia of one Harley Quinn, from her origins as a cartoon character to her current status as a cartoon character, with some comics and live-action movies in between.

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new and upcoming content: Rogue One, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Green Knight essay, Birds Of Prey!

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Harley Quinn

aka Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel

name (and meaning of Harlequin)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin

Baudelaire's “The Venus and the Fool”

Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series

0:11:00 - Batman: The Animated Series

(HBO Max)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5L8A0QXtcw

Joker’s Favor (1:8)

Harley’s Holiday (2:11)

Girl’s Night Out (3:20)

Holiday Knights (3:1)

Mad Love (3:24)

0:24:20 - comics

collections (all available on Hoopla)

Batman Adventures: Mad Love (1994)

Batman: Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn: Vengeance Unlimited (2003)

written by A.J. Lieberman

Mike Huddleston’s art

#33-37 “Behind Blue Eyes” (https://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock-events/script-to-screen-birds-of-prey/)

Gotham City Sirens (2009-2011) by Paul Dini

Harley Quinn: Hot in the City (2014)

w - Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti; art - Chard Hardin + Alex Sinclair

Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy (2019-20)

w - Judy Houser; art - Adriana Melo + Mark Morales

current series is by Stephanie Nicole Phillips (Author), Riley Rossmo (Art). First collection is due out December.

1:00:00 how HQ is drawn (by mostly men)

Escher girls https://eschergirls.tumblr.com/ https://eschergirls.com/ https://eschergirls.com/tag/harley-quinn

1:09:50 film & TV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Quinn#In_other_media

Played by Mia Sara (Legend, Ferris Bueller) in the ‘02-’03 Birds Of Prey show

Batman: Assault On Arkham (2014 - animated)

voiced by Hynden Walch (Teen Titans Starfire, lots of DC animation)

Amanda Waller (CCH Pounder) captures a SS (HQ, Killer Frost, King Shark, Black Spider, Captain Boomerang, Deadshot) to break into Arkham to kill Riddler

Lego Batman (2017) - Jenny Slate

Batman & Harley Quinn (2017) - Melissa Rauch (Big Bang Theory)

DC Superhero Girls (2019) Netflix kids series, voiced by Tara Strong (Loki)

current animated series

2 seasons on HBO; season 3 coming “next year”

Developed by Justin Halpern (Shit My Dad Says), Patrick Schumacker, Dean Lorey (iZombie)

1::28:45 Margot Robbie

Suicide Squad (2016)

Bird Of Prey (2020)

The Suicide Squad (2021)

1:56:15 final thoughts

Upcoming Episodes:

Y the Last Man, Kate, Ever After

MAY (2002) with Tori Potenza (Movie Jawn, Killer Bs) Aug 02, 2021

This episode we’re assembling the dissected pieces the 2002 indie daaaarrrrk comedy May with Tori Potenza

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new and upcoming content: Blockers, BoP commentary

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

scene-it cast: http://sceneitcast.com/

Tori’s links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toripotenza/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KillerBsPodcast

Moviejawn: http://www.moviejawn.com/home/category/victoria+potenza

http://www.moviejawn.com/home/2021/8/2/women-who-kill-3-may

Gunpowder Milkshake (Netflix)

0:12:00 Fear Street 1666 (Netflix)

Panic (Prime)

Act YA Age https://www.actyaage.com/

0:20:00 Megan Fox - Till Death and Midnight in the Switchgrass

Tori's Review: http://www.moviejawn.com/home/2021/7/2/till-death-megan-fox-review

Gerald’s Game (Netflix)

Oculus (Starz)

0:35:20 Crash (1997)

https://letterboxd.com/film/crash/

The Crash Controversy

0:46:40 Blood Diner (1987) Dir. Jackie Kong (Tubi)

https://letterboxd.com/showdown/under-the-skin/

0:49:20 Never Have I Ever S2 (Netflix)

0:50:20 MAY

https://letterboxd.com/film/may/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303361/

written & directed by Lucky McKee (All Cheerleaders Die)

editors: Rian Johnson!, Chris Sivertson (d. I Know Who Killed Me)

DP: Steve Yedlin (RJ, 2013 Carrie)

Costumes: Mariano Diaz (concept artist for Jungle Cruise)

May played festivals (including Sundance and Cannes) in 2002, had a limited release in June 2003 and then a DVD release July 2003.

Other films:

The Matrix Reloaded (May)

Wrong Turn (May 30)

June 2003: 2F2F, Whale Rider, Hulk (Ang Lee), From Justin To Kelly, 28 Days Later (Too Scary podcast)

Thirteen (limited in August)

Lost In Translation (limited Sept, wide October)

1:02:00 DVD commentaries

1:08:30 Women Who Kill (And Produce)

MFA (Prime, etc.)

Revenge (Shudder)

Female Killer Scorpion (Shudder)

1:24:00 Cast

Angela Bettis as May

Chandler Riley Hecht as young May

Jeremy Sisto as Adam

Anna Faris as Polly

Nichole Hiltz as Ambrosia

James Duval as the punk boy

Ken Davitian (Borat) as vet

Kevin Gage as father

Merle Kennedy as mother

Rachel David as Petey David

Nora Zehetner as Adam's new girlfriend "Hoop"

Lucky McKee’s father is May’s eye doctor

music by Breeders, Kelley Deal

1:38:10 analysis

2:10:00 Argento and Cats

Cats in Inferno

Trauma, Argento movie referenced

2:16:00 Lamb, the new A24 horror film in theaters this October

2:18:20 Casting Game (needs a name)

Remake, reboot, sequelize the main topic and pick female cast separately and see how many roles match.

Upcoming Episodes

Harley Quinn https://twitter.com/WildPrettyPod/status/1409285203189764096?s=20

Y The Last Man

Halloween Kills

https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-2021/

songs:

https://campcope.bandcamp.com/track/keep-growing

https://dresdendolls.bandcamp.com/album/the-dresden-dolls

Black Widow and Scarlett Johansson Performance Draft Jul 21, 2021

This episode we’re discussing the latest Marvel Studios feature, Black Widow with special guest Annie AK, including a spoiler segment towards the end of the episode.

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new and upcoming content:

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Melissa: @mellooyellow on Twitter; mmsloter on Instagram; https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

The Daily Knightley https://thedailyknightley.com

Annie's Instagram: @thedailyknightley

Cast

Florence Pugh

Rachel Weisz

David Harbour

O-T Fagbenle

Olga Kurylenko (in Quantum Of Solace with Harbour)

William Hurt

Ray Winstone

0:25:00 Scarlett Johansson Film Performance Draft

ScarJo in interviews: https://youtu.be/LyjbTcKM9og

BW in other MCU movies: https://youtu.be/iMWgn3eFDUQ

list link: https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-drafts-scarlett-johansson/

1:17:00 spoiler-free evaluations

1:27:35 Crew

https://www.instagram.com/kella.mcallister/

1:43:00 Plot summary and thoughts

2:03:30 Games

2:14:20 SPOILERS START

Upcoming Episodes

The horror movie May (2002)

Harley Quinn

https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-2021/

songs:

Bjork - It’s Not Up To You (Live)

ScarJo - Tom Waits covers

True Widow https://truewidow.bandcamp.com/music

Tori - Smells Like . . .

F9, Girlfight, Lost In Translation, Timer, Kevin Can F Himself, Love Is Thicker Than Water Jul 08, 2021

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Ryan Silberstein (Movie Jawn, I Saw It In A Movie) https://twitter.com/Silberwhatever

Too Scary

28 Days Later (Hulu, Paramount+, VOD, discs)

Near Dark (Shudder)

0:09:55 - Lost In Translation

https://letterboxd.com/film/lost-in-translation/

Lick The Star: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9EZiT5NuX4

The Virgin Suicides podcast: https://wildprettythings.podbean.com/e/the-virgin-suicides-sofia-coppola-2000/

0:32:15 - F9

Melissa’s previous Fast rankings: https://youtu.be/DdxaU38GK0Y

0:40:29- Girlfight (DVD)

https://letterboxd.com/film/girlfight/

starring Michelle Rodriguez

Kusama features ranked

Monkey Of My Backlog episode: https://monkeyoffmybacklog.fireside.fm/55

Switchblade Sisters: Near Dark https://maximumfun.org/episodes/switchblade-sisters/switchblade-sisters-episode-2-near-dark-karyn-kusama/

0:49:00 - TiMER

https://letterboxd.com/film/timer/

Written & Directed by Jac Schaeffer - 2009

Starring: Emma Caufield, John Patrick Amedori (Gossip Girl, Aaron Rose, 2nd Season (2008), Desmond Harrington (Dexter)

0:59:00 - Karyn Kusama ranked

1:01:00 - Love Is Thicker Than Water

(Hoopla)

https://letterboxd.com/film/love-is-thicker-than-water/

1:04:25 - 144

(ESPN+)

https://letterboxd.com/film/144-2021/crew/

1:06:00 - Kevin Can Fuck Himself

AMC & VOD

first two episodes on YouTube

Created by Valerie Armstrong (Lodge 49)

Annie Murphy (Schitts Creek), Eric Petersen, Raymond Lee (Jeff, Made for Love), Mary Hollis Inboden (Mandy, The Righteous Gemstones)

Physical (Apple TV)

1:16:45 - Games

Upcoming Episodes

Black Widow w Annie AK - Daily Knightly and SGB

Harley Quinn

May (2002) with Victoria Potenza of Movie Jawn, Killer Bs podcast (Pluto, Tubi, VOD, DVD)

Y the Last Man vol 1 (and maybe 2) collections

https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-2021/

songs:

music from the Lost In Translation soundtrack

Lulu & the Lampshades - Cups https://luluandthelampshades.bandcamp.com/track/cups-youre-gonna-miss-me

Laura Marling - Night Terrors https://lnk.to/AlasICannotSwimWE

Marika Hackman - Cinnamon https://soundcloud.com/marika-hackman/cinnamon

The Fast Saga, X-men, Mare Of Easttown, BIT, and many other things Jun 23, 2021

We Wild Pretty all the Things!

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grrnoise.com

https://www.patreon.com/wildprettythingspod

new and upcoming content:

Tip Us at https://paypal.me/pools/c/8b7s7tN1CN or Venmo: WPGrrNoise

new and coming up on Patreon: CA 2019 commentary and 10 Cloverfield Lane analysis.

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@mellooyellow

mmsloter on Instagram

https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/

Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

https://twitter.com/GrrNoise

@grrnoise on instagram

https://letterboxd.com/GrrNoise/

podfriends

Pop culture Leftovers http://www.popcultureleftovers.com/

Scene-It Cast http://sceneitcast.com/

Too Scary https://tooscary.ca/

movies, links, etc.

Shadow & Bone (Netflix)

Panic (Prime)

For All Mankind (Apple)

Loki (Disney+)

12 Dates of Christmas

Pregnancy Pact

Frankie & Hazel

Blade Runner 2049 (HBO Max)

A Quiet Place 2 (theaters)

Daughters of the Dust (HBO Max)

The Fate of the Furious (VOD, discs)

Lindsay Ellis video essay about the male gaze in Transformers

https://youtu.be/tKyrUMUervU

0:31:00

Saint Frances (Starz)

The New Mutants (HBO Max)

Papicha (VOD)

Plan B (Hulu)

Shiva Baby (VOD)

Barb & Star (VOD, discs)

Promising Young Woman (VOD, discs)

0:53:40

BIT (Hoopla)

Saint Maud (Hulu)

The Map of TIny Perfect Things (Prime)

Love is Thicker than Water (Prime)

Moonlight (VOD, discs)

Shoplifters (Hoopla, Hulu)

https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/10s-favs/

1:20:00

Saving Face (VOD)

Mare Of Easttown (HBO)

songs

Cannons - Bad Dream https://www.cannonstheband.com/

The Exbats - I Was In Your Video https://theexbats.bandcamp.com/album/i-got-the-hots-for-charlie-watts

LAUREL - You’re The One https://classiclaurel.com/

SAINT MAUD Jun 16, 2021

This episode we’re discussing the A24 Pandemic victim, Saint Maud, including spoiler discussion toward the end of the podcast.

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https://www.patreon.com/wildprettythingspod

new and upcoming content: Charlie’s Angels (2019) commentary; 10 Cloverfield Lane

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

0:08:50

Too Scary episode https://tooscary.libsyn.com/too-scary-51-saint-maud-2019

https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/too-scary-wild-pretty-things/

0:10:40

SAINT MAUD

now on Hulu and Prime

written and directed by Rose Glass, her first feature

Morfydd Clark - Maud (Crawl, ….David Copperfield)

Jennifer Ehle - Amanda (Zero Dark Thirty, 95 P&P, Vox Lux)

Art Director - Isobel Dunhill (dept on several Joe Wright movies, including Atonement)

location: Filming locations include the crumbling Holbeck Cliffs, the iconic vintage amusement arcades of Foreshore Road and the stark white lighthouse on Vincent Pier. https://filmedinyorkshire.co.uk/productions/saint-maud/
Similar location in Wales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Beach_Pleasure_Park

0:25:00

OVERALL EVALUATIONS AND TRAILER TRASH

trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXs2-TY9qok&t=25s

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/a24-horror-movies-ranked-best-worst/

SPOILERS begin at 0:41:20

https://slate.com/podcasts/spoiler-specials/2021/02/saint-maud-spoilers

influences / connections

https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3649369/rose-glass-horror-influences-saint-maud-cockroach-muse-interview/

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ATasteOfTheLash

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfHarm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortification_of_the_flesh

Upcoming Episodes

Harley Quinn

Black Widow

Y The Last Man vol 1

The Woman in the Window May 29, 2021

This episode we’re peeking into The Woman in the Window, the new thriller starring Amy Adams, finally available on Netflix.

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Georgetown Giveaway:

share posts about the giveaway or this episode with the hashtag #wildprettythingsgiveaway on twitter or instagram.

Now on Digital, Christoph Waltz, Vanessa Redgrave and Annette Bening star in the murderously thrilling GEORGETOWN. Based on incredible true events, a smooth-talking social climber comes under investigation when his wealthy, well-connected older wife turns up dead in their home, uncovering a deception greater than you can imagine. Directed by C. Waltz. Buy or rent GEORGETOWN and watch it tonight! Rated R. From Paramount Pictures.

The Northman release date set: April 2022

https://www.indiewire.com/2021/05/the-northman-robert-eggers-release-date-1234637599/

WNBA season tip

League pass is only $16.99

Movie Jawn http://www.moviejawn.com/

Heroes Of Noise https://www.heroesofnoise.com/

Too Scary https://tooscary.ca/

https://www.patreon.com/wildprettythingspod

new and upcoming content:

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

http://sceneitcast.com/

http://www.popcultureleftovers.com/

https://people.com/food/starbucks-barista-tweet-order-response/

0:19:00

The Woman in the Window (Netflix)

Directed by Joe Wright*

Produced by Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas

Screenplay by Tracy Letts, rewrites by Tony Gilroy

Based on The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn*

score Danny Elfman

Production Design Kevin Thompson (The King of Staten Island, Okja, The Girl on the Train, Trainwreck, Funny Games, Igby Goes Down, )

Art Direction Deborah Jensen (The Girl on the Train, Trainwreck, West Side Story 2021)

Nick Francone (reshoots)

Set Decoration Rena DeAngelo (Ocean’s 8, West Side Story 2021)

Costume Design Albert Wolsky (Broadway and Hollywood veteran)

Makeup

Joanna McCarthy key makeup artist (Ocean’s 8, Okja)
Louise McCarthy makeup department head (08, Okja) [sisters]

https://www.instagram.com/mccarthy_makeupartists/?hl=en

Morag Ross ... makeup artist: Ms. Adams (Arrival, Cate Blanchett)
Kimberly Felix ... makeup artist: Ms. Adams, reshoots (The Map of Tiny Perfect Things makeup department head)

Cast

Amy Adams as Dr. Anna Fox

Jennifer Jason Leigh as [spoiler]

Julianne Moore as [spoiler]

Gary Oldman* as Alistair Russell, AA’s new neighbor

Anthony Mackie* as Edward "Ed" Fox, Anna's husband

Fred Hechinger as Ethan Russell, Alistair's son

Wyatt Russell as David Winter, Anna's tenant

Brian Tyree Henry as Det. Little

Jeanine Serralles as Det. Norelli, Little's partner

Mariah Bozeman as Olivia Fox, Anna and Edward's daughter

Liza Colón-Zayas as Bina

Tracy Letts as Dr. Landy, Anna's psychiatrist

overall, spoiler-free evaluations

Rear Window movies and legal cases:

The Girl on the Train, Disturbia (Abend v. Spielberg, and the legal legacy of RW https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_v._Abend )

Body Double (1984), Sliver (1993); not “Silver”, 1998 remake

Home Movies, Simpsons episodes

TWitW as a Pandemic movie

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/05/the-woman-in-the-window-had-a-particularly-rocky-road-to-netflix

0:55:00

plot analysis including any details revealed in the trailer:

Netflix trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_0GJg_Jnlo

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

I’m Thinking Of Ending Things (Netflix)

1:02:30

Spoilers begin!

movies shown:

Dark Passage (Bogie+Bacall)
Spellbound (Hitchcock) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86kIlnJpb9w
Rear Window
Laura (FWWM episode)

Upcoming Episodes

Saint Maude (Prime)

Black Widow

songs:

https://italiansdoitbetter.com/product/various-artist-after-dark-3/

Patreon Preview: Rear Window + Distrubia May 13, 2021

This is a preview of a Patreon episode. For the full episode, support us at https://www.patreon.com/wildprettythingspod

upcoming content: Charlie’s Angels (2019) commentary

Tip Us at https://paypal.me/pools/c/8b7s7tN1CN or Venmo: WPGrrNoise

This episode we’re talking about two movies with male protagonists confined to their homes: Rear Window and Disturbia, in anticipation of the new Amy Adams thriller The Woman in the Window. We will spoil all of both movies.

WPT is a podcast for adults; we use adult language and discuss mature topics, such as women separated by husbands, clothing, and directors.

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Rear Window

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Window

1954

directed by Alfred Hitchcock

DP Robert Burks (H collaborator, including Vertigo)

adapted from short story “It Had To Be Murder” by Cornell Woolrich

screenplay by John Michael Hayes, but Hitchcock took lots of ownership of his films

costumes by Edith Head, one of the best ever! Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Sunset Blvd, All About Eve, Vertigo

Cast

James Stewart (1908-1997) as L. B. "Jeff" Jefferies

Grace Kelly (1929-1982) as Lisa Carol Fremont

Wendell Corey as NYPD Det. Lt. Thomas "Tom" J. Doyle

Thelma Ritter as Stella

Raymond Burr as Lars Thorwald

Judith Evelyn as Miss Lonelyhearts

Ross Bagdasarian as the songwriter

Georgine Darcy as Miss Torso

wardrobe links

https://www.crfashionbook.com/culture/a28867915/grace-kelly-costumes-rear-window/

https://www.classiccriticscorner.com/classic-movies/grace-kellys-1950s-fashion-in-rear-window-1954

https://clothesonfilm.com/grace-kelly-paris-dress-in-rear-window/

http://clothesonfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/Mad-Men_Shoot_January-Jones_tulle-dress.bmp-1.jpg

Disturbia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbia_(film)

2007

Director: D.J. Caruso (Eagle Eye, I am Number Four)

Writers: Christopher Landon - screenplay & story (Paranormal Activities, Freaky), Carl Ellsworth - screenplay (Red Eye, Last House on the Left)

costume supervisor: Linda Matthews (Captain Marvel)

cast

Shia LaBeouf - Kale

Sarah Roemer - Ashley, still in stuff i haven’t seen - The Grudge 2 and Fired Up! Around this time

Aaron Yoo - Ronnie, Nick & Norah, 21

Carrie-Anne Moss - Julie, Kale’s mom

David Morse - Mr Turner, a bunch of stuff

Viola Davis (Widows)

Upcoming Episodes

The Woman in the Window (Netflix)

Black Widow

songs:

Cold War Kids - Loner Phase; Dear Miss Lonelyhearts https://soundcloud.com/coldwarkids/sets/dear-miss-lonelyhearts

Priscilla Ahn - Dream https://www.bluenote.com/artist/priscilla-ahn/

music from Rear Window

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Laura Palmer's Trauma in Context (or Flashing Lights, Broken Hearts, and Muffins) Apr 29, 2021

We’re visiting the town of Twin Peaks to spend some time with all-American teenager Laura Palmer in the feature film and prequel Fire Walk With Me

All spoilers are fair game for any part of Twin Peaks.

This episode is sponsored by our Patron Ben Crowe . . .

and if you want to support us and suggest an episode topic of your own, we have a Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/wildprettythingspod

new and upcoming Patreon-exclusive content: BvS, Disturbia+Rear Window, Charlie’s Angels (Elizabeth Banks)

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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

currently streaming via HBO

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks:_Fire_Walk_with_Me#Cast

written and directed by David Lynch

Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer

For more on TP lore and David Lynch and Mark Frost theory:

Diane podcast https://diane.libsyn.com/

https://shadowtrap.libsyn.com/

Twin Perfect You Tube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmzfpLoX_ogBgSShfaiQ4A

1:10:00

Secret Diary https://25yearslatersite.com/2019/02/08/finding-laura-first-the-secret-diary-as-an-alternate-entry-point-to-twin-peaks/

https://welcometotwinpeaks.com/news/twin-peaks-missing-pieces-fanedit/

1:18:30

The Missing Pieces

“I’m the muffin.” scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ho5i-WBVU

1:32:00

connecting FWWM to other moving pictures

Laura (1944) [Spoilers]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_(1944_film)

Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price

1:39:00

Promising Young Woman [SPOILERS!]

Upcoming Episode: The Woman in the Window (Netflix)

songs:

El-P - Tasmanian Pain Coaster https://store.fatpossum.com/products/ill-sleep-when-youre-dead

D’Arcy Spiller - Wildfire https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/darcy-spiller

music from Fire Walk With Me

Essential Movies (Podcast Introduction) Apr 20, 2021

This is a great place for new listeners to start. We pick movies that are the best examples of what we talk about and praise on Wild Pretty Things.

See the list here: https://boxd.it/bknj6

You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Patreon, Twitter, Instagram, or online at http://wildprettythings.podbean.com/ .

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The World's A Little Blurry, I'm Your Woman, Dr Bird's Advice For Sad Poets, Support The Girls, Kong Skull Island Apr 03, 2021

This episode we’re catching up on what we’ve been watching.

https://wildprettythings.podbean.com/

Kong Skull Island (HBO)

[mild spoilers]

corrections: Jarret meant to call John Goodman an actor, not a director, and say WB is about to release the 4th Kong/Godzilla movie, not make.

Disaster Girls podcast http://www.thatmightbecool.com/disastergirls/kong-skull-island-2017-w-shea-serrano