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Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975) Mar 05, 2023

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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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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

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

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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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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/ and on Instagram

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

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

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

We want to hear or read your picks!

email: wildprettyanimals@gmail.com

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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timestamp reminder

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new and upcoming content: Parallel Mothers, The Graduate

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Dis]Enchanted & Amy Adams Dec 12, 2022

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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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THANK PATRONS!

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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/ and on Instagram

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

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

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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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THANK PATRONS!

email: wildprettyanimals@gmail.com

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

instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildprettythingspod/

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

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

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

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

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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

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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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new and upcoming content: All About My Mother, Hellraiser

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

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

0:04:15 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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THANK PATRONS!

email: wildprettyanimals@gmail.com

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

instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildprettythingspod/

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

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

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

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

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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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THANK PATRONS!

new and upcoming content: Fresh, JA, 10CL!

email: wildprettyanimals@gmail.com

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

instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildprettythingspod/

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

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

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