Wild Pretty Things

Latest Episodes:

Bound (Wachowskis Part 2) Aug 09, 2022

Show notes

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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new and upcoming content: Fresh, Jupiter Ascending

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

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

Show notes

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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THANK PATRONS!

new and upcoming content: Fresh, Jupiter Ascending

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

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

Show notes

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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grrnoise.com > podcast

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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

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

Show notes

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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grrnoise.com > podcast

https://www.patreon.com/wildprettythingspod

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

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

Show notes

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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grrnoise.com > podcast

timestamp reminder

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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

Jessica Chastain & The 355 Apr 19, 2022

Show notes

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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grrnoise.com > podcast

https://www.patreon.com/wildprettythingspod

THANKS 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

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

Show notes

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

https://wildprettythings.podbean.com/

grrnoise.com > podcast

https://www.patreon.com/wildprettythingspod

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

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

Show notes

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.

https://wildprettythings.podbean.com/

grrnoise.com > podcast

https://www.patreon.com/wildprettythingspod

THANK PATRONS!

new and upcoming content: The Crow, del Toro ranked

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

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

Show notes

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.

https://wildprettythings.podbean.com/

grrnoise.com > podcast

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

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

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)

https://www.patreon.com/wildprettythingspod

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

Show notes

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.

https://wildprettythings.podbean.com/

grrnoise.com > podcast

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

https://www.popcultureleftovers.com/

https://monkeyoffmybacklog.com/

Sundance Reviews (Spoiler Free)