Female Driven
Stagione 2
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Jennifer's Body
The Others (2001)
Stagione 1
Meet Me in St. Louis
The Parent Trap (1998)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Wigs & Faces!
The Eagle Huntress (2016)
di Emily Ollero Jones
We're back! And right in time for Halloween, with another cult queer and feminist classic - Nicholas Ray and Joan Crawford's 1954 Trucolor Western, Johnny Guitar! This movie is everything. Join Emily with Scott and Pete from the Movies That Made Us Gay podcast to celebrate everything - from the character name "Vienna" (no last name) to Joan Crawford's makeup to Mercedes McCambridge's wonderfully unhinged antagonist Emma Small, plus potential drag routines inspired by the film. Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a rowdy night!
The year 2009 gave us many gifts, not the least of which included: low rise jeans, midriff baring hoodies, and Jennifer's Body. Join Kristen and Emily in their discussion of aughts fashion, Megan Fox, and the pre-MeToo landscape of this feminist horror-comedy, brought to you by writer Diablo Cody and director Karyn Kusama. Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bloody night!
Surprise, Passengers! We're back (and not a moment too soon) for season two of Female Driven podcast. Come ring in the spooky season with Kristen, Emily, and favorite guest Rachael with Alejandro Amenábar's 2001 horror masterpiece, The Others! Join us as we fan out over Nicole Kidman's pitch perfect performance/ mother vibes and the generally exquisite atmosphere of this haunting gothic tale.
All aboard! We're here with the final installment in our Summer of Judy series - the gorgeous and delightful Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)! On this episode, special guests Scott and Pete from Movies That Made Us Gay podcast celebrate this quintessential Judy masterpiece from start to finish. Highlights include the Trolley song, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, and the truly unhinged Halloween sequence. Buckle in! (Warning: This movie will make you gay.)
Greetings, Passengers! This week Emily welcomes special guest cohost, resident ginger, and childhood bestie of 25 years! (We love you, Rachael!) The gals indulge in some nineties nostalgia while covering Nancy Meyers' beloved 1998 remake of The Parent Trap. Much time is spent reminiscing on childhoods spent in Michigan's rural Upper Peninsula, the joy and trauma of adolescence, and the many delights this movie has to offer. Fasten your seatbelts!
Have you ever longed for something more? A place you can't get to by a boat or a train? Behind the moon? Beyond the rain? Today you're in luck, because we're going over the rainbow with our beloved Judy! In this episode, we cover the timeless masterpiece and most-watched film of all time - The Wizard of Oz. We spend most of our time discussing the complicated production history of the movie, the song Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and (of course) Judy! Side quests and references include but are not limited to: Wicked, Return to Oz, Run Lola Run, The Craft, and the truly bizarre ABC Miniseries The Tenth Kingdom. We hope, dear passengers, that you are in for the ride!
Welcome to a Female Driven Summer of Judy! We launch our Judy Garland celebration with the 1946 under-appreciated classic, The Harvey Girls. To say that Judy is an American icon and one of the greatest triple-threat entertainers in Hollywood history is a massive understatement. Her beauty and talents are luminous, and the numbers and costumes in this golden age MGM musical are to die for! (One Miss Angela Lansbury in particular had us gagged from her first frame.) We hope you love The Harvey Girls as much as we did!
The category is WIGS! (And faces). This episode is dedicated to some of our favorite movie wigs, costumes and overall lewks. Incidental topics include Asian representation, vampires, and whether on not you can be both a Brontë AND an Austen bitch. (Answer: yes. Get you a girl who can do both.)
Greetings, listeners! We're so happy that you're here to join us after a brief hiatus. Kristen is back in peak Kiki form, and we couldn't be happier to present this episode on the gorgeous 2016 documentary "The Eagle Huntress," featuring our amazing friend Bolor Lkhaajav! From the Sony Classics synopsis: "The Eagle Huntress follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries." Bolor was born and raised in Mongolia. She is a researcher specializing in Mongolia, Northeast Asia, East Asia, and the Americas. Her research interests cover foreign policy, security, governance, economy, and social issues. Bolor's research work has appeared in a range of publications in multiple languages. She is a Researcher and Writer at The Diplomat magazine. Bolor is currently writing a book on Mongolia's international relations. You can find her at https://www.bolorlkhaajav.com/
Can it be 2023? We hope, Dear Listeners, that you rang in the New Year with much joy and festivity! Shall we celebrate with part two of Emily's recording with the wonderful Audrey and Laurel of Sapphic Culture Club? In this episode we discuss (you guessed it) Céline Sciamma and Adèle Haenel once more! Our topic this time is Céline's first feature, the 2007 coming-of-age drama Water Lilies (French title: Naissance des Pieuvres, or The Birth of Octopuses). In this sensitive and impactful portrait of youthful love and desire, we follow teenaged protagonist Marie (Pauline Acquart) as she meets and falls in love with the beautiful and elusive Floriane (Adèle Haenel), a synchronized swimmer. This film has many of the hallmarks we've come to admire Celine for, and terrific performances from the three female leads. We hope you enjoy!