A Piece of Pie: The Queer Film Podcast

A Piece of Pie: The Queer Film Podcast

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A Piece of Pie: The Queer Film Podcast episodes

  • A Hard Day's Night & Across the Universe
    We have Beatlemania this week at a Piece of Pie! Max returns this week to talk the messy Across the Universe, Julie Taymor's disjointed Beatles movie musical. Meanwhile, Brian gets to gush over the first movie starring his favorite band, the. Why does Julie Taymor take the Beatles' more seriously than the Beatles do? How many cliche's did Richard Lester's classic invent? And what's better, a Beatles movie by the Beatles, or a Beatles movie inspired by them? We tackle these questions and many more this week, only on A Piece of Pie: The Queer Film Podcast!

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Interview with the Vampire & Only Lovers Left Alive
    It's Halloween in July as Brian and James revisit two vampire tales, Interview with the Vampire and Only Lovers Left Alive. Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt play gay-adjacent vampires in the 90's goth classic, with Kirsten Dunst in her debut role. We talk Anne Rice's lurid prose, Antonio Banderas' accent and Brad Pitt's boredom. Then we discuss Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive, starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as an ageless vampire couple drifting through Detroit. 

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    1 hr 1 min
  • Far From Heaven & A Single Man

    With Pride Month 2019 winding down, James and Brian take a look at two queer films that share more than just an actress in Julianne Moore. For the first time, we're talking two queer films from two queer filmmakers! Each film takes a look back at where we've been with Far From Heaven taking place in the 1950's. In the era of Leave It to Beaver and Donna Reed, Todd Haynes' film showcases a woman who learns her loving husband is gay and must deal with the fallout. First time filmmaker Tom Ford takes us to the 1960's, where the titular single man, Colin Firth, loses his lover in a tragedy and spends the film planning his last day on Earth. 

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    59 min
  • The X-Men Films, Part 2
    For the second part of our 2-part X-Men special, we start with Matthew Vaughn's "First Class," all the way to this year's "Dark Phoenix." Is the new flick as bad as you've heard? Is James McAvoy a better or worse Professor X? Is Logan a masterpiece of comic book films or just a straight-up masterpiece? How much screaming does it take to play Wolverine? All these questions will be answered! 

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    1 hr 23 min
  • The X-Men Films, Part 1
    With the release of the long-delayed Dark Phoenix, and the Fox X-Men movies essentially coming to an end, we decided to go back and revisit 19 years of films! From it's humble beginnings in the year 2000, with a cast of unknowns, to its conclusion years later starring Oscar winners, we go all the way back to the beginning. We discuss the problematic Bryan Singer and behind the scenes drama. Meanwhile, Jean Grey super-fan James gives us the full rundown on Phoenix and talks why she's always been a queer icon. 

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    1 hr 15 min
  • Rocketman & Velvet Goldmine

    We're kicking off Pride 2019 with two flamboyant glittery movie musicals! We cover the Elton John biopic, Rocketman and pair it with the queer classic, Velvet Goldmine! 

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    1 hr 16 min
  • Mosquita y Mari & A Fantastic Woman

    This week Brian and James are joined by the hosts of They/Them Pod, Chicago's Queerest Podcast! Host Sal Gado brings their favorite film, Mosquita y Mari, the 2012 indie drama and we paired it with the Academy Award winner A Fantastic Woman! Sal and Devlyn join Brian and James to talk queer cinema, transphobia, supportive - and not so supportive -families. 

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Jackie Brown & Out of Sight

    James and Brian finally tackle one of their favorite films, Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, and pair it with another Elmore Leonard adaptation, Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight. Was Pam Grier robbed of an Oscar? Are these two films the best from their respective filmmakers? Is this film where George Clooney officially transformed into a movie star? Will we ever get another great performance from Jennifer Lopez? We discuss all this and more, including the wardrobes and the soundtracks of these two modern classics!

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    1 hr 17 min
  • One Night Stand #4 (Avengers: Endgame/Game of Thrones)

    For our latest One Night Stand, we take a look at two of the biggest pop-culture phenomenons going right now! Brian and James give you their takes on what's shaping up to be the biggest movie of all time, Avengers: Endgame, and while they were at it, they talked about the first 3 episodes of the final season of Game of Thrones. We give our predictions on who'll sit on the Iron Throne and discuss saying goodbye to our favorite superheroes! 

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    37 min
  • Rear Window & Stranger by the Lake

    For their 30th episode, James and Brian take inspiration from real life! Inspired by Brian's broken knee, they turned to the classic Alfred Hitchcock film, Rear Window starring James Stewart, and paired it with 2013's, Stranger by the Lake! Each involve eyewitnesses to murder and nosy neighbors, but which one is gayer? We talk coded questions and turning down Grace Kelly, French film money shots and stop to ask ourselves: would we sleep with a murderer? 

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    1 hr 6 min

About A Piece of Pie: The Queer Film Podcast

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Welcome to A Piece of Pie: the Queer Film Podcast. Creator and host Brian Rowe welcomes a rotating cast of contributors to discuss/ review movies both new and old; giving them their own unique…