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

  • Frosty the Snowman & Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
    This year we're celebrating the holidays by taking a look at two of the most beloved Christmas movies of all time! And for this one Brian and Matthew are joined by Derek, from the instagram account, Queer Cinema Archive, as we revisit these family favorites. It turns out both films are dripping with queer coding and stereotypes. Join us as we dissect these tropes, and how they're still doing damage today. 

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    57 min
  • The Ice Storm & The House of Yes
    This year we’re celebrating Thanksgiving with Parker Posey, Sigourney Weaver and many more! Two films where dysfunctional families reconnect for a holiday weekend, The Ice Storm and The House of Yes! 

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    1 hr 13 min
  • It Follows & X
    This Halloween season, we're taking a look at two recent horror films, 2014's It Follows and this year's sleeper hit X. Both films take the "sex is bad" trope so common in horror and use it not just for their final girl, but as motivation for the villains themselves! It Follows is the story of Jay, a woman who gets more than she bargained for after a one night stand, while X follows an adult film crew to a remote farm-house they've rented to film their latest movie, much to the chagrin of that farm's owners. Matthew and Brian paired these movies up for those reasons, and we found it opened up a much larger discussion on modern horror films such as Barbarian, Candyman, the new Scream entry and A24 as a brand vs A24 as a film studio. Beware of spoilers for those other films, and join us as we talk Ti West, John Carpenter and much, much more!

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    1 hr 41 min
  • Dog Day Afternoon & I Love You Phillip Morris
    Our two movies this week are based on real-life criminals who went to great lengths for love and lived the catch-phrase "Be gay Do Crime." Dog Day Afternoon is frequently listed as one of the finest films of the 1970's, but ignores the fact it features Oscar nominees Al Pacino and Chris Sarandon playing a queer couple. In 2009, Jim Carrey played a leading man to love interest Ewan McGregor the subversive crime caper I Love You Phillip Morris. Brian and Chris are once again debating straight people playing queer, but Brian is far more forgiving when it's pitched just right. 

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    1 hr 28 min
  • A Streetcar Named Desire & Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    This week we're taking a look back to the 1950's, the Hays Code, and repressed homosexuality. Tennessee Williams won several awards for his works, including a Pulitzer and a Tony, but when Hollywood came calling, they had some changes they needed to make. For this episode, we're joined by Chris and Rob to discuss Williams' provocative plays, Hollywood adaptations, and Paul Newman's steely blue eyes. 

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    1 hr 18 min
  • Hairspray (1988 & 2007)
    In 1988, John Waters, the Sultan of Sleaze himself, released what might be called his sweetest movie, Hairspray. Starring Ricki Lake, Sonny Bono, and Divine, it was the first time a Waters character had a conscience, and set out to do the right thing. It retains a lot of his sensibilities, but it can easily be seen as his attempt at a Hollywood ending. It worked, because the film became a cult classic and eventually would be turned into a hit Broadway musical, and then of course, Hollywood adapted the musical for the screen in 2007. It polishes off some of the rougher edges, casts John Travolta as a woman, Michelle Pfieffer as a racist and Zac Efron as, what else, but a teen heartthrob. For the first time ever, we've paired a movie and it's remake to look at what makes each of them work and where they fall short. Matthew joins Brian as they discuss all this and more!

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    1 hr 29 min
  • Top Gun
    To celebrate the upcoming sequel, we asked contributor Rob to check out the original 1986 Top Gun, starring the newly minted superstar, Tom Cruise, in what would become a template for his early characters. Is it a queer classic with  homoerotic overtones or too mired in its own fake masculinity?

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    47 min
  • Romeo + Juliet & 10 Things I Hate About You

    Writer and contributor Lauren Emily Whalen returns to the podcast to discuss her new novel, Take Her Down, a YA re-telling of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar! To commemorate it's release, she agreed to discuss two of our generation's most beloved Shakespeare adaptations; Romeo + Juliet and 10 Things I Hate About You. 

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    1 hr 41 min
  • Shortbus
    To celebrate the arrival of Shortbus to digital platforms, after being hard to find for over a decade, we are taking a brand new look at John Cameron Mitchell's followup to Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Contributor Matthew joins Brian to watch this overlooked gem for the first time. 

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    1 hr 37 min
  • Oscars 2022
    The very first episode of this podcast was focused on the 2018 Oscars and in this, our fifth annual look at Hollywood’s Big Night, Will Smith gave us an Oscar ceremony we won’t soon forget! But that has overshadowed the incredible work of actors, writers and directors whose career goal is an Oscar night victory. While the Smith debacle cannot go unremarked upon, Matthew and Chris joined Brian to discuss the night overall, where legacy awards were aplenty and a few new stars got to shine. 

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    1 hr 41 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…