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

  • Rope & Strangers on a Train
    This week we’re putting on our film nerd caps and re-examining the legendary Alfred Hitchcock. With both Rope and Strangers on a Train ol’ Hitch trots out killer queers in high society out to commit the perfect murder. Under the rules of the infamous “Hayes Code,” these films couldn’t portray homosexuals explicitly, and Alfred Hitchcock seemed to take that as a challenge, crafting two films that show more than they tell. But did he help create stereotypes that still abound today? Our friend Nick joins Brian and Max for the first time to discuss queer villains, the Hayes Code and Hitchcock’s various problematic qualities.

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    1 hr 17 min
  • Marvel Cinematic Universe #3

    For this episode we're taking another look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and this time we have a special guest. The Marvel comic-book series, "The United States of Captain America" introduces us to Aaron Fischer.  and we're proud to have writer Josh Trujillo as a guest to talk to us about the creation of the first queer Captain America, as well as take a look back at the last six months in the MCU, as we discuss the Disney+ shows, Black Widow and speculate on the future of the world's biggest franchise. 

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    1 hr 12 min
  • Identity & Serenity (2019)
    We're abandoning all pretensions for this episode, as we cover two beloved shlock-fests, 2003's Identity and the 2019 head-scratcher Serenity, starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway. We won't get into the strange twists of these films here in the description, but know that they were paired together because of those twists. In each case, its the third-act reveal that seems to be their reason d'être, with the screenwriter's seemingly working backwards from the end. Max and Matthew join Brian for their first in-person recording since March 2019, covering two films that must be seen to believed. 

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    1 hr 28 min
  • Mala Noche & Poison
    We’re wrapping up Pride Month 2021 with a look back at two films that are now seen as precursors to the New Queer Cinema. Today, Gus Van Sant and Todd Haynes are Oscar-nominated filmmakers, but Mala Noche and Poison were their first theatrical releases. How did these once-and-future auteurs introduce themselves to the world? Join us as Brian, Matthew and Max take a look back at these debut films to find out! 

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    59 min
  • Cruising & Basic Instinct
    Continuing our celebration of queer cinema for Pride 2021, we're turning our attention to some controversial films. Both Cruising (1980) and Basic Instinct (1992) take the Killer Queer stereotypes to stylish if problematic heights. Each was protested heavily throughout production, with queer activists not just disrupting filming, but at the multiplex, with signs giving away the ending in an effort to cut into profits. But, all these years later and they've earned a spot in the queer canon. Cruising offers a snapshot of a community on the brink of disaster, proudly cooperating with Hollywood elites to live their truth, despite the protests of their peers. Basic Instinct veers into camp, with depictions of queer women written by men who were terrified of them. Len and Max join this week to discuss two of queer cinema's most divisive films. 

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    1 hr 24 min
  • Trick & The Broken Hearts Club
    We're continuing our look back at formative gay films from the late-90's, as we look back at Trick and The Broken Hearts Club.

    Each film has developed a following, with The Broken Hearts Club boasting a cast of then unknowns like Zach Braff, Billy Porter and Timothy Olyphant as a group of gay coworkers at a West Hollywood restaurant. Trick stars JP Pitoc and Christian Campbell as two gay men just looking to hookup. 

    They were big at the time, and remain beloved, but do they hold up? Max returns as we examine two films who were revolutionary for proving gay people can make mediocre rom-coms, too. 

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    55 min
  • The Opposite of Sex & But I'm A Cheerleader
    For Pride 2021, Brian and Max are revisiting the seminal queer films of their teenage years, better known as the 1990’s. We’re starting off with The Opposite of Sex, paired with the cheerful But I’m a Cheerleader. In Opposite of Sex a teenaged Christina Ricci walks into a gay man’s life and blows it up by sleeping with his boyfriend. But I’m a Cheerleader takes a broad, John Waters-aping swing at not just homosexuality but religion, the suburbs and gender norms. One of these films had Oscar buzz and one was largely panned, and they’re seminal in their own right. But how do they hold up?

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    57 min
  • The Oscars 2021
    It's our fourth annual Oscar episode! We started this podcast discussing the 2018 Oscars so every year we make sure to watch as many nominees as possible to properly cover Hollywood's most glamorous night. This time Brian, Max and Matthew hopped on Zoom to talk predictions before the big show, and came back after to discuss the results. A few things caught us by surprise, of course, but isn't that supposed to be part of the fun?

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    1 hr 3 min
  • Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049
    For the first time ever, we're covering a film and it's sequel. The Ridley Scott classic Blade Runner redefined science fiction films forever, but how does it hold up today? Join us as we pair it with the 2017 sequel starring Ryan Gosling. James and Max join this week to discuss both films, the influence of Phillip K. Dick and the sex appeal of a young Harrison Ford. 

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    57 min
  • Promising Young Woman
    For the first time ever, we scrapped a planned pairing because one of the movies gave us enough to talk about. An Academy Award nominee for Best Picture, Actress Carey Mulligan, and writer/director Emerald Fennell, this subversive revenge fantasy gave us a lot to talk about. TW: Our discussion delves into sexual assault; listener discretion advised.

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    1 hr 17 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…