Anglo-Filles

Welcome to our third year of podcasting, starting with a mystery topic. No, a literal mystery, as in we’re discussing detective fiction. Was Murder, She Wrote a staple on your screen growing up? Does Agatha Christie have pride of place on your bookshelf? Join Les Filles to chat about some favourites!

“But I didn’t do it!” You protest. “Oh no, dear, I’m afraid you did,” Jessica Fletcher says, not unkindly. Her eyes are sympathetic as the police drag you away. (No, seriously, there was literally an episode in which a woman is innocent of the crime and Jessica Fletcher still somehow proves her guilty.)

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First thing first, our Twitter feeds and Tumblr dashboards are just as flooded with Hamilton as yours.

Read Mark Oshiro’s review here.

One thing we know for sure, if you want to write detective fiction, you need to be on top of your pun game.

@LJmysticowl @redheadedgirl You missed me screaming over the White House chef mystery called State of the Onion.

— Kayleigh Anne (@Ceilidhann) November 21, 2015

@redheadedgirl @LJmysticowl Look at those titles. https://t.co/uYajyhCSWD Look at them. — Kayleigh Anne (@Ceilidhann) November 21, 2015

Did you know Tartan Noir is a thing? You do now!

Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin

Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride

Still Midnight by Denise Mina

Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre

Murder in Ancient Rome!

Roma Sub Rosa

It’s our 3-year anniversary! Cleolinda joins us for this special (and long) episode to talk about Guillermo Del Toro’s new film, Crimson Peak.

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Crimson Peak: The Art of Darkness — the artbook that Del Toro promises goes into more details on the backstory.

One last time before release. Crimson Peak: not a horror film. A Gothic Romance. Creepy, tense, but full of emotion… Like my dancing!

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) October 10, 2015

Crimson Peak reviews:

“‘Crimson Peak’ Runs Into China’s Ban on Ghost Movies”, The Atlantic

Interview with Costume Designer Kate Hawley.

Red’s review of Louisa May Alcott’s A Long Fatal Love Chase.

Aromaleigh Cosmetics, for all of your Hannibal-inspired eyeshadow needs.

SF Debris’ review of the Wonder Woman pilot.

We wrap up our third year of podcasting with a between-guests palate cleanser, presenting a grab-bag of topics: Mads Mikkelsen at Fan Expo Canada; the latest buzz from TIFF; Benedict Cumberbatch’s failed attempts at a Boston Accent; Tom Hiddleston’s allegedly successful attempt to a southern one; and Tom Hardy’s apparently successful attempt at playing two people at once, neither of whom loved dogs (one presumes).

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‘Hannibal’ is subverting everything we know about male relationships by Aja Romano for The Daily Dot.

The storify of Alina’s FanExpo experience, mostly comprised of the Mads Mikkelsen Q&A.

Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris

Jaja Vankova and Alex Freaking Wong perform on So You Think You Can Dance

Trailers for films in the order in which we spoke about them:

The Black Mass

The Program

Women He’s Undressed

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The Spotlight

I Saw the Light

Legend

The trailer for the Dragon Age Inquisition final DLC: Trespasser

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries!

And here’s the link to the first Phryne Fisher novel, Cocaine Blues, on Amazon.

Welcome to episode 35 in which we welcome Mikki Kendall, writer of the Swords of Sorrow: Miss Fury / Lady Rawhide special (on sale now!), to chat to us about writing comics and historical fiction (and, tangentially, about: vodka, politics, Duchess Kate’s shiny hair, and the pain of explaining Tinder to your aunt).

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Dynamite’s Swords of Sorrow page is here.

Mikki’s website is here and twitter is here.

Amandla Stenberg (Rue in The Hunger Games) is the writer of the upcoming comic Niobe.

It’s a lucky thing Alina had a reason to look up “catfishing” on Wikipedia recently, otherwise she might have completely misunderstood that bit of the conversation.

Click here to read the Gizmodo article on Ashley Madison.

On August 2nd, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper triggered the longest election period since 1872, a whopping 11 weeks.

“Harriet Harman: voters can pay £3 to help choose next Labour leader” The Guardian, click here to read.

Otters who look like Benedict Cumberbatch.