Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here to celebrate a piece of cinema history—Purple Rain (1984), directed by Albert Magnoli and starring His Royal Badness Prince, The Revolution, Apollonia, Morris Day and the Time and the legendary Minneapolis music scene. Dig if you will the picture of two podcast hosts stanning one of the best semi-autobiographical concert movies ever (while discussing its flaws). Peace & be wild <3

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Call up your girlfriends and plan to listen to this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club. Ashley and Britney discuss feature length commercial for Essence Fest—Girls Trip (2017), directed by Malcolm D. Lee and starring Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Tiffany Haddish. Your favorite podcast demons discuss female-led comedies, criticisms of Tiffany Haddish, growing up during the Wild West days of the internet, and “grapefruiting” (don’t tell our moms).

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On this week’s episode Ashley and Britney discuss cinematic masterpiece Magic Mike XXL(2015), directed by Gregory Jacobs and starring Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Adam Rodríguez, Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash and Gabriel Iglesias. Join your favorite podcast hosts as they discuss male friendships, handcrafted artisan furniture made from reclaimed wood and the best use of a Nine Inch Nails song in film.

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On this week’s episode Ashley and Britney discuss Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon from 1975, starring Petite King Al Pacino, John Cazale, and Chris Sarandon. Your favorite petite queens discuss the 70s, John Wojtowicz, Al Pacino and the realities of a heist gone wrong (for people of color).

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Ashley and Britney needed to untether themselves from their thoughts, feelings and opinions on US (2019), written, directed and produced by Jordan Peele and starring Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke.

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On this week’s episode Ashley and Britney discuss F. Gary Gray’s action-packed heist drama Set It Off (1996). Starring Jada Pinkett-Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise. The hosts discuss racism and trauma on the job—just a day in the life of a Black woman trying to make ends meet, 90s wigs, and Britney has an epiphany (spoiler: Blair Underwood is fine-fine).

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Black Girl Film Club fell victim to the cursed February that was Black History Month 2019. But like a phoenix rising from the ashes of faulty audio recordings, your hosts are back to give you their best trash takes on film.

On this month’s episode, Ashley and Britney are discussing Love and Basketball (2000) and Love Jones (1997). Join us as we discuss toxic relationships on film, “romantic” gestures and Petite King Larenz Tate.

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Choo choo! All aboard! On this week’s episode Ashley and Britney discuss Snowpiercer(2013), directed by Bong Joon-ho and starring Chris Evans, Executive Producer of Green Book—Octavia Spencer, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, John Hurt and Ed Harris. The hosts discuss a bleak yet somehow plausible vision of the near feature, climate change and weigh out cannibalism. One host may not know how climate change works but both agree Chris Evans is Bae.

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On this week’s episode, Ashley and Britney discuss Sorry To Bother You (2018), a trippy dark comedy directed by Boots Riley and starring LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Steven Yeun, Danny Glover and Armie Hammer. The hosts discuss capitalism, millennials’ desire for financial security and horses.

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On this week’s episode, Ashley and Britney look back at 2018 in film and share their favorites (and least favorites) of the year. They discuss their favorite episodes of Black Girl Film Club, shooting their shot (Hey Jake Gyllenhaal ;)) and films they look forward to in 2019.

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