Blockbusthers

By Grace, Vera, and Charlotte

Women? Behind the Camera?! Making choices?!! Just point me in the right direction. Each month Vera, Grace, and their guests discuss a movie that was (at least partly) directed by a self-identified w... more

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The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.

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February 08, 2018 EPISODE 06: Mimi Leder- Deep Impact (1998)
Vera and Grace mine the depths of Mimi Leder's 1998 apocalypse thriller, Deep Impact. There are thrusters and rockets and cockpits, oh my!

Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones. Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/
All other inserted audio is from Deep Impact and it's soundtrack, distributed in the US by Paramount Pictures.
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45min
January 07, 2018 EPISODE 05: Jennifer Kent- The Babadook (2014)
Grace and Vera unpack the monsters in the closet in Jennifer Kent's The Babadook. Kent's masterful use of horror externalises the battle with guilt, grief, and whatever else you're repressing.
Babadoooook.

Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones. Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/
We also use clips from the soundtracks of The Conjuring, Antichrist, and Psycho. All other inserted audio is from The Babadook and it's soundtrack, distributed by Umbrella Entertainment.
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44min
January 06, 2018 EPISODE 05: Jennifer Kent- The Babadook (2014)
Grace and Vera unpack the monsters in the closet in Jennifer Kent's The Babadook. Kent's masterful use of horror externalises the battle with guilt, grief, and whatever else you're repressing.

Babadoooook.

Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones. Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/

We also use clips from the soundtracks of The Conjuring, Antichrist, and Psycho. All other inserted audio is from The Babadook and it's soundtrack, distributed by Umbrella Entertainment.

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44min
December 01, 2017 EPISODE 04: Kelly Reichardt- Certain Women (2016)
Vera, Grace, and special guest Dan Crowe search for certainty in Kelly Reichardt's meditative look at three women's lives in Livingston, MT. Who needs sex when you have a dog to watch tv with you?
Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones. Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/
All other inserted audio is from Certain Women and it's soundtrack, distributed by IFC Films.
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38min
October 27, 2017 EPISODE 03: Catherine Hardwicke- Twilight (2008)
Grace and Vera explore the darkness inside with the film adaptation of Twilight! Did ya know vampires play baseball?
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Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones. Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/
Supermassive Black Hole by Muse is featured from the film's soundtrack.
All other inserted audio is from Twilight, distributed by Summit Entertainment.
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48min
October 03, 2017 EPISODE 2.5: Be Kind, She Whined- Sexualized Violence in Film
This is our first installment of "Be Kind, She Whined" where we'll post useful conversations and funny bits that didn't quite fit into their original episodes.
This mini-episode is a conversation that Grace, Vera, and Regina had about rape and sexualized violence in film and television during the Monsoon Wedding Episode.
If you have thoughts about this topic or questions for these three, feel free to email us at [email protected] or tweet at us @blockbusthers. Enjoy!
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19min
September 30, 2017 EPISODE 02: Mira Nair- Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Vera, Grace, and special guest Regina talk about Mira Nair's 2001 "exuberant ensemble comedy" following a big family wedding in Delhi. This movie is lovely. Family is hard.
Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones
Closing track: "Hunger Hurts" by Vagina Jones
Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/
All other inserted audio is from Monsoon wedding, distributed in the US by USA Films.
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50min
September 29, 2017 EPISODE 02: Mira Nair- Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Vera, Grace, and special guest Regina talk about Mira Nair's 2001 "exuberant ensemble comedy" following a big family wedding in Delhi. This movie is lovely. Family is hard.

Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones
Closing track: "Hunger Hurts" by Vagina Jones
Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/

All other inserted audio is from Monsoon wedding, distributed in the US by USA Films.
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50min
August 30, 2017 EPISODE 01: Mary Harron- I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
Vera & Grace talk about Mary Harron's 1996 exploration of the Warhol Scene, I Shot Andy Warhol starring the impeccable Lily Thomas? Lili Taylor? Lilian Taylor Thomas?
Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones
Closing track: "Hunger Hurts" by Vagina Jones
Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/
All other inserted audio is from I Shot Andy Warhol, distributed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company.
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47min
August 30, 2017 EPISODE 00: Dorothy Arzner-Dance Girl Dance (1940)
Grace and Vera discuss Dorothy Arzner's Dance Girl Dance which came out in 1940. It's about dancing ladies!
Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones
Closing track: "Hunger Hurts" by Vagina Jones
Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_Jones/Karneval_der_Vagina/
All other inserted audio is from Dance Girl Dance distributed by RKO Studios.
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26min

FAQs about Blockbusthers:

How many episodes does Blockbusthers have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.