Citizen Dame

By Citizen Dame

The podcast for feminists who love film, brought to you by two female critics who want to broaden the conversation.... more

· TV & Film

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The podcast currently has 485 episodes available.

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July 15, 2020Episode 122: The Baby Yoda Show!
This week, the Dames discuss the most important topics, including:
Baby Yoda!
Hamilton!
What We Been Watching
Cancel culture and the Harper's letter https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/
Plus: Listener questions!
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1h 15min
July 01, 2020Episode 121: Everything You Know About Silent Film Is Wrong
Join the Dames this week as we welcome Fritzi Kramer (@MoviesSilently) to discuss the legends and dispel the myths of Silent Film.
The damsels in distress were really the men!
Silent films were NOT all black and white!
D.W. Griffiths did NOT invent film as we know it!
Listen, learn, and enjoy.
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1h 18min
June 24, 2020Episode 120: The Dames Undergo Emotional Whiplash
This week, the Dames discuss any manner of bad (and good!) things, including the return (sigh) of the Garbage Men:
Ansel Elgort gets accused of assault and Film Twitter shows their asses - https://www.thewrap.com/ansel-elgort-sexual-assault-2014
White male film critic has another tantrum https://twitter.com/firstshowing/status/1273597808709447681
AMC reverses course on mask policy
Nia DaCosta's Candy Man short http://manualcinema.com/company/
Hot Movie Dads!
Plus Listener Questions and What We've Been Watching!
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1h 27min
June 17, 2020Episode 119: Film Can Change the World (For Better and Worse)
This week, the Dames discuss the role of film as a vehicle for social change, sparking conversation, and broadening our own experiences. We also review Spike Lee's newest film, Da 5 Bloods.

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1h 19min
June 03, 2020Episode 118: Studio Dames
The Dames are covering the Studio System and the Golden Age of Hollywood this week, including:
The Big Five
The Paramount Case and anti-trust laws (1948)
The 1950s and the further decline of the system into the independent era
Important genres: film noir, horror, melodrama, prestige pictures
Star personas!
Female filmmakers during the system
Some lesser known essentials of the era
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1h 24min
May 28, 2020Episode 117: The Dame Code
Welcome back!
This week, we're talking about:
What the Snyder Cut is really all about
What We Do in the Shadows is getting a season three!
The Production Code and how it changed Hollywood
Some of our favorite shocking pre-code films
And to read more about the Hays Code, click here: http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/592022/
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1h 16min
May 20, 2020Episode 116: Silent Dames
The Dames return to cover the history of early and silent cinema, why it's so important, and how women basically did everything first.
The birth of motion pictures and the Silent Film era
Lumieres vs. Melies
The development of the mobile camera and continuity narrative
Different film industries and influences (Hollywood, Weimar cinema/expressionism, etc.) - how techniques, images, themes, etc. continue to influence filmmaking TODAY
Early female filmmakers and artists, including Alice Guy-Blaché, Frances Marion, Mary Pickford, Lotte Reiniger, Marion E. Wong, and Lois Weber.
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1h 28min
May 06, 2020Episode 115: Feminist Film Criticism
We're back this week with our dear friend Kimberly Pierce! This week, the Dames are discussing:
The definition of Feminist Film Criticism
Laura Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" and Male vs. Female Gaze
The future of feminist film criticism
Like what you hear?
Continue the conversation!
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1h 26min
April 29, 2020Episode 114: Dame Criticism
The Dames discuss the meaning and background of Film Theory and Criticism. Plus listener questions and a Very Special Contest announcement!
Further reading:
Francois Truffaut's "A Certain Tendency" essay: https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/TruffautInCahiers31/Truffaut%20A_certain_tendency_translated.pdf
For Next Week:
Laura Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema": https://www.asu.edu/courses/fms504/total-readings/mulvey-visualpleasure.pdf
Barbara Creed's "The Monstrous Feminism": http://ieas-szeged.hu/downtherabbithole/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Barbara-Creed-The-Monstrous-Feminine-2007.pdf
To enter the Criterion Contest, send an email with subject line Criterion to: [email protected]

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1h 25min
April 22, 2020Episode 113: Cursed Dames
Hello and welcome!
This week, we're talking about:
Our Quarantine Watchlists
The new images of Dune that broke Twitter and why no one in the movie seems to understand what it's about
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/04/behold-dune-an-exclusive-look-at-timothee-chalamet-zendaya-oscar-isaac
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/10/rebecca-ferguson-dune-lady-jessica-1202185246/
Shudder's new series, Cursed Films
Plus your questions!
Like what you hear?
Rate! Review! Subscribe! Share! and Follow:
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Email: [email protected]
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Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/citizendame
iTunes link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/citizen-dame/id1288428566
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1h 2min

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