Citizen Dame

Citizen Dame

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Citizen Dame episodes

  • Episode 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
    1 hr 24 min
  • Episode 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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    • 1 hr 16 min
  • Episode 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. 
    • 1 hr 28 min
  • Episode 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

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    • 1 hr 26 min
  • Episode 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]
     
    Or a Twitter DM to: @citizendamepod
    1 hr 25 min
  • Episode 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!

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    • 1 hr 2 min
  • Episode 112: Dame Noir

    This week, the Dames take some time out to discuss the many ins and outs of film noir and the Columbia Noir collection on the Criterion Channel, including:

    • The Lady from Shanghai
  • The Sniper
  • Pushover
  • My Name is Julia Ross
  • How hot is Rita Hayworth?!
  • And why Fred MacMurray is the worst. 

    • Plus, a tribute to the awesomeness that is Honor Blackman.

    1 hr 11 min
  • Episode 111: All Along Together...Still

     

    Ready for more indoor fun? This week, the Dames are talking:

    • Amazon plans to stream films from SXSW:
    • https://www.npr.org/2020/04/02/826393884/sxsw-film-festival-heads-to-amazon
  • Documentaries and cinematic “truth”
  • Men can't quit talking about their favorite movie, Birds of Prey
  • We revisit Extra Ordinary
  • Plus listener questions!

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    • 1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 110: Don't Go There

    The Dames continue their quarantine episodes with discussions of fun things, like:

    • Netflix's Tiger King
  • Kino Marquee and supporting your local arthouse cinema
  • More Women's History Month shenanigans
  • And favorite isolation movies!

    • You can access Kino Marquee via your local arthouse or go here: https://www.kinolorber.com/film/bacurau#playdates

    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 109: Stay the Hell at Home

    This week, Nannina Gilder returns to chat about:

    • Being alone together
  • Celebrating Women's History Month with great films
  • Listener Questions
  • And reviews of:
    • Song of Songs
  • Three Cases of Murder

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    • 1 hr 23 min

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

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