Female Gaze: The Film Club

This week on Female Gaze: The Film Club, Morgan is joined by writer and co-founder of The Contending to discuss Sofia Coppola's 2010 film, "Somewhere." Megan and Morgan dive into the core father-daughter relationship, examine how the film captures loneliness, and Los Angeles as a character in the film. 

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This week on Female Gaze: The Film Club, Morgan is joined by filmmaker Jackie Mahoney to discuss her work. Jackie dives into her films "Cheat" and "Half a Century," talks about working with frequent collaborators, and discusses the community found at film festivals. 

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In the last film in our Nia DaCosta & Tessa Thompson Film Series, writer Brian Richards returns to the podcast to discuss Nia DaCosta's 2023 film, "The Marvels." Brian and Morgan discuss how this film works as apart of the MCU, the core theme of sisterhood, and the sociopolitical conversations in the film. This episode also includes Morgan trying to remember anything from comic book movies, Morgan talking about Brie Larson's pop career, and Brian and Morgan urging AMC to reinstate the rightful Nicole Kidman ad. 

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Today on Female Gaze: The Film Club, we are joined by returning guest, the busiest woman in podcasting, host of Nightmare on Fierce Street, and co-host of Blerdy Massacre Podcast and Gated Podcast, Sharai Bohannon. Sharai is back on the podcast for our Nia DaCosta/Tessa Thompson Film Series to discuss Nia DaCosta's 2021 film, "Candyman." Sharai and Morgan dive into the history of the series, explore how the lore of Candyman changes when Black artists and filmmakers are telling the story for Black audiences, and what makes the film such a strong addition to the slasher genre. 

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In continuing with our Nia DaCosta/Tessa Thompson Film Series, returning guest writer Jen Wattley is on the podcast to talk about Rebecca Hall's 2021 film, "Passing" - which stars Tessa Thompson. In their conversation, Jen and Morgan discuss the film's themes, the usage of black and white cinematography, the ambiguity of the film's ending, and Jen makes the greatest accidental foreshadowing in the podcast's history.

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This week on Female Gaze: The Film Club, Chels Eichholz is back on the podcast to kick off our Nia DaCosta/Tessa Thompson Film Series in preparation for their upcoming film, "Hedda." To start the series, Chels and Morgan dive into Nia DaCosta's 2018 film, "Little Woods." The pair discuss how the film captures poverty and the ripple effects of capitalism, the sisterhood at the center of the film, and how it fits in the Neo-Western genre. 

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This week on Female Gaze: The Film Club, writer/director Nicola Rose is back on the podcast talking about her latest film, "Magnetosphere." "Magnetosphere" follows 13-year-old Maggie deal with crushes, friends, moving to a new town, and growing up, all while she discovers she has synesthesia, a phenomenon that makes her see sounds, hear colors, and more. Nicola and Morgan discuss the development of the film, the casting of "Magnetosphere," the importance of music and color in the film, and favorite coming-of-age films.

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On Female Gaze: The Film Gaze, Jesse from the And a Rewatch Pod (Soaps and Reality Rewatch) is back and talking about Halina Reijn's 2022 film, "Bodies Bodies Bodies." Jesse and Morgan dive into the slasher film aspects of the film, how comedy is used, watching the privilege of the characters, and which characters would absolutely dominate "The Traitors." 

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On this week's episode of Female Gaze: The Film Club, Morgan is joined by editor Julie Cohen, ACE, to discuss her work on the new Peacock series, "The Paper." Julie talks about returning to her documentary roots with a mockumentary series, her start in scripted television, the comedic genius of Sabrina Impacciatore, and her work on the season finale. Julie and Morgan also discuss Julie's previous work including "Transparent" and "Sorry for Your Loss," as well as the network and community of women in editing.

You can all 10 episodes of "The Paper" now on Peacock.

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On this week's episode of Female Gaze: The Film Club and for the finale of our Lynn Shelton series, Morgan talked with filmmaker Megan Griffiths, a collaborator and friend of Lynn Shelton. Megan discusses her work with Lynn from their first collaboration on "We Go Way Back" through the many years that followed. Megan and Morgan also dive into Lynn's filmmaking process, how "Touchy Feely" is actually a drama, Lynn's work as an actor, and so much more.

Morgan also talked to Megan about her film, "Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music," a moving tribute to Lynn as an artist and a way to celebrate her career.

Megan's latest film, "Year of the Fox" is now available to stream on Amazon and Apple. 

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