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"Yes, she's emotionally disturbed. She's unbalanced!"

For our final week on the incomparable Joan Crawford, we will be talking about one of our favourite films: the 1962 psychological thriller, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Two aging sisters, former child star Baby Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) and her wheelchair-bound sister Blanche (Joan Crawford), live together in a decaying mansion filled with resentment, secrets, dead animals, and DRAG.

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"A man can lie, steal... and even kill. But as long as he hangs on to his pride, he's still a man. All a woman has to do is slip - once. And she's a "tramp!" Must be a great comfort to you to be a man."

For our third week on Joan Crawford, we are looking at the 1954 gritty Western, Johnny Guitar, where love, power, and revenge collide. Directed by Nicholas Ray, the film follows the mysterious gunslinger Johnny Guitar (Sterling Hayden) entangled in a tense love triangle with the fearless saloon owner Vienna (Joan Crawford) and the menacing, and kind of camp, Emma Small (Mercedes McCambridge).

Next Week's Film: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

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"Oh, I loved her so much. Oh, please God, don't ever let anything happen to Veda."

For our second week discussing the legend Joan Crawford, we are chatting about her Oscar-winning performance in the 1945 film, Mildred Pierce.

Based on a novel by James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce follows the titular character, played by Joan, as she tries to build a life for herself and her daughters away from her toxic ex husband. What emerges is possibly the most demonic, evil movie villain of all time: Veda Pierce.

We discuss our thoughts about the film, Veda, and Joan's performance, as well as what 1945 feminist takes don't quite live up to a modern perspective.

Next Week's Film: Johnny Guitar (1954)

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"That's all quite propper. But supposing I saw you and yelled 'Hi baby. Remember Manchester.'"

Our next Filmme Fatale is the incomparable Hollywood golden girl, Joan Crawford. This week, we are discussing the 1932 film Grand Hotel. Ahead of its time in cinematography and plot, this movie follows a group of dynamic and flat characters as they intersect living within a hotel in Berlin. There's camp, drama, glamour, and mystery!

Neither of us are buffs of old Hollywood, so it will be a fun month diving into movies we have never experienced before with Ms. Crawford.

Next Week's Film: Mildred Pierce (1945)

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"We need to be quiet for awhile. Storm... it's powerful, so we need to be quiet for awhile."

For our final week on the 96th Academy Awards Best Actress nominees, we are talking about the breakout star of the group: Lily Gladstone in Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). The film is described as an American American epic, wester crime drama and centres around the Osage Nation–at one point, the richest community per capita on earth. That is, until white people got involved and Osage members began mysteriously being killed.

Lily Gladstone plays Mollie, a strong Osage woman whose family's fortune becomes the target of Robert De Niro's William King Hale, the deputy sheriff, and his naive nephew, Ernest Burkhart, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Gladstone presents one of the more understated and intentional performances of this year's Oscar nominees; however, her performance is as powerful in what is unsaid as in what is said.

Listen to the end to hear our final predictions and rankings for who will snatch the trophy, and tune into the Oscars this Sunday to see how wrong we probably are!

Next Week's Film: Grand Hotel (1932)

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"If the summer doesn't sing in you, then nothing sings in you. And if nothing sings in you, then you can't make music."

For our fourth week focusing on Best Actress nominees at the 96th Academy Awards, we are discussing Carey Mulligan in Bradley Cooper's 2023 biopic, Maestro. This film focuses on the marriage between Leonard Bernstein, the first great American composer and a closeted bisexual man, and his wife Felicia Montealegre, a successful actress -- played by Bradley and Carey.

This week, we discuss our feelings on the film -- we consider ourselves professionals on biopics at this points -- as well as Carey's knockout performance and what we felt was maybe lacking in the development of Bernstein's character. We also introduce a new segment in which we evoke some Letterboxd reviews in order to provoke our discussion.

Join us as we discuss one of our favourite performances of this Oscars season!

Next Week's Film: Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

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"Just because we are on a one way street hurtling to death doesn't mean we have to succumb to mediocrity."

For our third week discussing the Best Actress nominees for the 96th Academy Awards, we are discussing yet another biopic! The Oscars love them and we love to hate them. Nyad (2023) is an American biographical film surrounding Diana Nyad's multiple attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida in her 60's. The Filmme Fatale of this movie is Annette Bening, with a hefty Jodie Foster shoutout, who portrays the complex, mostly unlikeable, and perhaps unreliable Nyad.

This movie was a ride, and not a fun one. We discuss how this film contributes to the genre of the biopic, as well as how we feel Annette and Jodie's wonderful acting was not possibly enough to save this sinking ship of disastrous creative choices. I don't want to speak too soon, but this is most likely our least favourite film of Oscars season. Your mom would probably love it, though!

Next Week's Film: Maestro (2023)

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"Somebody said, of course money doesn't make you happy, but it's still better to cry in a car than in a subway."

**Production note: Chase will sit further away from the mic next week lmao...**

"I have adventured... and found nothing but sugar and violence."

For our final week on Emma Stone and our first week on Oscars 2024, we are discussing her highly anticipated and praised role in Yorgos Lanthimos' sci-fi-comedy film Poor Things. In this film, Emma plays a woman who had her unborn child's brain implanted into her head; subsequently, she must learn to navigate the world with the mind of an infant and the body of a grown woman.

Set to the backdrop of both a futuristic and nostalgic, chaotic world, Poor Things defies genre boundaries and explores themes of disillusionment, discovery, and autonomy. We chat about how much we disagree over the genre of this film, and how we feel about Emma's performance going into the Oscar's 2024 race. We also discuss the chaotic discourse online about the infamous Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig snubs... we have opinions, girl.

This film also marks our first episode exploring all of the Best Actress nominees from the 96th Academy Awards. Stick around while we discuss our picks for Best Actress as we approach the big night on March 10th!

Next Week's Film: Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

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"As it turns out, I'm capable of much unpleasantness."

For our third week on Filmme Fatale Emma Stone, we are discussing the historical dark comedy-drama, The Favourite (2018). Emma Stone plays Abigail, a woman trying to climb out of poverty in 18th-century England. To do this, she competes with Sarah, played by Rachel Weisz, for the favour of Queen Anne, played by Olivia Colman.

This film is an absolute banger that explores themes of love, power, control, and manipulation, but is somehow still absolutely hilarious. With one of the best ensembles of women to ever grace the screen, there is not a moment in this film where you are not either crying or laughing. Listen to us rant and rave over why this movie has become one of our all time favourites (no pun intended).

Next Week's Film: Poor Things (2023)

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