The Trash Twins

Episode 14! In this episode the twins discuss melodrama and trash cinema with the films The Student Nurses(1970), The Velvet Vampire (1971) directed by Stephanie Rothman and Love Witch(2016) directed by Anna Biller.

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05:00 - 45:00 - Katie and Sarah discuss the films of Stephanie Rothman, beginning with her film The Student Nurses, starring Elaine Giftos, Karen Carlson, Brioni Farrell, and Barbara Leigh.  The twins also discuss Rothman’s follow up feature, The Velvet Vampire starring Michael Blodgett, Sherry Deboer, Celeste Yarnall, and Gene Shane.

45:00 - 1:10:00 - The Twins continue their discussion with the film Love Witch  directed by Anna Biller starring Samantha Robinson, Jeffrey Praise, Laura Wadelle, Elle Evans, and Gian Keys.

Intro and Outro music:
Intro Music: Music from the film The Velvet Vampire
Outro Music: Music from the film The Student Nurses

Next Episode: SIN CITY!

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On Friday, March 25, 2016, we presented a special live episode at DINK Denver discussing the first volume of the massive Fantagraphics Crepax collection (which we both wrote for as well). Our Patreon supporters get access to more bonus episodes, so if you like it, join us! 

You can follow along and download the presentation slides here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y6ghk7tzp57e3ai/TrashTwinsCompleteCrepax.pdf

Enjoy.

NB: the Q&A didn't pick up in the recording and had to be cut, but thanks to everyone who came out and shared the Crepax love.

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Episode 13! In this episode the twins discuss The Anna Nicole Show(2002).

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0:00 - 55:49 - Katie and Sarah discuss the The Anna Nicole Show starring Anna Nicole Smith, Howard K. Stern, Bobby Trendy, and Kim Walther.

Intro and Outro music:
Outro Music: Guns N’ Roses  - “November Rain”

Additional Material:
Freeman talk on Anna Nicole and the moonchild: http://freemantv.com/the-death-of-anna-nicole-and-the-secret-of-dannielynn/

Trash Twins Talk Crepax, Live at DINK: https://www.patreon.com/posts/4545952

Next Episode: The Films of Anna Biller!

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Welcome Trash Cans! Episode 12! In this episode the twins discuss the pre-code films Baby Face (1933) and Red-Headed Woman (1932).

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10:00 - 30:00 - Katie and Sarah discuss the film Baby Face, directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, John Wayne, and Theresa Harris

30:00 - 1:00:00 - The Twins continue their discussion with the film Red-Headed Woman directed by Jack Conway based on a book by Katherine Bush and a screenplay by Anita Loos starring jean Harlow, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Charles Boyer, and Una Merkel

Intro and Outro music:
Intro Music: Lana Del Rey - “Money Power Glory”
Outro Music: Lana Del Rey  - “Fucked My Way Up To the Top”

Additional Material:
Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood by Mick LaSalle (Thomas Dunne Books); 2000

Next Episode: The Anna Nicole Smith Show!

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Episode 11! In this episode the twins discuss the monumental film Possession(1981)!

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0:00: 1:16:00 - Katie, and Sarah discuss the film Possession directed by Andrzej Żuławski and starring Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen, Heinz Bennet, Johanna Hofer, Carl Duering, Shaun Lawton, and Michael Hogben.

Intro and Outro music:
Music from the soundtrack to Possession by Andrzej Korzynski

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Episode 10! In this episode the twins discuss Female Vampirism through the work of filmmakers Jess Franco, and Jean Rollin.

0:00: 15:30 - Intro

15:30 - 35:45 Katie, and Sarah discuss the film Requiem pour un Vampire (Requiem for a Vampire) (1971) starring Marie-Pierre Castel, Mireille Dargent, Philippe Gaste, and Louise Dhour.

35:45 - 1:05:00 The Twins dive through Jess Franco’s vampire films Vampyros Lesbos (1971) starring Soledad Miranda, Ewa Strömberg, and Jess Franco; and Female Vampire (1975) starring Lina Romay, Alice Arno, Jack Taylor, and Monica Swinn.

1:05:00 - 1:38:00 -Katie and Sarah turn the conversation back to Rollin and his film Les deux orphelines vampires (The Two Orphan Vampires) (1997) starring Alexandra Pic and Isabelle Teboul.

Intro: Vampyros Lesbos OST: “The Lions and the Cucumber / We Don't Care”
Outro: Pierre Raph, Requiem for a Vampire OST: “Sad Clowns in the Cornfield”

Books Mentioned:
Murderous Passions by Stephen Thrower (Strange Attractor Press); 2014
The Monstrous Feminine by Barbara Creed(Routledge); 1993

Powers of Horror by Julia Kristeva (Columbia Univeristy Press); 1982

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Episode 9! In this episode, Katie and Sarah discuss the iconic Barbarella.  They discuss both the comic by Jean-Claude Forest, and the movie from 1968.

0:00 - 9:00 - Katie and Sarah catch you up on what they’ve been up to in their absence.  You can buy Katie’s newest comics here and Sarah’s latest here

9:00 - 36:00 In this section, the twins discuss the comic Barbarella by Jean-Claude Forest.

36:00 - 1:10:00 Katie, and Sarah discuss the film Barbarella; directed by Roger Vadim, and starring Jane Fonda, Anita Pallenberg, John Phillip Law, Milo O’Shea, and David Hemmings.

Intro: The Glitterhouse-“Barbarella”

Outro: Jamiroquai - “Cosmic Girl”

As always, thanks to our wonderful editor, Sean Witzke.  You can listen to his podcast Travis Bickle on the Riviera here.

Episode 8!  The Crossover!  In this episode Sarah and Katie are joined by Sean Witzke of the podcast Travis Bickle on the Riviera to talk about the Abel Ferrara films Ms. 45(1981) and Bad Lieutenant(1992).  This is part one of a two part discussion about Ferrara's body of work, the rest of which will be over on the Travis Bickle podcastsite.

04:30 - 26:45 Katie, Sean, and Sarah discuss the film Ms. 45; directed by Abel Ferrara, and starring Zoë Lund, Albert Sinkys, Darlene Stuto, Helen Mcgara, Bogey the Dog based on a script by Nicholas St. John

26:45 - 55:49 The Conversation continues into the film Bad Lieutenant; directed by Abel Ferrara starring Zoë Lund, Paul Calderon, Harvey Keitel, Paul Hipp, Frankie Thorn, and Vincent Argo based on a screenplay by Zoë Lund.

Intro: Joe Delia and Artie Kaplan - “Ms. 45 Dance Party”
Outro: Johnny Ace - “Pledging My Love”

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Episode 7!  In this episode Katie and Sarah are joined by Sandra Lanz, a Portland based comic artist whose credits in comics include: Prophet Strikefile #1-2(Image Comics); Creepy Comics #21(Dark Horse Comics); Speculative Relationships Vol. 2 and many more.  Sandra joined Katie and Sarah to discuss the Resident Evil movie series.

00:00 - 19:00 Katie, Sandra, and Sarah discuss their history with the games and movies.

19:20 - 33:00 The conversation moves into the first film Resident Evil(2002), written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson; the film stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Martin Crewes, Colin Salmon.

34:50 - 42:07 Next up Resident Evil: Apocalypse(2004), written by Paul W.S. Anderson and directed by Alexander Witt. Once again Milla Jovovich leads a cast that includes Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Thomas Kretschmann, Jared Harris, and Mike Epps.

43:20 - 59:20 The discussion continues into the third film Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) which is once again written by Paul W.S. Anderson. This time the director is Russell Mulcahy and the cast returns Milla Jovovich alongside Oded Fehr, Mike Epps, Iain Glen, and newcomers Ali Larter, and Ashanti.

60:20 - 1:20:00 Penultimately, Sandra, Katie, and Sarah discuss the fourth film in the series: Resident Evil: Afterlife(2010). For this film Paul W.S. Anderson returns to the director’s helm.  He once again scripts for a cast that includes: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Spencer Locke, Boris Kodjoe, and Wentworth Miller.

1:21:20 - 1:33:00 And finally, Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson; starring Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Kevin Durand, Sienna Guillory, Shawn Roberts, Aryana Engineer, Oded Fehr, Colin Salmon, Johann Urb, Boris Kudjoe, and Li Bingbing.

1:33:20 - 1:45:51 The discussion concludes with everyone ranking the series, and speculating rampantly about what the sixth and possibly final installment of the series will be like.

Intro: The Misfits - “Astro Zombies”
Outro:Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together"

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We’re back!  Episode 5 of Trash Twins!  In this episode, Katie and Sarah discuss the New French Extremity movement through the three films: In My Skin(2002), Martyrs(2008), and Trouble Every Day(2001).

00:00 - 10:38 - Katie and Sarah go over some of the overarching themes of the New French Extremity as a whole.  Katie references a book: Brutal Intimacy(Wesleyan Film) by Tim Palmer.  Also worth checking out is the essential lecture on the topic by Alex West (of the wonderful Faculty of Horror podcast): Quelle Horreur! The Films of New French Extremity

for the Black Museum lecture series.

10:38 - 29:43 - The conversation continues into the film In My Skin(2002), written by, directed by and starring Marina De Van.

29:43 - 56:20 - In this section, the twins discuss Martyrs(2008), directed by Pascal Laugier, starring: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin, Isabelle Chasse, Juliette Gosselin, and Xavier Dolan.

56:20 - 1:25:00 The twins close with a discussion of the Claire Denis directed film Trouble Every Day(2001), starring: Vincent Gallo, Béatrice Dalle, Tricia Vessey, and Alex Descas.

1:25:00 - 1:34:57 Closing thoughts.  

Also Sarah calls August Underground, August Moon for some reason.

INTRO: Tindersticks - "Houses"
Outro: Scene from Trouble Every Day

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