We Really Like Her!

Get thee to a nunnery as this week's episode of FONDAVISION (a Jane Fonda miniseries from WRLH!) takes Emily and Danita to heaven and hell and back. Yes, it's time to talk 1985 nun-centric "neo-noir" AGNES OF GOD, which sees Jane playing a slightly unethical psychiatrist who is trying to help a sister (an incredibly committed Meg Tilly) out with her minor baby murder problem. What is this movie trying to say about sexual abuse within the church, if at all? Is this the most Jane has ever smoked in a movie (and with Anne Bancroft, natch)? And what's this about her and cinematographer Sven Nykvist having their own sinful confessionals between takes?!?

After workin' 9 to 5, Danita and Emily are clocking back in with another politically charged film about workplace hazards: Tout va bien (1972). All is NOT well as they investigate how the sausage was made on this anti-capitalist film about class wars in France. Were Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin really just using Jane as a prop for their political agendas, or was this a film that Jane simply needed to make as she made a very pivotal turn in her personal and professional life? What is with Jane's obsession with playing journalists? And, most importantly, were all of her character's outfits ripped from her closet in Klute?

Emily and Danita are back on the clock with an all-new episode of Fondavision, WRLH!'s special series dedicated to ACTor and ACTivist Jane Fonda! Pour yourself a cup of ambition and pull up a chair as they revisit 9 to 5, the classic workplace comedy that truly wouldn't have made it past the interview stage if not for Jane. How does the film's office politics compare to current struggles for equity? Will we ever see a sequel (or at least an episode of Grace & Frankie with Dolly)? And, most importantly, what the hell is that milky cocktail Jane is drinking in the bar scene??

We saw so many great movies directed by women at TIFF21 that we couldn't fit them all into one episode! Reporting post-festival, we get into Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog, Mia Hansen-Løve's Bergman Island, Betsy West & Julie Cohen's Julia, and Justine Bateman's Violet.

Meanwhile, if you've been wondering about the return of FONDAVISION, we're back on October 13 with the comedy classic 9 to 5.

We also want to say THANK YOU to everyone who came out to Wayne's World, our first screening back at the Revue Cinema. Our next IRL event is on October 27 & we're showing the essential Jennifer's Body. If you're in Toronto, you can get tickets here: https://bit.ly/2ZI1RlH

See you then, friends!

After a short summer hiatus, we're back! Dispatching from the Toronto International Film Festival, your trusty (and tired!) co-hosts have been watching a lot of movies directed by women - at home and IRL! This week, we are covering the Best of the Fest so far: Penny Lane's delightful LISTENING TO KENNY G, Céline Sciamma's emotional PETITE MAMAN, Danis Goulet's powerful NIGHT RAIDERS, Ruth Paxton's eerie A BANQUET, Jenna Cato Bass' spooky MLUNGU WAM, and Julia Ducournau's killer TITANE.

In an all-new episode of Fondavision, Emily and Danita get hung up on Bree Daniels, the true star and subject of the neo-noir classic Klute (1971). Why is fruit so titillating? Is Emily a True Freak for listening to the spine-tingling soundtrack on repeat? Was Bree *actually* faking it with John Klute? Can long-time "friend of the podcast" Ann Roth style us for the fall season? And will this authentic portrayal of a complicated woman who goes to therapy go down in history as Jane Fonda's most important and influential role ever?

From Bob and Jane to Don and Jane! In an all-new Fondavision, Emily and Danita escape with the rag-tag team of ex-cons of Steelyard Blues (1973), the second on-screen collab between Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland. Is this scatterbrained comedy worth watching outside of the truly electric chemistry between the aforementioned former power couple? How did future Everybody Loves Raymond star Peter Boyle get a better wig budget than Jane? And will Danita ever stop listening to the zany soundtrack that stood in for any semblance of plot development?

In the finale of Fondavision's Bob & Jane trilogy, WRLH! co-hosts Danita and Emily take a ride with The Electric Horseman (1979)! Is this western romance co-starring Willie Nelson the Ultimate Robert Redford/Jane Fonda Experience? Where does one get a purple light-up get-up like Sonny Steele wears? Has Bradley Cooper, famed director of A Star is Born (2018), seen this film? And where does this story about a man, a woman and a show pony fit in with Jane's overall legacy as an actor/activist?

Have some more fun with Bob and Jane as Danita and Emily take on the most recent (and final?) Redford/Fonda collab: 2017's Our Souls at Night! How has Jane's chemistry with her favourite co-star evolved over the years? How does this Netflix original compare to Danita's favourite movie, TIFF 2018 selection The Old Man & the Gun? And what the hell was Young Sheldon doing in this tender film about finding love and connection in old(er) age?

Newlywed month continues with FONDAVISION's first foray into the Jane Fonda/Robert Redford canon: Barefoot in the Park (1967)! Does this Neil Simon rom com hold up aside from the TRULY UNREAL chemistry between "frequent collaborators" Jane and Bob? Why didn't they just put some cardboard on that damn skylight? And can we talk about Jane's timeless wardrobe courtesy of the legendary Edith Head?