Wild Pretty Things

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we explore one of our pop culture obsessions, or one of Bren’s!

This episode we’re spending a sunny day with the Valentine’s Day classic: Picnic at Hanging Rock, including full spoilers toward the end of the podcast.

 

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Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Monkey Off My Backlog

 

Picnic At Hanging Rock is the 1975 Australian adaptation of the Joan Lindsay novel about 3 girls and one of their teachers who go missing after a school trip.

 

dir Peter Weir (Dead Poet’s Society, Master & Commander, The Truman Show, The Mosquito Coast, The Last Wave)

Producer: Pat Lovell

DP: Russell Boyd (Crocodile Dundee, Master & Commander)

Costumes: Judy Dorsman 

makeup supervisor: Jose Luis Perez (Lord of the Rings)

and Liz Michie (Ever After!)

Cast

 

missing students:

Sara - Margaret Nelson

Miranda - Anne-Louise Lambert 

Irma - Karen Robson - Samara Weaving in the Prime mini

McCraw - Vivean Gray (The Last Wave)

Edith - Christine Schuler

Appleyard - Rachel Roberts (‘74 Murder on the Orient Express) - Natalie Dormer

Minnie (maid) - Jacki Weaver (Oscar noms for Animal Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook)

Dianna de Poitiers - Helen Morse

Michael - Dominic Guard

Albert - John Jarratt (Wolf Creek)

 

Sharp Objects: we recommend something similar or relevant

 

The Next Picture Show - Picnic at Hanging Rock + The Dry

 

0:30:00 Analysis

P@HR as Weird Fiction

 

Story as dream & “real”

 

women as wild

 

Virgin Suicides influence?

 

Religion, Magic

 

Let’s Get Wild: Trivia & Random Thoughts

additional credits and bibliography:

 

Switchblade Sisters Podcast 

https://maximumfun.org/episodes/switchblade-sisters/episode-98-picnic-at-hanging-rock-with-the-office-and-maniac-writer-caroline-williams/ 

 

Deep Focus Lense review: https://youtu.be/Q-2Ttyh1FMc 

 

Acid Horizon podcast on Mark Fisher’s “The Weird & the Eerie” https://youtu.be/D__3ns55_k0 

 

Next Picture Show

https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/FLM2375047009?selected=FILM5611478037 

 

Just one video busting corset myths:

https://youtu.be/rExJskBZcW0

Guests and links:

Tessa https://twitter.com/thebiparadox 

Jack https://boxd.it/3hET 

Tori https://direct.me/vpotenza 

Matt https://twitter.com/mattyhugh 

 

full list:

 

The Janes (HBO)

X (Showtime)

Prey (Hulu)

Dual (Hulu)

Scream (Paramount)

NOPE (Peacock)

The Woman King (VOD)

Worst Person in the World (Hulu)

Women Talking

Everything Everywhere All At Once (Showtime)

Aftersun (VOD)

Decision To Leave (Mubi)

Pearl (VOD)

Dinner In America (Hulu)

Tar (VOD)

Bones & All

Banshees Of Inisherin (HBO)

 

ranked: https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/wild-pretty-things-favorite-films-of-2022/ 

 

honorable mentions: Neptune Frost, Return To Seoul, Wounded Fawn, Crimes of the Future, Wendell & Wild, Before I Change My Mind, Kimi, RRR, The Fallout, Fire Of Love

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Jarret: https://letterboxd.com/GrrNoise/ and on Instagram

Melissa: : @mellooyellow on Twitter; mellooyellowxx on Instagram;  https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/ 

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

We’re finally picking our favorite films of 2022, with the help of some friends.

We want to hear or read your picks!

email: [email protected]

 

0:01:15 The Popular Picks

https://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critics-pick-10-best-movies-of-2022 

 

Everything Everywhere All At Once (Jack’s fav)

metacritic #1

Showtime, discs

 

The Banshees Of Inisherin (Matt) 

metacritic #2

HBO

 

0:15:00 Tar (Matt’s fav)

metacritic #3

VOD, discs, Peacock 1/27 

 

0:29:30 Aftersun (Jack)

metacritic #4

VOD

 

NOPE (Tessa’s fav)

metacritic #5

Peacock, discs 

 

0:38:00 Decision To Leave (Tori’s fav)

metacritic #8

Mubi

 

Women Talking (Melissa)

metacritic #15

theaters

 

0:47:00 Bones & All (Matt)

metacritic #19

VOD

 

The Woman King (Melissa’s fav)

metacritic #30

VOD

0:55:00 Horror Picks

 

X

Showtime, blu-ray

2022 100 Horror Films guide: https://youtu.be/QHAkCJo_0-I 

 

Pearl (Tori)

VOD, blu-ray

 

Prey

Hulu

WPT podcast review: 

 

Scream (Tessa)

Paramount, discs

sequel coming this year

WPT: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-asyd9-12f4418 

 

1:08:30 Sharp Objects: Our Favorites

 

Worst Person in the World (Melissa)

Hulu

 

Dual (Jarret’s fav)

Hulu

 

1:22:15 The Dark Horses

 

Breakfast In America (Tori)

Hulu

The Dinner in America song - https://youtu.be/WCDchde-ENk 

 

The Janes

documentary

HBO

1:34:00 Honorable Mentions

Upcoming Episodes

ranking the top 10!

Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975) - HBO . . . a listener pick

 

 

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new and upcoming content: Parallel Mothers, The Graduate

 

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCeb-r1oOdLwhyRGl_QVWyA 

twitter: @WildPrettyPod https://twitter.com/WildPrettyPod 

Jarret: https://letterboxd.com/GrrNoise/ and on Instagram

Melissa: : @mellooyellow on Twitter; mellooyellowxx on Instagram;  https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/ 

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

Monkey Off My Backlog https://twitter.com/monkeybacklog?lang=en 

additional credits and bibliography

 

Fever Ray, Willow, Bishop Briggs, Brutus, Tove Lo, Alice Glass, Megan Thee Stallion, Miya Folick

This is a review of the recent Kieran Shipka vehicle, excerpted from our recent Patreon exclusive podcast

This episode we’re  discussing one of the breakout features, and the latest performance of the actress who started it all: Amy Adams, as we dive down the well of Enchanted and Disenchanted, both streaming on Disney Plus. We’ll spoil both films. 

 

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Jarret: https://letterboxd.com/GrrNoise/ and on Instagram

Melissa: : @mellooyellow on Twitter; mellooyellowxx on Instagram;  https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/ 

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

 

Enchanted

2007

Susan Sarandon

Analysis & other thoughts

 

0:31:15 Sharp Objects: recommend something similar or relevant

 

0:36:00 Amy Adams

selected essentials

Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Junebug (2005)

Sunshine Cleaning & Doubt (2008)

Julie & Julia (2009, Julie Powell died recently)

The Muppets (2011)

The Master (2012)

HER & American Hustle (2013)

Big Eyes (2014)

Arrival & Nocturnal Animals (2016)

Sharp Objects (2018)

VICE (2018)

Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

The Woman in the Window (2021)

Dear Evan Hansen (2021)

Night Bitch - in production

 

0:53:30 Both Films Crew and Cast

Patrick Dempsey

James Marsden

Idina Menzel

Rachel Covey

songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

 

0:57:20 Disenchanted

Griffin Newman recast as Pip

Maya Rudolph as Malvina Monroe

Yvette Nicole Brown (Community) as Rosaleen and Jayma Mays (Glee) as Ruby, Malvina's assistants

 

CORRECTION: The ballet Jarret was thinking of was Sleeping Beauty, not Cinderella.

This episode we’re discussing two 2022  films starring Florence Pugh that make us question the nature of our manufactured reality, Don’t Worry Darling (streaming on HBO Max)  and The Wonder (streaming on Netflix). 

There is a spoiler section for Don't Worry Darling after the initial review.

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YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCeb-r1oOdLwhyRGl_QVWyA 

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twitter: @WildPrettyPod https://twitter.com/WildPrettyPod 

Jarret: https://letterboxd.com/GrrNoise/  and on Instagram

Melissa: : @mellooyellow on Twitter; mellooyellowxx on Instagram;  https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/ 

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

 

Monkey podcast: https://monkeyoffmybacklog.fireside.fm/ 

Topic 1: Don’t Worry Darling 

 

Heroes of Noise patreon podcast with Melissa about Don’t Worry Darling media https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-46-drama-71892703 

 

Scene It Cast https://sceneitcast.com/ 

Spoiler-free Evaluations

0:17:00 SPOILERS BEGIN!

Cast/Crew - 

Olivia Wilde

Tracy Keehn Dashnaw 

Stunt coordinator [Director’s Cut Podcast, Olivia Wilde] 

Florence Pugh 

Harry Styles 

Chris Pine

KiKi Layne 

Gemma Chan 

Kate Berland, Timothy Simmons

Dita Von Teese 

Analysis

 

Booksmart criticism https://www.flowjournal.org/2020/08/booksmart-whitecomplexity/ 

0:48:00 Topic 2: The Wonder 

 

Spoiler-free Evaluations

 

Kafka’s “A Hunger Artist”

Crew

Analysis

Upcoming Episodes

Enchanted & Disenchanted

Songs: 

House on a Hill - The Pretty Reckless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK6RS5BN01c 

Björk 

Brutus  https://www.wearebrutus.be/ 

Laurel  https://shop.classiclaurel.com/

This is a segment from our latest Patreon-exclusive podcast about the Hellraiser franchise. To support Wild Pretty Things and get hours of exclusive content, go here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-is-74047481?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator

This episode we’ll "scream once, scream twice, now scream again” at the franchise that reinvented horror: the Scream series, specifically Scream 2 and the 2022 legacy sequel, or requel, if you prefer.

 

News & Updates

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new and upcoming content: All About My Mother, Hellraiser

 

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twitter: @WildPrettyPod https://twitter.com/WildPrettyPod 

Jarret: https://letterboxd.com/GrrNoise/ ; https://twitter.com/GrrNoise and on Instagram

Melissa: : @mellooyellow on Twitter; mellooyellowxx on Instagram;  https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/ 

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

 

0:04:15 Scream Franchise review

 

0:08:55 Scream 2

 

0:22:00 light SPOILERS for Scream 2

 

0:28:45  The Scream Franchise revisited

 

0:39:00  Scream (2022) spoiler-free evaluations

 

0:44:50 Scream 5 analysis

additional credits and bibliography

 

Aughtsterion - Scream (2022) Part I and II - 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-42fnp-11835dd

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-pd6e8-1184a43

 

Bechdel Cast - Scream - 

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-the-bechdel-cast-30089535/episode/scream-with-joan-ford-30089539

We draft some of our horror favorites and discuss some others.

On every episode of Wild Pretty Things, we attempt to determine the essential filmography of an actress or director. This episode we’re discussing PREY, starring Amber Midthunder, now streaming on Hulu, including spoilers in the second half of the podcast. 

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new and upcoming content: Fresh, JA, 10CL!

email: [email protected]

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCeb-r1oOdLwhyRGl_QVWyA 

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twitter: @WildPrettyPod https://twitter.com/WildPrettyPod 

Jarret: https://letterboxd.com/GrrNoise/ ; https://twitter.com/GrrNoise and on Instagram

Melissa: : @mellooyellow on Twitter; mellooyellowxx on Instagram;  https://letterboxd.com/mellooyellow/ 

Melissa’s other show: Still Great, Bob? http://stillgreatpod.com/ a Mad Men rewatch podcast

 

Amber Midthunder

Legion

Only Mine

 

0:16:00 Prey Spoiler-free Evaluations 

 

0:23:00 Crew 

Editing by Claudia Castello (Creed) & Angela M. Catanzaro (The Protege)

Art director: Kendelle Elliott (Interstellar, The Magicians, Once Upon A Time, The Cabin in the Woods)

Music by: Sarah Schachner - Iron Man 3, Now You See Me/2

 

0:32:00 Cast

Tammy Nera: AM’s stunt double

*Includes mild spoilers for Uncharted

 

0:38:15 Sharp Objects: Predator Claws Edition 

J's Predator rankings https://letterboxd.com/grrnoise/list/predator-ranked/ 

 

1:09:00 Prey Spoilers Begin

 

upcoming episodes:

Wachowskis continued