A Piece of Pie: The Queer Film Podcast
Welcome to A Piece of Pie: the Queer Film Podcast. Creator and host Brian Rowe welcomes a rotating cast of contributors to discuss/ review movies both new and old; giving them their own unique queer perspective. Podcasts will post bi-weekly.
Episodes
136 episodes
Yentl
This week we're joined by writer Alonso Duralde, author of Hollywood Prid...
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Season 8
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Episode 136
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32:37
Oscars 2025
We only have one tradition here at Piece of Pie, and that's our annual Oscar episode. We started this little podcast discussing the Oscars, and ever since we've made sure to cover them. This year Paul Klein and Chris Alexander join Brian to dis...
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Season 8
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Episode 135
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1:17:28
All That Heaven Allows & Polyester
This week we're joined by Chicago's Joan Waters, local drag queen and John Waters super fan, and we're taking a look at Polyester, John Waters' first studio film. With his biggest budget to date, Waters paid tribute to William Castle, ...
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Season 7
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Episode 134
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1:18:23
The People's Joker (with director Vera Drew)
Brian interviews filmmaker, writer and actor Vera Drew about her debut film, The People's Joker. Produced on a shoestring budget and released in secret while Warner Bros waged a legal battle, The People's Joker uses popular DC...
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Season 7
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Episode 133
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50:16
Wicked
We're saying goodbye to a tumultuous 2024 by discussing one of the year's biggest, and arguably gayest, box office hits. From bookshelves, to Broadway and now to movie theaters, Wicked is a superhero tentpole movie for theatre kids, bu...
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Season 7
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Episode 132
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33:19
Terms of Endearment & Steel Magnolias
We’re closing out spooky season with a couple of tear-jerkers. In one of our most poignant episodes, Brian opens up about the loss of his mother and how it affected watching these two films, one an Oscar powerhouse the other something of an Osc...
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Season 7
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Episode 131
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1:01:58
Megalopolis
Brian and Max went to the Alamo Drafthouse to catch one of the year's most talked about films of the year, Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis. Developed by Coppola over a course of 3 decades, Megalopolis finally hit screens in...
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Season 7
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Episode 130
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45:11
Point Break & Speed
By now, Keanu Reeves is an accomplished action star with two multi-billion dollar franchises to his name. But this week we're taking a look at the two movies that helped get him there, Point Break and Speed. He hit it big with...
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Season 7
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Episode 129
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1:08:57
Crash (1996) & Titane
This week we're joined by "The Horror Dyke," Heather O. Petrocelli as we take a look at David Cronenberg and recent Palme D'Or Winner! In 1996, Cronenberg released the controversial Crash, about a man who seeks to reinvigorate his sex-...
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Season 7
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Episode 128
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1:08:16
The Hateful Eight & Phantom Thread
Our newest contributor Paul rejoins the podcast as Max and Brian revisit their series pairing off the films of Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson. We've skipped ahead a bit to land on their 70mm roadshow pictures, each auteur using th...
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Season 7
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Episode 127
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1:14:08
Smiley Face & Kaboom
This week we’re taking a look at two films from Gregg Araki. One of the architects of the New Queer Cinema movement of the 1990’s, Araki pivoted in the new century after finding critical success with Mysterious Skin. He foll...
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Season 7
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Episode 126
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48:58
A Night to Remember & Titanic
This week we're joined by film scholar Paul T. Klein, as he brings a queer appraisal to one of the biggest box office hits of all time, Titanic. What is it about this film that appeals to queer audiences? Is it Rose rejecting the lif...
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Season 7
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Episode 125
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54:43
Pride & Stonewall
As we head into the final stretch of #Pride2024 we’re taking a look at a couple of movies that attempt to dramatize the very concept. In 2014, action film director Roland Emmerich tried, and failed, to tell the legendary story of #Stonewall v...
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Season 7
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Episode 124
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40:36
Pink Flamingos
We're celebrating Pride 2024 by introducing Pink Flamingos to a contributor who'd never seen a John Waters movie! This disgusting masterpiece has been grossing people out since 1972, long since becoming a beloved cult classic. With tongue firml...
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Season 7
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Episode 123
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49:48
The Talented Mr. Ripley
With the recent release of Ripley on Netflix, Brian welcomes Max and Nick to discuss all things Tom Ripley. Since the novel was released in 1955, audiences have been captivated by the murderous exploits of this charming sociopath. Ev...
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Season 7
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Episode 122
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1:42:18
Midnight Cowboy & Beach Rats
With celebrated out filmmaker John Schlesinger at the helm, 1969's Midnight Cowboy has entered the queer canon, flaws and all. We pair it up with 2017's Beach Rats from director Eliza Hittman.
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Season 7
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Episode 121
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1:18:43
D.E.B.S. & Bottoms
We're joined this week by writer Casey Snow, who brings her love of the lesbian spy comedy D.E.B.S. and we pair it with 2023's hit comedy, Bottoms, starring Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennot.
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Season 7
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Episode 120
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1:10:12
Oscars 2024
We don't have many yearly traditions here at The Queer Film Podcast, but we always make time for the Academy Awards! It's our seventh annual discussion--despite what Brian says in the recording, mistakenly saying it's the sixth--and he conven...
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Season 7
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Episode 119
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1:44:25
The Love Witch
Is the director of The Love Witch a cult visionary, or a TERF Tommy Wiseau? This week we're joined by Raphael Martinez, programmer at Facets and host of their monthly film trivia night, to discuss that exact question. And be sure to jo...
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Season 6
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Episode 118
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1:08:30
Maestro & Rustin
With Oscar season in full swing, Brian and Chris are once again looking at the Best Actor race. This year, Bradley Cooper and Colman Domingo are nominated for playing real life queer figures , and so too are Jodie Foster and Annette Bening. In ...
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Season 6
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Episode 117
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1:09:37
There Will Be Blood & Inglorious Basterds
We're revisiting our Quentin Tarantino / Paul Thomas Anderson series with two films that many would say are their respective masterpieces. After they spent the 90's being the gods of film schools everywhere, they entered the 21st century artist...
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Season 6
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Episode 116
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1:21:28
Heathers & Mean Girls (2004)
With a new Mean Girls in theaters, what better time to revisit the 2004 film that's become a classic. It's also one of our most requested movies to cover, so for those who've asked, your wait is over! We've paired it with the cult 1988...
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Season 6
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Episode 115
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1:21:22
The Long Kiss Goodnight & Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
For our final episode of 2023, Brian and Max are celebrating a Shane Black Christmas!
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Season 6
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Episode 114
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55:01
The Social Network & The Wolf of Wall Street
Two of Brian's favorite filmmakers have movies coming out in the last few months of 2023, so for this episode we put on our Film Nerd Caps to revisit their earlier works. Chris from When We Were Young joins us again as we discuss David Fincher'...
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Season 6
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Episode 112
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1:32:55
