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Join Charlene and Jackie, two NYC film crew workers with an absolute love of art house films …and an absolute lack of press passes to see those films at the major festivals where they premiere.
Each month your two hosts will venture through the wilds of NYC public transportation and psychotic post screening Q&A’s to discuss a festival film that has finally been released to the general public.
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
We discuss On Becoming a Guinea Fowl by Rungano Nyoni, a film that premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Time Stamped Notes:
1:22 I Am Not A Witch (Rungano Nyoni’s first film, premiered at Cannes 2017)
3:24 AMC Class Action Lawsuit of which Charlene was a benefitee
5:30 Eileen (2023, dir. by William Oldroyd)
5:40 Mean Girls The Musical (2024, dir. by Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr.)
9:57 Joy Ride (2023, dir. by Adele Lim)
10:06 Brigsby Bear (2017, dir. by Dave McCary)
15:02 Shula dressed as Missy Elliot
19:10 Jason Bateman's expressions of disbelief in Arrested Development
19:53 Sandra Oh and Awkwafina’s dynamic in Quiz Lady
44:05 Zadie Smith: “ Can’t go home, can’t leave home: a subject close to my heart”
52:50 The Farewell (2019, dir. by Lulu Wang)
53:00 Minari (2020, dir. by Lee Isaac Chung)
54:35 The Joy Luck Club (1993, dir. by Wayne Wang)
58:48 A Discussion About Black Welsh Film
1:06:20 The Bechdel Test
1:07:24 Glengarry Glen Ross (1992, dir. by James Foley)
1:08:28 She Said and the Canon of #MeToo films
1:13:13 Bob Trevino Likes It
1:13:22 Sister Midnight
1:13:48 All We Imagine as Light (2024, dir. by Payal Kapadia)
1:14:12 Superhero movie where Florence Pugh (?) has a russian accent (??)
1:14:38 We Come to This Place for Magic
1:15:44 La Chimera (2023, directed by Alice Rohrwacher)
1:16:00 The Florida Project (2017, directed by Sean Baker)
1:16:53 Girls Will Be Girls (2024, directed by Shuchi Talati)
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