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Mulholland Drive Owes You No Explanation

Mulholland Drive Owes You No Explanation

Mulholland Drive Owes You No Explanation

Woman Inherits the Earth: Mulholland Drive

In this, the Mulholland Drive episode of the pod, in honor of David Lynch, Beth and Tess discuss one of the greats of strange dream-logic cinema: Mulholland Drive. Topics include how Lynch plays with genre and expectation, what a trip Mulholland Drive is for a first-time Lynch viewer, a bit of Twin Peaks, a few secret cabals of powerful men, the dualities of Betty/Diane and Rita/Camilla and Betty/Rita and Camilla/Diane, Rebekah del Rio, an unexpected connection to The Fifth Element, and whether trying too hard to pin down this movie might not be missing the point.

Lynch’s interview with the Criterion Collection: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3771-lynch-on-mulholland-dr?srsltid=AfmBOorwx8-2A2D0T2fCzj1wx43tf3SfHV0EzwzKM8kOwAa2NGHOxffc

Content warning: some adult language, discussion of sex and implied violence.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth


Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Does The Fifth Element Have to be Good for Us to Love It?

Does The Fifth Element Have to be Good for Us to Love It?

In this, the Fifth Element episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss a movie about the future that’s actually fun, sci-fi stories where humanity gets neither better nor worse but remains obsessed with McDonalds, the vibes and politics of the 90s, Gary Oldman, Chris Tucker, the gender fluidity of Ruby Rhod, and whether a movie has to make any sense at all to be good.

Content warning: some adult language and frank discussion of the sexual content of a film.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth


Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

#feministpodcast #feminism #podcast #moviepodcast

What if the Dinosaurs in Jurassic Park Ate All the Tech Bros?

What if the Dinosaurs in Jurassic Park Ate All the Tech Bros?

Woman Inherits the Earth: Jurassic Park

In this, the Jurassic Park episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss the origin of our show’s name! Other topics include loving a movie so much you have no choice but to nitpick it, the endless appeal of Jeff Goldblum, Beth’s argument for why Muldoon should have survived, and what Jurassic Park might have to say about the coming AI apocalypse.

Content warning: discussion of movie deaths.

Extra Spoiler Note: This episode contains mild spoilers for all 3 original Jurassic Park movies, the first Jurassic World movie, Schindler’s List, and Alien.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth


Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

#feministpodcast #feminism #podcast #moviepodcast

Woman Inherits the Earth: Women Talking Part Two

Woman Inherits the Earth: Women Talking Part Two

In this, the fourth episode of the updated pod, Beth and Tess will conclude their discussion of “Women Talking,” an Oscar-nominated film that (spoilers) neither of them liked very much.  When they left off, they were discussing the literacy of the characters in the film and how that affects their agency, and whether a gender imbalanced society could ever be free of sexual assault. This week they’ll be talking about the few humorous moments in the film before heading into conclusions and, of course, their hot takes.

Content Warning: this episode contains in-depth discussions of sexual assault and suicide. If you are sensitive to either topic or any related topic, you might want to avoid this one.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WhereYouLead

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.