Her Head in Films

These mini episodes are unfiltered, raw, and less in-depth than my regular episodes. They're a space for me to talk casually about a film and also about my life. There is minimal research done, and I mainly share my immediate thoughts and feelings about cinema.

In this episode, I talk about how cinema was one of the things that saved me in the years after I lost my dad when I was a teenager.

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In this episode, I talk about Catherine Corsini's glorious 2015 film "Summertime" (aka "La Belle Saison"). Two women--Carole and Delphine--fall in love against the backdrop of the burgeoning women's movement in 1970s France. I discuss French feminism, the way Corsini represents lesbian love and desire, and much more.

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Full Show Notes

• The Guardians
• Cousin Jules
• Farrebique
• The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
• Ways of Seeing
• Minnie Bruce Pratt
• Janis: Little Girl Blue
• Paragraph 175
• Dyketactics
• My episode on James Ivory's MAURICE
• My episode on Donna Deitch's DESERT HEARTS
• My episode on David Lean's BRIEF ENCOUNTER
• My episode on Nicolas Philibert's TO BE AND TO HAVE
• One Sings, The Other Doesn't
• Tori Amos's "Girl"

Sources

• Interview: Catherine Corsini on Love, Activism, and Passion in 'Summertime' (Moveable Feast)
• Catherine Corsini on Pioneering Lesbian Feminists and 'Summertime' (Women and Hollywood)
• Summertime: Catherine Corsini Interview (SBS)
• Actress and Director Catherine Corsini on Summertime (Motion Picture Association)
• Francoise Picq: The History of Feminist Movements in France
• From Revolution to Topless Protest: A Brief History of Feminism in France (The Bubble)
• What We Must Learn from the History of French Feminism: An Interview with Lisa Greenwald (Public Seminar)

In this episode, I talk about Bong Joon-ho's 2003 film "Memories of Murder." It's based on the real-life Hwaseong serial murders that happened in a rural area of South Korea in the 1980s and early 1990s. At the time the film was released, the case was unsolved. However, shortly before recording my episode, major news broke that a suspect had been identified through DNA. I go into this new development and provide information on the original murders. Since the film is based on a true crime story, I discuss my own interest in true crime and focus on the way the film looks at abuses of power and violence against women. Finally, I talk in-depth about the ending. This episode contains spoilers. It also includes discussion of rape, violence, and dark subject matter.

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Full show notes and sources

• "Number of women killed by homicide grew by 21 percent, says new study" (CBS News)
• "More than half of the women slain in 2017 were killed by family or parents, study says" (CBS News)
• "Police say they've identified a suspect in South Korean serial murder case" (CNN)
• "South Korea serial killer suspect found after 30 years, but won't face prosecution" (The Guardian)
• Korean Film Directors: Bong Joon-ho (edited by Jung Ji-youn)

In this episode, I take a break from films and, instead, talk about the current situation in the United States after the inauguration of Donald Trump. We are sliding into a fascist state. This podcast is about me trying to make sense of what is happening. I also talk about two books that I read recently: "Hope in the Dark" by Rebecca Solnit and "Freedom is a Constant Struggle" by Angela Davis. Both books remind us that we must hold on to hope as we resist the new administration's attacks and fight for the rights and dignity of all people in this country.

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In this episode, I discuss some of the films I watched from the My French Film Festival 2017.

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Full show notes:

• More about the My French Film Festival
• The episode where I talk about the film appreciation class I took in high school

Films Discussed in this episode:

• Veil of Silence (Julie Gourdain)
• Maman(s) (Maïmouna Doucouré)
• 4XD - Francoise Dorleac (Philipe Labro)
• Moka (Frédéric Mermoud)
• Parisienne (Danielle Arbid)
• A Decent Man (Emmanuel Finkiel)
• Prejudice (Antoine Cuypers)
• Les Ogres (Léa Fehner)