Six Degrees of Star Wars
Even before it became the property of a monstrously big corporation that started putting it everywhere, Star Wars was everywhere. Join us on a journey as we take the hyperspace lanes out of a galaxy far, far away and into other movies, finding all the ways George Lucas' flagship franchise surrounds us, binds us, and penetrates us.
Episodes
We celebrate May The Fourth 2025 with the most appropriate prequel possible -- Attack of the Clones! [Cricket noises] Okay, look, you'll get your Revenge of the Sith in December, you have to practice patience, our young Padawans!
Anakin Skywalker's voice for the script section provided by Billy Roddie (source script here: http://sellascript.com/Source/resources/screenplays/attackoftheclones.htm)
Pluggables:
El...
Ah, the animated Disney classic of the new millennium that should not be getting left behind just because a certain studio wants to keep doing what they've been doing for the last ten years. Nobody gets left behind or forgotten.
Matt: @4urconsderation on Letterboxd; Dear Natty fundraiser (https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-dear-natty-a-comedydrama-web-series)
River: @dreamsrebel on BlueSky, @punk_skeleton on Lette...
The campy 90s horror comedy with the groundbreaking special effects and extremely dated sexual politics makes it to our corner of the galaxy, prompting discussions about immortality, the inherent eroticism of frenemies, and fingers pointed at both Canada and Portugal.
Pluggables
River: @dreamsrebel on BlueSky, @punk_skeleton on Letterboxd, blog.filmlion.online, and host of The Straights Aren't Alright
Shami: @t...
Newly minted Oscar-winner THE SUBSTANCE arrives in a galaxy far far away, with just... so many content warnings. But it's art, so we'll allow it.
The Substance contains graphic depictions of drug use, nudity, body horror, and sex. please proceed according to your needs and comfort.
Pluggables:
Syd: @sydney_bug on X (yes, she knows)
Mutual Aid Spotlight: Support Moms and Kids on the Path to Recovery: https://www...
Allô, bonjour, it is a very good day to be egregiously French with the MOST lesbian period drama ever to lesbian period drama. This may well be Céline Sciamma's masterpiece, but will it stand up to 4 sapphic disasters' shenanigans?
Portrait of a Lady on Fire contains depictions of sex, abortion, and drug use, and discussions of suicide. Please proceed according to your needs and comfort level.
Feminist Media T...
Y'all, is it gay to start a fight club so that you can flirt with cheerleaders after your principal threatened to expel you for lightly tapping the star football player with your car? Just asking for Emma Seligman's 2023 teen satire, BOTTOMS.
Bottoms is rated R for language, violence, and sexual undertones. Please proceed according to your needs and comfort.
PLUGGABLES:
Émile: TBA
Jas: @FaeRiviera on all so...
We officially make it Femslash February with the 2024 sapphic romance/thriller, LOVE LIES BLEEDING, taking be gay do crime to a whole new level.
Love Lies Bleeding is rated R for graphic language, and depictions sex, drug use, and violence. Please proceed according to your needs and comfort.
Pluggables:
Ellie:Ellie: @elessar42 on Bluesky, Letterboxd, and Medium; @football-in-tuxedos on Tumblr, Podcasting's Biggest N...
We gather a bunch of women enjoyers for a heartwarming and horny episode covering Cheryl Dunye's THE WATERMELON WOMAN. Join us for philosophical discussions of representation, cinema, and lesbians!
The Watermelon Woman contains explicit depictions of sex, and focuses heavily on the history of systemic racism in Hollywood. Please proceed according to your needs and comfort level.
Pluggables:
Ellie: @elessar42 on B...
Raiders of the Lost Ark, aka the Lucasfilm Project Harrison Ford ACTUALLY Cares About, aka Marion Ravenwood's Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, aka It is Your Duty To Thwart Nazis At Every Turn.
Indiana Jones Denied Tenure:
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/back-from-yet-another-globetrotting-adventure-indiana-jones-checks-his-mail-and-discovers-that-his-bid-for-tenure-has-been-denied
Plugga...
We gathered the Worlds Elsewhere Podcast Network, which happens to consist entirely of queer femme-identifying and/or femme-socialized neurodivergents, to talk about Jane Schoenbrun's 2024 film, I SAW THE TV GLOW. What could possibly go wrong?
Pluggables:
Visit worlds-elsewhere.com for more information about our production of PYGMALION on February 1!
Ellie: @elessar42 on Bluesky, Letterboxd...
You may have one unit of podcast today as we wrap up 2024 with Bridget Jones's Diary. Banger romcom or banging our heads against the wall in frustration? You'll have to listen to find out.
Pluggables:
River: @dreamsrebel on BlueSky, @punk_skeleton on Letterboxed, blog.filmlion.online, and host of The Straights Aren't Alright
Jill: @MxLabradorite on BlueSky, Mighty Labradorite on YouTub...
We break the seal on the prequels with The Phantom Menace! Join us for some bad George Lucas impressions, some Lord of the Rings references, some criticisms about cultural appropriation and racism, and some full-throated reminders that Ahmed Best and Jake Lloyd did not deserve to be hated for this movie.
Pluggables:
Ellie: @elessar42 on Bluesky and Medium and @football-in-tuxedos on Tumblr, Podcastin...
We go back to the dawn of cinema with THE DAUGHTER OF DAWN, a love story set in the First Nations of the Great Plains. In discussing it, we will take a (very limited) view of how Native people have been depicted in cinema, talk about the importance of media preservation (iykyk), and why Red Wing can do SO MUCH BETTER.
This episode was recorded and edited across the unceded ancestral lands of the Mascogo, Mass...
How did it take us this long to do a superhero movie? Welp. it's over, Anakin... we mean, Roman! We have the high ground! Also, wait, Gotham is actually located where?
Pluggables:
River: @dreamsrebel on BlueSky, @punk_skeleton on Letterboxed, filmlion.wordpress.com. Host of The Straights Aren't Alright
Ed: pillowfort.social
Grady: HARLEEN (https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/harleen) and G...
We visit 1990's Grim Prairie Tales, a movie where the cast, cinematographer, and concept are all really good. The results... well, you can listen and judge for yourself.
Content warning for discussions about depictions of anti-Native and anti-Black racism, including a lynching scene and misrepresentation of Native cultures.
Recommendations:
Ali Nahdee's The Native American Horror Story...
If someone you loved was taken from you, how far would you go to get them back?
...
Anakin, put your hand down, the answer is not "murder," the answer is "look for them."
Content warning for depictions and discussions of human trafficking, violence against women, police brutality, sexual assault, and corruption in the government.
Ellie: @elessar42 on Twitter and Medium a...
We got more flows than Obi-Wan Kenobi, yo! Join us in observing Hispanic Heritage Month by watching the 2021 film adaptation of IN THE HEIGHTS. It really is that good.
Audio warning: we had some issues with Riverside's recording, and while I tried my best, I wasn't able to clean the audio up as much as I hoped. My deepest apologies!
Pluggables:
Callie: https://linktr.ee/calliecastle10
I was able to get a few of my friends together to say a small farewell and thank you to James Earl Jones for his contributions to Star Wars and the performing arts in general.
Thank you to Syd, Ellie, and Shami for being there with me.
Opening statement provided by David Kowarsky
Underscore: "Leaving the Hangar" by Sascha Ende (https://filmmusic.io/en/song/10254-leaving-the-hangar)
We break the seal on classic Hollywood by looking at the Oscar-winning GASLIGHT, a movie so iconic it inspired a psychological term that the internet has almost completely robbed of meaning.
Take a shot every time we call Paula Alquist babygirl. Or don't. We're not gonna make you do that to your liver.
Pluggables:
Meredith: @mer_the_nerd on TikTok
Shami: @theonlinemuse on Tumblr
What better way to end the summer than with a party at a secluded mansion during a hurricane with no electricity, no cell service, and the guests are a collection of Gen Z kids who keep turning up dead with no clue who the killer is?
Pluggables:
Grady: @snakebitcat on socials, watch BOTTOMS.
Ellie: @elessar42 on Twitter and Medium and @football-in-tuxedos on Tumblr, Podcasting's Biggest Night av...
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