Nevertheless, we ALL persisted. A podcast about film and feminism from writers behind liveforfilm.com.
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Just like buses, not a peep for years and then two episodes come along at once! Join Contrarah, Jen and Chris as they assess the huge number of films that came out in 2025 and how their Top Ten lists may not reflect what the Academy nominated as Best Picture. We bet you'll find something here that you like. beyondbechdelsite.wordpress.com
Do not adjust your headphones, we are back in your feed! Beyond Bechdel returns in a time of need, we think the Academy has it wrong about the best films of 2025! Join Contrarah, Jen and Chris as they rank their top lists of 2025 movies, and make the case for why these films should have been nominated for Oscars.
OH NO WHITE MAN PRIVILEGE ALERT! Correct, this is an episode about a TV show produced by a white, straight, male showrunner, BUT it's different, we promise. The Premise is a new comedy anthology on Disney+ (shocking) looking at our pre-conceived ideas about gender, morality, race and sex and turning them on their heads to hopefully bring empathy, education and thought to our polarised times.…
We're back! And here with a look at the new age of Hard Sci-Fi . Is it new? Is it good? Is it female-friendly? How hard, is hard? We answer all these questions and a whole lot more in the episode focused on Denis Villeneuve's new movie and Apple TV's new series, based on not-so-new IP. Please rate, subscribe, review and always USE THE VOICE!
We invite back the delightful and witty Courtney Hodgkiss (https://twitter.com/courtneyishere) to talk movies that are so awe-inspiring, breathtaking, maddening and emotional that you can't stop yourself shouting about them to anyone who'll listen. We came up with ten, count em, TEN movies that fit the bill - using various weird sub-categories and went to town talking about the joy and pain of the…
You're minding your own business, watching classic movies, movies that won Best Picture at the Oscars, and then you stop, and think...does this film glamourise child prostitution?! Nick and Contrarah take a look at three classic films from yesteryear examining them through a 2021 lens. They are well-made and were financially and critically successful, but the plots and focus on social convention…
We are back in the cinema with a big, bold action movie that celebrates sound and champions hearing loss - A Quiet Place: Part 2 . Join Contrarah for an episode about what the film represents, if it's any good and how Millicent Simmonds is its runaway star. This episode contains SPOILERS in certain places, so please consult the running order below if you don't want to be spoiled. 00:00 - 01:25.…
This episode delves into Hollywood history and the fascinating back story surrounding the 1977 Oscar-winning movie Julia . Based on the memoirs of playwright Lillian Hellman and starring Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave, Julia is a strange and thrilling story about Hellman's real life brush with espionage and German fascism...or is it? After the film was released and won 3 Oscars (including for…
Filmmaker Ella Greenwood packed in a lot in the last couple of years. She made an award-winning short film about her struggles with teenage mental health issues ( Faulty Roots ), she made an animated film to bring those discussion topics to a younger audience ( Dreary Days ), she started working on her next film Self Charm with the award-winning Bukky Bakray and she was announced as one of the…
Ah 2020, a great year for health, positivity, movies.... in the immortal words of Thor, is it, though? Contrarah researched what movies we went to see at the cinema and on streaming services, and some interesting trends emerged. Did we choose movies to watch because they were the best? Or because they were the best available? Or because they were simply, available? Let us know what films you most…
