Capping off our month long look at women directors with #AgnesVarda was a bit of a cheat. This isn't a "woman's film" anymore than Joyce Carol Oates or Virginia Woolf are women's literature. It's a classic in its own right. We did it anyway. Enjoy! W/ @toadpuppy.bsky.social youtu.be/-OtLXBvwdD4?...

Next week's episode of the World Cinema History podcast cover's Agnes Varda's "Cléo from 5 to 7." With @toadpuppy.bsky.social

Easter Egg at the end of this week's episode featuring 'Macho Man' Randy Savage. youtube.com/clip/Ugkx0fd...

Our latest episode. Lina Wertmüller's "Seven Beauties" vs The Feminist Film Critics. Why were so many male film critics so impressed with the first woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director and so many feminist ones left cold? With @toadpuppy.bsky.social youtu.be/Ej_cAX1gtlo?...

In High School, when I was going out on my very first date, my father's only advice to me was: "Be yourself. If that doesn't work, be Robert Redford. Women love him."

World Cinema History DVD Extras Club. Benefits include: • Bonus Episodes Like This One √ • Attending Live Recordings of the Show √ • Our Love and Appreciation √ • Having your name mispronounced on the podcast (sorry in advance) √ ko-fi.com/post/DVD-Ext...

Our latest episode on "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" (2019) with Erin Brown and a bevy of special guests from the Queer Women's Film Community including Nicole de Meneses , Jennifer A. Trujillo , Laura Petrie and krissy mahan. #FemaleGaze #QueerFilm youtu.be/DYC38g9bqmI?...

September on The World Cinema History Podcast Sep 4th: "Jeanne Dielman 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels" (1975). Sep 11th: "Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019). Sep 18th: "Seven Beauties" (1975). Sep 25th: "Cléo from 5 to 7" (1962). Directed by Agnès Varda.

World Cinema History's latest episode looks at Rose Troche's "Bedrooms and Hallways." With @toadpuppy.bsky.social youtu.be/_6TLFy6DjxY?...

Celebrate Canada Day with the World Cinema History podcast. We interviewed Canadian Writer-Director-Editor Luke Higgenson about his time-travel farse "Relax, I'm from the Future" starring Rhys Darby. youtu.be/gd4edNAplIA?...

Our Latest episode. With @toadpuppy.bsky.social youtu.be/Ven9NeXN04g?...

New episode of World Cinema History just dropped! In this one, Eric Trommater, Sila Blume, and I discussed the 1963 film The Organizer, starring Marcello Mastroianni. Great film - enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/3JAM...

Our latest episode looks at this 1963 Neo-Realist Farce about a labor up-rising in Turin at the end of the 19th century. youtu.be/fjZlpp56AzY?...

Our latest episode. We sat down with Canadian filmmaker @lukehigginson.bsky.social about his 2022 comedy starring @rhysiedarby.bsky.social youtu.be/gd4edNAplIA?...

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This week on World Cinema History we sat down with director @lukehigginson.bsky.social to discuss his 2022 time travel comedy Relax, I'm From the Future! Luke was an amazing guest and yes, #RhysDarbyFaction, we did talk about our @rhysiedarby.bsky.social. Available on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube

As a warm up act to next week's interview with #queerfilm independent film maker Sav Rogers, Erin Brown and I take a look at three studio films and how they handled LGBTQ characters in three different decades. youtu.be/EWYDRvqGKLg?...

Our lastest episode looks at #MartinScorsese 's 2019 statement about #Marvel movies. In honor of Marvel we even included a #PostCreditScene With Fiona Powell, Erin Brown, Yasi Soufi, Vern Quixote, Mat Bradley-Tchurigi and many others. Also on #Apple and #Spotify youtu.be/G8H4tdqIf4M?...

Every episode of Poirot is great because he purposefully hangs around with a complete idiot who is astounded by everything he does and I support that

My most watched films #10 A tie: "Grand Illusion" (1937) dir: Jean Renoir. "Orpheus," (1950) dir: Jean Cocteau.

My most watched films #9 if... (1968) dir: Lindsay Anderson.

My most watched films #8 "Ugetsu," (1953) dir: Kenji Mizoguchi

My most watched films #7 "Kind Hearts and Coronets," (1949) dir: Robert Hamer.

My most watched films #6 "Coonskin,"(1975) dir: Ralph Bakshi

My most watched films #5 "8 1/2," (1963) dir: Federico Fellini.

My most watched films #4 "Children of Paradise," )1945 dir: Marcel Carné.

My most watched films #3 "Persona," (1966) dir: Ingmar Bergman.

My most watched films #2 "Chimes at Midnight," (1966) dir: Orson Welles.

My most watched film list #1 "Simon of the Desert," (1965) dir: Luis Buñuel.

Read it in his voice 😂

For those who may see “A Complete Unknown “—here is an artifact of the time when Harvard officials refused to invite Pete Seeger so a group of undergraduates (including my late husband Charlie Gross) defied them by inviting him privately. Note price of admission.

"You should educate yourself." 😆