Citizen Dame

Jan 22 2025 338 ep. 73 mins 115

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Two women film critics talk about what’s new in cinema, movie and television reviews, the Oscars, and all things Hollywood.

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310 — A Face in the Crowd

Jan 22 2025 59 mins

This week, we're discussing Andy Griffith's first big screen role in A Face in the Crowd, the 1957 film from Elia Kazan. Griffith stars as Lonesome Rhodes, a wandering musician who is discovered in a small county jail and goes on to become an influential television star. It is a fascinating and timely examination of fame, influence, and the cult of personality. Additional Reading:

Episode 309: Nosferatu (2024)

Jan 15 2025 64 mins

The Dames delve into the darkness and despair with Robert Eggers's Nosferatu, a Dracula adaptation, remake of Murnau's 1922 film, and work of art all its own.

308: Catching Up With the Dames

Jan 08 2025 75 mins

Welcome to 2025! As we gear up for a new year of exciting episodes and so many movies to talk about, we take a little look back at some of the films we have been watching lately, from Lauren's Hitchcock Year to Will & Harper and Wallace & Gromit, this wide-ranging conversation covers a lot of recent and upcoming releases as well as some of our favorite rewatches. End clip:

Episode 307: The Apartment (1960)

Dec 31 2024 61 mins

Happy New Year from Citizen Dame! For our final episode of 2024, we talk about the hilarious and melancholic The Apartment, directed and written by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon as an office worker who lets executives use his apartment for extramarital affairs, and Shirley Maclaine as the elevator girl he develops feelings for (without knowing she's having an affair of her own

306: Carol (2015)

Dec 18 2024 72 mins

This week, we celebrate the season with Todd Haynes' 2015 holiday romance, Carol. Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in this adaptation of the 1952 Patricia Highsmith novel.

Episode 305: The Bishop's Wife (1947)/The Preacher's Wife (1996)

Dec 11 2024 51 mins

The Dames do a double-feature this week with The Bishop's Wife and The Preacher's Wife, in which we try to determine whether Cary or Denzel is the hottest angel committed to film. Jury's still out.

304: L'assassinat du Père Noël/Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941)

Dec 04 2024 64 mins

The Dames are kicking off a month of holiday movies, beginning with the 1941 French production, L'assassinat du Père Noël/Who Killed Santa Claus? Directed by: Christian-JaqueWritten by: Charles Spaak; based on the novel by Pierre VéryStarring: Harry Baur, Renée Faure, Raymond Rouleau, Robert Le Vigan, Jean Brochard Produced by Continental Films

Episode 303: The Naked Kiss (1964)

Nov 27 2024 70 mins

The Dames close out Noirvember in pulpy style with Samuel Fuller's still shocking The Naked Kiss, starring Constance Towers as a prostitute who moves to a small town and upends its social and sexual hierarchy by actually being a kind, ethical person. (TW for discussions of sexual abuse.)

302 - Touch of Evil (1958)

Nov 20 2024 59 mins

This week, we discuss Orson Welles' noir classic, Touch of Evil. Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh star as a Mexican official and his wife who find themselves embroiled in a drug trafficking scandal that also involves an American detective (Welles) and his questionable methods of bringing people to justice.

Episode 301: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Nov 06 2024 70 mins

We kick off Noirvember 2024 in style with Charles Laughton's exceptional directorial effort: The Night of the Hunter, starring Robert Mitchum as a fire and brimstone "preacher" who preys on widows in Depression-era West Virginia, but meets his match in two small children hiding an expensive secret. The Night of the Hunter was Laughton's only film as a director, in which he employed