Super Sapphic Film Club

We're breaking our accidental 2016-streak with I Care A Lot (2020), written and directed by J Blakeson and starring Rosamund Pike and Peter Dinklage. The only thing as important as the ins and outs of legal guardianship abuse in this movie is the Russian mafia. Yes, really.Thank you for listening! If you like what you heard you should check us out on Instagram or join us on our Pat

We watched the very American black comedy Catfight (2016), written and directed by Onur Tukel and starring Sandra Oh and Anne Heche. And, man, does this movie pack a punch (pause for laughter.) Haley falls more in love with Sandra Oh, and Claire tries to unpack this movie's worldview.Content warning for discussions of war and violence.Producers Note: If you think you would be frust

Claire has been swayed to the side of quiet indies by the power of Jena Malone. This week we talked about Lovesong (2016), written and directed by So Yong Kim and starring Riley Keough and Jena Malone.Just know Haley is kicking herself for not making the walking into the woods with the woman you love and leaving knowing that you still love her but your paths are diverging connectio

Damn... ladies truly are the dolls of maids. It's our Patreon pick! As voted by our patrons, this week we talked about The Handmaiden (2016), directed by Park Chan Wook and starring Kim Tae-ri and Kim Min-hee. There's a reason why there are so many academic papers published on this film. We did our best, but we are just two gays who spent two full minutes making sex jokes using res

This is the movie of all time. -ClaireThis week we watched Bottoms (2023), directed by Emma Seligman and starring Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott, and, man, we liked it a lot. If this had come out when Haley was in high school, she would have probably tried to commit it to memory. Do teens still do that? Or am I aging myself?Thank you for listening! If you like what you heard you sh

Happy extraordinarily belated Lunar New Year! This week we covered Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) written and directed by The Daniels and starring Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu. Oops! Another one of Haley's favorite movies. Claire is very kind and lets her gush a lot. Like, a lot a lot. Content warning for brief mention of suicide.Interview with Costume De

We did it! We found the movie that finally made Claire regret agreeing to this podcast, and somehow it wasn't a quiet indie! This week we watched Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006) starring Shelley Conn and Laura Fraser and directed by feminist documentarian Pratibha Parmar. We wanted a fun rom-com with a big heart and we mostly got a reminder of how hard it is to thread that needle.

This week we watched Bound (1996) written and directed by the Wachowski Sisters and starring Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly. Claire's love of this lesbian classic is infectious, and Haley just found out that Jennifer Tilly voiced Celia in Monster's Inc. Seriously though, do other people know that? Was I alone in the dark about this?Entertainment Weekly article: Jennifer Tilly and

We did it. We finally covered the infamous Christmas movie that people discoursed to death three whole years ago. This week we watched Happiest Season (2020) directed by Clea DuVall and starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis. Interviews quoted:Rolling Stone - includes the autobiographical elementsVariety - inlcudes Clea DuVall's reaction to people wanting Abby and Riley to en

After a full calendar year we are back!! We watched Blue (2002) directed by Hiroshi Ando and starring Mikako Ichikawa and Manami Konishi. What better way to celebrate the end of our hiatus than with watching a slow, but beautifully acted and shot sapphic movie that Haley loved and Claire wouldn't have watched if Haley hadn't forced her (but that she did end up loving.) Content warn