Crow Talk: Film Squawk

Season 3: 2020Episode 1 Emma. (de Wilde; PVOD)Episode 2 Selah and the Spades (Poe; Prime)Episode 3 The Half of It (Wu; Netflix)Episode 4 Hamilton (Kail; Netflix)Episode 5 Twilight RiffTrax (Hardwicke; commentary by Nelson, Murphy, and Corbett; tubi)Episode 6 That 90s Show: Now and Then (Linka Glatter; PVOD)Episode 7 The Forty-Year-Old Version (Blank; Netflix)Episode 8 Happiest Season (DuVall; Hulu)Episode 9 Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Hittman; HBO)Episode 10 Promising Young Woman (Fennell; PVOD)Episode 11 Nomadland (Zhao; Hulu)Episode 12 Saint Maud (Glass; PVOD)Thank you for tuning in! Until 2022…Trailer: The 25 Best Films of 2020: A Video Countdown by David Ehrilch

S3 E12: Saint Maud (dir. Glass, 2019)A fanatical Christian convert makes it her holy mission to save the soul of her dying patient.Written and directed by Rose GlassTalent:Morfydd Clark as Maud/KatieJennifer Ehle as AmandaLily Frazer as CarolLily Knight as JoyRosie Sansom as EstherArticles/References:VogueThe Female GazeList of Horror Films Directed by Women 1966-2014Olympus Spa aka “Naked Lady Spa”“May god bless you and never waste your pain.”Next Episode: A Year in Review

NOMADLAND: After the loss of her home and husband, a woman finds refuge in her camper van as she journeys back and forth across the Western United States.Directed and written for the screen by Chloé ZhaoTalent:Frances McDormand as FernLinda MayDavid Stratharin as Dave Bob WellsSwankieMerylDerekMelissa Smith as DollyArticles/References:ICONS: A Conversation with ChloéWhat to Know About Nomadland and the Real-Life Community Behind the Movie by Annabel Gutterman for TimeThe End of Retirement by Jessica Bruder for Harper’s MagazineTalking to One of the Real Life Nomads from Nomadland by Gabrielle Paiella for GQReal-Life Nomad Linda May on Finally Settling Down After Nomadland by Vulture

Talent:Carey Mulligan as CassieBo Burnham as RyanLaverne Cox as GailJennifer Coolidge as Susan (Mom)Clancy Brown as Stanley (Dad)Adam Brody as Loser # 1Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Loser #2Alison Brie as MadisonConnie Britton as Dean WalkerMolly Shannon as Mrs. Fisher (Nina’s Mom)Chris Lowell as Al MonroeMax Greenfield as JoeArticles/References:https://variety.com/2020/film/news/promising-young-woman-carey-mulligan-emerald-fennell-1234848775/https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/promising-young-woman-review-1203480660/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jan/28/variety-apology-carey-mulligan-film-critics

When 17-year-old Autumn becomes pregnant she must travel from small-town Pennsylvania to New York City to access comprehensive medical care.Written and directed by Eliza Hittman, 2020Talent:Sidney Flanigan as AutumnTalia Ryder as SkylarTheodore Pallerin as JasperKelly Chapman as Planned Parenthood CounselorArticles/References:Watch Our Bodies, Our Doctors (dir. Haaken, 2019)Crow Talk Season 2 Episode 10: Our Bodies, Our Doctors (dir. Haaken, 2019)Trust Women: A Progressive Christian Argument for Reproductive Justice by Rebecca Todd Peters“Trust Women: An Unknown History” response article by Rochelle Robinson“Never Rarely Sometimes Always review - profoundly moving abortion drama” by Mark Kermode for The Guardian“Don’t you just wish you were a dude?”Next Episode: Promising Young Woman

In the summer of 1970, four 12-year-old best friends grow up and apart, but a promise brings them together again as 90s adults to reflect on the past.Directed by Lesli Linka GlatterTalent:Christina Ricci/Rosie O’Donnell as RobertaThora Birch/Melanie Griffith as TeenyGaby Hoffman/Demi Moore as SamanthaAshleigh Aston Moore/Rita Wilson as ChrissyDevon Sawa as Scott WormerWalter Sparrow as Crazy PeteJaneane Garofalo as WiladeneArticles/References:The Guardian: “From Clueless to Tarantino: why the 90s was Hollywood’s fairytale decade” by Rebecca NicholsonBring Back PB Crisps!HomelandSpice World“‘Breast’ is not a dirty word.” --Roberta to ChrissyNext Episode: The Forty-Year-Old Version

In the summer of 1970, four 12-year-old best friends grow up and apart, but a promise brings them together again as 90s adults to reflect on the past.Directed by Lesli Linka GlatterTalent:Christina Ricci/Rosie O’Donnell as RobertaThora Birch/Melanie Griffith as TeenyGaby Hoffman/Demi Moore as SamanthaAshleigh Aston Moore/Rita Wilson as ChrissyDevon Sawa as Scott WormerWalter Sparrow as Crazy PeteJaneane Garofalo as WiladeneArticles/References:The Guardian: “From Clueless to Tarantino: why the 90s was Hollywood’s fairytale decade” by Rebecca NicholsonBring Back PB Crisps!HomelandSpice World“‘Breast’ is not a dirty word.” --Roberta to ChrissyNext Episode: The Forty-Year-Old Version

In the summer of 1970, four 12-year-old best friends grow up and apart, but a promise brings them together again as 90s adults to reflect on the past.Directed by Lesli Linka GlatterTalent:Christina Ricci/Rosie O’Donnell as RobertaThora Birch/Melanie Griffith as TeenyGaby Hoffman/Demi Moore as SamanthaAshleigh Aston Moore/Rita Wilson as ChrissyDevon Sawa as Scott WormerWalter Sparrow as Crazy PeteJaneane Garofalo as WiladeneArticles/References:The Guardian: “From Clueless to Tarantino: why the 90s was Hollywood’s fairytale decade” by Rebecca NicholsonBring Back PB Crisps!HomelandSpice World“‘Breast’ is not a dirty word.” --Roberta to ChrissyNext Episode: The Forty-Year-Old Version

Three white men suckle away at the patriarchal teet as they riff on 2008’s vampiry phenomenon.Twilight (dir. by Catherine Hardwicke)Twilight Saga Booknado:Twilight (2005)New Moon (2006)Eclipse (2007)Breaking Dawn (2008)Midnight Sun (2020)Order your copy today!Twilight Filmic Talent:Kristen Stewart as Bella SwanRobert Pattinson as Edward CullenTaylor Lautner as Jacob BlackPeter Facinelli as Carlisle CullenElizabeth Reaser as Esme CullenAshley Greene as Alice CullenKellan Lutz as Emmett CullenNikki Reed as Rosalie HaleJackson Rathbone as Jasper HaleBilly Burke as Charlie SwanAnna Kendrick as Jessica StanleyChristian Serratos as Angela WeberSarah Clarke as ReneeMichael Welch as Mike NewtonRachelle Lafavre as VictoriaCam Gigandet as JamesEdi Gathegi as LaurentArticles/References:Talking to Crows Monthly Newsletter: Sign Up HERECheck Out Intern Rob’s Twilight experience on the TTC BlogDid we say Stacy wrote a Fanfic? You bet your butt we did, and her name is “Victoria”Other Classic FanFics to Wet Your Glittering LipsThe Submissive on AmazonThe Secretary (dir. Shainberg, 2002)

In a live capture adaptation, this Broadway phenomenon reenvisions the epoch of America’s Founding Fathers with hip-hop, diversity, and optimism.Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and directed by Thomas KailTalent:Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander HamiltonLeslie Odom, Jr. as Aaron BurrRenee Elise Goldsberry as Angelica SchulyerPhillipa Soo as Eliza HamiltonDaveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas JeffersonChristopher Jackson as George WashingtonJasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schulyer/Maria ReynoldsOkieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan/James MadisonAnthony Ramos as John Laurens/Philip HamiltonJonathan Groff as King George IIIArticles/References:Alexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowHamilton SoundtrackCinderella (1997)Blindspotting (2018)Waves (2019)In the Heights (2021)“Love doesn’t discriminatebetween the sinnersand the saints,it takes and it takes and it takesand we keep loving anyway.”

Talent:Leah Lewis as Ellie ChuDaniel Diemer as Paul MunskyAlexxis Lemire as Aster FloresCollin Chou as Edwin ChuWolfgang Novogratz as Tri CarsonBecky Ann Baker as Mrs. GeselschapArticles/References:Variety Film ReviewBlue Is the Warmest ColorLove, SimonFortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty