The Final Girl on 6th Ave

Perfect Blue is a groundbreaking psychological thriller that blurs the lines between reality and illusion in a way that I previously thought only David Lynch could do. Tune in, turn on, and drop out, as I guide you through the themes of identity, mental illness, and how those around us can impact both.    SOURCES/INFORMATION IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156887/  Susan J. Napier Essay: Napier, Susan J. “‘Excuse Me, Who Are You?’: Performance, the Gaze, and Female in the Works of Kon Satoshi.” Cinema Anime , PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, New York, NY, 2006, pp. 23–41. Perfect Blue Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Blue#Plot Dissociative Identity Disorder: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9792-dissociative-identity-disorder-multiple-personality-disorder Double Bind:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bind  Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/ozkrop/comment/h843gx1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

In this episode, I take a deep dive into Stanley Kuckbrick's controversial classic, A Clockwork Orange, exploring the controversy of free will, societal control, and violence. Whether you are a longtime fan of the film or a first time viewer, this episode will challenge and shape your perception.   SOURCES/INFORMATION IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/  Aversion Therapy:https://www.britannica.com/science/aversion-therapy#:~:text=Aversion%20therapy%20causes%20a%20patient,therapy%20are%20electrical%20and%20chemical Aversion Therapy Effectiveness: https://www.britannica.com/science/aversion-therapy#:~:text=Aversion%20therapy%20causes%20a%20patient,therapy%20are%20electrical%20and%20chemical Oxford English Dictionary: https://www.oed.com/dictionary/clockwork-orange_n?tl=true#:~:text=Alex%20has%20been%20deprived%20of,human%20but%20is%20only%20mechanical Free Will: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will  Free Will and Moral Responsibility: https://iep.utm.edu/freewill/#:~:text=We%20most%20often%20think%20that,not%20to%20walk%20her%20dog.

Ever since Kinds of Kindness hit the scene, my love and passion for Yorgos has been reignited. Please enjoy this special rebroadcast episode of the 2009 masterpiece, Dogtooth.

LONGLEGS is a film that blends psychological tension, the paranormal, and haunting atmosphere. I explore the unique narrative structure, the themes of identity, societal presentation, and the significance of all of the white houses.    SOURCES/INFORMATION Longlegs Timeline: https://www.reddit.com/r/longlegsmovie/comments/1f0gw0c/finally_made_a_timeline/  Cuckoo Birds: https://www.forestwildlife.org/where-do-cuckoos-lay-their-eggs/  Alpha_Lemur: https://www.reddit.com/r/longlegsmovie/comments/1e193ht/happy_birthday_theory/  Red Piano: https://theghostinmymachine.com/2024/05/20/encyclopaedia-of-the-impossible-the-red-piano/ Birthday Murders: https://thebirthdaymurders.net/ IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt23468450/  

This episode is a slight deviation from my normal episode format. I was feeling incredibly passionate about this topic and felt compelled to share it with you all. I am sure you will enjoy it and learn, nonetheless.    SOURCES/INFORMATION Clover, Carol J. “Her body, himself: Gender in the slasher film.” Representations, vol. 20, 1987, pp. 187–228, https://doi.org/10.2307/2928507 Cowan, Gloria and O’Brien, Margaret. “Gender and Survival vs. Death in Slasher Films: A Content Analysis.” Sex Roles, vol. 23, 1990, pp. 197-196. Lukowski, Sarah. “ Female Victimization in the 1970s and 1980s Slasher Film.” Suffolk University, 2022. Harrington, Erin. Women, Monstrosity and Horror Film: Gynaehorror. Routledge.

Roman Polanski redefined the horror genre when he put Rosemary's Baby on the map. This chilling masterpiece includes paranoia, motherhood, and manipulation. The film is still completely relevant today, standing the test of time and illustrating that women's issues were not completely resolved in the 1960s.   SOURCES/INFORMATION IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522/  Women, Monstrosity, and Horror: Gynaehorror: https://www.routledge.com/Women-Monstrosity-and-Horror-Film-Gynaehorror/Harrington/p/book/9780367208066  Guy Horror: https://www.publicbooks.org/guy-horror-rosemarys-baby-coercive-control/ Coercive Control: https://www.healthline.com/health/coercive-control#making-threats Reproductive Control: https://www.womenslaw.org/about-abuse/forms-abuse/reproductive-abuse-and-coercion   

If you have already seen this film, my sincerest apologies in advance to make you relive it with me today. Listen in as I discuss the absolute horror of Jacob's Ladder and Tim Robbins' journey to death.   SOURCES/INFORMATION IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/tt0099871/  Walking Corpse Syndrome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotard%27s_syndrome  Sam Woolfe: https://www.samwoolfe.com/2023/10/jacobs-ladder-adrian-lyne-1990-making-peace-with-death.html  Jezebel: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jezebel-queen-of-Israel   Jacob: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob  Jacob's Ladder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_Ladder  PTSD: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/what/ptsd_basics.asp  Bardo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo 

The bitch is back! Sorry for the impromptu month off I took there. Between illness and travel, your girl was run down and had no voice to talk to you with, my dear. So celebrate with me while I talk to you about the harrowing 2022 film Good Boy.   SOURCES/INFORMATION IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19705884/ Learned Helplessness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness Battered Person Syndrome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battered_woman_syndrome

Perhaps one of the cruelest films you can watch, The Coffee Table will leave you sweaty, breathless, and anxious.    SOURCES/INFORMATION IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21874760/  

Experimental horror is not for everyone. I give many thanks to the universe it is my favorite cup of tea. Gaspar Noe's Climax is a descent into the minds of a drug-addled dance troupe inside of an abandoned school in France. What could possibly go wrong? SOURCES/INFORMATION IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8359848/  Climax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climax_(2018_film) Psychonaut Wiki LSD: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/LSD#Subjective_effects Extreme Behavior and LSD: https://skywoodrecovery.com/lsd-abuse/extreme-behavior-related-to-lsd/   Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/climax-review/ 

For reasons unknown to me, I had no one in my life interested enough in this film to go see it in theaters. Now that I have seen it, I finally understand all of the buzz. The journey through the psyche of Saint Maud will leave you speachless.  SOURCES/INFORMATION IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7557108/?ref_=ttpl_ov  Spugna: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spugna Mortification of Flesh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortification_of_the_flesh  Self-Immolation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation#:~:text=Self%2Dimmolation%20is%20the%20act,most%20extreme%20methods%20of%20protest. Esther: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther  Stigmata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmata#:~:text=A%20st%C3%ADgma%20(%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B1)%20is%20a,the%20side%2C%20from%20a%20lance. 

Have a fear of the uncanny? Puppets? Surrealism? Possum (2018) contains a combination of all of these elements to create the most upsetting psychological horror film I have seen in years. And I promise, there's not as much Freudian discussion as you might think.    SOURCES/INFORMATION IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6081670/ Possum Film Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum_(film)  Theory of the Uncanny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny#Sigmund_Freud  Abjection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjection  Repetition Compulsion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetition_compulsion  Destiny Neurosis: https://www.simplypsychology.org/repetition-compulsion.html#:~:text=Some%20examples%20of%20repetition%20compulsion,of%20violence%20later%20in%20life. 

Poor Things (2023) is nothing short of a nightmare. Although it is typically described as a romance, a drama, and science fiction, all of those elements somehow come together to create the most beautiful nightmare you will ever witness.  SOURCES/INFORMATION IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230458/  Entertainment Article: https://ew.com/poor-things-yorgos-lanthimos-making-of-world-8404852  Camera Lens Discussion: https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/poor-things-cameras-lenses-cinematography-1234927983/  Emma Stone & Bradley Cooper Actors on Actors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o14-SeLGl2c 

Miss me last week? Well, we are back to regularly scheduled programming! Sit down with your favorite drink and listen in as I discuss the complexities of pregnancy, Pica Disorder, and control.    SOURCES/INFORMATION IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8372298/ Black Box Diaries: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/6569ff92fac9f427abc03c60 Realm of Satan: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a08effac9f4692bc048d2 Little Death: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a08dafac9f40bb2c048a3  Pica Disorder Information: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22944-pica 

Attending the Sundance Film Festival has always been a dream of mine. In 2024, I cannot believe it came true! Please enjoy this episode where I talk about the amazing films I saw and the wonderful people that I met, without divulging too much information about the films specifically.    SOURCES/INFORMATION How to Have Sex: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a0186842a921956cd365c  Stress Positions: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a0147fac9f4878ec040b0  Veni Vidi Vici: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a0365fac9f41ab9c043ec  Love Machina: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a07cefac9f466a8c0463d  Brief History of a Family: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a019efac9f4f21ec041a5  It's What's Inside: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a08a0fac9f4a59ec047da  Girls State: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/6569fd68fac9f457e2c03987  A New Kind of Wilderness: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/6569ffe2fac9f4e1f9c03d7d 

Ever have one of those films that you don't really know if you can recommend to friends and family? Well, here I am, recommending one to you. Join me as I kick off 2024 with a discussion about Saltburn, the story of how Oliver Quick becomes the last man standing in a battle no one else knows they are fighting.    SOURCES/INFORMATION IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17351924/  The Symbolic Ending in Saltburn, Explained by Via Laurene: https://www.cbr.com/saltburn-symbolic-ending-meaning/ 

The holiday season often makes me feel sentimental. Because of that, I present to you all, dear listeners, a very special episode. Not special in the way that it is my best work, or in the way that is a particularly "good" analysis. This episode is special to me because it is the first podcast episode that I have ever recorded. It is a small piece of history and an example of how far this show has come. I recorded this only to share with two to three people as an example of the show that I might start to regularly publish. And now, I would like to share it with you all for the first time.  Please be kind and know that we all start from somewhere. Being that this episode was a practice exercise for myself, it is nowhere near the product of what I would hope to release. The audio quality is not great. I was nervous. I had no idea what I was doing. But we all start somewhere, right?  Additionally, I would like to say that this will be the last episode of The Final Girl on 6th Ave for the year 2023. I will taking the month of December off to spend time with family and relax. I look forward to bringing you all of the spooky arthouse content you all enjoy with a fresh mind in January 2024! 

Demián Rugna's 2023 film When Evil Lurks is an investigation into the world of demonic possession that I guarantee you have never experienced before. This incredible story of a community completely at the mercy of an unreliable and untrustworthy man leads ultimately to the demise of a family unit. If you liked Terrifier (2017), then you will fall in love with this film.  SOURCES IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16300962/  Polygon Article/Interview - "When Evil Lurks' director says his staggering horror movie is really about pesticide" by Tasha Robinson: https://www.polygon.com/23935228/when-evil-lurks-director-interview-demian-rugna-meaning 

I don't know if there has ever been a more difficult film for me to sit through than this one. Gaspar Noé's Irreversible (2002) gave me both a nightmare and an existential crisis. Viewed in reverse-chronological order, this film will leave you upset with yourself for having watched it and proud that you made it to the very end.   SOURCES/MORE INFORMATION IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0290673/ Mephistopheles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephistopheles  An Experiment with Time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Experiment_with_Time  IndieWire Interview: https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/why-gaspar-noe-directed-on-cocaine-masturbated-in-his-own-film-and-shot-a-live-birth-55975/  Article from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/aug/02/artsfeatures.festivals  Laws of Thermodynamics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_thermodynamics

Have you ever heard of a director remaking one of their own movies shot-for-shot? Well, now you can say that you have. Michael Haneke has written and directed Funny Games twice - once in 1997 and again in 2007. Let's take a swim in the pool of Michael Haneke's genius by dissecting Funny Games (2007), which gives metacinema a whole new meaning.    SOURCES/INFORMATION IMDB: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0808279/  Metacinema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacinema  Information on Michael Haneke's films: "Michael Haneke (Contemporary Film Directors)" by Peter Brunette Film essay on Michael Haneke: https://youtu.be/DcGFBa8fFdI?si=Cyl1ejBE3WyJOW5Q   IMPORTANT LINKS Email: finalgirlon6@gmail.com  Instagram: @finalgirlon6 Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj-abilrj0CQpeMCFhv9wLQ  Redbubble Shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/carolyn15/shop?asc=u