Her Head in Films

In this short episode, I talk about why I’m taking a break from the podcast. I thank everyone who has listened over the years. I’m deeply appreciative. Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram.

Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / RSS / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Robert Eggers’s 2015 film, “The Witch.” It looks at a New England Puritan family in the 1600s that is exiled from their community. They go to live in a remote area, and terrifying things begin to happen. The eldest daughter is blamed for these events […]

Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / RSS / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about the 1945 film “Humoresque.” Joan Crawford plays a socialite tormented by her love for a younger man–played by John Garfield–who is a passionate violinist trying to break into the music world. Her money and connections help him find success, but her hard-drinking and intense desire […]

Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / RSS / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Michael Curtiz’s 1945 film “Mildred Pierce.” Joan Crawford won an Oscar for her performance as the title character, a mother who, in the wake of the end of her marriage, starts her own restaurant business and tries to give a better life to her two […]

Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / RSS / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Mike Newell’s 1991 film, “Enchanted April.” It’s about four women in 1920s Britain who rent a castle in the Italian countryside. Their vacation in Italy will forever transform their lives. The much-needed break from ordinary life leads to spiritual rejuvenation, a deep connection to nature, […]

Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Audrey Wells’s 2003 film, “Under the Tuscan Sun.” I’ve loved this film since I was a teenager. It stars Diane Lane as a woman who goes through a devastating divorce and goes to Italy and renovates a house. In the process of this home renovation, […]

Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Michael Haneke’s controversial and thought-provoking 1997 film, “Funny Games.” It’s a thriller that breaks all the rules and raises questions about the representation of violence in mass media. A family is terrorized in their vacation home by two young men who take enjoyment in brutality […]

Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Michael Haneke’s 2012 film, “Amour.” It’s about Georges and Anne, an elderly Parisian couple who have their lives turned upside down after Anne suffers a stroke. This is a deeply devastating film that resonated with me. For over a year now, my mom has been […]

Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I’m talking about Jane Campion’s 2009 film, “Bright Star.” It’s about the brief but beautiful love story between the poet John Keats and a young woman named Fanny Brawne. John Keats is considered one of the greatest poets who ever lived but he died young, before he and […]