Her Head in Films

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 […]

Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Jane Campion’s 2003 film, “In the Cut.” Meg Ryan plays, Frannie, an English teacher who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation after parts of a woman’s body are found in her garden. She may have even seen the murder victim shortly before the crime. After […]

Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Wim Wenders’s 1988 film, “Wings of Desire.” It’s about an angel who falls in love with a trapeze artist and is willing to give […]

Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Joachim Trier’s 2011 film “Oslo August 31st.” It follows Anders, a young man just out of rehab for heroin addiction, as he walks around […]

Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I’m talking about Julie Dash’s 1991 film Daughters of the Dust. This is a dreamlike film that focuses on the Peazant family who live on the sea […]

Listen and Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about George Sluizer’s 1988 film “The Vanishing.” It’s about Rex and Saskia, a Dutch couple who go on vacation […]

Listen and Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Lynne Littman’s 1983 film, “Testament.” It’s about how a mother and her children in a California town survive […]

Listen and Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Olivier Assayas’s 2014 film “Clouds of Sils Maria.” It’s a complex film starring Juliette Binoche as Maria Enders, […]