Girls On Film

The hills are alive in an episode dedicated to big screen musicals, recorded with an audience at Widescreen Weekend to mark the BFI's nationwide musicals season. Emma Read and Mia Bays join host Anna Smith to discuss the joys and gender politics of The Sound Of Music, Grease, Calamity Jane, Funny Girl, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and more. Anna also reviews the best female-focused films of the BFI London Film Festival 2019, which will be coming to cinemas soon. And the audience join in a heated debate about revisiting classics from a modern feminist perspective. All this and a live improvised rap... The BFI Musicals season runs from October 2019 to January 2020. www.bfimusicals.co.uk This episode was recorded in October 2019 at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford. www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk Emma Read is an actress, comedy performer and part of the all-female musical improv group Notflix. Follow her @xEmmaReadx @WFTCimprov www.waitingforthecallimprov.com Mia Bays is an Oscar-winner producer and Director-at-Large of Birds Eye View, a pathfinder for films by women. Follow her @miafilms @BirdsEyeViewFF www.birds-eye-view.co.uk Anna Smith is a film critic, broadcaster and Chair of the London Film Critics' Circle. Follow her @annasmithjourno www.annasmithjourno.com Other films featured: Portrait of a Lady on Fire An Easy Girl Nocturnal Rocks Judy and Punch Rare Beasts Lynn + Lucy Fanny Lye Deliver'd Yentl A Star Is Born Ill Manors The Greatest Showman Carousel The King And I Carmen Jones West Side Story Join Girls On Film live in Manchester on October 23rd 2019: https://homemcr.org/event/girls-on-film-live-podcast-recording-1st-birthday-special/ Girls On Film is an HLA Production produced by Hedda Archbold and Jane Long with additional audio producing from Tom Whalley.

In episode 21 Tuppence Middleton, Ingrid Oliver and Tricia Tuttle join Anna for a special Girls On Film Live from the London Podcast Festival at Kings Place in London. The team review stripper revenge drama Hustlers, starring Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez, and disagree about the French music movie The Shock Of The Future, featuring Alma Jodorowsky. Ingrid speaks about her experience of filming The Hustle with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, as well as playing Petronella Osgood on Doctor Who. The director of the BFI’s London Film Festival Tricia picks three female directed films to watch at the 2019 LFF, including the new film from Marielle Heller, A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, after her success with last year's brilliant film Can You Ever Forgive Me? Tuppence talks about recent release Downton Abbey, her early work in Trap For Cinderella, nude scenes – and avoiding the ‘girlfriend role.’ She also speaks out about the poster for The Current War, which went viral after being the subject of feminist graffiti. Girls On Film is an HLA production, produced by Hedda Archbold and Jane Long

Syrian director Waad Al-Kateab is a special guest at this episode live from HOME in Manchester. The Channel 4 News journalist talks frankly about her time living and filming inside war-torn Aleppo and making her astonishing first feature film For Sama.  Anna is joined by BBC Asian Network’s Ashanti Omkar and the University of Salford’s Dr Kirsty Fairclough to review current releases Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth and Phoenix, a Norwegian drama. Ashanti guides us through Indian Cinema while celebrating HOME’s Not Just Bollywood season, and we discuss the sexual politics of the black comedy Lipstick Under My Burkha, which was banned on its release. The panel pick their favourite Juliette Binoche movies to mark MUBI’s season of the great French actress, and come up with alternatives to The Bechdel Test. All this plus great audience questions from our Manchester fans. Don’t forget to sign up at mubi.com/girlsonfilm to get a free month of curated films to stream, plus a free movie ticket each week. Girls On Film is live on September 12th 2019 at the London Podcast Festival: www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/girls-on-film/ Find out more about the Consultation on the Government Duty to prevent Sexual Harassment:  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-sexual-harassment-in-the-workplace Girls On Film is an HLA production, produced by Hedda Archbold and Jane Long.

Director Gurinder Chadha joins Girls On Film for a special episode about her new film Blinded By The Light. Based on the memoirs of Sarfraz Manor, the movie centres around a Bruce Springsteen-obsessed teen. The filmmaker talks about meeting The Boss and how Brexit informed the screenplay, as well as her career, feminism, her next music movie and her plans to make a superhero film. Host Anna Smith also reviews the film along with critic Kim Taylor-Foster, the Entertainment Editor at FANDOM. Book tickets now to watch Girls On Film Live! in Manchester and London: September 3rd at HOME: https://homemcr.org/event/girls-on-film-live-podcast-recording-september/ September 12th 2019 at London Podcast Festival: www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/girls-on-film/ Girls On Film is an HLA production, produced by Hedda Archbold, Jane Long and Alex Quinn.

Three women who’ve forged their own path in the film industry join Anna for an inspiring chat about making waves in a man’s world. Holly F Tarquini founded F-Rated, a ground-breaking system for rating female-driven films, Hilary Oliver launched Cameo Productions, a female-run audio production house & broadcast PR consultancy. Chiara Marañón is Director of UK Programming at MUBI who stream films from fantastic filmmakers who are often overlooked by other services. Anna’s guests also share their reviews of influential movies in their lives. Full list here: Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) Johnny Guitar (1954)
 La Camarista /The Chambermaid (2019) Grace of My Heart, (1996) 
 Point Break (1991)
 In a World… (2013)
 Booksmart (2019) Don’t forget to sign up at mubi.com/girlsonfilm to get a free month of curated films to stream, plus a free movie ticket each week! For more info on Cameo go to www.cameopro.com.  Girls on Film is an HLA production, produced by Hedda Archbold and Jane Long.

Director Chanya Button joins Anna in the studio to discuss Vita and Virginia and makes a revelation about the sex scenes between Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki. Our guest critics are Clarisse Loughrey (The Independent) and Sophie Monks Kaufman (Little White Lies), who review the new horror Midsommar starring Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor, as well as the romance Tell It To The Bees starring Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger, and the bizarre gay porn thriller Knife + Heart with Vanessa Paradis. Don’t forget to sign up at mubi.com/girlsonfilm to get a free month of curated films to stream, plus a free movie ticket each week! This episode was recorded at the Mayfair studios of Cameo, a female-run audio production house & broadcast PR consultancy. For more info, go to www.cameopro.com. Girls on Film is an HLA production, produced by Hedda Archbold and Jane Long.

Girls On Film goes live at Edinburgh International Film Festival with guest critics Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and Amber Wilkinson reviewing new releases Support The Girls and Penny Slinger: Out Of The Shadows, as well as EIFF screenings The Souvenir and Marianne & Leonard: Words Of Love. Anna is also joined by Miranda de Pencier, the director of the Canadian hit The Grizzlies, along with her star Anna Lambe. Films put to the Bechdel Test include Beautiful Boy; Girlhood; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; Yesterday; Casino Royale and Nénette and Boni, which is showing as part of MUBI’s Claire Denis season. Girls On Film listeners can still take advantage of a complimentary month’s subscription (including free cinema tickets!). Go to www.mubi.com/girlsonfilm for details. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh is Chief Film Critic at Metro newspaper and regularly comments on film across the BBC. She tweets from @Larushka_iz Amber Wilkinson is co-founder and co-director of film website Eye For Film. She tweets from @NinjaWorrier ‏ Anna Smith tweets from @annasmithjourno Girls On Film is an HLA production, produced by Hedda Archbold and Jane Long.

Award-winning actress Maxine Peake joins Girls On Film live on stage at HOME in Manchester for a special episode to talk about her working life and her commitment to female-led films, such as her upcoming film Gwen. Maxine also puts her favourite films to the Bechdel Test, while critics Emma Jones and Kate Muir join Anna to review Late Night starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling, and discuss gender-flipped movies. Anna reveals the winners of the Bumble Female Film Force and invites the listeners to take MUBI up on the offer of a free month’s subscription (including free cinema tickets!). Go to www.mubi.com/girlsonfilm for details Girls On Film will next be at HOME on September 3rd. Girls On Film is an HLA Production, produced by Hedda Archbold and Jane Long. Films discussed: Late Night Men In Black International X-Men: Dark Phoenix Ghostbusters Funny Cow Peterloo The Falling Gwen Clueless Aladdin (2019) Desperately Seeking Susan Out Of Sight Hairspray Performance

Booksmart stars Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever join Anna for a special episode celebrating Olivia Wilde's terrific new comedy about two friends looking for a party. Meanwhile, film critic Karen Krizanovich joins Girls On Film to review the movie and share hilarious highlights. This episode was recorded at the Mayfair studios of Cameo, a female-run audio production house & broadcast PR consultancy. For more info, go to www.cameopro.com.  Girls on Film is an HLA production, produced by Hedda Archbold and Jane Long.

Three fantastic female filmmakers discuss their work on a special Sundance episode of Girls On Film. Lulu Wang (The Farewell) and Sophie Hyde (Animals) talk about portraying female relationships on screen, while The Brink’s Alison Klayman reveals how she gained the trust of notorious far right strategist Steve Bannon. Lulu also speaks about her hopes for the new wave of mainstream Asian-American cinema, while Sophie discusses the joys of working on a film that Caitlin Moran dubbed ‘Withnail for girls’. Sundance London runs til Sunday 2nd June - tickets for screenings at Picturehouse Central are still available at www.picturehouses.com/sundance This episode was recorded at the Mayfair studios of Cameo, a female-run audio production house & broadcast PR consultancy. For more info, go to www.cameopro.com.  Don’t forget to sign up at mubi.com/girlsonfilm to get a free month of curated films to stream, plus a free movie ticket each week! Girls on Film is an HLA production, produced by Hedda Archbold and Jane Long.