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It's Valentine's Day, so what better way to celebrate than to review a campy horror movie about a witch trying to find love? Garret joins us to talk about 2016's The Love Witch. Click the link below to listen! 

Please note: This is a pretty sexual film, and we'll be talking about that aspect of it, so... caveat emptor. 

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We implore you - watch The Love Witch. Preferably before you listen, but after, during, alongside work too. Just give it a watch.

Films and podcasts referenced:
The Love Witch (2016) dir. by Anna Biller
Every Outfit podcast
This is Paris (2022) dir. by Alexandra Dean
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) dir. by Steven Spielberg
Donkey Skin (1970) dir. by Jacques Demy
When Harry Met Sally (1989) dir. by Rob Reiner

Other sources:
Anna Biller's list of 75 Classic Hollywood funny women
Anna Biller on The Film Scene with Illeana Douglas
Noah Berlatsky, The Opposite of Camp is Tragedy: Anna Biller’ The Love Witch, wearethemutants.com
Steve Macfarlane, “I’m Actually Trying to Create a Film for Women”: Anna Biller on The Love Witch, filmmakermagazine.com
M. David Mullen, Magic of Hard Lighting for The Love Witch, ascmag.com
Podcast with cinematographer M. David Mullen on The Love Witch, ascmag.com

Editing and production by Lily Austin and James Brailsford, original theme music by James Brailsford. 
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No thoughts, just vibes or all thoughts and no vibes? Sydney told Monica and Chelsea to get “flavor blasted” before watching The Love Witch (2016), but we definitely needed our full mental faculties for this discussion. The movie was undoubtedly a labor of love from writer/director (and producer/songwriter/editor/production designer/art director/set decorator/costume designer/shall we go on) Anna Biller — and the finished product is a feast for the eyes, particularly with all the ‘60s inspired fashion — but whether or not it was a successful film is up for discussion. There’s at least one thing we can all agree on, though: Gahan is the absolute worst.

References:

https://sbodrojan.medium.com/i-am-his-fantasy-on-anna-billers-the-love-witch-b465d94360a0

https://screen-queens.com/2020/09/07/supernatural-horror-and-the-problem-with-bio-essentialism/

http://annabillersblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-misogyny-of-modern-slasher-film.html

https://www.indiewire.com/2016/11/love-witch-review-anna-biller-samantha-robinson-1201744349/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/02/love-witch-director-anna-biller-conversation-pornography

https://www.anothergaze.com/crazy-love-transgressive-femininities-anna-billers-love-witch/

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-love-witch-anna-biller-inspiration-interview

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/jan/27/tradwives-new-trend-submissive-women-dark-heart-history

https://vodzilla.co/interviews/interview-anna-biller-on-the-love-witch-critics-feminism-and-female-pleasure/

https://maifeminism.com/witchcraft-is-just-a-way-of-concentrating-energy-an-interview-with-anna-biller/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dc0WQ_8W0AARBSz?format=jpg

https://www.indiewire.com/2017/12/the-love-witch-anna-biller-crew-1201904994/ 

We review another dark film, The Love Witch. It centers Elaine Parks who is determined to get a men to fall in love with her. She uses magic and potions in her quest, but her spells lead to deadly consequences.

Film analysis references in this podcast:

• https://jynarro.com/2020/10/30/feminist-film-analysis-the-love-witch/
• https://generallygothic.com/2019/05/02/enamoured-with-the-love-witch/
• https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/fangrrls-on-film-gender-norms-make-everyone-miserable-in-the-love-witch
• https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/11/18/13641412/the-love-witch-review-anna-biller-horror
• https://www.anothergaze.com/crazy-love-transgressive-femininities-anna-billers-love-witch/

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This week Liz and Alrik welcome Writer/Director Anna Biller on the show to talk about making and releasing her feature The Love Witch and what her life has been like since the release of the film. Anna talks about the struggles of raising money for her next film, the crazy amount of time and energy that went into The Love Witch and how she brought the very vintage look and feeling to the film. We also read two new listener emails and Alrik gives an update on his film The Alternate!

Pour commencer, Bruno Dequen et Mathieu Li-Goyette nous parle des ambitions patrimoniales de Netflix et de leurs implications. 

En deuxième partie d'émission, Mirion Malle vient nous parler du travail de la réalisatrice Anna Biller.

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For this episode we are talking about a very different kind of witch. The Love Witch is a very unique film shot in 2017, but it feels like its right out of the 60's. Director and so much more Anna Biller has created something one of a kind with this film.

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