Blockbusthers

Vera and Grace mine the depths of Mimi Leder's 1998 apocalypse thriller, Deep Impact. There are thrusters and rockets and cockpits, oh my!   Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones. Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/ All other inserted audio is from Deep Impact and it's soundtrack, distributed in the US by Paramount Pictures.  

Grace and Vera unpack the monsters in the closet in Jennifer Kent's The Babadook. Kent's masterful use of horror externalises the battle with guilt, grief, and whatever else you're repressing.  Babadoooook.   Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones. Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/ We also use clips from the soundtracks of The Conjuring, Antichrist, and Psycho. All other inserted audio is from The Babadook and it's soundtrack, distributed by Umbrella Entertainment.    

Vera, Grace, and special guest Dan Crowe search for certainty in Kelly Reichardt's meditative look at three women's lives in Livingston, MT. Who needs sex when you have a dog to watch tv with you? Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones. Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/ All other inserted audio is from Certain Women and it's soundtrack, distributed by IFC Films.

Grace and Vera explore the darkness inside with the film adaptation of Twilight!  Did ya know vampires play baseball?  ..... Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones. Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/ Supermassive Black Hole by Muse is featured from the film's soundtrack. All other inserted audio is from Twilight, distributed by Summit Entertainment.

This is our first installment of "Be Kind, She Whined" where we'll post useful conversations and funny bits that didn't quite fit into their original episodes. This mini-episode is a conversation that Grace, Vera, and Regina had about rape and sexualized violence in film and television during the Monsoon Wedding Episode. If you have thoughts about this topic or questions for these three, feel free to email us at blockbusthers@gmail.com or tweet at us @blockbusthers. Enjoy!

Vera, Grace, and special guest Regina talk about Mira Nair's 2001 "exuberant ensemble comedy" following a big family wedding in Delhi. This movie is lovely. Family is hard. Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones Closing track: "Hunger Hurts" by Vagina Jones Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/ All other inserted audio is from Monsoon wedding, distributed in the US by USA Films.

Vera & Grace talk about Mary Harron's 1996 exploration of the Warhol Scene, I Shot Andy Warhol starring the impeccable Lily Thomas? Lili Taylor? Lilian Taylor Thomas? Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones Closing track: "Hunger Hurts" by Vagina Jones Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_J…al_der_Vagina/ All other inserted audio is from I Shot Andy Warhol, distributed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company.

Grace and Vera discuss Dorothy Arzner's Dance Girl Dance which came out in 1940. It's about dancing ladies! Opening track: "Back in the Bush" by Vagina Jones Closing track: "Hunger Hurts" by Vagina Jones Find her album, Karneval der Vagina, here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Vagina_Jones/Karneval_der_Vagina/ All other inserted audio is from Dance Girl Dance distributed by RKO Studios.