Here's looking at you. » podcast

Here's looking at you. » podcast

Follow Here's looking at you. » podcast
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

Here's looking at You podcast is a series of conversations hosted by Dr Ellen Wright. Conversations around feminism and politics, gender and sexuality - in film, photography and performance - with particular interest in classical Hollywood, pin-up cultures and burlesque. Dr Wright is the Vice Cha…

Dr Ellen Wright


    • May 7, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 22 EPISODES


    Search for episodes from Here's looking at you. » podcast with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from Here's looking at you. » podcast

    ‘Sold on it’s sex appeal’: Researching cinema publicity with Adrian Smith Podcast #22

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021


    In this podcast Dr Ellen Wright talks with Dr Adrian Smith of the university of Sussex. Adrian is an expert on exploitation cinema. ‘But what is exploitation cinema?’ I hear you ask. Well, as Roche observes, in his article, ‘Exploiting Exploitation Cinema: an Introduction‘ it is not a genre of films but: ‘an industry with a […]

    Podcast #21: I Love Lucy: Women and sexual desire with Dr Lucy Neville

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021


    In this podcast Dr Lucy Neville of University of Leicester talks with me about sexual desire and pornography Lucy is a Lecturer in Criminology with an interest in understanding women’s engagement with sex, sex work, and pornography. Her PhD thesis in Forensic Psychology involved investigating violence perpetuated against sex workers by both clients and intimate […]

    Here’s Looking At You Podcast #20 Archive Trouble with Desirae Embree

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020


    This podcast is intended to sit alongside the Midlands Four Cities-funded Dialogue Days event I co organised with my De Montfort University colleague, Prof Justin Smith and Prof James Chapman and Dr Claire Jenkins at University of Leicester. The event, ‘Delving into the Archives: A Screen History Workshop,' took place online, on Tuesday 10th of […]

    Podcast #19: 100 Million Dollar Women with Claire Jenkins

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020


    In this podcast I talk with Dr Claire Jenkins about her work on ‘100 Million Dollar Women’ – the women directors who are currently working and thriving in hollywood. Claire is a lecturer in Film and Television Studies at of University of Leicester and I first came across her brilliant work at the one day […]

    Podcast #18: ‘A Real Rock ‘n’ Roll Cinema’: Talking cult film and cult spaces with Jane Giles of London’s former Scala Cinema

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2019


    In the latest Here’s Looking at You podcast Dr Ellen Wright talks with Jane Giles, programmer between 1988 and 1992 at the former doyenne of British repertory cinemas, The Scala cinema. Located initially on the site of an old concert hall in Tottenham Street, Fitzrovia, it moved later to its legendary second home in the […]

    Podcast #17:‘I have delusions of grandeur’: 45 minutes of loveliness with burlesque powerhouse Cece Sinclair.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2019


    In the latest HLAY podcast Dr Ellen Wright (and her friend Bobbie) talks with triple-threat burlesque powerhouse Cece Sinclair. Cece has been on the British burlesque seen for a few years now and has a reputation for her professionalism, her polished performances and her sheer likeability. They grabbed the chance to chat at this year’s […]

    Podcast#16 ‘A girl alone in the world has to keep a hold on her emotions or she’ll be lost’: Reframing Vivien Leigh with Dr Lisa Stead

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2019


    The 16th Here’s Looking At You podcast is a conversation with senior Lecturer in Film Studies at University of Exeter, Dr Lisa Stead. Lisa is currently working on a very exciting AHRC-funded project entitled Reframing Vivien Leigh: Stardom, Archives and Access. This project examines for the first time how the legacies of screen star Vivien […]

    Podcast #15: Buckle Up: The Body Politic and Nick Kilby

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2019


    The 15th instalment of the Here’s Looking at You podcast is a frank conversation with body-based performance artist, Nick Kilby. Nick’s work examines often very challenging, broader political and philosophical ideas, such as cults, blood sports and toxic masculinity and in particular, during this conversation, we discuss a recent piece of work that I was […]

    Podcast #14: ‘She’s a Woman!’: A conversation about gender, sexuality and performance with Miz Cracker

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019


    Yaaas Queen! After a short break Here’s looking at you returns and in this sickening podcast, Dr Ellen Wright has a discussion with thin, white and salty New York comedy queen and Ru Paul’s Drag Race alumni Miz Cracker. Having met on the afternoon of Cracker’s last date on her sell-out UK It’s Time tour, […]

    Podcast#13: Conversation with Pawlet Brooks about Leicester Black History Month

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018


    In this podcast Dr Ellen Wright talks with Pawlet Brooks of the social enterprise Serendipity, who facilitate and coordinate Leicester’s annual Black History Month provision. The pair got together in the days immediately prior to the beginning of BHM so the mood was electric. They discuss Pawlet’s role at Serendipity, and the political function and […]

    Podcast #12: ‘There is just one word to describe her and that is fierce’: A Conversation about the BFI Joan Crawford retrospective with Anna Bogutskaya

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2018


    In this podcast, Dr Ellen Wright has a discussion with film programmer at the BFI Southbank, Anna Bogutskaya. The pair discuss the current Joan Crawford retrospective, ‘Fierce: the untameable Joan Crawford’ and associated public talk that Anna programmed.     As well as Crawford’s legacy, Ellen also asks Anna, a self-confessed ‘film nerd’, about her  […]

    Podcast#11: ‘I’m no Mary Whitehouse’: Jill Greenfield on calling out alleged sexual harassment and assault in the entertainment industry.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2018


    As part of the Women in Hollywood symposium I talked with lawyer Jill Greenfield of FieldFisher solicitors, who is currently pursuing the civil case against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein for alleged sexual assaults. In our conversation Jill talks about herself and her motivations for being a lawyer and for taking on the civil case against […]

    Podcast#10 How to Get Ahead in Hollywood: Women’s Exploitation in the US Film Industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2018


    Inspired by the upcoming Women in Hollywood symposium and by broader current events in the US film industry, in this podcast I talk with American scholar and invited speaker at the symposium, Kerry McElroy. Kerry is an interdisciplinary scholar currently based at Concordia University in Montreal, who researches and writes on women’s exploitation in Hollywood. […]

    Podcast #9: ‘I’ll Show Them, I’ll Record Everything’: Audience, Performance and The Room (2003)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2018


    In this podcast I follow up on my recent blog post You can laugh, you can cry, you can do whatever you like, express yourself, just don’t hurt yourself’: Performance, Pedagogy and The Room by talking with The Room aficionado, audience researcher and Film and Culture lecturer Dr Richard McCulloch about the ‘best worst film […]

    Here’s Looking at You Podcast #8: What Happens in Blackpool Stays in Blackpool: Seaside Freak Shows and Permissive Entertainment in Britain

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2017


    In this podcast I talk with PhD candidate Emma Purce about her research into the British seaside freak show in 20th century Britain. Whilst a lot has already been written on the freak show in the 19th century and particularly in America, Emma is really helping to shape our understanding of the 20th century freak […]

    Podcast #7: Old Shouty Tits is Back: Unruly Femininity in the Public Eye

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2017


    In this episode of Here’s Looking at You I chat with burlesque emcee, singer, teacher and former contestant in BBC’s The Voice, Kiki Deville. Kiki is a charismatic and hugely talented performer who is renowned for her big voice, big personality and big boobs and this has led her to be considered an unruly woman. […]

    Here’s Looking at You Podcast #6: Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You down.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2017


    Following its success at the Emmy Awards, where it won best TV drama, best actress and best supporting actress, it is probably time to release my podcast about the TV adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale. In this podcast I talk with poet, teacher, writer, musician and community activist Josie Moon, about the Margaret Atwood source […]

    Here’s Looking at You Podcast #5 Why Burlesque Needs Rubyyy Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2017


    A little later than anticipated, but well worth the wait, here is podcast #5 ‘Why Burlesque Needs Rubyyy Jones.’ In this podcast I chat with the award-winning queerlesque star about how she defines herself, as a performer and persona, where the three yyy’s comes from, her roots and role models, her early performances, how her […]

    burlesque rubyyy jones
    Here’s Looking At You Podcast #4 Wondering about Wonder Woman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2017


    Welcome to the fourth Here’s Looking at You podcast.  In this podcast I talk about Wonder Woman with Dr Rayna Denison, senior lecturer in Film at University of East Anglia and editor of the Eisner award-nominated Super Heroes on World Screens  and Melanie Adams, pin-up artist at Madams Pin-Ups and Wonder Woman expert. We discuss Wonder […]

    Here’s Looking At You Podcast #3 – ‘I Am Woman, Hear Me Phwoar!’ Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival Panel Discussion Event (Part Two)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2017


    Welcome to the second and final half of the #DMUEngage panel discussion event ‘I am Woman, Hear Me Phwoar!’ which took place on the Sunday of the 2017 Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival. Here performers, promoters and activists Sadie Sinner, Rubyyy Jones and Heidi Bang Tidy and scholars of burlesque Dr Jacki Willson and Dr Claire […]

    Here’s Looking at You Podcast #2 – I am Woman, Hear Me Phwoar! Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival Panel Discussion Event (Part One)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2017


    Welcome to  the first half of the #DMUEngage panel discussion event ‘I am Woman, Hear Me Phwoar!’ which took place on the Sunday of the 2017 Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival. Here performers, promoters and activists Sadie Sinner, Rubyyy Jones and Heidi Bang Tidy and scholars of burlesque Dr Jacki Willson and Dr Claire Nally joined me […]

    Here’s Looking at You Podcast #1 – An interview with Heidi Bang Tidy and Lady Wildflower

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2017


    In this podcast, I talk to Heidi Bang Tidy and Lady Wildflower, co-producers of the award-winning Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival. We discuss the politics of burlesque, the history of the festival and this year’s round table discussion I Am Woman, Hear Me Phwoar featuring Myself, Dr Claire Nally and Dr Jacki Willson (and others tbc) on […]

    Claim Here's looking at you. » podcast

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel