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In Their Own League is a website & podcast dedicated to celebrating female filmmakers and other underrepresented talent working in the film industry.

In Their Own League


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    Season 2 Episode 8: Barbieheimer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2023 48:56


    Join Joan, Callum, Sarah and (eventually) Peggy as they talk about the movie double bill that everyone is talking about - Barbie and Oppenheimer! For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the ⁠website⁠ • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our ⁠Patreon⁠ Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/intheirownleague/message

    Season 2 Episode 7: Julie Cohen's Every Body

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 23:10


    Joan and Morgan talk about Julie Cohen's documentary about the lives of Intersex people. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/intheirownleague/message

    Season 2 Episode 6: TV Streaming Highlights

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 17:01


    We shrink our focus from the big screen to the small screen, and the team share what Television shows they have been enjoying this year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/intheirownleague/message

    The Millinery Mrs. Maisel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2023 17:57


    A quick bonus episode, inspired by the final season of Amazon Prime's popular Period Comedy-Drama The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, where Editor-in-Chief Joan has a natter about vintage hats with Pam from Madge's Hatbox. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the ⁠website⁠ • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our ⁠Patreon⁠ Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/intheirownleague/message

    Season 2 Episode 5: Post Oscar 2023 Roundtable

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 64:13


    Stephen gathers Joan, Peggy Marie, Caelyn and Calum around the virtual table to talk about our feelings about this years Oscars. We talk about winners, combacks, disappointments, propose a new way of catagorising awards.. and try to answer the question about just how important/relevant the ceremony is in 2023. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/intheirownleague/message

    Season 2 Bonus Episode: Rosa Meets... Marta Milans

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023 8:07


    In this special bonus show, site founder Rosa interviews Spanish-American Actress Marta Milans, who is probably best known for her role as Rosa Vásquez in the Shazam! and Shazam! Fury of the Gods movies. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/intheirownleague/message

    Season 2 Episode 4: Under the Radar|Sundance 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2023 44:11


    A double header for our loyal listeners! First up, Joan, Brian and Calum want to draw your attention to some films and performances we think have been overlooked by the Oscar Academy. Then, join Joan, Rosa and Morgan in our annual discussion about the Sundance Festival, including our their differing experiences in consuming the festival, as well as their highlights. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/intheirownleague/message

    Season 2 Episode 3: The Fabelmans

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 52:22


    Joan, Brian and Valerie have a chat about the new Steven Speilberg semi-autobigraphical/coming of age movie 'The Fabelmans". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Season 2 Episode 2: Scary Movie Scores

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 20:51


    It's that time of year when we gravitate to scary movies. This episode our writers gather round the virtual campfire and talk about their favorite music scores from those films that put shivers up our spines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Season 2 Episode 1: In a League of Their Own (The TV Show)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2022 19:24


    Welcome to the new season of the ITOL Podcast - and what more appropriate subject for our reboot than a look at the new Amazon Prime TV Show 'In a League of Their Own' - a new interpretation of Penny Marshall's 1992 American sports comedy-drama film. Join new Editor-in-Chief Joan, returning founder Rosa, and long term team members Morgan and Caelyn as they give their personal opinions of the show. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #22 Turning Red

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 85:08


    In this belated tie-in to Animated April episode, the team (@thefilmb, @elpeevio and @jmamenn) look at the latest Pixar movie, Turning Red. We also go off an a complete tangent and talk about streaming platforms, their place in film preservation and piracy. And Anime. It's an epic! For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

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    Episode #21 Pretty Woman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2022 67:13


    This episode the team (@thefilmb, @elpeevio and @valeriekalfrin) go back and reappraise the biggest RomCom of the 1990s, Pretty Woman, the film that turned Julia Roberts into a global star. However, how does it stand up 30 years later? For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Morgan Meets... Lauren Pomerantz

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2022 30:14


    In another special bonus episode, @msmlroberts talks to Lauren Pomerantz, writer of Sundance 2022 hit 'Am I OK?". For more ITOL goodness: • Check out our website • Follow us on Twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #20 Snack Attack

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2021 88:45


    It's been a while, but we've finally got the gang back together. As cinema's begin to open up, and we start to return to some kind of normal, the team discuss Cinema Snacks. @shespoiledit leads a discussion with @thefilmb, @ChutneyCaelyn, @elpeevio and @jmamenn where we all talk about our favourite snacks, the differences between the UK and USA experience, our worst experiences and enjoy factoids and banter along the way. *this was recorded during the super high temperatures on the West Coast of America, which meant that Joan's mic was fighting against an air-conditioner, which meant it was hard for her to be heard. Stephen has tried his best to amplify her audio, we hope it doesn't affect your enjoyment. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Morgan Meets... Valerie Mahaffey

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 24:40


    In another special bonus episode, @msmlroberts Film Independent Spirit Award Nominee Valerie Mahaffey. They talk about Valerie's role as Mme Reynard in Azazel Jacobs' 'French Exit', and Morgan plays a game of 'stump the actress'. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out our website • Follow us on Twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #19 The Oscars That Nobody Wants?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 87:37


    Join @ThefilmB, @elpeevio and @OCaelyn as they talk about this years Oscars. The Worldwide Pandemic has had a huge impact on the number and quality of films released, and the gang struggle to justify the ceremony in general, but still manage to pick out highlights, strange omissions and celebrate the diversity in nominations. “The Year of the Disinterested Shrug” - Caelyn If Mank does clean up, we are going to look pretty silly. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out our website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    #Episode 18 Rosa Returns to (Virtual) Sundance... and Brings Along Morgan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 120:15


    This time @rosasreviews and @msmlroberts compare notes on their experiences of covering Virtual Sundance. This one is a marathon, not a sprint, so sit back, and find out all about the films that are going to be making waves over the coming months. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out our website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Morgan Meets... Alejandro Mejía

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021 31:00


    In this special bonus episode, @msmlroberts takes time out of Virtual Sundance to talk to Mexican Cinematographer Alejandro Mejía. They talk about Alejandro's career, his home country of Mexico and of course, his latest work on Alexis Gambis' "Son of Monarchs". To find out more about Alejandro and his work, please check out his website and his Instagram. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out our website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #17 Our Promising Young Women Discuss… Promising Young Woman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 64:06


    This episode @rosasreviews leads @nicoleackman16, @eRockReviews and @msmlroberts in a discussion about Emerald Fennell’s debut feature Promising Young Woman, starring Carey Mulligan. Check out Morgan's review of the film here. This discussion does delve deep into spoiler territory, so consider yourself warned! #NewThemeTune! For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #16 London Film Festival 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 63:21


    @thefilmbee is joined by @depressedmovie, @shespoiledit and @CalumTheFilmGuy to talk about this years London Film festival. The team chat about the practicalities of covering a virtual festival, and offer up their hits and misses. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #15 Female Film-Maker Round Table

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020 86:50


    We’ve spoken a lot about female film-makers in our previous episodes, but this time we are lucky enough to talk TO three fantastic female film-makers. Join @thefilmbee with League members @rosasreviews, @valeriekalfrin, @jmamenn and @shespoiledit to talk about the issues faced by female film-makers, and discuss ideas on how these can be resolved. We are lucky to be joined by: Sarah Macgregor (@filmcafeco-op) Lynne Sachs (@lynnesachs1) Sara Beth Edwards (@sbedwardsbaby) Find out more about Sarah at http://filmcafeco-op.com/ Find out more about Lynne at http://lynnesachs.com/ (If you are interested in Lynne's Film and Poetry workshop, please check out: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/frames-stanzas-a-film-and-poetry-workshop-tickets-122491546513?aff=erelpanelorg) Find out more about SB at https://www.kissoffentertainment.com/ Also, if you have 20 minutes, please check out team member Caz’s (@shespoiledit) short film on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq0Bp-Wux_0 For more ITOL goodness: Check out the website Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #14 What We’ve Been Watching and Which Witch?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 55:19


    Join @thefilmbee, @jmamenn, @msmlroberts and @elpeevio as the team visit Westeros, Lovecraft Country and Pawnee in the company of Princess Diana, Kiera Knightly, Oliver Sachs and Ted Lasso (amongst others) as they discuss what’s been keeping them entertained over the last few weeks. And in preparation of our October theme of Witches, the team discuss their favourite cinematic Witches and offer up some hidden gems. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #13 #WOMENINACTION

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 65:18


    @thefilmb is joined this episode by @Capt_Hangry, @jmamenn and @valeriekalfrin. We’ve been spending August looking at our favourite female roles in action films. The team’s discussion ranges from Ripley to Star Wars, from Demolition Man to Doris Day. Yes. Doris Day. You have to listen now right? It’s also our first birthday! So it’s time for Bee to actually learn about Baseball. And for Kate to finally know what Dungarees are. @valeriekalfrin also gives us a mini review of Disney’s new live-action remake of Mulan. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #12 Clueless

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2020 64:22


    “Sex. Clothes. Popularity. Is there a problem here?” @thefilmb returns is joined this episode by @nicoleackman16, @eRockReviews, @strouse_kristy and @valeriekalfrin . It’s time to feel really old, because Amy Heckerling’s Clueless is celebrating it’s 25th birthday. The gang discuss the movie, and their reactions to it, both then and now. And they try and start their own slang. And gush over Taylor Swift. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon
(But not until the world is back to normality) Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! Also – can we make “He’s a Total Chris” a thing? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #11 LGBTQ Cinema

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 80:39


    This episode Rosa (@rosasreviews) takes control as she is joined by Zofia (@thefilmnerdette), Larry (@lcscreentalk), and for the final part, Stephen (@elpeevio) to talk about their favorite LGBTQ films, and delve deeper into questions of representation, and how the cinema of different countries vary. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon 
(But not until the world is back to normality) Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #10 Depictions of Mental Health In Film

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 90:48


    @thefilmb is joined this episode by @LatteThunder, @Capt_Hangry and @elpeevio. They talk about representations of mental health issues (both good and bad) in cinema. The gang cover a varied number of films, from Repulsion, to Submarine, to Finding Nemo, and many more on their journey. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon 
(But not until the world is back to normality) Please also leave us a review on your podcasting app, comments help us improve the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Bonus #2 Another Quiz Show Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 64:27


    Episode 9 finds us all still in our Social Distancing Bunker. So we decided to have another quiz. This time though, norml service is resumed as @thefilmb takes her place in the Quizmaster's chair, and challenges @ocaelyn, @LatteThunder and @elpeevio to see who will wrest the quiz crown from her! The team also take some time to share some recommendations to help fill the cimema sized hole in your lives. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon 
(But not until the world is back to normality) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Bonus #1 The Quiz Show Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 69:39


    Episode 8 finds us all still in our Social Distancing Bunker. So why not follow what the rest of the world is doing and have a good old fashioned quiz? @elpeevio takes temporary control of hosting duties, and up for the challenge are @thefilmb, @ocaelyn, @queerxoh, @Capt_Hangry, @pegsatthemovies and Valerie. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out the website 
 • Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague 
 • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon 
(But not until the world is back to normality) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #7 The Self-Isolation Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 69:46


    As COVID-19 sends us all into self-isolation, the ITOL team virtually get together to answer a bunch of questions set by our twitter followers. Join @TheFilmB, @jmamenn, @ocaelyn, @SheSpoiltIt and @elpeevio as we find out which Leaguer can't drive, why Children of Men is a feel-good film, what made us all want to be film critics, and some films you might want to check out whilst in isolation. *Warning. This episode includes some 'interesting' impersonations and Stephen decides to wrest the potty mouth crown from Bee. Above all everyone - be safe, stay inside as much as possible, and remember the health of others, not just yourselves For more ITOL goodness: Check out website Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon (but after the world gets make to some kind of normal) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #6 Rosa Goes To Sundance

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 59:32


    Our 6th episode of the In Their Own League Podcast has Editor and Founder Bee (@TheFilmB) talking to our Assistant Editor and other founder, Rosa (@rosasreviews) who attended her first Film Festival. And when ITOL team members try something new, they go all in. Rosa went straight to the top table and attended Sundance. She also managed to kidnap William (@filmsnobreviews) and Chai (@chaisimone) from Film Snob Reviews. So before we let them go, we find all about the festival, what attending it is like, and get some insight into the films that impressed them all this year. Also, William makes a bold Oscar prediction that we want you to all hold him to. For more ITOL goodness: • Check out our website 
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 • Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon 
 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #5 The 2020 Academy Awards

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 55:27


    Too much Joker? Not enough Greta Gerwig? What’s going on in the Sound categories? And The Lion King… why? Just what are the ITOL crew views of the 2020 Oscars? Well to find out the answer you'll have to listen to Bee (@TheFilmB) and her contributors Caz (@SheSpoiledIt), Caelyn (@ocaelyn), Stephen (@elpeevio) and Calum (@calumthefilmguy) to see what they think about the Academy’s Nominations, and who they think will win the coveted Best Picture Statuette, in this all British accents episode. And then it’s off to Elton John’s After Party! For more ITOL goodness: Check out the website Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #4 A Look Back at 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2020 65:18


    So what do Hustlers, Ready or Not, Midsommar, Jojo Rabbit, Judy and Punch, Honey Boy, Ford vs Ferarri, Alice, Knives Out, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Frozen 2, The Farewell, One Child Nation, For Sama, Shooting the Mafia, Little Women, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, The Lighthouse, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood and Parasite all have in common? That Joker, The Laundromat, The Current War, The Rise of Skywalker, Uncut Gems, Angel Has Fallen, Rambo Last Blood, The Queen’s Corgi, Between Two Ferns, Mid-90s and The Fanatic do not? Well to find out the answer you'll have to listen to Bee (@TheFilmB) and her contributors Caz (@SheSpoiledIt), Nicole (@nicoleackman16), Caelyn (@ocaelyn), James (@lattethunder), Joan (@jmamenn) and Kristy (@strouse_kristy) had to say about the cinematic year of 2019! Also.. Porgs. Because that’s a thing. And.. who has the biggest potty mouth in ITOL? For more ITOL goodness: Check out the website Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #3 Our Film of the Decade - Lady Bird

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 37:47


    The third episode of the In Their Own League Podcast has Editor and Founder Bee (@TheFilmB) gathering together a whole host of regular contributors and special guests to talk about the number one film in our Top 50 Films of the Decade countdown, Greta Gerwig's touching comedy-drama Lady Bird. Akie, Caz, James, Joan, Josh, Nicole, Larry, Mique, Kristy and Allie all have something to say about the movie - do you? Get in touch and let us know your thoughts! For more ITOL goodness: Check out the website Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #2 Charlie's Angels

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019 56:46


    The second episode of the In Their Own League finds Editor and Founder Bee (@TheFilmB) calling on our own team of Angels Kate (@Capt_Hangry), Tom (@_mooreviews) and Marcus (@jfcdoomblade) to talk about just what went wrong with the latest reboot of this all-female action franchise. In addition hear their collective hearts break when they realise a movie they are all excited about has the elevator pitch of “Thelma and Louise meets American Psycho” For more ITOL goodness: Check out the website Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

    Episode #1 The Male Gaze

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2019 53:44


    The first episode of the In Their Own League finds Editor and Founder Bee (@TheFilmB) diving into one of the big subject of feminist cinematic critical theory as she discusses "The Male Gaze" with Kate (@Capt_Hangry) and Stephen (@elpeevio). Along the way they talk about subjects as diverse as superhero films, Lauren Bacall, High Heels in Jurassic World and how that scene in Basic Instinct sums up the theory in 2 minutes. Added bonus is some gushing from the team over Barbara Streisand and Awkwafina. For more ITOL Goodness: Check out the website Follow us on twitter @TheirLeague Please consider supporting the ITOL project via our Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intheirownleague/message

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