Calle Málaga, The Serpent’s Skin and Roommates (Movie Squad Podcast #533)

About this episode

The episode features reviews of Calle Malaga, The Serpent’s Skin, and Roommates, along with discussions on independent filmmaking.

With Simon Miraudo away on special assignment, Tristan Fidler and Lucy Rutherford are dusting off their finest frocks in preparation for the Devil Wears Prada sequel during Movie Squad. Lucy then takes us to Tangier which is the setting of Calle Malaga, a new Spanish drama starring Carmen Maura (from Pedro Almodóvar films like Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown). The 79-year-old María Ángeles (Maura) is forced to leave her childhood home, when her daughter plans to sell it to pay for a divorce. Avoiding a retirement home, María moves back into the empty loft and secretly lives there while it’s on the market, discovering new experiences and relationships. Calle Malaga is out in cinemas now. Next up, Tristan discusses the work of Australian independent filmmaker Alice Maoi Mackay. Her latest horror romance, The Serpent’s Skin, follows trans woman Anna (Alexandra McVicker) who moves to the big city to live with her older sister (Charlotte Chimes) and discovers she has supernatural abilities during a violent robbery. The Serpent’s Skin is available to buy or rent digitally. There is also a podcast-exclusive review of the new teen comedy Roommates directed by Chandler Levack (I…

People in this episode

Hosts: Simon Miraudo, Tristan Fidler, Lucy Rutherford

Topics covered

• film reviews
• Spanish drama
• horror romance
• teen comedy
• independent filmmaking

Keywords

• Calle Malaga
• The Serpent’s Skin
• Roommates
• film reviews
• independent film
• Carmen Maura
• Alice Maoi Mackay
• Netflix

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RTRFM, Netflix

Books & works: Calle Malaga, The Serpent’s Skin, Roommates

Places: Tangier

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