Hollywood Movie Catch-Up for 2025 (Pt. 1 - For the Gays and Gals) #171

Hollywood Movie Catch-Up for 2025 (Pt. 1 - For the Gays and Gals) #171

From Queen is Dead - A Film, TV and Culture Podcast by Queen Is Dead

January 12, 2026 · 2h 60m

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The episode discusses notable films of 2025, focusing on those directed by women and featuring queer representation.

Hello, Hello, Hello! We're back after a month-long hiatus with our podcast episodes -- which will be coming regularly to you from now on, at least until the end of 2025's Awards Season. Rather than doing our annual "Best of" & "Oscar Season Movie Catch-Ups", we've decided to do a series of Year-end Round-ups of some of the most talked about films in 2025. These will cover many of the titles up for awards consideration -- and hopefully many more titles that perhaps didn't make the nominations list but were still relevant (either in public discourse, or, more significantly, personal favorites). We'll be releasing the Round-Up Eps for English Language Features first, since most of the titles we have discussed are now readily available for listeners to watch online. This first (of three) English-Language Features Round-Up is mainly focused on covering films either directed by women -- or, at least, on films entirely centered around them. This includes fairly in-depth discussions on Lynne Ramsay's "Die My Love," Mary Bronstein's "If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You," Nia DaCosta's "Hedda," Yorgos Lanthimos' "Bugonia," Mona…

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Books & works: Die My Love, If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You, Hedda, Bugonia, The Testament of Ann Lee, Wicked (Not) For Good, Peter Hujar's Day

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