Queer Girl Film Club
A podcast in which three queer women watch the classics (and non-classics) of queer girl cinema and discuss.
Episodes
35 episodes
Episode 31 - Halloween Special: All Cheerleaders Die (2013)
Have you watched a lot of cheerleader media (cheerleadia?) Yeah, we are assuming you’ve not seen All Cheerleaders Die (2013) but do come listen anyway and see if Alice can persuade you (and G and Holly) that it is, in fact, the Greatest Film Of...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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1:32:40
Episode 30 - Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
Bodybuilding! Magical realism! Lesbians! When Chekhov’s gun is actually a gun! Come along and join the appreciation of the gun show (Katy O’Brien’s arms) with Queer Girl Film Club as we talk Love Lies Bleeding (2024).Enjoy the gang’s dis...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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1:28:19
Episode 29 - Drive Away Dolls (2024)
Queer Girl Film Club springing into action to bring you the latest in queer girl cinema releases? Kind of. We would have had this out last week, but alas, G has become the second member of the pod to get concussion in the last six months!
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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1:08:20
Episode 28 - Disobedience (2017)
This week we’re doing one of, if not the, most requested films - Disobedience (2017). We did say it was a Rachel Weiss kind of season, didn’t we?We’ve got a special guest, Naomi, to give us some helpful insights into Jewish traditions an...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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1:35:22
Episode 27 - The Half Of It (2020)
Tell your friends, there’s a new episode of Queer Girl Film Club! We are talking friendship a lot in this week’s episode as we discuss the Netflix 2020 release, The Half Of It. Only the second film from director/writer Alice Wu (something Holly...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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1:16:04
Episode 26 - Fucking Åmål (1998)
It’s a fractious episode for Queer Girl Film Club this week, be prepared for disagreements, personal attacks and shouting over Fucking Åmål/Show Me Love (1998), a big hit in Sweden which isn’t such a big hit for some of the pod.Listen as...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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1:11:18
Episode 25 - Rent (2005)
Merry Christmas listeners, and why not listen to some festive film chat from Queer Girl Film Club! There might be a little disagreement as to whether Rent (2005) is a Christmas film or not, but there’s certainly some snow and singing to be had,...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:23:47
Episode 24 - The Favourite (2018)
It’s time for Holly’s eighteenth century history podcast! Oh wait, no, this is a Queer Girl Film Club episode about Oscar winning* slice of genius The Favourite (2018). But it does contain quite a bit of Holly talking about the actual history, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:10:12
Episode 23 - Imagine Me And You (2005)
We are back for season 4 of Queer Girl Film Club! And why not start with something classic: the British romcom! Journey with us to a simpler time (2005) while we talk about Imagine Me And You.Everyone’s posh, everyone’s cringe and there’...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:13:30
Episode 22 - Halloween special: The Perfection (2018)
Halloween films aren’t for the faint hearted, and we’re definitely recommending listeners take a look at what might be our longest list of content warnings below before they jump into The Perfection (2018).However, if you are will...
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1:23:40
Special Episode - San Junipero (2016, Black Mirror s3) w/Gay Actually podcast
It’s a special episode where we decided to try and different medium and invite some friends over!Nearly film length, but not a film, San Junipero is the iconic queer girl episode of Black Mirror, and to help us unpick this TV classic we ...
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1:22:01
Queer BAIT Film Club - Foxfire (1996)
Hello all! It’s been a while and now we are back with an episode a Queer BAIT Film Club where we watch a film which isn’t gay enough and try to work out why a perfectly good (or bad) lesbian film didn’t happen.This episode we are travell...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:18:30
Episode 21 - Tár (2022)
Cinema trip! This weekend just gone the Queer Girl Film Club crew went to an actual real life cinema (complete with fellow audience members, including Guy Checking The Football Scores On His Phone As The Film Was Starting) to see Cate Bl...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:25:59
Episode 20 - Happiest Season (2020)
What’s more festive than a big family argument? Quite a lot of things, actually, but for our QGFC Christmas special there’s a lot of arguing going on as Alice and Georgia are taking sides against Holly is a massive (yet still analytical and fun...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:17:04
Episode 19 - Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019)
The gang are heading to the coast of France, to an island with no men and only the intense staring and beautiful cinematography of one of the best films ever: Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (2019), Holly’s favourite film of all time, and a true mas...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:08:09
Episode 18 - Loving Annabelle (2006)
Problematic romance! Mary Sues or Manic Pixies Dream Teens! What was school really like for both students and teachers? Queer Girl Film Club are here to unpick the acres of oh-dear that is Loving Annabelle (2006), a romantic drama about a teach...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:09:01
Episode 17 - Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)
Don’t watch films with lots of delicious food on an empty stomach, and don’t record a podcast about foodie films on an empty stomach either! This week, Alice, Holly and Georgia are full of Indian food and ready to talk about Nina’s Heavenly Del...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:14:31
Episode 16 - If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
The Virgos are back on their astrology bullshit again, and Holly uses the phrase “I went to Catholic school” more than once! It must be Queer Girl Film Club, back to talk about If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000), a perfectly fine film which som...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:18:43
Episode 15 - Jennifer’s Body
Happy Halloween special from Queer Girl Film Club! We’re delving into the demonic and gory world of… high school girls and their strange, familiar, terrifying queer crushes. Oh yeah, and there’s a demon on the loose. That’s right, Alice, Georgi...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:22:27
Episode 14 - Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Queer Girl Film Club or Queer Bait Film Club? This week the team welcome a very special guest, Melissa John-Charles, to discuss whether 90s classic Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) is hiding its queer light or whether it’s an outright lesbian love s...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:17:00
Episode 13 - Do Revenge (2022)
An unexpected return! We promised you we had six episodes of varied queer girl cinema this season and it turns out we actually have SEVEN! Here’s your unexpected bonus episode, kicking off the season with Netflix’s pastel explosion, the high sc...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:17:30
Queer BAIT Film Club - Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
You’ve been sending in your requests for films for us to cover, and amazingly one of the most popular doesn’t have a visible queer woman in it! But it does have FOOTBALL, unconvincing heterosexuality crowbarred into the plot, and so many sports...
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1:13:27
Episode 12 - The Children’s Hour (1961)
Take a journey back in time to the bad old days when being gay was a terrible thing, when gossips ruined lives and livelihoods, and when forgetting to include the second act of your film wasn’t an impediment to releasing it. We’re forcing Alice...
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1:12:12
Episode 11 - Mulholland Drive (2001)
This week Georgia had one request: for Holly and Alice to explain to her why they think Mulholland Drive (2001) is good and what the hell is going on… quite the ask when we are talking about the David Lynch classic, a film which defies classifi...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:06:36
Episode 10 - Blue Is The Warmest Colour (2015)
Things got a bit heated this week as the team watched Cannes Palme d’Or winner, the THREE HOUR classic/worst film ever, Blue Is The Warmest Colour. Come and listen as Alice she-hulks out about how much she hates it, Holly defends long naturalis...
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