She-Devil & Bachelorette (with Kaycee Felton-Lui)
When looking at the canon of "Vulgar Auteurism," you'll notice that most of the directors mentioned are... surprise... men! Specifically, white men. But because the very concept of "Vulgar Auteurism" ...
9 Touko 20231h 15min
Sugar and Spice & The Bling Ring (with Jaime Bolker)
For our second installment in the Vulgar Female Gaze miniseries, we're interrogating the often polarizing sub-genre of women doing crime. Writer Jaime Bolker joins us for a look back at two ripped fro...
9 Touko 20231h 18min
Romance & Sharp Stick
TW: This episode contains discussion of rape and sexual assault. Some filmmakers court controversy wherever they go, but few have been as polarizing as Catherine Breillat and Lena Dunham. For our thir...
9 Touko 20231h 13min
Office Killer & I'll Take You There (with Giselle Bonilla)
For our final Vulgar Female Gaze installment, we're looking back at a pair of underseen 90s dark comedies. First up, it's photographer Cindy Sherman's first and only foray into directing with the 1997...
9 Touko 202355min
The Quick and the Dead & Last Man Standing (with Michael Chau)
The American Western experienced a resurgence in the 90s after the critical and financial success of "Dances with Wolves" and "Unforgiven." At that time, Sam Raimi was more known for his groundbreakin...
5 Touko 20231h 11min
The Counselor (with Michael Aghajanian)
"For those that understand they're living the last days of the world, death acquires a different meaning. The extinction of all reality is a concept no resignation can encompass."This week's guest, Mi...
5 Touko 20231h 43min
Sudden Impact & Impulse (with Jourdain Searles)
SUBSCRIBE NOW for early access and exclusive bonus episodes at WWW.PATREON.COM/ROTTENREWIND Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke made six films together over the course of a decade. They also had a tumul...
5 Touko 20231h 4min
Year of the Dragon & Black Rain
Vulgar Neo-Noir continues this week with one of the most controversial and divisive films - and filmmakers - of their time. 1980s Hollywood was steeped in Orientalism, predominately seen in action fil...
5 Touko 20231h 7min
