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Sep 2021
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Four Favorites: Jenni Olson on lesbian s...

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About this episode

“I never learned how to make movies, I learned how to watch them,” says non-fiction filmmaker and film historian Jenni Olson as she talks lesbian runaways, spy spoofs and radical acts of love via her four Letterboxd faves: D.E.B.S.; Times Square; News from Home and Tongues Untied. Also: lesbian film tourism; men and their feelings; the joys of 16mm; Tim Curry as a New York DJ; Gemma drops some hot Letterboxd stats; what to watch for LGBT History Month; Slim re-thinks Eddie Murphy; our plans for a D.E.B.S. spin-off series (Amazon, Netflix, call us); and Times Square 4K when?

Links:
The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; Reviews of D.E.B.S. by Caleb, Brat and Emily; Review of News From Home by CinemaVoid; Jenni’s lists of 101 Must-See Movies for Lesbians, and Good LGBT Movies on Tubi (Free).

Credits:
This episode recorded in San Francisco, Pennsylvania and Auckland. Edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Linda Moulton. Theme music: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker. Transcript by Sophie Shin.

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