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Mar 2020
1h 7m

Portrait of a Lady on Fire & Call Me By ...

Brian Rowe
About this episode
This week, contributor Matt returns and we discuss two of the 21st centuries most iconic queer stories, 2019's Portrait of a Lady on Fire and 2017's Call Me By Your Name. Two epic, beautifully shot tales of couples falling in love, seemingly in exile from the outside world. 

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