Fatal Femmes

Joining us is Carl Gonzales to talk about the Limited Hulu Series Veronica Mars Season 4. Created by Rob Thomas Staring Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni and Jason Dohring . Released on July 19, 2019 the series consists of eight episodes. Recommendations: Jessica Jones Staring Kristen Ritter Us Written and Directed by Jordan Peele Widows-in-Law by Michelle W. Miller Web site: www. FatalFemmesPodcast....

Episode 22: Laura-Celest is joined by KC Ryan to finish up sexy September talking about the 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction. Directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay written by James Dearden , based on his 1980 short film Diversion . Starring Michael Douglas , Glenn Close and Anne Archer . Ellen Hamilton Latzen as Ellen Gallagher The movie received six academy award nominations: Best Picture , Bes...

In Austin, Texas we have had 24 days of temperatures of 100°F/38°C or higher in 2019. So this seemed like the perfect time to talk about Body Heat. Joining us is author Halley Sutton.  http://halleysutton.com Released in 1981 Written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan . Staring William Hurt , Kathleen Turner and Richard Crenna .   Trigger warning for murder, violence, homophobic slur. The film was in...

Episode 20: We are joined by Jenni Warner-Green to talk about the 2015 TV series Jessica Jones. Created by Melissa Rosenberg .Based on the Marvel Comic character, Staring Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, Rachael Taylor and David Tennant.   [We are] very aware this is the first female superhero Marvel’s ever introduced as a lead. But there was never the intention of, “this is an issue serie...

Episode 18: We welcome Doug McCambridge from the podcast Good Times Great Movies ! Doug is an expert on 80’s movies and we are so happy to have had this chance to talk to him. Burglar (1987) Directed by Hugh Wilson Staring Whoopi Goldberg , Bobcat Goldthwait , G.W. Bailey and Lesley Ann Warren Based on the book The Burglar in the Closet by Lawrence Block Written by Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman...

Due to some health and scheduling issues we don’t have full episode up this week but Laura-Celest is here talking about some books that dig deeper into the world of female filmmakers. Our next episode will cover the 1987 Whoopi Goldberg movie Burglar! Thank you to everyone who voted. Books talked about in this episode The Female Gaze by Alicia Malone 978-163-353-837-5 rethinking the femme fa...

Episode 18: I Want To Live This episode is dedicated to our Nana, Celest in honor of her 95th birthday this May. Susan Hayward is her favorite actress and this is one of her favorite performances. Nana is strong lady that has lived all over the world, she ran the first self service gas station in Austin TX, the youngest of 8 children, mother 5, queen of sass and the biggest flirt you will ever mee...

Episode 17: Joining Laura-Celest and Lacey in their celebrations of the Mothers of the world is Valerie Kalish (Mom of 7) to talk about the mother of all domestic thrillers, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Released in 1992 Directed by Curtis Hanson Written by Amanda Silver Starting Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy and Ernie Hudson.   The title of the film is taken from the poem of...

Episode 16 looks at the 2018 BBC series Killing Eve. Based on the Novella: Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings,Developed for TV by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Staring Sandra Oh as Eve and Jodie Comer as Villanelle.   Jia Tolentino acknowledged in The New Yorker how critics have noted that women characters are substituted for men “in every meaningful part”, that the men are “formula...

In Episode 15 we look at the 1947 film Lured with our special guest Tiffany Inman. Directed by Douglas Sirk Written by Leo Rosten Staring Lucille Ball , George Sanders and Charles Coburn .   Eloise Jenssen did the gowns. She designed 21 projects and also worked on I Love Lucy. Produced by James Nasser. His family built a number of movie houses including the Castro theatre in San Fransisco where th...

Welcome back Laura Ray to talk about the book and TV show You. You by Caroline Kepnes was published in September 2014. Staring  Penn Badgley, Elizabeth Lail,  Luca Padovan, Zach Cherry and  Shay Mitchell. The series was  developed by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble and premiered on  Lifetime on September 9, 2018. The pilot was written by  Greg Berlanti & Sera Gamble  and directed by  Lee Toland...

Episode 13 looks at the unromantic not comedy He Love Me, He Love Me Not or À la folie… pas du tout Directed by Laetitia Colombani. Staring Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carré, Sophie Guillemin as Helouise and Clément Sibony as David. Written by Laetitia Colombani and Caroline Thivel Trigger warnings for stalking, suicide and pregnancy loss. A young woman who is in love with a mar...

Joining Laura-Celest on this episode is Ericca Long from The Magic Lantern podcast to talk about the 1950 movie Woman on the Run. Based on the short story “Man on the Run” by Sylvia Tate. Directed by Norman Foster and staring Ann Sheridan and Dennis O’Keefe. Written by Alan Campbell, Norman Foster and Ross Hunter. The film was restored by The Film Noir Foundation and the UCLA Film & Television...

Happy Winter Solstice! On this darkest day of the year  Laura-Celest is joined by Laura Ray while Lacey tries to overcome one of the busiest and most stressful times her year. For this cold and dark day we are talking about the 2015 book,  in a dark, dark wood by Ruth Ware. 3.67 stars on goodreads 3.8 stars on Amazon   A BEA Buzz Panel selection An NPR best book of 2015 RT Reviewer’s Choice...

We made it to episode 10 y’all! We are looking the Netflix show The Fall staring  Gillian Anderson  and  Jamie Dornan . The show was created and written by Allan Cubitt.  Recommendations: Prime Suspect (TV) Acceptable Risk (TV) Web site: www. FatalFemmesPodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FatalFemmes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fatalfemmes Twitter: https://twitter.com/fatal_f...

In this episode we welcome our special guest KC Ryan ! Rebecca by Dame Daphne du Maurier Published in 1938 Rebecca Directed by  Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay by  Robert E. Sherwood  and  Joan Harrison Staring  Joan Fontaine ,  Laurence Olivier  and Judith Anderson Recommendations: My Cousin Rachel by  Daphne du Maurier Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Crimson Peak directed by Guillermo del Toro Notorio...

Our topic today is a listener recommendation! Thank you Michael Dupin for suggesting we check out Miss Sherlock. Miss Sherlock is produced by Hulu Japan and HBO Asia. Staring Yuko Takeuchi and  Shihori Kanjiya Articles: The Ringer – Time for a new Sherlock  Polygon – Why You Should Watch Miss Sherlock  Recommendations: The entire season of Miss Sherlock A Study in Scarlet Women by Sher...

Happy Halloween Fatal Femmes! For this spooky episode we look at the 1963 movie The Haunting and the 1959 book The Haunting of Hill House. The Haunting Based on the novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Published in 1959 4 years from the publication of he book to the movie -The Haunting 1963 Directed by Robert Wise Screenplay by Nelson Gidding Staring Julie Harris Claire Bloom Richar...

It is that wonderful time of year in Central Texas when the air cooler, the leaves are falling and everyone turns into a giant ball of allergies! Happy Fall everyone! In episode 6 we explore the book and mini-series Death Comes to Pemberley. Written by P.D. James Published in 2011 Her last book before she died in 2014 The mini-series aired on BBC One in December 2013 Directed by Daniel Percivil Wr...

Thank you for joining us! We apologize for the delay in getting this episode out. In this episode we will look at the 1955 movie Les Diaboliques staring Simone Signoret , Véra Clouzot , and Paul Meurisse and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. Based on the novel Celle qui n’était plus or She Who Was No More by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac . It has a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Recomm...

This time we look at the off-broadway musical Murder Ballad. This is one of our favorite musical in the last few years. A big thank you to our special guest Carl Gonzales. He digs deep into the music of the show. Thank you everyone who has joined today and in the last two months. Happy Fatal Friday! Music by Juliana Nash Lyrics by Juliana Nash and Julia Jordan Book by Julia Jordan Opened Off-Broad...

Laura and Lacey take on the TV show How To Get Away With Murder staring the great Viola Davis. We get a little giddy over this amazing performer and this twisting mystery and some how manage to talk about Legally Blonde and The Fonz. There are also a few sound issues so please forgive us. Happy Fatal Friday!   Recommendations: The Women’s Murder Club – 1st to Die by James Patterso...

Laura and Lacey take a look at the 5th book in the Dublin Murder Squad series by author Tana French. Tana French is an actor who started writing in the lulls between acting job. She lives in Dublin with her family. There are 6 books in the Dublin Murder Squad series. Her newest book, a stand alone called the Witch Elm, will be released on October 9, 2018 The book was published in 2014 book  It is...

It’s Fatal Friday!  Thank you you joining us on this exploration of the wonderful bad-ass women of the mystery genre. In this first episode we are talking about the thriller Night Watch. Here are a few facts about the movie: Released in 1973 Based on the play by Lucille Fletcher   Directed by Brian G. Hutton  b est known for directing Where Eagles Dare and Kelly’s Heros. He also directed Eli...