Queer Projection

Holding off on our Halloween episode a couple days for a minor medical recovery - in the meantime, we bring you our first formula breaking BONUS EPISODE. Paul Thomas Anderson constructed our teenage personalities - so any time a PTA movie comes out, we're gonna need to cover it. And this one did not disappoint. His most sincere, vulnerable, and beautiful movie since Magnolia. Viva la revoluti...

Here comes the bride! Lots of stuff in this one. Is revenge queer? How often does Quentin Tarantino win shouting matches with journalists? And why does a bloody, violent tour de force of vengeance resonate so strongly with the rainbow mafia? Is it the catsuit? It's the cat-suit (it's not the cat suit). We absolutely love this movie - so sharpen your Hanzo sword, move that big toe, and jo...

What is growth, what is change? Is it Di accidentally getting on the freeway? Tye using ‘sporadically’ in a sentence? Is it Cher finding love in the unlikeliest of places in this fairy tale vision of Beverly Hills circa 1995? We're stretching the boundaries of this podcast and revisiting not a sleepover favorite for me and Alethia, but an ambient sleepover favorite of the 90s, AS IF we weren&...

Here we go, it's Season 2! Kicking things off with the nightmares and dreamscapes of David Lynch's Hollywood, including the wig that made Naomi Watts. Do you feel like maybe you're at the end of your rope and ready to cash in all your dreams and just give up? Maybe not the best movie to watch right now. Or the perfect movie to watch right now. We'll leave that one to you. There...

What is the nature of consciousness? Will we ever have a child actor the likes of Haley Joel Osment again? Does "protect the dolls" extend to little robot boys? Take our hand and come with us to a magical land, just like Jude Law's robot gigolo took that little robot boy's hand. Flesh fairs, fascism, and the terror of parenthood. This gorgeous nightmare has it all. Final episod...

Get your tissues, gurl. This is for the kids who love to cry. And laugh, and cry, and laugh, and then cry again. I know we love it. This movie asks, among other questions, what does it mean to be a woman? And while right-wing pundits hammer that question home for nefarious reasons, we have a much more heartfelt answer brought to us via power-house performances by Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger....

I was too embarrassed to tell Steven Soderbergh how much I loved him while I was working for him, so instead we made this podcast about one of his most interesting and least recognized movies. What's queer about this one? Mainly how the nature of heartbreak and self doubt can rend reality and make you a stranger to yourself. Deep stuff! Great movie! Maybe Soderbergh will listen? Steven, call...

Is this Richard Dreyfuss at his most Bushwick homosexual? Is leaving your family to climb aboard an alien spaceship a form of queer liberation? Do multi-jointed spider-humanoid aliens qualify as twinks because they're thin and hairless? Well, I don't know if you care to have those questions answered, but in this episode we sure try. Check it out!

Is it only natural to be envious of Paul Thomas Anderson's career? Is Emily Watson an alien? Could a movie like this survive modern neurodivergence discourse without becoming a movie about two autistic adults falling in weird love? Let's revisit one of the best romcoms of our romantic teenage years and find out. SHUT-SHUT-SHUT the door, draw the blinds, and come join us.

This one is for the film buffs. This one is NOT for people who really love cats. We discuss weird teenage bodies, dire socioeconomic situations, and Chloe Sevigny kissing Bunny Boy. Is this a science fiction movie? Not really, but Werner Herzog certainly seems to think so. Is he right? Let's find out!

Do you have main character syndrome? As maladjusted queers, we certainly do. Know who REALLY had main character syndrome? Truman Burbank. Named for the giant soundstage that consumed the town of Burbank CA in The Truman Show. Come with us as we sail off and break free from this heteronormative cookie-cutter life the same way he did. Let's go!

In this episode we revisit a world where cartoons inexplicably live among humans as second class citizens. Just as inexplicable are the licensing agreements required to get WB and Disney characters on screen at the same time as peripheral characters. Could repressing your inner toon be why you're drinking so much? Let's find out!

The usual introductory episode where we cover the basics - who we are, what this podcast is about, and why we think it's important for queer people to see their experiences reflected in ALL art, whether it was made explicitly for queer people or not. We give an explanation for why some gendered words are bleeped but f-slurs are not, and why you should listen to this podcast with your teenager...