Black Girl Film Club

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club Ashley and Britney discuss Carmen: A Hip-Hopera (2001)directed by Aquarian Legend Robert Townsend and starring Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Mehki Phifer, Yasiin Bey and Reagan Gomez-Preston. Your favorite podcast hosts are back with the remix and revisiting Carmen low rise jeans, and Lil' Bow Wow in the 2020s. This week’s recommendations are Romeo Must Die...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club Ashley and Britney discuss Carmen Jones (1954) directed by Otto Preminger and starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte. Your favorite podcast hosts discuss the history of this iteration of Carmen as well as finding inspiration by looking at the past. This week’s recommendations are Black Orpheus (1959) and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999). F...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club Ashley and Britney discuss Atlantics (2019) directed by Mati Diop and starring Mame Bineta Sane, Amadou Mbow, and Ibrahima Traoré. Your favorite podcast hosts discuss love, loss and crafting a complex tale of both. This week’s recommendations are Touki Bouki (1973) and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018). Follow us on Twitter @ blkgirlfilmclub. Check us...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club the your hosts go back in time to good parties, good food, and good vibes in Lovers Rock (2020), directed by Steve McQueen and starring Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn and Micheal Ward. Ashley and Britney discuss Steve McQueen’s Small Axe film series and learn more about Black history from around the world. They also share their thoughts on Sam Levinson's Malcol...

On this week’s episode, Black Girl Film Club discuss Sound of Metal (2020) directed by Darius Marder and starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, and Paul Raci. Ashley and Britney learn more about the Deaf community and read a listener letter. There are no recommendations this week. Go watch this movie! Follow us on Twitter @ blkgirlfilmclub. Check us out on Instagram @ blackgirlfilmclub. Visit us at htt...

Black Girl Film Club is back for the new year discussing Her Smell (2018) directed by Alex Ross Perry and starring Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens and Gayle Rankin. Ashley and Britney discuss celebrity, the music industry, mental health, and classic music television programming. This week’s recommendations include Sparkle (1976) and Madeline’s Madeline (2018). Follow us on Twitter @ b...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney wrap up the hellish year that was 2020 by switching things up a bit. Your favorite podcast hosts interview each other about their experience with Black Girl Film. Join them as they have a delightful chat and discuss how they’ve been navigating a new normal in their film watching experiences. Follow us on Twitter @/blkgirlfilmclub....

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney get into the Yuletide spirit to discuss Batman Returns (1992)directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny Devito, and Christopher Walken. Your favorite podcast hosts turn out to be liars as here they are discussing a superhero movie, one of the best set designs, biblical references and erotic crime f...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss Natural Born Killers (1994, directed by Oliver Stone and starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., and Tommy Lee Jones. Your favorite podcast hosts discuss Bonnie and Clyde tropes and the the sensationalization of true crime. No official recommendation this month but here's a double feature for you: Bound...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss Queen & Slim (2019) directed by Melina Matsoukas and starring Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith. We discuss legacy, martyrdom, and heavy-handed messaging that misses the mark. With all these topics combined, some people ain’t seeing the gates of heaven because of choices made in this film. Our recommendation this week i...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney are finishing their discussion of Black horror with 1995’s Tales From the Hood, directed by Rusty Cundieff and starring Clarence Williams III, Joe Torry, Corbin Bernsen, Paula Jai Parker, David Alan Grier, and Rosalind Cash. Your favorite podcast demons discuss the current state of Black horror, Lovecraft County, and how a 25-year-...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss The People Under the Stairs (1991) directed by Wes Craven and starring Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A. J. Langer and Ving Rhames. Your favorite podcasting demons discuss the genius that is Wes Craven, the evils of gentrification, and noted cinematic masterpiece Baby Boy. This week's recommendations are Candym...

We're back y'all! This week Ashley and Britney discuss New Jack City(1991) directed by Marion Van Peebles and starring Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles, Judd Nelson, Chris Rock, and Allen Payne. Join your chaotic hosts as they analyze the 90s classic's far reaching impact on hip hop culture and where it fits into the mob movie genre, how the aunties were always right about Wesley Snipes, an...

On this special episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney are In the Studio with Danielle of Young, Gifted and Abroad discussing her favorite movie, Disney’s The Lion King (1994) directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff. Danielle shares her love of The Lion King and discusses her experiences as a student in study abroad programs in France and Japan. Young, Gifted and Abroad is a podcast...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss Hustlers (2019) directed by Lorene Scafaria and starring Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer, Julia Stiles, and Lili Reinhart. Ashley has some thoughts on the lack of support for Black women, Netflix’s deplorable marketing of “Cuties,” and Criterion’s lack of Black films. Your favorite podcasters also discuss how wome...

*Trigger warning! This movie has a graphic depiction of sexual assault. Please fast forward or skip this movie if it makes you uncomfortable.* On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss Showgirls (1995) directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, and Gina Gershon. Your favorite podcasters discuss child actors trying to break into more...

On this special episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney are In the Studio with Lindsay of The Chocolate Hippie podcast to discuss her favorite movie Bridget Jones’s Diary(2001) directed by Sharon Maguire and starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, and Hugh Grant. Our recommendations this week are Sabrina (1995), The Princess Diaries (2001), and Moonstruck (1987). The Chocolate Hippie is...

This month's Rough Cut is a special, 100% spoiler free discussion on Miss Juneteenth (2020), directed by Channing Godfrey Peoples and starring Nichole Beharie, Kendrick Sampson, and Alexis Chikaeze. We talked all things Texas, the sudden interest in celebrating Juneteenth, of course, the wonderful/talented/beautiful/amazing Nicole Beharie. Miss Juneteenth is streaming on all platforms now! Check u...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss Dolemite Is My Name (2019), directed by Craig Brewer and starring Eddie Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson, and Tituss Burgess. Your favorite podcasters discuss following your dreams, stand-up comedy, generational influences, and comedy legend Eddie Murphy. Check us ou...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney are sneaking into the movies to discuss Hollywood Shuffle (1987)directed by Aquarian legend Robert Townsend and starring Robert Townsend, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Ann-Marie Johnson and John Witherspoon. Your favorite podcasters discuss Black stereotypes in film, classic Black films, and give respect to a talented family of actors—the W...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss Marie Antoinette (2006) directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, and Rose Byrne. This week’s discussion includes more admiration for costuming and set design, the humanizing of historical figures and the difficulties in doing such. Consider supporting organizations fighting for raci...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996), directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Ashley and Britney head to fair Verona Beach to talk costuming and Shakespeare for the MTV generation. This week’s recommendations include The Fall (2006) and Beetlejuice (1988). Follow us on Twitter @ blkg...

On this week's episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss Amélie/Le Fabuleaux Destin D'Amélie Poulain (2001) directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tatou, Matheiu Kassovitz, and Serge Merlin. The hosts dive in to the pros and cons of whimsy and nostalgia in French cinema, the perils of introverted martyrdom, and when playing hard to get goes wrong. Shoot your shot with...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss Chungking Express (1994) directed by Kong Kar-Wai and starring Bridgitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung, and Faye Wong. Your favorite podcast host discuss romance, the “manic pixie dream girl” trope”, and discover that Britney might have a heart? This week’s recommendation is About Time (2013). Follow us on Twitter @ bl...

We can’t leave the house so here’s a brand new Rough Cut. On this episode, we share our thoughts on 2019’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, directed by Celine Sciamma and starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel. This week’s recommendations include The Handmaiden (2016) and Bessie (2015). Follow us on Twitter @ blkgirlfilmclub. Check us out on Instagram @ blackgirlfilmclub. Visit us at http://www.black...