Black Girl Film Club

Sports may be canceled for now but we’re still going to talk about them! On this week’s episode, Ashley and Britney are heading to the skate park to discuss Skate Kitchen (2018) directed by Crystal Moselle and starring Rachelle Vinberg, Jaden Smith, and Elizabeth Rodriguez. Ashley and Britney continue their discussion of sports and gender norms. Ashley shares her experiences in roller derby and yo...

On this two-part Rough Cut of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney FINALLY get a chance to discuss the best film of 2019, Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho and starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, and Lee Jung-eun. While discussing the timely social and political themes in the movie, your hosts learn more about South Korea, dive deep in...

Time to put on a little black dress and a pair of soccer cleats. On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney are discussing Bend It Like Beckham (2002) directed by Gurinder Chadha and starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and many, many images of David Beckham. Ashley and Britney discuss sports and gender and cultural norms, early aughts fashion (ye...

On this two-part Rough Cut of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney FINALLY get a chance to discuss the best film of 2019, Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho and starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, and Lee Jung-eun. While discussing the timely social and political themes in the movie, your hosts learn more about South Korea, dive deep in...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney are discussing If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) directed by Barry Jenkins and starring KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, and Brian Tyree Henry. Your favorite podcast hosts once again stan Barry Jenkins as he finds a way to weave romance in tragedy in his adaptation of James Baldwin’s work. This week’s recommendations include...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, your hosts are making fetch happen. Ashley and Britney are discussing Mean Girls (2004) directed by Mark Waters and starring Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, and Tina Fey. Your favorite podcast hosts continue their discussion of high school cliques, social hierarchy, and early aughts fashion. This week’s recommendation i...

Black Girl Film Club ventures into Girl World of the late 90s with Darren Stein’s black comedy Jawbreaker (1999) directed by Darren Stein and starring Rose McGowan, Judy Greer, Rebecca Gayheart, and Julie Benz. Your favorite podcast hosts discuss mean girls of yore, late 90s fashion, and the trend of adults portraying teens. No recommendations were mentioned on the podcast this episode but go watc...

Ashley, Britney, and special guest Davalyn of the 1 More Thing podcast got their gems cut and had to discuss the anxiety-inducing Uncut Gems (2019) directed by the Safdie Brothers and starring Adam Sandler, Lakeith Stanfield, Kevin Garnett, and Julia Fox. This episode is about a film that’s currently in theaters and contains spoilers. You’ve been warned. Follow Davalyn on Twitter @ silkyfines and...

Merry Christmas Eve, bitch! On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney are discussing Tangerine (2015), directed by Sean Baker and starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, and James Ransone. They discuss the innovative way the film was made, the talented actresses, and raggedy ass men in dirty ass socks. Join your favorite podcasters as they delight in this refreshing fi...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss Go (1999) directed by Doug Liman and starring Sarah Polley, Desmond Askew, Taye Diggs, Timothy Olyphant, Jay Mohr and Scott Wolf. Your favorite podcast hosts take a different approach to the holiday season with this chaotic day-in-the-life film. They discuss gen x’s portrayal on film, Timothy Olyphant and how sometimes a jo...

Our recommendations this week are The Conversation (1974) directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Under the Silver Lake (2018) directed by David Robert Mitchell Follow us on Twitter @ blkgirlfilmclub. Check us out on Instagram @ blackgirlfilmclub. Visit us at http://blackgirlfilmclub.com.

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss Strangers On a Train (1951) directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman and Robert Walker. Your favorite podcast hosts learn more about the noir genre and a valuable lesson about “crisscross” stranger danger while taking public transportation. They also discuss one of the most harrowing scenes invol...

Better follow the rules of Halloween night or Sam might stop by and give you more than a fright! On this episode of Black Girl Film Club we discuss Trick ‘r Treat (2007) directed by Michael Dougherty and starring Dylan Baker, Anna Paquin, Bryan Cox and Rochelle Aytes. Ashley and Britney discuss their love of this expectation subverting genre gem, Britney’s seemingly endless knowledge of ABC Family...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss Booksmart (2019), directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever. Your faves switch things up this week to talk about what worked and didn’t work for for them about the film, and discuss friendship, Gen Z comedy, and their high school experiences. This week’s recommendations are Blockers (2018) dir...

Break out the fake IDs and suede vests! On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney are discussing 2007’s Superbad, directed by Greg Mottola and starring Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Emma Stone, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Seth Rogen and Bill Hader. Your favorite podcast hosts discuss high school, toxic male friendships, bad college roommates, flip phones and growing up. This wee...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney get kicked in the chest by another masterpiece, continuing with Moonlight (2016), directed by Barry Jenkins and starring Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, Mahershala Ali, and Janelle Monae. This episode is brought to you by sangria and tilted wigs — we discuss masculinity, the significan...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney get kicked in the chest by Wong Kar-Wai’s masterpiece, In the Mood for Love (2000), starring Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung. Your favorite podcast hosts go through it as they discuss societal pressures and conservatism, the beauty of Wong Kar-Wai’s work and Tony Leung smoking cigarettes. This week’s recommendations include Days of Be...

On this Rough Cut, Ashley and Britney discuss Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time In…Hollywood. This episode is about a film currently in theaters and contains spoilers. Follow us on Twitter @ blkgirlfilmclub. Visit us at blackgirlfilmclub.com. Email us at blackgirlfilmclub@gmail.com.

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright and Leonard Nimoy. Your favorite podcast hosts discuss societal fear of conformity and the unknown, Jeff Goldblum and Gleep Glorp the Alien. Follow us on Twitter @ blkgirlfilmclu...

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss They Live (1988). Directed by John Carpenter and starring Rowdy Roddy Piper, Keith David, and Meg Foster. Your favorite podcast hosts discuss media consumption in the modern age as we sleep, consume, marry and reproduce, no independent thought, and obey. (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)

Calling all potential queens to the ceremonial maypole! Your favorite podcast demons are here to discuss Ari Aster’s MIDSOMMAR (2019). This episode contains spoilers for a film currently in theaters. You’ve been warned. Does Black Girl Film Club feel like home to you? If so, follow us on Twitter @ blkgirlfilmclub. Visit us at http://blackgirlfilmclub.com.

On this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club, Ashley and Britney discuss 2001’s Glitter, directed by Vondie Curtis Hall and starring Mariah Carey, Max Beesley, Terrence Howard and Da Brat. Your favorite podcast hosts discuss the LEGENDARY Mariah Carey, the price of fame and how the media makes light of women’s mental health. Follow us on Twitter @ blkgirlfilmclub. Visit us at http://blackgirlfil...

Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here to celebrate a piece of cinema history—Purple Rain (1984), directed by Albert Magnoli and starring His Royal Badness Prince, The Revolution, Apollonia, Morris Day and the Time and the legendary Minneapolis music scene. Dig if you will the picture of two podcast hosts stanning one of the best semi-autobiographical concert movies ever (while discussing its flaws)...

Call up your girlfriends and plan to listen to this week’s episode of Black Girl Film Club. Ashley and Britney discuss feature length commercial for Essence Fest—Girls Trip (2017), directed by Malcolm D. Lee and starring Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Tiffany Haddish. Your favorite podcast demons discuss female-led comedies, criticisms of Tiffany Haddish, growing up during the...

On this week’s episode Ashley and Britney discuss cinematic masterpiece Magic Mike XXL(2015), directed by Gregory Jacobs and starring Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Adam Rodríguez, Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash and Gabriel Iglesias. Join your favorite podcast hosts as they discuss male friendships, handcrafted artisan furniture made from reclaimed wood and the best use of a Nine Inch Nails song in film...