CineFemme

Fun fact about our guest Blake Berlin - he’s been kidnapped and tortured by Andrea and Devin! For a film of course. Blake is our brilliant actor and writer friend, who produced his first feature this year! Blake picked the iconic, incomparable action-adventure-romance-horror film - the amazing 1999 “The Mummy.” We talk about our deep love of this film, how it’s a feminist film that does not pass t...

Our guest James Dunovan is an editor, writer, director, colorist, and expert in the art of the Irish goodbye. He’s a long-time friend of Andrea and her husband, and is our resident dungeon master and friendly neighborhood nerd, being a gamer in every sense of the word. James picked Stephen Frears’ “High Fidelity,” starring John Cusack, Lisa Bonet, and introducing the world to Jack Black. We discus...

Grab your favorite sweet treat, your sweetheart or a friend or a frenemy or your fur-baby, and join us for our Valentine’s re-watch! Our guest, the bad-ass actress, model and writer Patricia Galvez picked the 2000 film “Chocolat,” as it was one that made a big impact on her life not just as an artist, but as a person, and it just felt so right to have this be our Valentine’s Day episode! This has...

Our guest, the incredibly gracious and talented actress, writer, director Anisha Adusumilli picked the 2021 Canadian dramedy “Donkeyhead,” that is starring, written and directed by female filmmaker Agam Darshi. Anisha and Andrea met as romantic co-leads on the LGBTQ+ series, BIFL, and you can watch all of Season 1 on YouTube right now. For more of Anisha, watch her brilliant performances on the mo...

Our guest this week was our quick-witted, clever, and brilliant friend Travis Sentell, who’s an amazing writer and human. Travis picked “Mad Max: Fury Road,” as he is an avid and knowledgeable fan, having hosted his own podcast that was all about this film! We discuss the many (or as many as we can) layers of this film in its messaging about gender roles and dynamics, feminism, climate crises, and...

This week our guest was one of us! Devin sits in the hot seat this week so we can answer our own icebreakers, feeling it’s only fair to our friends who are wonderful enough to come onto the show and get put on the spot :) Her pick was the zombie horror-comedy film “Little Monsters” starring Lupita Nyong’o, which felt appropriate for a spooky season watch! We talk about the feminist failings of the...

6. This week our guest was one of us! Andrea sits in the hot seat this week so she can answer our own icebreakers, feeling it’s only fair to our friends who are wonderful enough to come onto the show and get put on the spot :) It’s also her birthday month, so what better time to get to know her better! Her pick was the coming-of-age comedy “Booksmart,” wanting to talk about a film that was written...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! It’s our Halloween special episode, with our amazing ethereal guest Amber guiding us through our spooky season watch of the 1992 and 2021 Candyman movies! This was a very fun watch, with our guest Amber being a horror film aficionado, Halloween being Devin’s favorite season (yes it’s a season in her house) and Andrea not being someone who really watches horror films and watched...

 Our guest, the delightful, intelligent, and intrepid Australian actor, writer, and producer Zac Garred picked the 1997 film “Boogie Nights”, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring too many talented people to list here - seriously the cast list is insane. Zac is one of Devin’s favorite humans, being her Australian brother from another mother. We look at Julianne Moore’s role as...

Our guest, the brilliantly funny, multi-talented Gwen Carole picked the 2004 comedy “Mean Girls,” written by Tina Fey, starring so many talented people, including of course Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams, and also Tina Fey herself. Gwen and Devin met we-can’t-remember-how-many-years ago on a horror-comedy short film, and have stayed connected since! We discuss the successes and failings of the f...

Our guest, the hilarious stand-up and writer Mia Pinchoff, picked perhaps the film people think of when they think of feminist films - “Thelma & Louise.” This was an over-do rewatch for Devin and Andrea, and a first time watch for Mia. This was a lively and engaging conversation about not only our takeaways and impressions of the film, but the massive impact this film still has today. Mia and...

We love movies and each other, so combining those things we bring you actors and filmmakers Andrea Nelson and Devin Brooke, talking all things film with their friends! Each episode we watch a film chosen by our guest, and discuss the role women play in that film, our feelings, opinions, and discoveries about that film. We also bring each other a women in film history fact, because women have alway...