Femcel Filmcast

In this episode, your favorite femcels discuss the 1995 drama Doom Generation, co-produced, co-edited, written and directed by Gregg Araki. As a prominent figure of new queer cinema, Araki’s film is flashy, irreverent, gut-wrenching, and above all, full of pleasure! Listen to Kristin and Bella review hook-ups of the week, studio cuts, Araki’s audio-visual remastering, annoying college Q&A’s, s...

In this Season 2 premiere, the femcels talk about SEX! Starting from the first on-screen kiss (that we know of…), they recount the long history of shagging on the silver screen, tracking everything from stag film, to nudie-cutie, to hardcore porn. Along the way, they further unpack their relationship with the modern porn industry and run into a lot of questions as they go—was the first porno dubbe...

Welcome to the Femcel Filmcast! SEASON FINALE EDITION!!  In this episode, the femcels dig into the complex moral quandaries of the sensational 1997 film Princess Mononoke. While they fawn over cute ghost butts, they also gab about complex female characters, environmental ethics, folklore, wolf mommies, and yet another reason why Harvey Weinstein is a flaming ***** ** ****. Digressions include 80s...

In this special episode, the femcels put on their reddit-colored glasses and take a walk down incel lane to discuss the 1999 hit Fight Club . As Bella and Kristin take a closer look at the alt-right’s letterboxd fav, they discuss the film’s political underpinnings, late-stage capitalism, white extremist groups, and society’s plummeting testosterone levels (yay!) Cutaways may include Brad Pitt’s di...

The femcels discuss a flick from the official femcel cinematic canon, namely Sofia Coppola’s 1999 film The Virgin Suicides! As they unpack their own teenage experiences with the movie, they also discuss the Lisbon sisters’ surprising legacy on social media, compare sad girl icons, and share a few choice words about the Heaven by Marc Jacobs collection. Digressions include a few big questions: does...

Dust off your oversized blazers and readjust your shoulder pads, because the femcels are watching Heathers this week! In this episode, they explore the film’s sociopolitical contexts, unpack the sensationalism of teenage suicide (don’t do it!), and interrogate the legitimacy of the mean girl trope. Digressions include confusion around JD’s political compass placement, the shocking similarities bet...

Join the femcels in their very first pod episode on the female gaze! Through minimal research and lots of skimming, they discuss how they are lowkey a woman with a man inside (wait…) watching a woman. Stay tuned for lessons on Freud, Lacan, Ms. Mulvey herself, and the future of film theory as we know it. Ramblings may diverge into Darcy’s erotic sideburns in Pride and Prejudice, artistic lesbians,...