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Acompañanos en esta nueva miniseries donde exploramos la química de actores que han hecho más de una película juntos. En el primer episodio analizaremos the world's sweethearts, Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan 💖. Let's see why they sizzle together!



What is Turning Us On?

- Dariana: Harley Quinn (2019)

- Paola: Succession (2018)



Filmography:

- Joe vs. The Volcano (1990)| Dir. John Patrick Shanley

- Sleepless in Seattle (1993)| Dir. Nora Ephron

- You've Got Mail (1998) | Dir. Nora Ephron



Essay mentioned:

- We'll Jump and See by Chad Perman

https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2016/04/01/joe-vs-the-volcano-1990/

Here we gooooooooo! With the oldest trope of all! Since before William Shakespeare, we have been fascinated with the concept of lovers being torn apart by forces outside of their control. Join us as we dissect this trope.

What's turning us on? 

- Titanic (Paola)

- The Legend of Vox Machina (Dariana) 



Films discussed:

- The Way We Were (1973), dir. Sydney Pollack

- Mississippi Masala (1991), dir. Mira Nair 

- Your Name (2016), dir. Makoto Shinkai

- Disobedience (2017), dir. Sebastian Lelio



Essay mentioned: 

-The Way We Are, by Sophie Krueger

https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2019/02/20/the-way-we-were-1973/

Bienvenides les estudiantes! 

Regresamos a la programación regular con una película que causó tanto revuelo, que el canal facista Fox News dedicó un segmento completo en discutirla!

Les aseguramos que nuestro análisis es mucho mejor. 

Esperamos que después de escuharnos, vayan a comerse a alguien. Que viva el canibalismo mutuo!



What´s turning us on:

- Dariana: Gerard Butler, Plane (2023), Dir. Jean-Francois Richet

- Paola: Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us (2023)



Film Discussed:

- Bones and All (2022), Dir. Luca Guadagnino



Essay Mentioned:

- ¨The World of Love Wants No Monsters in It¨, by Olivia Rutigliano

https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2023/01/12/the-world-of-love-wants-no-monsters-in-it/

*Taking someone´s mask off*  AJA!

En este episodio discutimos el tropo de ¨mistaken identity¨, donde exploramos como dicho tropo provoca interrogaciones sobre identidad y/o género dentro de una relación. Acompañenos en este viaje!



What´s turning us on?

- Dead To Me (Paola)

-Dark Olympus Series by Katee Robert (Dariana)



Films Discussed:

-Lover Come Back (1961), Dir. Delbert Mann

-Victor/Victoria (1982), Dir. Blake Edwards

-While You Were Sleeping (1995), Dir. Jon Turteltaub

-She´s the Man (2006), Dir. Andy Fickman



Essay Mentioned:

-The Nora Ephron We Forget, by Rachel Syme https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/22/the-nora-ephron-we-forget 

Saca tu caldero! Tus hierbas! Y unete a nosotres. Este spoopy episodio es dedicado al tropo de las brujas!



What´s turning us on?

- House of Dragon (Dariana)

- I feel bad about my neck and other thoughts being a woman, by Nora Ephron (Paola)



Films discussed:

- I Married a Witch (1942), Dir. René Clair

- The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Dir. George Miller

- Practical Magic (1998), Dir. Griffin Dunne



Essays mentioned: 

- I Married a Witch: It´s such an ancient pitch, by Guy Maddin (https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2924-i-married-a-witch-its-such-an-ancient-pitch)

- The Sisters We Want to Be: The Feminist Seductions of Practical Magic, by Hope Rehak (https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2018/10/30/feminist-seductions-practical-magic/)

In our episode dedicated to Pride, we decided to tackle queer kink on film. Join us as we discuss desire, deviancy, and all the stuff that will make a nun blush. 



What´s turning us on?

Paola- American Gigolo (movie & trailer of tv series)

Dariana- The Mummy/Eddie from Stranger Things



Essays discussed/mentioned:

- ¨Let a thousand fisting daisychains bloom¨, by Davey Davis

Link: https://itsdavid.substack.com/p/let-a-thousand-fisting-daisychains?utm_source=%2Fprofile%2F1681822-david&utm_medium=reader2#details 

- ¨On monogamy¨, by Davey Davis 

Link: https://itsdavid.substack.com/p/david-davis-x

- ¨Another Girl´s Paradise: Why Kink Discourse Sucks¨, by Chingy Nea

Link: https://thegaychingy.substack.com/p/another-girls-paradise



Films discussed: 

- Las Hijas del Fuego (2008), dir. Albertina Carri

- Shortbus (2006), dir. John Cameron Mitchell

- The Duke of Burgundy (2014), dir. Peter Strickland