Super Sapphic Film Club SSFC

We watched the very American black comedy Catfight (2016), written and directed by Onur Tukel and starring Sandra Oh and Anne Heche. And, man, does this movie pack a punch (pause for laughter.) Haley falls more in love with Sandra Oh, and Claire tries to unpack this movie's worldview.

Content warning for discussions of war and violence.

Producers Note: If you think you would be frustrated by two Gen Z'ers, who had difficulty remembering that this movie  was actually reacting to the 2003 Iraq War (that they were too young to be cognizant of in terms of socio-cultural reactions) and not the time it was made in, talk about American entitlement and attitudes towards war and the military broadly, maybe skip this one. We did our best, but I for one hear our bias in terms of two leftists who have been alive in a mostly post social media world.

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Articles quoted:
Catfight movie review and summarry (2017) - RogerEbert.com

Sandra Oh, Anne Heche and Onur Tukel on their primal movie Catfight - The Globe and Mail

Onur Tukel [Interview] - TRAINWRECK'D SOCIETY

CATFIGHT: Both Physically & Verbally Bruising - The Film Inquiry
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Claire has been swayed to the side of quiet indies by the power of Jena Malone. This week we talked about Lovesong (2016), written and directed by So Yong Kim and starring Riley Keough and Jena Malone.

Just know Haley is kicking herself for not making the walking into the woods with the woman you love and leaving knowing that you still love her but your paths are diverging connection to Blue (2002) while we were recording. We have a Substack now, so maybe an expansion on that will show up there in the next month or so.

The YouTube video Haley mentions near the top:
The Problem With Lesbian Romance Novels - a sunny book nook
The actual quote about the time skip that Haley flubbed"
"Three years the wound is still open a little, it’s just enough time to transform out of their past."

The full interview the quote is from:
'Lovesong' Why You Should Make Your First FIlm 'Exactly How You Envision It'


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Damn... ladies truly are the dolls of maids. It's our Patreon pick! As voted by our patrons, this week we talked about The Handmaiden (2016), directed by Park Chan Wook and starring Kim Tae-ri and Kim Min-hee.

There's a reason why there are so many academic papers published on this film. We did our best, but we are just two gays who spent two full minutes making sex jokes using research paper jargon, so no experts to be found here.

The verilybitchie video essay mentioned:
The Lesbian Gaze
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This is the movie of all time.
-Claire

This week we watched Bottoms (2023), directed by Emma Seligman and starring Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott, and, man, we liked it a lot. If this had come out when Haley was in high school, she would have probably tried to commit it to memory. Do teens still do that? Or am I aging myself?
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Happy extraordinarily belated Lunar New Year! This week we covered Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) written and directed by The Daniels and starring Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu. Oops! Another one of Haley's favorite movies. Claire is very kind and lets her gush a lot. Like, a lot a lot.

Content warning for brief mention of suicide.

Interview with Costume Designer Shirley Kurata:
The Costumes in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Pay Tribute to Michelle Yeoh

Source for the breakdown of Chinese character for family:
What Does the Chinese Character 家 Mean?

The Accented Cinema video Haley mentioned:
The Thousand Faces of Michelle Yeoh | Video Essay
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We did it! We found the movie that finally made Claire regret agreeing to this podcast, and somehow it wasn't a quiet indie! This week we watched Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006) starring Shelley Conn and Laura Fraser and directed by feminist documentarian Pratibha Parmar. 

We wanted a fun rom-com with a big heart and we mostly got a reminder of how hard it is to thread that needle. We're glad this movie exists though, even beyond it showcasing the perfect example of an early 2000's going-out top.
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