Today we are talking about a gal who is one of the top Jazz singers in history. Named the “First lady of song” she won 13 Grammys and sold more than 40 million albums. She sang songs from the Great American Songbook and made them her own. Ira Gershwin once said “I never knew how […]
Kate dusts off the VHS copy and turns the time circuits on to talk about Back to the Future. She explains why discussing this movie in any depth gets her in trouble, as well as the 3 constants, the Crispin Glover & Bob Gale feud and she gives time travel advice. Sources: Legal look: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/back-future-ii-a-legal-833705 […]
Video of this presentation: Wonder Woman’s Creation This year marks the 76th anniversary since Wonder Woman first appeared in All Star Comics #8. Seven months later she got her own comic. She was created by the American psychologist and writer William Marston (who wrote under the Pen Name Charles Marston), with his wife Elizabeth Marston […]
Here is a gal who created the framework that would make movies last over 100 years. Her innovations include: being the first to tell a story on film, first to use sound, first to feature inter-racial casts, creation the music video, developing a “natural” acting style, and was the first female to run a movie […]
Kate & Adam Eastwood finish up this 3 part look at Star Trek TV. They dig in deep on Deep Space 9’s “The Forsaken” and Voyager’s “The Gift.” They talk about the themes of acceptance and connection. ABOUT Filmmaker Kate Chaplin takes a film that has influenced her life for good, bad or ugly and […]
Adam Eastwood is back and this week we’re taking on Star Trek: The Next Generation’s episode The Child, and Enterprise’s episode The Expanse. Trigger Warnings as Kate & Adam do talk about abortion, rape and September 11th in this powerful episode. ABOUT Filmmaker Kate Chaplin takes a film that has influenced her life for good, […]
Adam Eastwood is back! Adam had such a great time talking about X-men with Kate that he proposed coming back to talk about specific TV episodes in the Star Trek universe. Today Kate and Adam dig deep into the power of illusion in the Star Trek Original Series episodes, The Cage and The Menagerie. They […]
This week Kate is joined by Jennifer Berk to talk about the messages and childhood confusion in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. They talk about the music and the dancing, explore motifs of upstairs/downstairs, father-daughter relationships, fear, and wonder just what is “an appointment” is and what being “in trouble” means. Trigger warning we do […]
Reunited once again Wil Derringer guests to talk about one of his top 5 must-watch movies, 1957’s 12 Angry Men. Kate & Wil talk about the importance and benefits of conversation, reasonable doubt and prejudice. About Filmmaker Kate Chaplin takes a film that has influenced her life for good, bad or ugly and dissects it […]
To talk about the 1989 movie Heathers, Kate is joined by a certified Heather – Heather Woodcock. Kate and Heather dig into the social hierarchy in and out of school, teenage years, journaling, female friendships, Veronica the hero, what they didn’t like about the movie and film theories on what would happen after the credits […]
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