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Maximum Film!Episode #429: 'Nouvelle Vague' with Tarik R. DavisAn ode to a classic of French New Wave cinema – Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) – Nouvelle Vague is more than a heady film nerd love fest. It’s a Linklater movie, which means it’s a hangout film; it’s just that the gang we’re hanging with happens to be reinventing modern cinema, whether they know it or not. We’ve got writer, actor, and teacher Tarik R. Davis (The Amber Ruffin Show) with us to talk about the petite charms of this Cannes premiere. Then we pitch our own making-of hangout movies!What’s Good
2025-11-211h 12
Box Office GROSS: The Top 50 Hit Films of 2005S1 E34 - "Red Eye" (#44) - with Willow Catelyn Maclay!One of my oldest, dearest, smartest and coolest friends, yet somehow the second person in her household to be a guest, the very talented writer and PUBLISHED AUTHOR Willow Catelyn Maclay (Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema) joins the show this week to discuss Wes Craven's sweaty airplane thriller RED EYE. We discuss Craven's relief in making a quick, clean potboiler after his nightmarish odyssey filming the werewolf trash CURSED, heap loads of praise on stars Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy, and discuss the charming effectiveness of the film's increasingly ludicrous...
2025-10-202h 03
It Slays PodcastPerfect Blue (1997) Featuring Willow Catelyn MaclayThe squad hits the stage with special guest Willow Catelyn Maclay for Gill's pick, PERFECT BLUE (1997). How influential is this film? Did they predict where inteternet culture was going? And, does the mere thought of ice picks make Rowan cringe? Tune in to find out if we gave this film a NAY, OKAY, YAY, or SLAY!CHAPTERS:Theme/Intro (00:00:00)What We Been Consuming?/Why We Picked It (00:02:11)Trailer (00:49:20)Synopsis/First Experiences (00:49:50)Review (00:56:20)Rating/What Did You Think? (01:37:56)Horrific Hotline (01:46:53)Promotions (Horrific Hotline/Social Media/Patreon/It Slays Podcast's Horrific Playlist) (01:51:07)Upcoming Episode...
2025-08-311h 57
the CurbAlice Maio Mackay on the new wave of transgender cinemaAt just twenty years old, transgender wunderkind Alice Maio Mackay has crafted a filmography that would make most seasoned professionals envious. Alice's filmography is built within a defiantly independent space that centres queer stories on screen. From 2021's short film The Serpent's Nest, to the run of genre defying horror and sci-fi feature films that includes 2021's So Vam, 2022's Bad Girl Boogey, 2023's T-Blockers and Satranic Panic, and 2024's Carnage for Christmas, Alice has showed other filmmakers the possibilities of independent cinema within Australia.Alice follows in the footsteps of fellow Aussie trans filmmaker Dee McLachlan...
2025-03-1951 minthe CurbAlice Maio Mackay on the new wave of transgender cinemaAt just twenty years old, transgender wunderkind Alice Maio Mackay has crafted a filmography that would make most seasoned professionals envious. Alice's filmography is built within a defiantly independent space that centres queer stories on screen. From 2021's short film The Serpent's Nest, to the run of genre defying horror and sci-fi feature films that includes 2021's So Vam, 2022's Bad Girl Boogey, 2023's T-Blockers and Satranic Panic, and 2024's Carnage for Christmas, Alice has showed other filmmakers the possibilities of independent cinema within Australia.Alice follows in the footsteps of fellow Aussie trans filmmaker Dee McLachlan...
2025-03-1951 min
It Slays PodcastFrankenhooker (1990) Featuring Willow Catelyn MaclayThe squad reunites with friend of the pod Willow Catelyn Maclay to smoke super crack and discuss Gill's pick, FRANKENHOOKER (1990). Is this high art or Tubi trash? Is there a solid case for feminist themes? And, can there ever be too many exploding women? Tune in to find out if we gave this film a NAY, OKAY, YAY, or SLAY!CHAPTERS:Theme/Intro (00:00:00)What We Been Consuming?/Why We Picked It (00:01:50)Trailer (00:49:19)Synopsis/First Experiences (00:50:15)Review (00:57:35)Rating/What Did You Think? (01:47:13)Horrific Hotline (01:56:22)Promotions (Horrific Hotline/Social Media/Patreon/It Slays Podcast's...
2025-03-022h 05
A Very Good Year1960s highlight show!As you MUST know by now we are retiring A Very Good Year after 2 very good years of the show and over 100 episodes (if you count the bonuses, and why not?). There will be an all new show starting in 2025 with an incredible guest list, tons of great movies, and a bunch of new bonus features available.But before we do that we're looking back on A Very Good Year with some highlight shows. This week it's the 1960s with director Alexandre Phillipe, writer Larry Karaszewski, authors Stephen Farber and Michael McLellan, MST3k's Frank Conniff...
2024-12-291h 18
Framing – der Filmpodcast#16: Alle lieben Emilia?Nachdem Jacques Audiards neuer Film Emilia Pérez schon beim Festival von Cannes Preise abräumte, ist er nun gleich zehnfach bei den Golden Globes nominiert und wird wohl auch im Oscarrennen ordentlich mitmischen. Till Kadritzke, Dunja Bialas und Framing-Debütantin Nadine Lange (Tagesspiegel) rollen den Fall Emilia nochmal auf, tauschen ihre durchaus unterschiedlichen Seheindrücke aus und gehen dem Verhältnis von Musical-Fantasie und dargestellten Lebensrealitäten nach.
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2024-12-1747 min
OscarbateCucks, Fools, and Monsters (Caden Mark Gardner & Willow Catelyn Maclay)We talk about their book and our upcoming Chicago screenings12/3 - Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers at Music Box12/5 - Trust Fall at the Davis Theater
2024-12-0152 min
OscarbateDown the Rabbit Hole (w/ Samm Deighan)Down the Rabbit Hole (w/ Samm Deighan)We intended this to be a promo episode for Samm’s new book (the fantastic Revolution in 35mm) and while that’s technically true, we take some wild detours into the furthest reaches of cinema, as well as ourselves Revolution in 35mm BookEros + Massacre PodcastUpcoming screenings:Little Murders at Music Box w/ Samm DeighanTrust Fall at Davis Theater w/ Samm DeighanScarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers at Music Box w/ Caden Mark Gard...
2024-11-141h 20
It Slays PodcastA Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) Featuring Willow Catelyn MaclayThe squad is joined by film critic Willow Catelyn Maclay to discuss Rowan's pick, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS (1987)! Is this the highlight of the series? Should every horror movie have a metal soundtrack? And, what do we think of Freddy's comedic era? Tune in to find out if we gave this film a NAY, OKAY, YAY, or SLAY!CHAPTERS:Theme/Intro (00:00:00)What We Been Consuming?/Why We Picked It (00:01:46)Trailer (00:36:16)Synopsis/First Experiences (00:36:46)Review (00:48:13)Rating/What Did You Think? (01:38:49)Horrific Hotline (01:47:56)Promotions (Horrific Hotline/Social Media/Patreon/It Slays...
2024-11-101h 56
OscarbateThe Movie Review Corner: Here + Juror No. 2we did what you all assumed we would doUpcoming Screenings11/12 - Visible Secret at Drafthouse Chicago11/18 - Little Murders at Music Box w/ Samm Deighan11/21 - Trust Fall at Davis Theater w/ Samm Deighan12/3 - Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers w/ Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay
2024-11-101h 20
Queen is Dead - A Film, TV and Culture PodcastHorror Movie Catch-Up for 2024! ft. The Substance, Longlegs, Oddity, Strange Darling & many more! #134In our second Halloween-themed episode this month, Dhruv and Amartya are joined by returning guest Arijit (last heard in our “Elevated” Horror film discussion!) to talk about a LOT of 2024 horror films that have already been released and are available to watch online.
We first go through a lot of titles we have already discussed in other episodes, asking Arijit to share his non-spoilery thoughts on them before talking about 9 (yes, 9!) horror films that we have randomly selected from this year. 5 of them involve non-spoiler discussions because at least one of us has not seen...
2024-10-162h 26
Another Book on the Shelf152 - Summer Hangout 2024The sun is out, the weather is sweaty, which means it's time for our summer hangout episode. We're talking about what we've been reading over the last couple months and checking in on our reading goals now that we're halfway through the year.Show NotesThe Aberfoyle Antique Market runs until late October if you want to check it out. Write or Die has some amazing writing workshops. If you're interested in Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya's Queer Imagination workshop, she's running it again in September. Or sign up for her Gays and Ghouls queer horror workshop in...
2024-07-3155 min
SLEAZOIDS337 - EVA MAN (1980) + TENEBRAE (1982) ft. Willow Catelyn Maclay & Caden Mark GardnerHosts Josh and Jamie and special guest film critics Willow Catelyn Maclay & Caden Mark Gardner discuss a double feature of movies starring Italian transgender actress Eva Robin's inspired by their excellent new book on the history of transness in cinema 'Corpses, Fools and Monsters': Antonio D’Agostino's softcore sexploitation hangout crime/superhero (??) movie EVA MAN (1980) and Dario Argento's playfully grisly, self-reflexive and disco-heavy return to the Giallo genre in TENEBRAE (1982).
Next week's episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on SPEED (1994) and TWISTER (1996), you can get access to that episode (and all past + future bonus episodes) by subscribing to our $5 tier on...
2024-07-122h 34A Very Good Year1969 with Willow Catelyn Maclay“Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema” (out Tuesday) is one of our favorite film books of the year, and we’re welcoming both of its authors as consecutive guests. This week, film critic Willow Catelyn Maclay joins us to talk about the movies of 1969, from the ahead-of-its-time freedom of “Funeral Parade of Roses” to the Gotham grime of “Midnight Cowboy” to the delightful silliness of “Gamera vs Guiron.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-07-071h 05
It Slays PodcastPride Special!In this very special episode for PRIDE MONTH, Rowan interviews Gill, Mike & special guest Willow Catelyn Maclay to discuss the importance of horror to the LGBTQ+ experience and how their respective communities relate to them. They also give everyone their top 5 picks for pride!CHAPTERS:Theme/Intro (00:00:00)Gill Interview (00:00:47)Willow Interview (00:20:47)Mike Interview (00:35:35)Outro (00:56:53)Follow us on all social media:FacebookTwitterInstagramTumblrYoutubeSlasherThreadsBlueskyWant some official Merch?!SHOP HERE!*Intro Music...
2024-07-0157 min
The Film Comment PodcastCaden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay on the Trans Film ImageIn April 2021, Film Comment published a Trans Cinema Roundtable Podcast, in which two trans film critics and two trans filmmakers answered questions submitted by listeners on what constitutes a cinema of transness. Now, two of those panelists—Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay—are about to publish a new book on that very subject. Corpses, Fools and Monsters is a thorough inquiry into the history, present, and future of what Caden and Willow call the “trans film image”—not a fully developed cinema, yet, but gestures, glimpses, and traces that have been visible in film from its earliest days and have n...
2024-06-2646 min
Consider This from NPR25 years on, 'Boys Don't Cry' remains a milestone in trans cinemaAs part of his ongoing look at groundbreaking films from 1999, host Scott Detrow speaks with Kimberly Peirce, the writer-director of Boys Don't Cry. The film starred Hillary Swank, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Brandon Teena, a young transgender man searching for himself and love in Nebraska. Peirce talks about the challenges she faced in getting the movie made and her efforts to find a transgender man to play the lead role in the film.Detrow also speaks with critic Willow Catelyn Maclay, who sees the film's legacy as complicated....
2024-06-1612 minConsider This from NPR25 years on, 'Boys Don't Cry' remains a milestone in trans cinemaAs part of his ongoing look at groundbreaking films from 1999, host Scott Detrow speaks with Kimberly Peirce, the writer-director of Boys Don't Cry. The film starred Hillary Swank, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Brandon Teena, a young transgender man searching for himself and love in Nebraska. Peirce talks about the challenges she faced in getting the movie made and her efforts to find a transgender man to play the lead role in the film.Detrow also speaks with critic Willow Catelyn Maclay, who sees the film's legacy as complicated....
2024-06-1612 min
Creamed Corn And The Universe - A Twin Peaks PodcastDenise BrysonWillow Maclay joins me this week to discuss Denise Bryson. We talk about how her role in helping Cooper after the Laura Palmer case, how her scene with Gordon Cole resonates with today's world, and how Denise set a high bar for trans representation in film & television.
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2024-05-2752 min
It Slays PodcastGinger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)The squad takes a trip to the Great White North with Gill's pick, GINGER SNAPS 2: UNLEASHED (2004)! Has Colton warmed up to this franchise? Have the VFX improved since the first film? And wait… Wasn't Willow Catelyn Maclay supposed to guest on this episode?! Tune in to find out where Willow went and if we gave this film a NAY, OKAY, YAY, or SLAY!CHAPTERS:PSA/Theme/Intro (00:00:00)What We Been Consuming?/Why We Picked It (00:03:09)Trailer (00:37:36)Synopsis/First Experiences (00:38:52)Review (00:44:03)Rating/What Did You Think? (01:27:03)Horrific Hotline (01:33:57)Promotions (Horrific Hotline/Social Media/Patreon/It Sl...
2024-03-311h 38
Jo's Boys: A Little Women PodcastChapter 46: Under the Umbrella with Willow Catelyn MaclayWedding march or funeral dirge? We're joined to discuss the penultimate (and Peyton's least-favorite) chapter of Little Women by film critic Willow Catelyn Maclay. Willow is a film critic for publications like The Village Voice, Roger Ebert, Vulture, Little White Lies, Cleo Journal, MUBI Notebook, and many, many more. She has done freelance work with Netflix and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Most recently, she co-authored the book Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: An Examination of Trans Film Images in Cinema. It’s due out on July 9, 2024, and it’s available for pre-order now.
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2024-03-1546 min
It Slays PodcastThe Exorcist (1973) Featuring Willow Catelyn MaclayThe squad invites Willow Catelyn Maclay back to the show to discuss one of the most iconic horror movies of all time with Rowan's pick, THE EXORCIST (1973)! Is this still one of the scariest movies ever made? Are we fans of the theatrical or the director's cut? And no one on the show could ever HATE such a staple of horror movie canon… Right? Tune in to find out if we gave this film a NAY, OKAY, YAY, or SLAY!CHAPTERS:Theme/Intro (00:00:00)What We Been Consuming?/Why We Picked It (00:01:54)Trailer (00:19:08)Synopsis/First Ex...
2023-10-151h 36
It Slays PodcastCat People (1942) Featuring Willow Catelyn MaclayWith Colton MIA, the squad invites Willow Catelyn Maclay to dust off an oldie with Mike's pick, CAT PEOPLE (1942). What is the cultural significance of this film? Will Willow’s knowledge show everyone up? Or, will Gill’s rating break everyone's heart? Tune in to find out if we gave this film a NAY, OKAY, YAY, or SLAY! CHAPTERS:Theme/Intro (00:00:00)What We Been Consuming? (00:02:51)Trailer (00:14:53)Synopsis/First Experiences (00:15:56)Review (00:22:14)Rating/What Did You Think? (01:02:01)Horrific Hotline (01:08:52)Promotions (Horrific Hotline/Social Media/Patreon/It Slays Podcast's Horrific Playlist) (01:12:58)Upcoming Episode/Outro (01:16:23)Follow us o...
2023-05-141h 19
It Slays PodcastSleepaway Camp (1983) Featuring Willow Catelyn MaclayThe squad is joined by film critic and essayist, Willow Catelyn Maclay, to discuss the cult slasher flick, SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983). Just how problematic is this movie? Is there anything to love outside of the soundtrack? And what is with Aunt Martha’s impeccable taste in wallpaper? Listen to find out if we award this film a NAY, OKAY, YAY, or SLAY!Follow us on all social media:FacebookTwitterInstagramTumblrYoutubeSlasherWant some official Merch?!SHOP HERE!*Intro & Outro Music by Dylan Bailey (IG: @th...
2022-07-311h 24
They Made Another One?!The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986)We kick season 3 off with a bang, as our latest dive into the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE series hits us with: Cannon Films; Dennis Hopper triple-wielding chainsaws; gross stuff with clothes hangers; property destruction; underground cannibal family cave carnival; and finally, an accurate representation of what it's like to work in radio. Oh, and a special credits song.Read Willow Maclay's Letterboxd review here: https://letterboxd.com/catelyn/film/the-texas-chainsaw-massacre-2/1/Mitch is a complete failure.Art by Jade Dickinson: @jadesketches on Instagram | @jadesketches on TikTokFind us on Twitter & Letterboxd: @theymadeanother / @tmao...
2021-08-041h 14