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On this week's XXL episode of BFGE, Angelique fills in for Emma and the ladies discuss the TWO feature films of newcomer Coralie Fargeat. For an appetizer, the ladies dissect "Revenge": Fargeat's debut film, a 2017 thriller about a young woman who thirsts for vengeance after she is raped and left for dead in the desert by three men.
For the main course, S & A tuck into "The Substance": a new body horror film about an aging aerobics star (Demi Moore) who injects herself with a mysterious SUBSTANCE that promises to produce a younger, better version of herself (Margaret Qualley). What could go wrong with shooting junk from a back alley medispa from hell? Tune in to find out!
Only here for The Substance (2024)? Discussion starts at 52:19!
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In this week's episode of BFGE, the ladies take a field trip to the movie theater to catch "Caligula: the Ultimate Cut (1979)" -- a complete reimagining of the reviled 1979 cult epic "Caligula," which is the world's first and last big-budget historical epic film infused with...uhh...hardcore pornography. Tune in as:
The ladies discuss the catty man infighting amongst Vidal (screenwriter), Brass (director), and Guccione (producer).Sarah almost gets fired because of Caligulaaaa.Emma explains why you should never eat a salad in the dark.Watch the trailer for not THIS Caligula, but Gore Vidal's CALIGULA here.
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In this harrowing episode of BFGE, the ladies watch "Martyrs": a 2008 French-language psychological horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier. The film centers on a young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child, which leads leads her and a friend on a terrifying journey into a living hell. In this ep:
Sarah and Emma showcase their own martyrs du jourEmma is "actually traumatized" and considers quitting the podcastThe ladies debate whether the film is misogynistic or just misanthropicCome profoundly suffer with us!
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In this very emotional episode of BFGE, the ladies celebrate Sarah's birthday by watching the infamous musical tragedy "Dancer in the Dark." Written and directed by professional sadboy Lars Von Trier, the film stars Icelandic singer Björk as OSHA's worst nightmare: a blind Czechoslovakian immigrant operating heavy machinery while daydreaming about musicals. Also in this episode:
Emma is a heartless bitch who can't wait for Björk to dieSarah recaps the Dogme 95 filmmaking movement and incredibly polarizing reception to the filmThe ladies discuss the #metoo letter that made everyone go "haha yep that's Lars for ya"Emma reluctantly agrees to raise Sarah's son if she's ever hanged by the stateCome sing along with us!
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In this week's episode of BFGE, the ladies dissect Abel Ferrara's delightfully scuzzy 1992 crime drama "Bad Lieutenant" starring Harvey Keitel as a drunk, drug-addled crooked cop investigating the rape of a young a nun. In this episode:
Emma loves drinking water, but Sarah thinks it's stupid and overrated.Sarah sheds some light on the interesting and controversial life of actress/screenwriter Zoe Lund.Emma is a little puritan who doesn't know what crack & smack look like.Can you believe fresh hot soup only cost $1.99 in 1992?The ladies break down their top Bad Lieutenant sins committed in this film.Come dance along with us!
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2009 interview with Barbara Lekberg (Zoe's mother)
Zoe, Abel, et al., partying at the Chateau Marmont in 1991
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On this week's very special episode of BFGE, Sarah and Emma enlist the services of a third friend, Melbourne-native Angelique, to watch Rolf de Heer's singular and indescribable Australian absurdist black comedy "Bad Boy Bubby". The film centers around the titular Bubby: a man who has spent thirty-five years trapped in a small room with his abusive mother. After he finally manages to escape, his adventure into a dazzling and nihilistic life begins. The ladies drill down on the tough questions in this one, including:
Is Angelique still Australian enough to watch this film?Is this just Nick Cave's origin story?Was the original cut of this film actually 4 hours long?Does God hate fat sluts?Does Little Caesars know where Tubi is placing its "Crazy Puffs" ads?Come and join the Bubby band with us!
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In this very sensual episode of BFGE, the ladies watch nepo baby Jennifer Lynch's 1993 box office dumpster fire, Boxing Helena: a film about a wealthy surgeon (Julian Sands) who becomes obsessed with a seductive woman (Sherilyn Fenn) with whom he once had an affair. Refusing to accept that she has zero romantic interest in him, he lovingly amputates her limbs and holds her captive in his stately mansion.
The ladies debate how much simping is too much simping.Sarah discusses the Boxing Helena lawsuit that bankrupted Kim Basinger.Emma comes to terms with the fact that she is a mere facsimile of a woman because she owns neither a candelabra nor lime cordial.Emma rebuffs Sarah's hypothesis about body integrity identity disorder (BIID), a rare mental health condition where individuals feel that a healthy limb or body part should not be part of their body. The ladies consider taking a note from the Snapewives and wedding the spirit of Julian Sands (RIP king) on the astral plane.
In this episode:Ditch your limbs and listen along with us!
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In BFGE's most gross-out episode to date, Sarah and Emma watch Jörg Buttgereit's depraved West German exploitation classic about a man that loses everything after his hot bitchy girlfriend leaves him for a comely corpse he brought home for a ménage à trois.
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The ladies discuss whether polyamory can ever work (no).Sarah gives some historical insight into why the Germans took a 50 year hiatus from making horror films after the 1930s (you know why).The ladies discuss the ethics of the controversial rabbit scene.Emma asks the tough questions: Why is there always a sequel? Are there ticks in Germany? Why does Joe's street sweeping agency only clean up dead bodies, and only in the woods? Why didn't anyone invite the corpse to breakfast? Come be our third wheel!Follow us on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/brutalfilmgirlpod/
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On this week’s episode of BFGE, Sarah & Emma celebrate their annual trip to Coney Island by watching Walter Hill’s 1979 hyper-masculine New York City fairy tale, the Warriors. The film centers on a fictitious NYC street gang who must travel 30 miles from the the Bronx to their home turf on Coney Island, fighting off a bunch of kooky rivals gangs along the way, after they are framed for the murder of a charismatic gang leader.
The ladies discuss the best and worst gangs and all their adorable little gang aesthetics.Emma tells the tale of Balto, a noble dog that did NOT save New York City.Sarah discusses the critical reception to the film when it was released in 1979.Emma regrets asking Sarah for a sexy and cool gang nickname, while Sarah doubts Emma’s commitment to co-hosting the podcast.Come ride the cyclone with us!
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In this week’s episode of BFGE, the ladies enjoy pre-show cocktails before they tuck into J. Michael Muro’s “democratically offensive” horror-comedy, Street Trash: a film in which a group of vagabonds living in a Brooklyn junkyard falls prey to Tenafly Viper—$1 booze that’s gone bad and turns anyone who drinks it into a technicolor puddle of slime. Also in this episode:
Sarah reveals why she loves living next to the toxic Meeker Avenue Plumes.Emma pontificates about the Vietnam War, a war in which she bravely fought, vicariously, by taking a single graduate-level seminar.The ladies taste test the closest booze to Tenafly Viper they could find: Richard’s Wild Irish Rose, a fortified wine that comes with its own entourage of clinically depressed fruit flies. Tune in to see if Sarah & Emma turn into fluorescent purple GOO after drinking it.Watch along (currently free on Tubi) & melt with us!
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This week, Sarah and Emma bond over Michael Haneke’s (Funny Games) unnerving character study of a repressed middle-aged piano instructor who seeks an outlet for her controversial sexual desires while in the grasp of her controlling mother. The ladies discuss the film's central theme of the dynamics of power & control. An 18-year old Sarah visits a rural roadside smut shop with her friends. Emma begrudgingly gives a dramatic reading of the film’s infamous kink letter, while Sarah reads reviews from disgruntled book club women who, for some reason, were under the impression that this was a romance.
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Sarah starts a podcast to lure Emma to her apartment to watch one of her favorite films, Tobe Hooper's 1974 grindhouse classic "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre." Emma reveals her trauma from the civil war ghost tours she was forced to endure as a young girl scout, Sarah discusses the grisly inspiration for the film and the chilly reception from cranky film critics, Emma survives the TCM by offering to make a Sephora run for Leatherface.
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