Hollywood’s New Lesbian Plot

Many of Joe Biden’s closest advisors are now well-ensconced in the sinecures reserved for the elite, working at think tanks, academia, and major media outlets. Normally, they could expect to have future jobs when the Democrats retake the White House. But this cozy situation is be ...  Show more

My Nation colleague Kate Wagner has written a brilliant critical essay on the Obama Center, which just opened in Chicago. I talk to her about how the history of presidential libraries, a now anachronistic form as well as the controversies surrounding the Obama Center’s displaceme ...  Show more

This week we review Kristen Stewart’s new 80s erotic thriller LOVE LIES BLEEDING, and Ethan Coen’s (of the Coen Brothers) crime caper DRIVE AWAY DOLLS.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:13:52 - Love Lies Bleeding

00:26:47 - Drive Away Dolls

00:34:19 - Emai ...

Sean and Amanda discuss a recent run of positive 2025 movie news (1:00) before digging into Rose Glass’s second feature, ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ (20:00). They take stock of Kristen Stewart’s unique movie star presence, discuss Glass’s genre command and audacious screenwriting, and p ...  Show more

The Hollywood studio system begins to crumble, and Louella and Hedda decline and fall, too. But just as a new generation of filmmakers rises from the ashes and reinvents the movie business, so too does gossip find new life in a new look. We’ll end our season by talking about a wo ...  Show more