The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains 😌 Class is now in session, Black Girl Film Club listeners! We're going back to high school with 90s classic (and Britney's personal favorite), She's All That (1999) directed by Robert Iscove and starring Freddie Prinze Jr, Rachel Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, and Paul Walker and featuring Kieran Culkin, Clea Duvall, Usher Raymond, Lil Kim, Gabrielle Union, and Anna Paquin. In this episode: a brief history of Pygmalion and My Fair Lady (1964); Britney's love of Freddie Prinze Jr; the politics of the Movie Makeover™; the hierarchy of high school losers; RIP MTV's Spring Break. Our recommendations: My Fair Lady (1964), Freddie Prinze Jr's entire filmography, Josie and The Pussycats (2001), Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

We're back to talk friendship, betrayal, and extreme hobbies...this time, above ground! In Fall (2022), recently widowed Becky and her friend Hunter become stranded after climbing a 2,000 ft decommissioned tv tower to spread her husband's ashes. Fall is directed by Scott Mann and stars Graces Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardener, Mason Gooding, and Jeffery Dean Morgan. In this episode: our collective fear of heights; Mason Gooding's charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent; being the one Black lady at the diner; how to be a good friend to someone grieving; fighting vultures; living, laughing, loving. Our recommendations: 47 Meters Down (2017), 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019), Buried (2010) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

🎵 What about your friends? Will they stand their ground? Will they let you down again? 🎵 We're looking at friendship dynamics and betrayal in The Descent (2005), directed by Neil Marshall and starring Shauna Macdonald, Natalia Mendoza, and Alex Reid. The Descent follows 6 women who become stranded in a uncharted cave system and have to survive cannibals and each other. If you can't fight together against strange cavemen 2 miles underground, are you even friends? In this episode: The Nutty Putty Cave, claustrophobia, narcissistic friends, should we explore caves? (answer: NO!) Our recommendations: Girl Trip (2017), 80 For Brady (2023), 127 Hours (2010), Triangle of Sadness (2022) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

1, 2, 3, 4! This is a movie that we adore! 📣🏳️‍🌈 We're going on another trip — this time to New Directions in Jamie Babbit's But I'm a Cheerleader (1999). A satirical look at the horrors of conversion therapy, But I'm a Cheerleader follows Megan (Natasha Lyonne), an All-American cheerleader who's sent to a local rehab camp to learn about to be a Happy Heterosexual™ when her friends and family suspect that she's a lesbian. But I'm A Cheerleader also stars Clea DuVall, Melanie Lynskey, RuPaul, and Cathy Moriarty. In this episode: AI influencer Natasha Lyonne; straight people and American values; Britney realizing RuPaul was a man; biphobia in film. Our recommendations: Bottoms (2023), Edward Scissorhands (1990) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

Happy Pride, film club listeners! 🏳️‍🌈 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single podcast in possession of 2 microphones, must be in want of a of good ass movie. But enough hetero nonsense! In this episode we take a trip to Fire Island (2022) directed by Andrew Ahn and starring Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, and Margaret Cho. Fire Island is a modern queer retelling of Jane Austen's classic, Pride & Prejudice, set during a chaotic trip to the infamous gay getaway. In this episode: Ashley details her love of P&P; cliques, racism, stratification in the gay community; Joel Kim Booster's cheekbones; making cheese in the hotub; what counts as high society in the IG thirst trap era. Our recommendations: Clueless (1995), Emma (1996), The Wedding Banquet (2025) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

For a very special edition of In the Studio With, we have director Destiny Cox with us to talk about her short film You Were Dead Yesterday (2025), an Afro-Gothic take on living through, and surviving a zombie apocalypse. In addition to directing, Destiny is the co-founder of Wano Studios, a Philadelphia-based production company. During this interview, asked Destiny about the rewards of running her own studio, her film influences and layered storytelling, the politics of horror, and why Black stories perfect for the sci-fi/horror genres! Catch You Were Only Dead Yesterday when it releases in August 2025. You can follow Destiny on Instagram @/destinyjcox or at Wano Studios @/wanostudiosllc. Visit Wano Studios at https://www.wanostudios.com/. Our recommendations: Ashley - Night of the Living Dead (1968), Alien (1979) Britney - Dawn of the Dead (1978) Destiny - Black Summer (2019-2021), Attack on Titan (2013-2023) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

Silencio! We finally get lost in David Lynch's walking daydream Mulholland Dr. (2001) starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, and Justin Theroux. Lynch, as usual, declined to explain the meaning of the film and we here at Black Girl Film Club can little more than offer our musing and interpretations including: the Hollywood machine, the sinister nature of LA, shaping your identity, Ellen Degeneres wigs, and the Blue Box Theory. We miss you, David and thank you for everything. Our recommendations: Persona (1966), 3 Women (1977), Black Swan (2010), Perfect Blue (1997)

You guys........we miss David Lynch. A lot. In part 1 of our David Lynch double feature, we discuss Eraserhead (1977), starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, and Jack Fisk. In this film, factory worker Henry Cooper becomes a father while living in an industrial wasteland. Lynch famously called Eraserhead his most spiritual film but, even more famously, declined to explain why. He also hated when people tried to explain his films with words, but that's exactly what we're doing in this episode. Also in this episode: what makes art Art, Lynch's filmography and early family life, the curse of CinemaSins, the uncertainty of parenthood, and the comfort of the unknown in Lynch's films. 🗣️ FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE! Our recommendations: Wanda (1970), Nightbitch (2024), Beau Is Afraid (2023) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

Heavy spoilers ahead! Welcome back to the Rough Cut! Along with literally everybody else in the world, we share our initial reactions of the most talked about movie of the year, Sinners (2025). Directed by Ryan Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan as twins Smoke and Stack, who return to the Mississippi Delta to open a juke joint and are attacked by vampires in process. In this extended episode: we hate on Variety and analyze music and the thinning veil, racial dynamics in the Jim Crow South and address the discourse on sex and trauma in Black movies. Our recommendations: Interview with the Vampire (2022-), Blade (1998) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

BOO YOW! 👸🏾👸🏾 On today's episode, we look back to another 90s Black Movie Classic – B.A.P.S. (1997) directed by Robert Townsend and starring Halle Berry, Natalie Desselle-Reid, and Martin Landau. In this film, Nisi (Berry) and Mickey (Desselle-Reid) make the big jump from Atlanta to L.A. and attempt to make their dreams come true but get caught up in a scam involving an aging multi-millionaire and his sinister nephew. B.A.P.S. is iconic for few reasons but how does it hold up in 2025? We try to get to the bottom of some alleged script changes, talk about Black girl glamour, and plead for Halle Berry to take more comedic roles! Our recommendations: Disorderlies (1987), Romy and MIchelle's High School Reunion (1997), Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

Like phoenixes rising from the littered ashes of Oscars discourse‬ and Russo Brothers slop, we've triumphantly emerged from Cinema Purgatory™ for our 7th year to, once again, fill the internet airwaves with our hot takes on film. In this week's episode we're talking friendship, heart chakras, and bra money in One of Them Days (2025), directed by Lawrence Lamont and starring Keke Palmer and SZA in her film debut. In the grand tradition of 1 day buddy comedies, this movie follows Dreux and Alyssa as they try to recover their stolen rent money before they're evicted. Also in this episode: we wonder when we'll get more mid-budget comedies, and would we wear a Cucci t-shirt? Our recommendations: Friday (1995), Friday After Next (2002), After Hours (1985) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

In this edition of the Rough Cut, we talk horny Christmas movies with Netflix's Hot Frosty (2024). In this episode: more investigations into the Holiday Movie Industrial Complex, Lacy Chabert: Queen of Christmas, snowman nipples, horny old people, and why every Christmas movie is based in trauma (thanks Charles Dickens!). Our recommendations: Falling For Christmas (2022), The Holdovers (2023), Gremlins (1984), Looney Tunes "The Abominable Snow Rabbit" (1961) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

Remember: You Are One 🧪🍳 On this latest edition of the Rough Cut, we chat about the psychological affects of Hollywood and the anti-aging industry in The Substance (2024) directed by Coralie Fargeat and starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid. Also in this episode: aging out of society, the mythology behind "black don't crack," aging on the internet, fertility and trad cottagecore weirdness. Our recommendations: Death Becomes of Her (1992), Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), The Fly (1986), Severance (2022-present) Watch: Hag Horror: Why Are We So Afraid of Old Women? by Broey Deschanel https://youtu.be/-kARVRt-p6w?si=4UUrqIOtx6Zx0a5i Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

Sweets for the sweet 🍭🍬 After literal years, we finally confront the Stacy Adams big bad himself, Candyman (1992) directed by Bernard Rose and starring Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, and Kasi Lemmons. In this episode: our childhood experience with the film; local urban legends and the power of belief; Clive Barker's The Forbidden and Eddie Murphy as the first choice for Daniel Robitaille; smash or pass: the Juice Demon or the Candy Demon; and what went wrong the re-quel. Our recommendations: Hellraiser (1987), Nightbreed (1990), The Evil Dead (1981), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Davalyn exists strictly with the confines of the show, but you can follow Lindsay at The Chocolate Hippie: https://open.spotify.com/show/2UlYnBlESXm2zmcxrTWWDY?si=84fc5f0ea8be4b36 Read They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror by Steve Bogira: https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/they-came-in-through-the-bathroom-mirror/ Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! BEETLEJUICE!! We're summoning the juice demon and bio-exorcism expert in Tim Burton's classic, Beetlejuice (1988) starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, and Catherine O'Hara. In this episode: Beetlejuice's wild journey from page to screen; calypso songs to get possessed to; goth legend Lydia Deetz; the importance of production design; how we'd haunt a house; and Tim Burton's enduring aesthetics (for better or for worse). Our recommendations: The Others (2001), Mars Attacks! (1996), Sleepy Hollow (1999) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

We're back with more Black vampires with The Transfiguration (2016), a coming of age tale of Milo, a struggling Brooklyn teen who believes he is a vampire. The Transfiguration was directed by Michael O'Shea and stars Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levine, and Aaron Moten. In this episode: Milo's Vampire Code of Ethics; #TwilightSucks; using movies to scare the hoes; Black writers and the occult; vampirism as a coping method for grief. Our recommendations: Martin (1977), Penny Dreadful (2014-2016) Watch Suicide by Sunlight (2018): https://vimeo.com/377200942 Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill ⛸️🩸 We're taking another bite into Black vampires with Blade (1998), the iconic Marvel film directed by Stephen Norrington and starring Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, N'Bushe Wright and Sanaa Lathan! In this episode: blood raves and dhampirs; The Haunting of Renesmee; real Y2K aesthetics; Marvel 360 deals and our predictions for the long-delayed reboot. Our recommendations: Demolition Man (1993), Ganja & Hess (1973) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

Ladies and gentleman, madames et monsieurs...welcome to a different kind of Rough Cut. Prepare yourselves, mortals, as we explore two adaptions of Anne Rice's epic tale: Interview with the Vampire (1994) and it's tv adaptation (2022-). In this episode: the history behind the 1976 novel; Oprah denouncing the dark energy in the first film; Ashley admits she was wrong about Sam Reid; Louis the Bird; the effect on race on the tv adaptation; Anne's influence on popular vampire stories; the future of Rockstar Lestat. Our recommendations: True Blood (2008-2014) and don't forget to watch IWTV streaming right now on Netflix! Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

Y'all know Black Girl Film Club? That podcast where two Black women talk about movies? Well, the feds heard they got backstage passes to Lady Raven's latest show, so they set up a trap for them. This whole episode is a trap 🪤 This episode has spoilers for M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie Trap (2024), starring Josh Hartnett as a serial killer trying to escape the ultimate trap – a pop star's arena concert. Also in this episode: The Scream Tour, hard launching your daughter's musical career, dads being dads, Shyamalan's best works, and Josh Hartnett's meaty titties. Our recommendations: The Village (2004), Saw (2004) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

🎵 We can’t take our eyes off of youuuu 🎵 We watched 90s teen classic 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), a retelling of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew! In this episode, we wonder if Shakespeare's 430 year old play is as misogynistic as it seems on the surface and talk about how 10 Things launched the careers of several actors, the unpopularity or 90s (white) feminism and whether we still have charming Bad Boys™ in 2024. Our recommendations: Deliver Us From Eva (2003), Mean Girls (2004), Clueless (1995), Cruel Intentions (1999) Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub