In this week’s ep we’re talking about male-directed films about women. What inspired this mainly was my month long depressive spiral after I saw Poor Things last year. I’ll also be discussing some other somewhat recent releases: Anora, Nosferatu, and The Worst Person in the World, their marketing as supposed ‘feminist’ films and the actual varying degrees of misogyny present throughout. No male directors on set, please!
(I realise I kept pronouncing ‘Joachim’ like ‘Joaquim’… ignore)
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Resources ~
Bastien AJ, (2024) “Is Poor Things the Best We Can Do For Female Sexuality Onscreen?” Vulture
Lanier A, (2025) “The Women Are the Problem: The Enduring Mistake of ‘Nosferatu’ and Misogyny” Pajiba
Lawrence R, (2024) “The Vampire & Queerness in 19th Century Gothic Literature” Blog post
Siddiqi A, (2022) “Memento Millennial” Substack essay
Squire S, (2022) “The Worst Person in the World—commentary on sexism, love and being lost in beautiful film” Socialist Worker
Urzaiz BG, (2022) “The Worst Person in the World – The problematic cliché of the zany female thirtysomething” El Pais
The Punk Theory, (2025) “Book vs. Movie: Poor Things” Blog post
Yeh SSC, (2015) “The Beast Within: Gothic Vampirisim in the 19th Century” McGill University
