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Hex Appeal: Cinema’s Baddest Witches (Practical Magic, The Craft, The Witches of Eastwick)

Hex Appeal: Cinema’s Baddest Witches (Practical Magic, The Craft, The Witches of Eastwick)

FromGroovy Movies


Hex Appeal: Cinema’s Baddest Witches (Practical Magic, The Craft, The Witches of Eastwick)

FromGroovy Movies

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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Oct 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

It’s that spooky time of year and Practical Magic’s 25th anniversary. So this week we take a whistlestop tour through witch movie history to our final destination: the 90s (cinema’s hexiest decade?).  References‘Screaming, Flying, And Laughing: Magical Feminism’s witches in contemporary film, television and novels’ by Kimberly Ann Wells‘Witches, “bitches” or feminist trailblazers? The Witch in Folk Horror Cinema’ by Chloe Germaine Buckley‘“We are the weirdos”: how witches went from evil outcasts to feminist heroes’ by Anne T. Donahue for The Guardian‘Magical Women, Witches & Healers’, Frames Cinema Journal, issue 16The Evolution of Black Witches on Screen‘How Hollywood Has Failed Black Witches’ by BreAnna Bell for Variety‘Celebrating the magic of black witchiness in entertainment’ by Claire Lawrence for offcultured.com‘Thirstory: The Real Witches of Hollywood’ by Mitchell Nugent for InterviewGeorge Miller on directing The Witches of EastwickCher on The Witches of EastwickRachel True on The Craft‘The Real Curse in Practical Magic is Heterosexuality’ by Natalie Adler for ViceFilm PharmacyIkiru (1952) dir. by Akira KurosawaJiro Dreams of Sushi (2011) dir. by David Gelb-----------If you love what we do, please like, subscribe and leave a review!Produced and edited by Lily AustinMusic and sound by James BrailsfordLogo design by Abby-Jo SheldonFollow usEmail us
Released:
Oct 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Two friends and mega film fans, Lily and James, take it in turn to choose a film they love and the other one hasn't seen. Listen to the post-viewing discussion which ensues.