Black Girl Film Club Black Girl Film Club

On this episode of Black Girl Film Club, we welcome blogger and fellow podcaster Lauren from Fashion Grunge! We get lost in L.A. and dodge Valley Girls, the Atari Gang, and some creepy alien while chatting about 90s culture, movies, and fashion in Gregg Araki's Nowhere (1997), starring James Duval and Rachel True.

Our recommendations: The Doom Generation (1995), KIDS (1995), The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Lauren runs the blog Fashion Grunge and reviews (mostly 90s) movies on Fashion Grunge Pod. Follow her and subscribe to her Patreon: https://linktr.ee/fashiongrunge

Support us with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub

Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/blkgirlfilmclub. Check us out on Instagram www.instagram.com/blackgirlfilmclub. Visit us at www.blackgirlfilmclub.com.

On this special edition of the Rough Cut, we're back to talk about this year's Oscars! In this very loose episode, we list a few of our predictions, chat about the Razzie's, a dissect the online uproar over the Barbie nominations.

No recommendations this week! Slide us your recommendations or tell us your your nomination predictions at our email:
💌 blackgirlfilmclub (at) gmail (dot) com

Support us on Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub

Check out the rest of our socials: linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

This week, we close out Black History Month with the 2024 BAFTA winning Earth Mama (2023), directed by Savanah Leaf and starring Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, and Doechii.

In this episode, we continue our discussion on Black womanhood, this time with an expanded conversation on adoption, the struggles of being a young mother looking for a support system, and what the life would be like if America actually supported reproductive rights.

Our recommendations: The Florida Project (2017), Juno (2007) + stick around til the end of the episode for some BHM faves by Britney

Watch The Heart Still Hums (2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8jFwsqu3sk&t=845s&pp=ygUUdGhlIGhlYXJ0IHN0aWxsIGh1bXM%3D

Read "Born From My Memories: A Note From Savanah Leaf": https://a24films.com/notes/2023/07/a-note-from-savanah-leaf

Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub

Check out the rest of our socials: https://linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

Happy Black History Month and happy 6 years of Black Girl Film Club! ✊🏾🎞️✊🏾

We’re taking the train to Brooklyn with a discussion on Just Another Girl on the IRT (1992), directed by Leslie Harris and starring Ariyan A. Johnson, Ebony Jericho, and Kevin Thigpen.

In this episode, we have a very important question: where are all the Black girl coming of age stories? We also explore the challenges of being a young woman in early 90s New York, impending motherhood, and what not to do when your dream gets deferred.

Our recommendations this week: A Thousand and One (2023) and Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

Support the show with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub

Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

For our final Rough Cut of 2023, we watched May December (2023), directed by Todd Haynes and starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, and Charles Melton.

In this episode, we discuss actors making the leap from tv to film, power dynamics in relationships and the audience perception of these relationships, and the real-life case that inspired the movie. May December is streaming now on Netflix.

This week's recommendations: Safe (1995), Persona (1966), 3 Women (1977)

Support us with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub

Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

We're wrapping up Noirvember with Deep Cover (1992) directed by Bill Duke and starring Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Charles Martin Smith, and Victoria Dillard.

In this episode, we discuss modern day copaganda, Laurence's lack of film acting nominations, early 90s racism and more.

This week recommendations: The Fast and the Furious (2001), Under the Silver Lake (2017), The Mighty Quinn (1989), The Departed (2006) and/or Infernal Affairs (2002), The Godfather (1972)

Support us with a Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub

Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub