Hollywood Actresses, the Oscars, and Wuthering Heights with Izzy from Be Kind Rewind

Showing her love of movies, Izzy from Be Kind Rewind chats with us about her process of creating video essays and connection to researching actresses in the Hollywood system. We discuss how her fannish love of TCM films turned into a passion for making videos and navigating complex topics often overlooked or simplified into gossip. Diving deeper into this, Izzy speaks about her recent video on actress Merle Oberon’s race as it relates to William Wyler’s Wuthering Heights (1939) and its latest adaption by Emerald Fennell. There we discuss how the construction of stardom and the text of a piece impact readings of race as a racialized work attempts to become de-racailized by directorial choices. Using her Vanessa Redgrave video, Izzy also talks to us about the Oscars,its relationship to politics, and how it impacts actresses. We end this longer epsiode with a hint of the future for Be Kind Rewind and our 2026 Oscar predictions. Afterwards, Samantha and Henry give their Oscar predictions in every category. This episode is filled with fun, fandom, and just a touch of Hollywood magic! We get into what passions drive a video essayist and the interesting topics that can happen about the film industry if we are not strictly going by salacious headlines. It is an episode that not only asks viewers to watch more films but, also challenges them to think about the wider implications of the moving image.   Here are some of the references from this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper: Some Suggested BKR Videos: YouTube [Channel Link] Nebula [Channel Link] Merle Oberon and the Whiteness of Wuthering Heights Why Vanessa Redgrave Gave the Most Controversial Oscar Speech Ever How Carrie Fisher Blurred Fact and Fiction  Performing Authenticity: The Cinema of Lady Gaga Sofia Coppola and The Godfather Part III Disaster How Michelle Yeoh Went from Bond Girl to Best Actress Oscar Winner in the American Media The Feud of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford | 1963: Pt. 2 Academic/Educational readings and resources: Black Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us about African Americans Hardcover  WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations - Full Report Why Analyze Inclusion at the Oscars? Hollywood Diversity Report JSTOR Hollywood Babylon People & Places: Lindsay Ellis Princess Weekes Emerald Fennell Merle Oberon Vanessa Redgrave Lady Gaga Sophia Coppola Diane Keaton Ryan Murphy Betty Davis Joan Crawford Laurence Olivier Nicole Kidman Vivien Leigh Anna May Wong Hattie McDaniel Rock Hudson Cole Escola Michelle Yeoh Teyana Taylor Wunmi Mosaku Jessie Buckley Jamie Lee Curtis Chon A. Noriega Karina Longworth Liza Minnelli Judy Garland Yoko Ono Samuel Goldwyn William Wyler Lana Turner Lupe Velez Media: TCM Oscars The 98th Academy Awards (2026) Wuthering Heights (1939 film) Wuthering Heights (2026 film) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Did Yoko Break Up The Beatles?  Sadly, Wuthering Heights Discourse Is That Deep 1978 Oscars Vanessa Redgrave Win  Kanopy Criterion Channel Tubi Little Gold Men podcast Film Comment podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast Funny Girl (1968) Moulin Rouge! (2001) Bad Cinderella Gone With The Wind (1939) It Happened One Night (1934) Sinners (2025) One Battle After Another (2025) Hamnet (2025) The Godfather Part III (1990) Hollywood (TV mini series) Feud (TV series) You might also enjoy our previous Oscar Themed episode and the Oscar Watch series Henry is currently running on his blog.  ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at [email protected]:“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet  https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––