Hollywood Movie Catch-Up for 2025 (Pt. 1 - For the Gays and Gals) #171

Hello, Hello, Hello!We're back after a month-long hiatus with our podcast episodes -- which will be coming regularly to you from now on, at least until the end of 2025's Awards Season.Rather than doing our annual "Best of" & "Oscar Season Movie Catch-Ups", we've decided to do a series of Year-end Round-ups of some of the most talked about films in 2025. These will cover many of the titles up for awards consideration -- and hopefully many more titles that perhaps didn't make the nominations list but were still relevant (either in public discourse, or, more significantly, personal favorites).We'll be releasing the Round-Up Eps for English Language Features first, since most of the titles we have discussed are now readily available for listeners to watch online.This first (of three) English-Language Features Round-Up is mainly focused on covering films either directed by women -- or, at least, on films entirely centered around them. This includes fairly in-depth discussions on Lynne Ramsay's "Die My Love," Mary Bronstein's "If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You," Nia DaCosta's "Hedda," Yorgos Lanthimos' "Bugonia," Mona Fastvold's "The Testament of Ann Lee," and (briefly) John M Chu's "Wicked (Not) For Good."The last film listed here also prompts our token Queer representative, Cris, to do a quickfire Queer Film Round-Up for 2025, which most extensively covers Ira Sachs's "Peter Hujar's Day."Listen to the full episode to hear more about our apprehension in talking about "women-oriented films," Cris and Ashwin's problems with John M. Chu's direction of the "Wicked" films, THAT "Bugonia" ending & much, much more!TIME CODESQID Ep. Release Plan for Jan/Feb/March – [00:00 - 07:09]Introduction – [07:09 - 08:49]“Die My Love” – [08:49 - 33:41]“If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You” – [33:41 - 53:45]“Hedda” – [53:45 - 01:09:17]“Bugonia” (MAJOR SPOILERS!) – [01:09:17 - 01:35:33]INTERVAL (aka Auteurial Digression) – [01:35:33 - 01:38:22]“The Testament of Ann Lee” – [01:38:22 - 02:03:52]"Wicked (Not) For Good" – [02:03:52 - 02:18:01]"Peter Hujar's Day" – [02:18:01 - 02:37:22]Cris' Rapid Fire Queer Film Round-Up – [02:37:22 - 02:50:31]Outro (aka More Recommendations!) - [02:50:31 - 02:59:49]Do hit 'Follow' on Spotify if you haven't already to helpthe podcast reach more people!Follow our Instagram page:https://instagram.com/queenisdead.filmpodcastSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/queenisdead/supportYou can also follow us on Letterboxd at -CRIS: https://letterboxd.com/crislim/.ASHWIN: https://letterboxd.com/ashwindev/.DHRUV: https://letterboxd.com/aterminalcinema/. Audio Excerpts are taken from the respective trailers (promotional material) of Die My Love, If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You, Hedda, Bugonia, The Testament of Ann Lee, Wicked: For Good, and Peter Hujar's Day.