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We Really Like Her!
by Danita Steinberg & Emily Gagne
Join hosts and best friends Emily Gagne and Danita Steinberg discuss their favourite women who make and star in movies!
Episodes
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TIFF 2022 Wrap-Up!
Much like cinema, we're back, baby! Our official TIFF 2022 dispatch is here. Grab a pen and paper (if you're an analog lover like Emily) because we've got women-directed recommendations for your fall watchlists: Canadian gems ROSIE, THIS PLACE, and UNTIL BRANCHES BEND, genre faves THE PEOPLE'S...
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Farewell to Fondavision
On the finale of their Fondavision miniseries, Emily and Danita try to wrap their heads around why someone as incredibly talented and charismatic as Jane Fonda would sign on to something as outrageously bad as 2014's This is Where I Leave You. After reviewing all the ways that movie could have...
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Fondavision: Stanley & Iris (1990)
On the penultimate episode of WRLH's Fondavision miniseries, Danita and Emily hit the books with 1990's Stanley & Iris, a.k.a. the movie that supposedly made Jane Fonda leave acting for 15 years. Would this box-office bomb have succeeded if it chose a lane, focusing solely on the title…
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Fondavision: The Morning After (1986)
This week on WRLH! presents Fondavision, Emily & Danita need a tequila shot before watching (and talking about!) Sidney Lumet's The Morning After (1986). Was Jane drunk on set, or is that just an IMDb rumour? How much can one woman go through while perpetually hungover? Did this '80s thriller...
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Fondavision: The China Syndrome (1979)
Tonight on Fondavision (WRLH!'s miniseries dedicated to actor/activist Jane Fonda!), Danita and Emily have a lil' meltdown as they investigate 1979's The China Syndrome. Did this film, produced by and starring Jane, really start the war on nuclear power (a.k.a. "The Jane Fonda Effect"), or is…
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Fondavision: Barbarella (1968)
This week on another instalment of WRLH's Fondavision miniseries, Emily and Danita take a trip across multiple universes as they thrust themselves into the warped world of space-set sex bomb Barbarella (1968). Is it fair to call this orgasm machine of a film "feminist" when we know how damaging…
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Fondavision: California Suite & Coming Home (1978)
This week on WRLH! presents Fondavision, Emily and Danita make it a special 2-for-1 episode with a double bill of California Suite and Coming Home. From revamping her image to making some of the most important films of her career, no one was busier than Jane in the late 1970s. So, how do these…
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Fondavision: On Golden Pond (1981)
Danita and Emily are back from their winter break and ready to backflip into Jane Fonda's filmography! In this new episode of WRLH! miniseries Fondavision, they revisit the movie that Jane made to get her estranged father, Henry, an Oscar: 1981 sappy smash On Golden Pond. Did Jane really have…
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Fondavision: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
On this week's episode of We Really Like Her!'s FONDAVISION miniseries, Emily & Danita travel back in time to the depressing, depression-era La Monica Ballroom. What do today's reality shows have in common with the cruel dance marathons of the 1920s & '30s? How much did Jane draw from her…
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Fondavision: Cat Ballou (1965)
"Well now friends just lend an ear, for you're now about to hear ... the ballad of Cat Ballou!" On this week's episode of We Really Like Her!'s FONDAVISION miniseries, Danita and Emily ride into Wolf City, Wyomin' to hang with the infamous Cat Ballou. How did this zany, 1960s comedy-western (a...
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Fondavision: Agnes of God (1985)
Get thee to a nunnery as this week's episode of FONDAVISION (a Jane Fonda miniseries from WRLH!) takes Emily and Danita to heaven and hell and back. Yes, it's time to talk 1985 nun-centric "neo-noir" AGNES OF GOD, which sees Jane playing a slightly unethical psychiatrist who is trying to help a...
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Fondavision: Tout va bien (1972)
After workin' 9 to 5, Danita and Emily are clocking back in with another politically charged film about workplace hazards: Tout va bien (1972). All is NOT well as they investigate how the sausage was made on this anti-capitalist film about class wars in France. Were Jean-Luc Godard and…
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Fondavision: 9 to 5 (1980)
Emily and Danita are back on the clock with an all-new episode of Fondavision, WRLH!'s special series dedicated to ACTor and ACTivist Jane Fonda! Pour yourself a cup of ambition and pull up a chair as they revisit 9 to 5, the classic workplace comedy that truly wouldn't have made it past the...
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Emily & Danita at TIFF21: Part 2
We saw so many great movies directed by women at TIFF21 that we couldn't fit them all into one episode! Reporting post-festival, we get into Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog, Mia Hansen-Løve's Bergman Island, Betsy West & Julie Cohen's Julia, and Justine Bateman's Violet. Meanwhile, if you've...
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Emily & Danita at TIFF21: Part 1
After a short summer hiatus, we're back! Dispatching from the Toronto International Film Festival, your trusty (and tired!) co-hosts have been watching a lot of movies directed by women - at home and IRL! This week, we are covering the Best of the Fest so far: Penny Lane's delightful LISTENING TO...
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Fondavision: Klute (1971)
In an all-new episode of Fondavision, Emily and Danita get hung up on Bree Daniels, the true star and subject of the neo-noir classic Klute (1971). Why is fruit so titillating? Is Emily a True Freak for listening to the spine-tingling soundtrack on repeat? Was Bree *actually* faking it with John...
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Fondavision: Steelyard Blues (1973)
From Bob and Jane to Don and Jane! In an all-new Fondavision, Emily and Danita escape with the rag-tag team of ex-cons of Steelyard Blues (1973), the second on-screen collab between Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland. Is this scatterbrained comedy worth watching outside of the truly electric...
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Fondavision: The Electric Horseman (1979)
In the finale of Fondavision's Bob & Jane trilogy, WRLH! co-hosts Danita and Emily take a ride with The Electric Horseman (1979)! Is this western romance co-starring Willie Nelson the Ultimate Robert Redford/Jane Fonda Experience? Where does one get a purple light-up get-up like Sonny Steele…
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Fondavision: Our Souls at Night (2017)
Have some more fun with Bob and Jane as Danita and Emily take on the most recent (and final?) Redford/Fonda collab: 2017's Our Souls at Night! How has Jane's chemistry with her favourite co-star evolved over the years? How does this Netflix original compare to Danita's favourite movie, TIFF 2018...
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Fondavision: Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Newlywed month continues with FONDAVISION's first foray into the Jane Fonda/Robert Redford canon: Barefoot in the Park (1967)! Does this Neil Simon rom com hold up aside from the TRULY UNREAL chemistry between "frequent collaborators" Jane and Bob? Why didn't they just put some cardboard on that...
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Fondavision: Period of Adjustment (1962)
This week on FONDAVISION ... Jane Fonda doing her best Blanche DuBois in a sub-textually queer film from the writer of Funny Girl (the play and film)! Listen in as Emily and Danita navigate Tennessee Williams adaptation Period of Adjustment (1962), which features one of Jane's earliest on-screen...
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Fondavision: Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
After a brief hiatus, Danita and Emily are back with a new instalment of FONDAVISION! Join them as they cringe through Jane's most problematic movie yet: 1977's Fun with Dick and Jane. What was Activist Jane thinking when she made this failed satire that includes raging homophobia, transphobia,...
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Fondavision: Monster-in-Law (2005)
In the second episode of WRLH!'s Jane Fonda series, Emily and Danita take cakes to the face with the challenging (and, honestly, occasionally chuckle-worthy) Monster-in-Law (2005). Was this early aughts comedy the triumphant return to cinema that Jane may have hoped it would be after 15 years?...
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Fondavision: Book Club (2018)
WE'RE BACK, BABY! Join We Really Like Her! co-hosts Emily and Danita as they kick off Fondavision — a new series dedicated to the iconic works of the one and only Jane Fonda — with the politically and erotically charged opus that is Book Club (2018). Is it as good as they remember it was when…
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Our Favourite Women-Directed Films of the 2010s
Climb into our fur(s) and get cozy because we’re closing out 2019 with an extended episode dedicated to our favourite films directed by women this past decade! We’re talking everything from underrated tearjerkers (YOUR SISTER’S SISTER, anyone?) and acclaimed dramedies (LADY BIRD!) to fearless...
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Penelope Spheeris & 'Wayne's World'
Which hit film is heartfelt, hilarious, head-banging, and helmed by a most righteous babe of punk cinema? It’s WAYNE’S WORLD (party time, excellent)! In honour of Emily’s birthday, we’re bowing down to Penelope Spheeris’s WAY worthy 1992 comedy about friendship, “foxy” ladies, and finding success...
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Kasi Lemmons & 'Eve's Bayou' (with Lu Asfaha)
This week we’re taking a trip to 1960s Louisana with Toronto filmmaker Lu Asfaha! As Kasi Lemmons tours the world with her new film, HARRIET, we’re revisiting her magical debut feature, EVE’S BAYOU, a film about growing up, sisterhood and the complicated nature of memory. After lamenting the fact...
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Mary Lambert and ‘Pet Sematary’ I & II
For this year’s Halloween episode, we’re digging up a forgotten favourite! Yes, it’s time to revive the conversation around director Mary Lambert and her grossly (emphasis on the GROSS!) underrated 1989 adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. Follow us to the forests of Ludlow, Maine as we...
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Heather Langenkamp & 'New Nightmare' (with Lindsay Traves)
One, two, a new episode for you! We’re back from our hiatus to celebrate the 25th anniversary of NEW NIGHTMARE with dreamghoul and fellow horror lover Lindsay Traves. Join us in the boiler room as we slice and dice the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET franchise, revisiting Heather Langenkamp’s ongoing…
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TIFF19: Wrap-Up Episode!
We're finally over our post-festival colds (okay, Emily's still coughing a bit) and ready to share our final TIFF thoughts! Settle in with a seasonal beverage (pumpkin spice cold brew, anyone?) and listen in as we reflect on all the women-directed films we saw, including new works from Kasi…
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TIFF19: Raffey Cassidy & Malgorzata Szumowska & Catherine S. McMullen on 'The Other Lamb'
We sat down with actor Raffey Cassidy, director Malgorzata Szumowska, and writer Catherine S. McMullen to talk about their incredible film 'The Other Lamb' which celebrated its World Premiere at TIFF19. We got the scoop on Jeffrey the ram (!!!), location scouting in Ireland, adapting a short…
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TIFF19: Shelly Love on 'A Bump Along the Way'
TIFF 2019 is fully underway and we were lucky enough to interview Shelly Love, director of A BUMP ALONG THE WAY. In this minisode, Shelly talks about the importance of childcare funding within film budgets, the process of preparing to make her first feature, and travelling with her two year old.…
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TIFF19: Karen Moore on 'Volcano'
In our first interview of TIFF 2019, we chat with WORKIN’ MOMS writer Karen Moore about her directorial debut, VOLCANO! In this mini episode, Karen tells us why she, in particular, wanted to make a short film about two friends (Hannah Cheesman and Jess Salgueiro) sharing drinks and secrets at...
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Bette Midler & 'Beaches'
Pull up a Muskoka chair and a huge box of Kleenex because this week’s episode is dedicated to birthday girl Danita and two of her all-time faves: Bette Midler and BEACHES. Listen in as Danita looks back on her lifelong relationship with the Divine Miss M, including a devastating childhood story...
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Martha Coolidge & 'Valley Girl' (with Alicia Fletcher)
We’re, like, freaking out because Hollywood Suite archival producer and film programmer Alicia Fletcher is with us this week to talk about Martha Coolidge and her bitchin’ 1983 flick VALLEY GIRL! Listen in as we flip right out over this California-set riff on Romeo and Juliet, including its...
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Reese Witherspoon & 'Wild' (with Anne T. Donahue)
Finish up your Snapple because it’s time to take an emotionally-charged tour through Reese Witherspoon’s career and filmography with writer and person Anne T. Donahue! Follow us as we travel down the Oscar-winning actress/producer’s many roles and career paths before we reach our final…
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Diablo Cody & 'Young Adult'
It’s summer and we’re in *a mood* so we decided it was finally time to talk about the unfairly maligned and absolutely brilliant Diablo Cody. If we’re going to be honest to blog, we love everything Diablo does (Emily especially), but this week we’re focusing on one of her most challenging works:...
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Alicia Silverstone & 'Clueless' (with Bernita Rebeiro)
Break out your purple clogs and your most capable outfit! Drunk Feminist Films cast member Bernita Rebeiro is in the passenger seat of our Jeep this week, giving us the 411 on why she’s still majorly, totally, butt crazy in love with Alicia Silverstone and her performance in CLUELESS. Better…
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Nicole Holofcener & 'Walking and Talking'
This week, we are sitting and talking about Nicole Holofcener's debut film, critically-acclaimed ode to female friendship WALKING AND TALKING. How is it that this film, which paved the way for so many great modern works by and about women (including, yes, BRIDESMAIDS), isn’t talked about as much…
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'Booksmart' Review
Lace up your fave sneakers and put on your best jumpsuit because Emily and Danita are back with a sneak preview of Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut, BOOKSMART! Listen up as they geek out over this new comedy that follows nerdy BFFs Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) and Molly (Beanie Feldstein) as they attempt…
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Keri Russell & 'Waitress' (with Lindsey Romain)
Hope you’re hungry because Danita, Emily and Nerdist writer/editor Lindsey Romain are serving up an all-new episode dedicated to Keri Russell in WAITRESS. On the menu: mourning the loss of late actor/writer/director Adrienne Shelly, drooling over pies (they’re better than cakes!), and predicting...
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Hot Docs '19: Stacey Tenenbaum on 'Pipe Dreams'
Emily and Danita are in interview mode this week as they chat with Stacey Tenenbaum, the director of PIPE DREAMS, a documentary that follows five young organists as they compete in Canada’s prestigious International Organ Competition (or the CIOC) in Montreal. In anticipation of the film’s…
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Michelle Williams & 'Take This Waltz'
Emily and Danita are back from their escape to L.A. and ready to talk - at great length! - about the crown jewel of Brooklyn and star of almost every single indie drama directed by woman, Michelle Williams. While the second half of this episode is an extended ode to the sexiest film about Toronto...
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'Juanita' Review
This week, Danita and Emily take a detour to review Juanita, a new Netflix dramedy starring the always incredible Alfre Woodard. Did Juanita ever eat the turkey leg she had with her at the start of her journey of self-discovery? Why did everyone keep asking her if she had a makeover when she wore…
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Diane Lane & 'Under the Tuscan Sun'
Bring your appetite and your best dress because Emily and Danita are taking an impromptu trip to Italy with Diane Lane and UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN! This 48-minute tour of Diane’s ridiculously cool life and filmography (ladies and gentlemen, THE FABULOUS STAINS!) also includes a detour to the land of...
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Interview with 'Ladyworld' director Amanda Kramer
Take a trip to LADYWORLD as Emily and Danita interview crazy cool filmmaker Amanda Kramer! Listen up as the trio chat about LADYWORLD’s upcoming screening at the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Next Wave Film Festival, as well as the implications of portraying female conflict on…
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Debra Winger & 'An Officer and a Gentleman' (with Steph Guthrie)
Get carried away with Danita, Emily and Drunk Feminist Films co-founder Steph Guthrie as they discuss Debra Winger’s Oscar-nominated performance in AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN. Listen in as they lift the so-called “difficult” actress up where she belongs, showering her with endless TERMS OF...
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Nora Ephron, Carrie Fisher & 'When Harry Met Sally' (with Ariel Fisher)
This week, Danita and Emily are having what Ariel Fisher’s having as they chat with the Fangoria writer and AFTER ALL podcast co-host about Nora Ephron, Carrie Fisher and the best rom-com of all time, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. Put on your best sweater and blazer combo for a stroll through Central…
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Penny Marshall & 'Riding in Cars with Boys'
Danita and Emily rev up for another year of celebrating all things women in film with some BIG love for late, great director/actress/tinted glasses aficionado Penny Marshall. Buckle in as they take a tour of Penny’s career, discussing why she was, truly, in a league of her own. Her final film,...
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What We Really Liked in 2018!
Emily and Danita get emotional in all the ways as they look back on all the great films made by and/or starring women they watched this year. Settle in with a festive beverage of choice (or iced coffee, Danita’s fave) as they gush about everything from the “difficult women” of TULLY and CAN YOU...
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Join hosts and best friends Emily Gagne and Danita Steinberg discuss their favourite women who make and star in movies!
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