Latest Female characters Podcast Episodes
Episode 6 - Barry Lyndon
Wigs and Candles - March 26, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTo cap off their 4th season, Gaby and Andreina discuss the 1975 Stanley Kubrick film Barry Lyndon. With the help of a very special guest, we discuss the technical marvels of this film as well as it enduring beauty and depth. Sources and links: Barry Lyndon Making of Leon Vitali on Kubrick R...
Episode 6 - Barry Lyndon
Wigs and Candles - March 26, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTo cap off their 4th season, Gaby and Andreina discuss the 1975 Stanley Kubrick film Barry Lyndon. With the help of a very special guest, we discuss the technical marvels of this film as well as it enduring beauty and depth. Sources and links: Barry Lyndon Making of Leon Vitali on Kubrick R...
Episode 5 - Pride and Prejudice
Wigs and Candles - March 04, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this episode, Gaby, Andreina, and a special guest, discuss the beloved 2005 Joe Wright adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. One of the most popular adaptions of the novel by Jane Austen, the film remains surprisingly fresh after almost 20 years since it was released. Gaby, Andreina and their g...
Episode 5 - Pride and Prejudice
Wigs and Candles - March 04, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, Gaby, Andreina, and a special guest, discuss the beloved 2005 Joe Wright adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. One of the most popular adaptions of the novel by Jane Austen, the film remains surprisingly fresh after almost 20 years since it was released. Gaby, Andreina and their g...
Episode 4 - A Royal Affair
Wigs and Candles - February 05, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, Gaby and Andreina finally watch a movie they have been waiting a long time to discuss. A Royal Affair, tells the story of Princess Caroline Matilda of Great Britain and her husband King Christian VII. The story follows the years during Christian's reign when the ideas of the En...
Episode 4 - A Royal Affair
Wigs and Candles - February 05, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this episode, Gaby and Andreina finally watch a movie they have been waiting a long time to discuss. A Royal Affair, tells the story of Princess Caroline Matilda of Great Britain and her husband King Christian VII. The story follows the years during Christian's reign when the ideas of the En...
Episode 3 - The Woman King
Wigs and Candles - January 08, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this episode, Andreina and Gabriela discuss the 2022 filmThe Woman King. Written by Dana Stevens and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman King tells the true story of the Agojie, an all-female warrior force in the Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1830s, in what is present-day Benin. Starri...
Episode 3 - The Woman King
Wigs and Candles - January 08, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, Andreina and Gabriela discuss the 2022 filmThe Woman King. Written by Dana Stevens and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman King tells the true story of the Agojie, an all-female warrior force in the Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1830s, in what is present-day Benin. Starri...
Episode 2 - Little Women
Wigs and Candles - December 18, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThere’s nothing little in the story of this film nor in the significance of the topics it touches on. Greta Gerwig’s Little Women (2019) is a wonderful, fierce, and modern adaptation of this classic, bringing all the themes that have made it one of the most beloved books of the last 150 years. ...
Episode 2 - Little Women
Wigs and Candles - December 18, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThere’s nothing little in the story of this film nor in the significance of the topics it touches on. Greta Gerwig’s Little Women (2019) is a wonderful, fierce, and modern adaptation of this classic, bringing all the themes that have made it one of the most beloved books of the last 150 years. ...
Episode 1 - Chevalier
Wigs and Candles - November 27, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn a baroque opera hall in Paris sometime in the late 1700s, there’s a concert taking place. The audience is hypnotized by the virtuosity of the main violin player and the beauty of the music. And still, the most puzzling fact about the scene is the player’s skin colour: it’s Joseph Bologne, C...
Episode 1 - Chevalier
Wigs and Candles - November 27, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn a baroque opera hall in Paris sometime in the late 1700s, there’s a concert taking place. The audience is hypnotized by the virtuosity of the main violin player and the beauty of the music. And still, the most puzzling fact about the scene is the player’s skin colour: it’s Joseph Bologne, C...
Episode 7 - The Liberator
Wigs and Candles - June 26, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Liberator tells the story, in wide strokes, of Simón Bolívar, the military leader, and most important Venezuelan historical figure. In this episode, Gaby and Andreina discuss the 2013 film with the help of a very special guest. Placing the film in the historical and political context in whic...
Episode 7 - The Liberator
Wigs and Candles - June 26, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Liberator tells the story, in wide strokes, of Simón Bolívar, the military leader, and most important Venezuelan historical figure. In this episode, Gaby and Andreina discuss the 2013 film with the help of a very special guest. Placing the film in the historical and political context in whic...
Episode 6-Ammonite
Wigs and Candles - May 22, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this episode, Andreina and Gabriela discuss the 2020 film Ammonite with a very special guest. Ammonite tells the story of 19th-century British paleontologist Mary Anning. An imaginary retelling of a brief period of her life, the film is directed by Francis Lee and stars Kate Winslet in the...
Episode 6-Ammonite
Wigs and Candles - May 22, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, Andreina and Gabriela discuss the 2020 film Ammonite with a very special guest. Ammonite tells the story of 19th-century British paleontologist Mary Anning. An imaginary retelling of a brief period of her life, the film is directed by Francis Lee and stars Kate Winslet in the...
Episode 5 - Emily
Wigs and Candles - May 01, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, Gaby and Andreina discuss the 2022 film Emily, written and directed by Frances O'Connor in her directorial debut. Emily is a part-fictional portrait of English writer Emily Brontë mostly converting the period of her life before she wrote her novel Wuthering Heights. Gaby and And...
Episode 5 - Emily
Wigs and Candles - May 01, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this episode, Gaby and Andreina discuss the 2022 film Emily, written and directed by Frances O'Connor in her directorial debut. Emily is a part-fictional portrait of English writer Emily Brontë mostly converting the period of her life before she wrote her novel Wuthering Heights. Gaby and And...
Episode 4-The Wonder
Wigs and Candles - April 19, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this episode, Gaby and Andreina discuss the 2022 Netflix movie The Wonder, based on the novel of the same name by Irish-Canadian writer Emma Donoghue. The movie, starring the brilliant Florence Pugh as a 19th-century nurse charged with observing a so-called “ fasting girl” in a rural town in...
Episode 4-The Wonder
Wigs and Candles - April 19, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, Gaby and Andreina discuss the 2022 Netflix movie The Wonder, based on the novel of the same name by Irish-Canadian writer Emma Donoghue. The movie, starring the brilliant Florence Pugh as a 19th-century nurse charged with observing a so-called “ fasting girl” in a rural town in...
Episode 3-Corsage
Wigs and Candles - March 27, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, Gaby and Andreina discuss the much-talked-about 2022 Austrian movie Corsage, which depicts a year in the life of Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sisi. Mixing historical fact with imaginative interpretation, the film is a fascinating portrayal of this beloved Austrian ico...
Episode 3-Corsage
Wigs and Candles - March 27, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this episode, Gaby and Andreina discuss the much-talked-about 2022 Austrian movie Corsage, which depicts a year in the life of Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sisi. Mixing historical fact with imaginative interpretation, the film is a fascinating portrayal of this beloved Austrian ico...
Episode 2-Far from the Madding Crowd
Wigs and Candles - March 06, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe rarely find a more determined fictional female character in literature from the late 19th century than Bathsheba Everdeen. Guided by a strong will and a deep-rooted desire to build her path while keeping her full independence, Bathsheba learns the hard way that love and companionship are st...
Episode 2-Far from the Madding Crowd
Wigs and Candles - March 06, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWe rarely find a more determined fictional female character in literature from the late 19th century than Bathsheba Everdeen. Guided by a strong will and a deep-rooted desire to build her path while keeping her full independence, Bathsheba learns the hard way that love and companionship are st...
Episode 1-The Handmaiden
Wigs and Candles - February 20, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTo open up our third season, Gaby and Andreina discuss the South Korean film The Handmaiden, directed by Park Chan-wook. Acclaimed by critics, this movie is a work of extraordinary vision from beginning to end: cinematography, performances, costume and set design, in addition to an incredibly w...
Episode 1-The Handmaiden
Wigs and Candles - February 20, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTo open up our third season, Gaby and Andreina discuss the South Korean film The Handmaiden, directed by Park Chan-wook. Acclaimed by critics, this movie is a work of extraordinary vision from beginning to end: cinematography, performances, costume and set design, in addition to an incredibly w...
Jane Eyre
Wigs and Candles - August 24, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat do you get when you take a pitch-perfect cast, beautiful but expressive cinematography, restraint but character-revealing costumes, and an inspired and poetic direction? The 2011 adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, Jane Eyre! Directed by then up-and-coming filmmaker Cary Fukun...
Jane Eyre
Wigs and Candles - August 24, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWhat do you get when you take a pitch-perfect cast, beautiful but expressive cinematography, restraint but character-revealing costumes, and an inspired and poetic direction? The 2011 adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, Jane Eyre! Directed by then up-and-coming filmmaker Cary Fukun...
Harriet
Wigs and Candles - July 11, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings“I’m gonna stand up, take my people with me, together we are going to a brand new home” – so sings Cyntia Erivo in the song “Stand Up,” the Academy Award nominated song for the film Harriet she co-wrote after playing the film’s leading role. In their first review of an American film so far, A...
Harriet
Wigs and Candles - July 11, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings“I’m gonna stand up, take my people with me, together we are going to a brand new home” – so sings Cyntia Erivo in the song “Stand Up,” the Academy Award nominated song for the film Harriet she co-wrote after playing the film’s leading role. In their first review of an American film so far, A...
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