These are our last two episodes! Bonnie & Maude is ceasing as a podcast for now, but keep up with our future endeavors at bonnieandmaude.com.In Part 2, we interview Gillian Robespierre, director of 2014's Obvious Child, about how the film is so

Ep. 37 - Finale, Pt. 1: Interview with Signe Baumane

Nov 3rd, 2015 45m 55s

These are our last two episodes! Bonnie & Maude is ceasing as a podcast for now, but keep up with our future endeavors at bonnieandmaude.com.In Part 1, we interview the Latvian-born animator and filmmaker Signe Baumane. Her feature film Rocks I

Ep. 36 - Hook // GUEST: Lisa Hanawalt

Jul 16th, 2015 49m 40s

Our guest Lisa Hanawalt has her fingers in many pies. She is a published artist/author, hilarious film critic for The Hairpin, co-host of the Baby Geniuses podcast, and co-producer & production designer of the Netflix show BoJack Horseman. Her

Ep. 35 - Aliens // GUESTS: Amy & Anne of Mother: A Podcast

May 9th, 2015 42m 32s

In celebration of Mother's Day, Amy Gastelum and Anne Noyes Saini, hosts of Mother: A Podcast, stop by the studio apartment to discuss one of the most empowering (but occasionally manipulative) motherhood-themed sci-fi classics, Aliens.Having c

Ep. 34 - Pause The Tape, Live (Crushes, Flings, & Sex Scenes)

Apr 29th, 2015 55m 53s

Gilmore Girls! Weezer! Cruel Intentions! Vanilla Ice! Can't Hardly Wait! We look at the movies and music that get our hearts racing in a special episode, dispatched from our live storytelling show, Pause The Tape, co-hosted with The Soundtrack

Ep. 33 - Titanic // GUEST: Claudia Bitran

Apr 15th, 2015 48m 57s

To commemorate the sinking of Titanic on the morning of April 15th, 1912, we revisit a movie that stayed afloat long past anyone's expectations.Joining us for this episode is filmmaker and artist Claudia Bitran, currently working on a shot-for-

Ep. 32 - Guy Maddin // GUEST: Tatiana Watson

Feb 24th, 2015 49m 12s

Guy Maddin ("National treasure of Canadian cinema") may be less familiar to casual cinema lovers in the States, but once you see his work, you won't be able to forget his bizarre characters or dreamy imagery. In our second mom-cast, we invite K

Ep. 31 - Movie Marathon DAY 2

Feb 3rd, 2015 1h 11m

In the second part of our Bonnie & Maude Roving Movie Marathon, we traveled around Brooklyn for a day to sit on our friends' couches and let them pick a surprise movie for us to see. You can surprise yourself by listening through, or watch the

Ep. 30 - Wild / 2014 in review

Dec 30th, 2014 41m 12s

Eleanor & Kseniya discuss Wild, Reese Witherspoon's latest leading role. Based on the 2012 memoir by Cheryl Strayed the story is about one woman's self-discover/recovery by way of an 1,100-mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail. Relegated to the

Ep. 29 - Movie Marathon DAY 1

Dec 12th, 2014 1h 7m

In early November, we pushed ourselves (and our butts) to the limits of our movie watching abilities and watched EIGHT movies over the course of one weekend. This was a roving marathon, so we asked our friends in different locations around Broo

Ep. 28 - In Defense of Reality TV

Nov 25th, 2014 46m 28s

Guests Rachel Michelle Fernandes, filmmaker and associate producer for the television show Four Weddings, and Allegra Oxborough, a Bachelor devotee, join us to figure out why we love (and hate on) reality television. Can we learn lessons about

All of Them Witches #7: Uzi’s Party

Oct 31st, 2014 27m 40s

"I'm a 16mm filmmaker, and because film is hard to make, people insist you must defend the fact you're shooting on film. And my defense is that... it's magic."Lyra Hill, a Chicago-based filmmaker, previews clips from, and discusses her short fi

All of Them Witches #6: Witch Tourism and The Lords of Salem

Oct 31st, 2014 13m 23s

Would you say that you're really into witchcraft, or are you a witch tourist? Meet the Lady's creator and host Tom Blunt takes us into the dizzying world of Salem, both that of our dimension, and that of Rob Zombie's film The Lords of Salem. Fo

All of Them Witches #5: 'The Craft' Has Issues

Oct 31st, 2014 17m 59s

We all loved The Craft when we were teenagers, right? But do you remember what happens in the second half of the movie? Cassie Wagler does, and will delve deep into the film's huge problems in its portrayal of race, class, "light" and "dark" ma

All of Them Witches #4: Morticia, Morgana, Willow: Which Witch Are You?

Oct 30th, 2014 18m 55s

Are you a "good" witch, or a "bad" witch? Such is the unanswerable question when it comes to deciding what type of magical person you want to be. Rosie Schaap recounts her own journey of identifying with witchy women, from Excalibur's Morgana (

All of Them Witches #3: The Brides of Satan

Oct 30th, 2014 8m 25s

In the '60s and '70s, the golden age of exploitation cinema, witches in film were branded as one thing only: Satanic. Um, but their Satanic witch parties sound totally awesome?! Tenebrous Kate invites you to spend a little time with such women,

All of Them Witches #2: American Horror Story: Coven

Oct 29th, 2014 14m 18s

If a witch is a woman who is notorious for her power, then she has a lot in common with celebrities, right? Writer Racheline Maltese peers into the world of American Horror Story: Coven to find the connections between fame, creepy dolls, and St

All of Them Witches #1: Bewitched

Oct 29th, 2014 23m 39s

Eleanor and Kseniya chat about what inspired them to put together a witches-focused variety show and which (ha) aspects of the theme they find most intriguing.Kseniya opens the evening by taking a second look at her favorite witch from childho

Ep. 27: What Movies Should We Show Our Kids? // GUEST: Manoush Zomorodi

Oct 4th, 2014 52m 38s

Host of the WNYC program New Tech City, Manoush Zomorodi joins us to vent. In addition to being an all-around badass veteran broadcaster, she's a mother of two, and is on a perpetual quest for quality entertainment to enjoy with her famil

Ep. 26 - Sweetie // GUEST: Lara Gallagher

Sep 17th, 2014 48m 51s

Jane Campion's first feature is odd, gorgeous, and bursting with ideas -- and foreshadows her future breathtaking work in The Piano and Top of the Lake. Kay and Sweetie, two sisters with starkly opposing personalities, give us the chance to tal

Ep. 25 - Kathryn Bigelow // GUEST: Aviv Rubinstien

Aug 14th, 2014 54m 53s

Join us for a discussion of Kathryn Bigelow's most adrenaline-fueled features, Point Break (1991) and The Hurt Locker (2008). We'll draw a through-line from her cartoonish surfer action flick to the gritty war drama that earned her an Oscar. Al

Bonnie & Maude: 24-Hour Movie Marathon

Aug 5th, 2014 5m 26s

Bonnie & Maude is taking part in Brooklyn Academy of Music's 24-Hour Movie Marathon on Sept. 5th. Twenty-four hours of movies! Will we lose our minds? Find out how you can contribute to kids' arts education and our slow descent into madness, fr

Ep. 24 - You Are Hair, Part 1

Jul 25th, 2014 53m 59s

Listen to the first half of "You Are Hair," a live variety show we mounted earlier this year to root into the subject of female hair as seen in movies, television, and pop culture. Revel in the power of the pixie cut, as seen in Beyonce

Ep. 23 - Maleficent // GUEST: Sophie Bushwick

Jun 26th, 2014 55m 19s

We talk Disney's Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie's cheekbones and Long Lasting Lipstick. To give us the fairy tale perspective, our guest is Tabled Fables Podcast co-host Sophie Bushwick, who adds context on the varied history and mixed mor

BonBon - Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman

Jun 10th, 2014 7m 45s

In this bonus mini episode, we talk about Anne Hathaway's latest incarnation of Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises, and our guest David Archer tells a touching personal story about how Michelle Pfeiffer's deranged Catwoman scared him as a child.