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The Uncanny Episode 5: Surgery (Eyes Without A Face&The Skin I Live In) from 2022-01-12T08:39:04

In the penultimate episode of our Uncanny series, Mary and Sarah talk surgery and identity formation in Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face (1960...

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The Uncanny Episode 4: Dolls (Dead of Night&Child's Play 2) from 2021-12-22T09:17:29

Mary and Sarah explore the meaning of dummies and dolls in two uncanny horror movies; the 1945 anthology film Dead of Night, and John Lafia’s ...

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The Uncanny Episode 3: Beauty (Death Becomes Her&Make Up) from 2021-12-08T08:48:23

Mary and Sarah discuss the differences between beauty and the sublime in episode three of our series on The Uncanny. Firs...

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The Uncanny Episode 2: Food (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane&Swallow) from 2021-11-23T22:17:12

On episode two of The Uncanny series, Mary and Sarah engage in a slightly delirious discussion of food, family dynamics and trauma in Robe...

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The Uncanny Episode 1: Home (The Exterminating Angel&The Tenant) from 2021-11-09T23:29:05

Welcome to series 7 of Projections Podcast. This week Mary and Sarah kick off The Uncanny with a look at two domicile-based films by masters of cinema: Lui...

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The Double Episode 7: Transformation (Antiviral&Black Swan) from 2021-07-21T07:16:54

It’s time for our final episode on the subject of The Double. Mary and Sarah discuss two body horror films about transformation, Brandon Cronenberg’s inspi...

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The Double Episode 6: Confused Identity (The Man Who Haunted Himself&Always Shine) from 2021-07-07T07:45:32

In our penultimate episode of The Double series, Mary and Sarah explore confused identities, society’s love for the persona and LARPing in Basil Deardon’s ...

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Bonus: Slavoj Žižek! from 2021-06-23T07:49:30

In a very special bonus episode, Mary and Sarah fulfil a shared dream and speak to philosopher, writer, Pervert's Guide star and meme sensation Sl...

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The Double Episode 5: Stage Personas (I'm Still Here&Velvet Goldmine) from 2021-06-09T07:47:45

Sarah and Mary are back with another episode of The Double series. This time we're looking at stage personas in Casey Affleck's performance piece<...

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The Double Episode 4: Parallel Realities (Us&Triangle) from 2021-05-26T08:34:33

Mary and Sarah are back on the theme of ‘The Double’, discussing the Jungian shadow in Jordan Peele’s Us (2019) and Christopher Smith’s Triang...

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Bonus: Promising Young Woman&Violation from 2021-05-12T07:21:53

In this bonus episode, Mary and Sarah review two recently released rape revenge films; Emerald Fennell's highly anticipated Promising Young Woman ...

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The Double Episode 3: Clones (Moon&The Brøken) from 2021-04-28T07:26:04

For episode 3 of The Double series, Sarah and Mary discuss ‘Clones’ and relationship anxiety in Sean Ellis’ 2008 film The Brøken and Dunc...

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The Double Episode 2: Lookalikes (The Double Life of Veronique&Face/Off) from 2021-04-14T06:53:03

Continuing our series on the subject of The Double, Mary and Sarah discuss lookalikes in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s sublime film The Double Life of Veroniq...

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The Double Episode 1: Twins (Dead Ringers&L'Amant Double) from 2021-03-31T07:21:41

Welcome to Series 6, in which we will explore The Double in cinema, an uncanny storytelling device often relied upon to represent self-division, a split in...

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Bonus: Framing Britney Spears from 2021-03-02T21:59:32

In this relaxed fit bonus episode, Sarah and Mary speculate over the things left unsaid in the New York Times documentary Framing Britney Spears (...

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Bonus: Hammertime (Armie Hammer's Leaked DMs) from 2021-01-18T09:25:24

We tried to take January off, but felt duty bound to analyse the FEAST of signifiers within the (alleged) Armie Hammer DMs situation. Mary and Sarah talk a...

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Cults on Film Episode 6: Deprogramming (Holy Smoke!&Charlie Says) from 2020-12-31T10:27:12

In the final episode of our Cults on Film series, Sarah and Mary talk deprogramming in Jane Campion’s Holy Smoke! (1999) and Mary Harron’s Charlie Says (2...

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Cults on Film Episode 5: Isolation (Martha Marcy May Marlene&Madeline's Madeline) from 2020-12-16T09:18:50

In the penultimate episode of our Cults on Film series. Mary and Sarah tackle two heavily alliterative titles; Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011...

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Cults on Film Episode 4: Brainwashing (The Master&Going Clear) from 2020-12-02T08:41:49

Sarah and Mary dive into the murky waters of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master (2012) and Alex Gibney's Going Clear: Scientology and the Priso...

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Cults on Film Episode 3: Identification (Fight Club&Midsommar) from 2020-11-18T07:59:35

In episode 3 of our Cults on Film series, Mary and Sarah discover that David Fincher’s Fight Club (1999) and Ari Aster’s Midsommar (2019) are essentially t...

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Cults on Film Episode 2: Conspiracy (The Devils&The Endless) from 2020-11-04T08:14:33

Our Cults on Film series is back. Sarah and Mary talk conspiracy, lack and possession in Ken Russell's The Devils (1971) and Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's The Endless (2017), comin...

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Bonus: LFF 2020 Round Up from 2020-10-21T07:47:59

Mary and Sarah discuss their top five films from the London Film Festival, Natalie Erika James' Relic, Josephine Decker's Shirley, Natalia Meta's The Intruder...

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Cults on Film Episode 1: Faith (The Beach&Holy Hell) from 2020-10-07T07:54:24

Welcome to Series 5: Cults on Film! Mary and Sarah begin with a discussion of faith, infantilism and creative purpose in Danny Boyle's The Beach (2000) and Will Allen's Holy Hell (2016)...

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Bonus: Psychoanalysis, the Occult and Hereditary with Vanessa Sinclair from 2020-09-23T07:34:12

We warmed up for our upcoming series on cults by discussing psychoanalysis, the occult and Ari Aster's Hereditary (2018) with special guest Vanessa Sinclair. Vanessa Sinclair is a pract...

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Work and Money Episode 8: Liberation (Bonnie and Clyde&American Beauty) from 2020-08-26T08:37:11

Wrapping up our ‘Work and Money’ series, Mary and Sarah discuss whether we can liberate ourselves from the tyranny of neoliberal oppression, as tested in Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Cl...

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Work and Money Episode 7: Post-Digital Work (Sorry We Missed You&Cam) from 2020-08-12T07:38:47

In the penultimate episode of our Work and Money series, Mary and Sarah discuss the absence of humanity in the post-digital economy, as exemplified by Daniel Goldhaber and Issa Mazzei’s...

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Work and Money Episode 6: Property (Poltergeist&Sorry to Bother You) from 2020-07-29T08:27:40

This week on our Work and Money series, Mary and Sarah talk liminal spaces and the uncanny in the homes of Tobe Hooper's Poltergeist (1982) and Boots Reiley's Sorry to Both...

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Work and Money Episode 5: Austerity (Compliance&Under the Skin) from 2020-07-15T07:33

Mary and Sarah return to the exploration of work and money with a look at the concept of ‘austerity’ and its effects in two unsettling films; Craig Zobel’s Compliance (2012) an...

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Work and Money Episode 4: Livelihood (Misery&Office Space) from 2020-07-01T07:23:56

This week Sarah and Mary discuss working to survive in Rob Reiner's Misery (1990) based on the Stephen King novel that Sarah was too scared to finish reading, and Mike Judge's cult favo...

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Work and Money Episode 3: Competition (Glengarry Glen Ross&Crime D'Amour) from 2020-06-17T08:48:35

Continuing their look at work and money on screen, Mary and Sarah find themselves with an ambivalent view of competition after watching James Foley’s Glengarry Glen Ross and Alain Corne...

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Work and Money Episode 2: Pursuit (Eyes Wide Shut&The Bling Ring) from 2020-06-03T08:36:12

This week Sarah and Mary continue their discussion of economics through the lenses of Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring (2013). We discuss the i...

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Work and Money Episode 1: Excess (The Wolf of Wall Street&Spring Breakers) from 2020-05-20T06:46:36

‘Neoliberalism is capitalism without a safeword’. Welcome to Series 4: Work and Money. In our first episode in the series, Mary and Sarah discuss ‘excess’ in Martin Scorsese’s The W...

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Bonus: Art Horror (Velvet Buzzsaw&The House With Laughing Windows) from 2020-04-14T21:52:41

In this bonus episode recorded a little while ago, Mary and Sarah invited special guest, friend of the podcast Alex Pearce to discuss the horrors of art, a...

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Bonus: Our Shudder Picks from 2020-03-31T22:37:51

With Shudder giving new customers a 30 day free trial with the code 'Shutin' Mary and Sarah see what the horror streaming service are offering and give their top picks to take you throu...

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Bonus: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (with Katy D'Avella) from 2020-03-17T23:37:39

This week Sarah takes a day off, and Mary invites writer and cinephile Katy D'Avella to see and discuss Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2020). In this spoilerific discussio...

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Bonus: The Invisible Man&Upgrade (SPOILERS) from 2020-03-04T08:30:22

While we work on our new series we’re releasing some bonus content. Mary and Sarah discuss Leigh Whannell’s new release The Invisible Man (spoilerific) and then Mary discusses ...

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Bonus: Boxsets on the couch with Adam Chamberlain from 2020-02-18T23:18:57

While we record the next series, we’re releasing some bonus content. We spoke to Adam Chamberlain of the Frame of Mind blog to discuss representations of mental illness in our ...

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Women in Horror Episode 6: Demons (Jennifer's Body&Paranormal Activity) from 2020-02-04T23:42:05

In our final episode of Women in Horror, we’re thrilled to be joined by the master of horror podcasting himself; Mike Muncer from The Evolution of Horror. This week’s chosen movies are ...

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Women in Horror Episode 5: Extremity (Martyrs&American Mary) from 2020-01-21T23:28:36

For the penultimate episode in our Women in Horror series, Zoe from Zobo With A Shotgun podcast joins us to talk extreme horror. We discuss Pascal Laugier’s infamous Martyrs (2008) and ...

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Women in Horror Episode 4: Detectives (Thesis&The Ring) from 2019-12-11T08:30:16

Sarah and Mary continue their exploration of women in horror with an in depth look at two female investigators; the women of Thesis (1996) and The Ring (2002). They touch on the myth of...

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Women in Horror Episode 3: Pregnancy (Inside&Mother!) from 2019-11-26T23:34:40

Mary and Sarah get past their fear of having children to explore what’s really so scary about birth in this week’s ‘women in horror’ films - new French extremity film Inside or À l'inté...

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Women in Horror Episode 2: Love (Trouble Every Day&Hounds of Love) from 2019-11-13T07:35:23

Mary and Sarah discuss the horrifying aspects of romantic relationships in the second episode of the Women in Horror series. They look at Claire Denis’ erotic horror Trouble Every Day (...

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Women in Horror Episode 1: Perfection (The Perfection&Starry Eyes) from 2019-10-30T08:11:13

Welcome to our new series; Women in Horror! We’re starting off on the theme of perfection, discussing trauma, exploitation and the pain of transformation in Starry Eyes (2014) ...

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Bonus: Joker (2019) from 2019-10-22T22:31:30

While you wait for our Women in Horror series (starting next Wednesday 30th October) to begin, listen to our take on the year’s most divisive film, Todd Phillips’ Joker (2019),...

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Fashion Films Episode 8: Shadow Selves&Artifice from 2019-06-05T07:39:04

For our final episode in the Fashion Films series, Mary and Sarah discuss the controversial documentary The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2016) and Olivier Assayas’s Per...

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Fashion Films Episode 7: Make-up&Magic with Cathy Lomax from 2019-05-01T17:47:25

Sarah and Mary welcome special guest artist, gallerist, PHD scholar and former make-up artist Cathy Lomax to talk about make-up, style and surface in Anna Biller’s extraordinary 2016 fi...

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Fashion Films Episode 6: Shopping for Meaning from 2019-04-19T12:03:06

This week Mary and Sarah delve further into the subject of fashion and fetish with two films about shopping and its connection to control; Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) and...

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Fashion Films Episode 5: Fashion&Fetish from 2019-04-03T13:25:55

Sarah and Mary discuss fetishism, fashion and wigs in Ken Russell’s Crimes of Passion (1984) and David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986).

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Interview: Gareth Tunley on The Ghoul from 2019-03-20T14:02:08

Mary and Sarah spoke to director Gareth Tunley about his 2016 film The Ghoul, representing metal illness in cinema, magical thinking and more…

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Fashion Films Episode 4: Corruption&Consumption from 2019-03-06T10:06:12

Mary and Sarah discuss the darkness and destruction of American Vogue documentary The September Issue (2009) and Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon (2016).

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Fashion Films Episode 3: Fashion&Death from 2019-02-20T08:58:03

Sarah and Mary discuss two films featuring murder in the fashion world: Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace (1964) and Irvin Kershner’s The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978).

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Fashion Films Episode 2: Desiring Desire from 2019-02-06T08:14:30

Sarah and Mary revisit Bruce Weber’s strange essay film Chop Suey (2001) and Tom Ford’s sublime A Single Man (2009) and their exploration of desire in fashion.

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Fashion Films Episode 1: Control&Creation from 2019-01-23T08:34:04

Sarah and Mary begin their analysis of films about fashion with George Cukor’s My Fair Lady (1964) and Michaelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up (1966).

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Bonus: Happy New Year Colin Burstead from 2019-01-09T10:30:23

Happy New Year listeners! Mary and Sarah deal with the various personal issues raised by Ben Wheatley’s Happy New Year Colin Burstead (2018).

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Bonus: The House That Jack Built Review from 2018-12-19T09:20:21

Lars-heads Sarah and Mary review the director’s 2018 film The House That Jack Built.

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Bonus: Assassination Nation Review from 2018-11-27T23:34:40

Mary and Sarah review Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nations (2018) and talk nudes, memes and snuff films.

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Bonus: Cam featuring Daniel Goldhaber&Isa Mazzei from 2018-11-21T21:20:58

Sarah and Mary review new Netflix release Cam (2018) and interview the filmmakers Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei in this supersize bonus episode.

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Bonus: Beast Review from 2018-11-14T09:19:34

Mary and Sarah revisit Michael Pearce’s directorial debut Beast (2017), along with some Jersey-based true crime and Terence Malik’s Badlands.

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Bonus: Phantom Thread Review from 2018-11-07T13:35:29

Sarah and Mary went to see Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread (2017) and talked about fashion and death, soulmates and power afterwards.

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Bonus: BFI London Film Festival 2018 Round-Up from 2018-10-25T20:21:56

Sarah and Mary share their highs and lows of the 2018 BFI London Film Festival.

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Bonus: Lady Bird Review from 2018-10-17T16:42:10

Mary and Sarah review Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut Lady Bird (2017).

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Bonus: The Killing of a Sacred Deer Review from 2018-10-10T16:53:42

Sarah and Mary review Yorgos Lanthimos' latest; The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017).

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Bonus: Climax Review (Spoiler Alert) from 2018-10-03T20:07:10

Sarah and Mary review Gaspar Noe’s Climax (2018) and can’t prevent themselves spoiling (sorry).

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Episode 6: Psychopathy (A Clockwork Orange&Nocturnal Animals) from 2018-09-26T13:43:59

Mary and Sarah lift the mask of sanity on Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals (2016).

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Episode 5: Borderline (Single White Female&Young Adult) from 2018-09-18T23:40:26

Sarah and Mary get a little intense with Barbet Schroeder’s Single White Female (1992) and Jason Reitman’s Young Adult (2011).

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Episode 4: Narcissism (To Die For&Gone Girl) from 2018-09-12T05:53:44

Mary and Sarah show Gus Van Sant’s To Die For (1995) and David Fincher’s Gone Girl (2014) some admiration.

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Episode 3: Psychosis (Frances&The Truman Show) from 2018-09-04T22:09:22

Sarah and Mary unpick the realities of Graeme Clifford’s Frances (1982) and Peter Weir’s The Truman Show (1999).

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Episode 2: Depression (The Virgin Suicides&I, Daniel Blake) from 2018-08-27T22:32

Mary and Sarah discuss the veil of sadness surrounding Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides (1999) and Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake (2016).

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Episode 1: Anxiety (Bunny Lake is Missing&Prevenge) from 2018-08-04T17:56:58

Welcome to our first ever episode! Sarah and Mary explore the anxious feelings they get from Otto Preminger’s Bunny Lake is Missing (1965) and Alice Lowe’s Prevenge (2...

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