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What do Shia LaBeouf, Joanna Hogg and Pedro Almodovar all have in common? Their latest films prove they are all students of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Psychomagic–a shamanic psychotherapy that helps to heal the soul through poetic expression.
Jenna and Veronica discuss Robert Sellers' book Hellraisers–a biography about Peter O'Toole, Richard Harris, Richard Burton and Oliver Reed–and how the legacies of these four legendary drunks fit in with our modern societal standards.
Take control and watch a double feature of The Killing of a Sacred Deer with A Serious Man. Sure to throw you into at least the most basic of existential turmoil, if not some sort of nervous breakdown.
In light of Deneuve's comments on #MeToo, Jenna muses on how it is that somebody so close to Repulsion could somehow miss this point of the movie entirely.
Veronica looks at Black Christmas and Elves – movies about female anxiety, loss of autonomy, murder, and, oh, Christmas.
Featuring To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar and Girls Will Be Girls.
Fire Walk With Me hammers home the anguish of the life that existed before it was defined by a final tragic act.
