Girls Talk Film

Girls Talk Film

Each week, co-hosts Maggie Mustion and Olivia Hanson break down three films that share a genre, theme, or structure. Armed with liberal arts degrees and a deep love for cinema, they explore everything from cult classics to Hollywood blockbusters.

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March 21, 2026 77 mins

This week, the girls are getting freaky.

Tune in to hear them discuss two iconic creature features: Ridley Scott's Alien and Guillermo Del Toro's Oscar-winning The Shape of Water. They discuss what makes each film’s monster so iconic, the importance of creature design, and why horror movies are about so much more than just jump scares.

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This week, the girls are finally getting into hockey.

We’re kicking off our TV Time series with the show no one can stop talking about! Tune in to hear us break down the season as a whole - what worked for us, what didn’t, our favorite moments, and all the drama, tension, and storytelling choices that has made the show such a conversation starter.

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This week, the girls are getting in their feelings.

Tune in to hear them chit chat about the dreaminess and deterministic philosophy of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the ups and downs of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and the pitch-perfect realism of Marriage Story.

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February 5, 2026 66 mins

In this extra special episode, the girls chat about the surprises and snubs of the 2026 Oscar nominations.

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This week, the girls are bringing back teen dystopia.

Tune in to hear them discuss three notable film adaptations of young adult dystopian novels: The Hunger Games (2012), Divergent (2014), and Uglies (2024).

They chat about cultural impact, their personal histories with the genre, and why some entries work while others fall flat. Don’t forget to like and subscribe for more movie reviews, film analysis, and pop culture commentary!

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January 15, 2026 68 mins

This week, in an extra special episode, the girls are sharing their top ten movies of 2025.

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This week, the girls are sinking their teeth into a deliciously controversial topic.

Tune in to hear them talk obsession, identity, desire, and disgust in three of the most iconic on-screen depictions of cannibalism: The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Bones and All (2022), and Raw (2017).

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This week, the girls are stepping into the evidence room to take a look at how Hollywood adapts real tragedies, and what gets lost (or found) in the translation.

Tune in to hear them chat about the legacy of In Cold Blood (1967), Zac Efron’s unsettling charm in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), and meta pop culture commentary in I, Tonya (2017) - plus what each film gets right (and wrong...

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This week, the girls are asking the most important question of all: what makes a Christmas movie a Christmas movie?

From the action-movie chaos of Die Hard (1988), to the cynical comedy of Scrooged (1988), to the earnest, heart-tugging magic of It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), they break down why makes each film has endured the test of time - and what they teach us about generosity, community, and selflessness.

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This week, the girls are going under the knife.

Tune in to hear them break down the eerie elegance of Eyes Without a Face (1960), the voyeuristic gaze of Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In (2011), and the technical marvels of Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance (2024).

It’s certainly surgical and seriously surreal - so dim the lights, brace yourself, and don’t forget to subscribe for more movie reviews, film analysis, and pop culture comme...

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This week, the girls are logging on.

Tune in to hear them unpack the Facebook creation myth in David Fincher's The Social Network (2010), identity and parasocial relationships in Ingrid Goes West (2017), and the sinister digital dreamscape of We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021).

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This week, the girls are hopping in their getaway car and going full outlaw.

From the history-making rebelliousness of Bonnie & Clyde (1967), to Scorsese's operatic Goodfellas (1990), to the darkly funny melancholia of In Bruges (2008), the girls trace how gangsters have evolved on screen from youthful folk heroes, to glamour-soaked mobsters, to some guys on vacation who really need therapy.

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This week, the girls are looking ahead to the films they're excited to watch in 2025 and 2026.

Tune in to this extra special episode for a discussion about a wide range of upcoming releases — including Anemone, Wuthering Heights, Clayface, The Backrooms, and the newly announced Beatles biopics — along with other major studio projects, festival contenders, and anticipated auteur films.

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This week, the girls are diving broom-first into fantasy, fear, and feminine power.

Tune in to hear them chat about Puritan paranoia in The Witch (2015), satire and feminist theory in The Love Witch (2016), and the many hidden meanings of Weapons (2025).

It's a scarily good time, so light your candles, grab your grimoire, and don't forget to subscribe for more movie reviews, film analysis, and pop culture commentary!

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This week, the girls are sinking their teeth into three of the most iconic vampire films of the 21st century.

Tune in to hear them unpack the gothic terror of Robert Eggers's Nosferatu (2024), the surprisingly tender Let the Right One In (2008), and the blood soaked odyssey into blues music history in Ryan Coogler's Sinners (2025).

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This week, the girls are two-stepping into the sweaty and sensual world of dance, as shown in cinema.

From Gaspar Noe's hallucinatory Climax (2018) to Soderbergh's surprisingly solid Magic Mike (2012), to the slow burn of Guadagino's first foray into horror, Suspiria (2018), the girls break down how each film uses dance to interpret the nature of power, passion, or performance.

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This week, the girls are suiting up and swinging into action.

From Tim Burton’s brooding Batman (1989), to Iñárritu’s surreal and existential Birdman (2014), to the exposition-packed charm of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), the girls thoroughly nerd out as they talk comics, Keaton, and how the genre has managed to take over modern cinema.

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This week, the girls are trading popcorn for Pocky and stepping into the wild worlds of three of the most iconic anime films.

Tune in as they cruise through the neon-soaked streets of Akira (1988), unravel the psychological maze of Perfect Blue (1997), and get swept up in the spellbinding magic of Howl’s Moving Castle (2004).

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This week, the girls are returning to the hilarious and heartbreaking world of adolescence.

From the naturalism of Lady Bird to the  nastiness of Welcome to the Dollhouse, and the exploration of unconventional motherhood in Juno, the girls break down why some coming-of-age films make us wince while others fill us with nostalgia.

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This week, the girls are exploring the awkward and exhilarating rollercoaster of male adolescence.

From the raunchy but surprisingly sweet Superbad, to the nostalgia of Stand by Me, to the stirring call to “seize the day” in The Dead Poets Society, the girls discuss how these films capture the highs and lows of growing up.

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