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Our January Special Subject is Part 2 of our look at the films of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, for which we watched\xa0Follow the Fleet\xa0(1936),\xa0Shall We Dance\xa0(1937),\xa0Carefree\xa0(1938), and\xa0The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle\xa0(1939). Fred and Ginger's popularity was on the decline in his period, but these movies include some of Dave's favourites. We discuss the ways in which these films adhere to and depart from the formula\xa0established in their earlier films, for better and worse, then turn our attention to\xa0Carefree's curious portrayal of the insanity of psychiatry and\xa0Vernon and Irene Castle's unusual romanticization of marital love and its basis in shared work. And in Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto, the TIFF Lightbox Delphine Seyrig festival continues with cult horror movie\xa0Daughters of Darkness, the greatest movie of all time,\xa0Jeanne Dielman 23 Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles,\xa0and two feminist activist videos co-directed by Seyrig,\xa0S.C.U.M. Manifesto\xa0(in which Seyrig reads an excerpt from Valeria Solanas' book) and\xa0Maso and Miso Go Boating. We confess to a shared blind spot in our ability to appreciate 1970s sex thriller aesthetics and explore the implications of the "orgasm interpretation" of\xa0Jeanne Dielman, before too much second-wave feminism causes Elise to leave her body and despair of humanity. Dave, however, is on board. We've got something for everyone (except for people who do not want to be on spoiled on the ending of Daughters of Darkness) in this episode!

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Time Codes:

0h 1m 00s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936) [dir. Mark Sandrich]\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0

0h 18m 16s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 SHALL WE DANCE (1937) [dir. Mark Sandrich]

0h 26m 35s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 CAREFREE (1938) [dir. Mark Sandrich]

0h 38m 18s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 THE STORY OF VERNON & IRENE CASTLE (1939) [dir. H.C. Potter]

0h 54m 01s: \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto: DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (1971), JEANNE DIELMAN 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (1975), SCUM MANIFESTO (1976), and MASO & MISO VONT EN BATEAU (1975)

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* Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project \u2013 a discussion of Late Spring

* Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s

* Intro Song: \u201cSunday\u201d by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of\xa0The Internet Archive)

* Read Elise\u2019s piece on Gangs of New York \u2013 \u201cMaking America Strange Again\u201d

* Check out Dave\u2019s Robert Benchley blog \u2013 an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist\u2019s 2000+ pieces as he can locate \u2013 Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!\xa0

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