Season One: Situations Wanted, Women highlights books about women in film that are also written by women. Our third episode discusses the 2024 biography, Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong by Katie Gee Salisbury.

Season One: Situations Wanted, Women highlights books about women in film that are also written by women. Our second episode discusses the 2018 book, My Cousin Maria Schneider: A Memoir by Vanessa Schneider. Here, we take a look at how Maria spoke up for women during her career, and the women who speak up for Maria now.

Season One: Situations Wanted, Women highlights books about women in film that are also written by women. Our first episode discusses Geena Davis' 2022 memoir, Dying of Politeness. Here, we take a look at Davis' mantlepiece - and her three Oscars that provide not only a timeline of her career; they also reveal a spectrum of womanhood through Davis’ experience in Hollywood and her relationship with the moving image.

Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" lays bare our shared consciousness - and the role of mass media within it. The three-hour adaptation of David Grann’s journalistic odyssey into the Reign of Terror demonstrates how the biopic and historical genres can heal old wounds while opening new ones.

However, it’s the epilogue, transporting us from 1920s Oklahoma to a live radio performance in the 1930s, that elevates the film from true crime reenactment to cultural reckoning. A line of just seven words underscores the profound and potent combination of memory and media. It’s also a call to action for integrity and literacy in a media-driven age.

Amidst the riveting and high-stakes world of professional wrestling, The Iron Claw (2023) captures the unmatched resilience and haunting legacy of the Von Erich brothers. Told through the lens of the eldest and last surviving brother, Kevin, the quest for title glory driven by their domineering father is met with personal turmoil and a series of devastating losses.