Interview with Director Alice Wu (“Saving Face” and “The Half of It”)

Today on Wussy Movie Club, we discuss “The Substance,” the Cannes screenplay winning and second feature by French award-winning filmmaker Coralie Fargeat the director of 2017's “Revenge.” The film stars icon Demi Moore alongside Hollywood newcomer Margaret Qualley.   Elisabeth Sparkle, renowned for an aerobics show, faces a devastating blow on her 50th birthday as her boss fires her. Amid her distress, a laboratory offers her a substance which promises to transform her into an enhanced version of herself.   WUSSY Movie Club is a weekly roundtable movie podcast that examines films from a Queer lens, featuring themed seasons and special interviews with Queer filmmakers. Every Wednesday, a rotating cast of LGBTQIA+ voices will dish on their favorite films of past and present. Join the club and be a part of the discussion!   WUSSY Movie Club is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network, hosted by WUSSY Mag (@wussymag)   Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto   Hosted by Johne Kilberg @johnekil and DJ Shaw @extraterristal_waifu    Podcast Art created by Nick Sheridan @glass.knuckles   Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix   Join the WUSSY Movie Club on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/    Follow WUSSY Movie Club on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/

Today on Wussy Movie Club, Zoë Kravitz has begun her directing career with her debut feature film, “Blink Twice,” starring her man Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie. We are beyond ready to get a ticket to the island.   When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends for a dream vacation on his private island. Wild nights soon blend into sun-soaked days, but when strange things start to happen, Frida must uncover the truth if she hopes to make it out alive.   WUSSY Movie Club is a weekly roundtable movie podcast that examines films from a Queer lens, featuring themed seasons and special interviews with Queer filmmakers. Every Wednesday, a rotating cast of LGBTQIA+ voices will dish on their favorite films of past and present. Join the club and be a part of the discussion!   WUSSY Movie Club is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network, hosted by WUSSY Mag (@wussymag)   Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto   Hosted by Johne Kilberg @johnekil and DJ Shaw @extraterristal_waifu    Podcast Art created by Nick Sheridan @glass.knuckles   Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix   Join the WUSSY Movie Club on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/    Follow WUSSY Movie Club on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/  

Today on Wussy Movie Club, our sci-fi freak is out and ready to fly as we discuss the newest entry in the beloved franchise, “Alien: Romulus,” starring Cailee Spaeny and directed by Fede Álvarez, who did 2013’s “Evil Dead.” We also rank all main seven films from the series.   Space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life-form in the universe while scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station.   WUSSY Movie Club is a weekly roundtable movie podcast that examines films from a Queer lens, featuring themed seasons and special interviews with Queer filmmakers. Every Wednesday, a rotating cast of LGBTQIA+ voices will dish on their favorite films of past and present. Join the club and be a part of the discussion!   WUSSY Movie Club is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network, hosted by WUSSY Mag (@wussymag)   Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto   Hosted by Johne Kilberg @johnekil and DJ Shaw @extraterristal_waifu    Podcast Art created by Nick Sheridan @glass.knuckles   Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix   Join the WUSSY Movie Club on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/    Follow WUSSY Movie Club on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/  

Today on Wussy Movie Club, Tilman Singer, and NEON bring us a new horror story starring WUSSY Movie Club favorite Hunter Schafer, dealing with a supernatural being, “CUCKOO.”   Seventeen-year-old Gretchen reluctantly leaves America to live with her father at a resort in the German Alps. Plagued by strange noises and bloody visions, she soon discovers a shocking secret concerning her family.   WUSSY Movie Club is a weekly roundtable movie podcast that examines films from a Queer lens, featuring themed seasons and special interviews with Queer filmmakers. Every Wednesday, a rotating cast of LGBTQIA+ voices will dish on their favorite films of past and present. Join the club and be a part of the discussion!   WUSSY Movie Club is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network, hosted by WUSSY Mag (@wussymag)   Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto   Hosted by Johne Kilberg @johnekil and DJ Shaw @extraterristal_waifu    Podcast Art created by Nick Sheridan @glass.knuckles   Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix   Join the WUSSY Movie Club on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/    Follow WUSSY Movie Club on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/  

Today on Wussy Movie Club, we see Jane Schoenbrun with a budget thanks to Emma Stone’s Fruit Tree and A24. They are bringing us their second feature, “I Saw the TV Glow,” which made a splash at 2024's Sundance. Let's talk Pink Opaque.   A classmate introduces teenage Owen to a mysterious late-night TV show -- a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen's view of reality begins to crack.   WUSSY Movie Club is a weekly roundtable movie podcast that examines films from a Queer lens, featuring themed seasons and special interviews with Queer filmmakers. Every Wednesday, a rotating cast of LGBTQIA+ voices will dish on their favorite films of past and present. Join the club and be a part of the discussion!   WUSSY Movie Club is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network, hosted by WUSSY Mag (@wussymag)   Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto   Hosted by Johne Kilberg @johnekil and DJ Shaw @extraterristal_waifu    Podcast Art created by Nick Sheridan @glass.knuckles   Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix   Join the WUSSY Movie Club on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/    Follow WUSSY Movie Club on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/

Today on Wussy Movie Club, we comment on one of the most talked about films of 2024 and a massive success for NEON and all horror fans alike. Oz Perkin’s “LONGLEGS” starring Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt.   FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes an unexpected turn, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.   WUSSY Movie Club is a weekly roundtable movie podcast that examines films from a Queer lens, featuring themed seasons and special interviews with Queer filmmakers. Every Wednesday, a rotating cast of LGBTQIA+ voices will dish on their favorite films of past and present. Join the club and be a part of the discussion!   WUSSY Movie Club is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network, hosted by WUSSY Mag (@wussymag)   Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto   Hosted by Johne Kilberg @johnekil and DJ Shaw @extraterristal_waifu    Podcast Art created by Nick Sheridan @glass.knuckles   Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix   Join the WUSSY Movie Club on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/    Follow WUSSY Movie Club on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/

Today on Wussy Movie Club, Rachel Garbus is here to talk with iconic and legendary filmmaker Alice Wu, known for 2004's “Saving Face” and Netflix’s 2020 “The Half of It.” We include the full fifty-minute interview versus the fifteen minutes shown at the WUSSY screening of Wu’s “Saving Face.”   Alice Wu is an American film director and screenwriter known for her films Saving Face and The Half of It. Her films feature Chinese-American main characters and explore the lives of intellectual, lesbian characters.   WUSSY Movie Club is a weekly roundtable movie podcast that examines films from a Queer lens, featuring themed seasons and special interviews with Queer filmmakers. Every Wednesday, a rotating cast of LGBTQIA+ voices will dish on their favorite films of past and present. Join the club and be a part of the discussion!   WUSSY Movie Club is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network, hosted by WUSSY Mag (@wussymag)   Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto   Hosted by Johne Kilberg @johnekil and DJ Shaw @extraterristal_waifu    Podcast Art created by Nick Sheridan @glass.knuckles   Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix   Join the WUSSY Movie Club on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/    Follow WUSSY Movie Club on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/  

Today on Wussy Movie Club, we are joined by Atlanta filmmaker Leo Hollen Jr. to discuss Luca Guadagnino’s newest threesome sweat wet tennis in, “Challengers.” starring Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist.   Tash (Zendaya), a tennis player turned coach, has transformed her husband (Mike Faist) from a mediocre player into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a challenger event -- close to the lowest level of tournament on the pro tour. Tensions soon run high when he finds himself standing across the net from the once-promising, now burnt-out Patrick (Josh O’Connor), his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.   WUSSY Movie Club is a weekly roundtable movie podcast examines films a Queer lens, featuring themed seasons and special interviews with Queer filmmakers. Every Wednesday, a rotating cast of LGBTQIA+ voices will dish on their favorite films of past and present. Join the club and be a part of the discussion!   WUSSY Movie Club is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network, hosted by WUSSY Mag (@wussymag)   Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto   Hosted by Johne Kilberg @johnekil and DJ Shaw @extraterristal_waifu    Podcast Art created by Nick Sheridan @glass.knuckles   Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix   Join the WUSSY Movie Club on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/    Follow WUSSY Movie Club on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/

Today on Wussy Movie Club, we discuss the coolest lesbian film since 1996’s “Bound,” directed by Rose Glass and starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O Brian, and Ed Harris, “Love Lies Bleeding.”   Lou is a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder who's heading to Las Vegas to pursue her dream. Their love soon leads to violence as they get pulled deep into the web of Lou's criminal family.   WUSSY Movie Club is a weekly roundtable movie podcast examines films a Queer lens, featuring themed seasons and special interviews with Queer filmmakers. Every Wednesday, a rotating cast of LGBTQIA+ voices will dish on their favorite films of past and present. Join the club and be a part of the discussion!   WUSSY Movie Club is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network, hosted by WUSSY Mag (@wussymag)   Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto   Hosted by Johne Kilberg @johnekil and DJ Shaw @extraterristal_waifu    Podcast Art created by Nick Sheridan @glass.knuckles   Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix   Join the WUSSY Movie Club on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/    Follow WUSSY Movie Club on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/  

Today on Wussy Movie Club, we talk with directors Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping on their narrative British feature debut thriller “Femme,” which had its world premiere in the Panorama section of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.   Jules is targeted in a horrific homophobic attack, destroying his life and career. Some time after that, he encounters one of his attackers in a gay sauna and wants revenge.   WUSSY Movie Club is a weekly roundtable movie podcast examines films a Queer lens, featuring themed seasons and special interviews with Queer filmmakers. Every Wednesday, a rotating cast of LGBTQIA+ voices will dish on their favorite films of past and present. Join the club and be a part of the discussion!   WUSSY Movie Club is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network, hosted by WUSSY Mag (@wussymag)   Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto   Hosted by Johne Kilberg @johnekil and DJ Shaw @extraterristal_waifu    Podcast Art created by Nick Sheridan @glass.knuckles   Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix   Join the WUSSY Movie Club on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wussymovieclub/    Follow WUSSY Movie Club on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/WussyMovieClub/