Watch With Jen - S3: E20 - Erotic '80s Cinema with Karina Longworth

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May 16, 2022 at 5:35 PM

Watch With Jen - S3: E20 - Erotic '80s Cinema with Karina Longworth

Returning to the podcast this week, we have a woman who needs no introduction and one whose voice is or should be - especially if you're a cinephile - her own introduction. A film writer I remember reading as far back as her days at "Cinematical" and "The Village Voice," as well as the author of "Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes' Hollywood," and books on George Lucas, Al Pacino, and Meryl Streep, the wonderful Karina Longworth is the historian and podcaster behind the acclaimed, addictive, and utterly fascinating series You Must Remember This and the recent show Love is a Crime for "Vanity Fair" as well.

Visiting today to tell us all about her titillating new season of You Must Remember This that's devoted to Erotic Cinema of the '80s and '90s when we both came of age, in this fast-paced, fact-filled, funny episode, we take a closer look at the films "American Gigolo," "Nine 1/2 Weeks," "Fatal Attraction," and movie sex in the era.

Note: Although not terribly explicit, I've checked the box for content for this episode due to the maturity of our subject matter. The last new episode of the podcast for a few weeks as Watch With Jen goes on a short hiatus, have no fear for the future as more terrific installments will be planned and recorded during this break and the season will soon be resuming in June at full strength. You'll also learn more about whom and what you can expect to hear when we return at the start of this episode.

Referenced & Related:

Karina Longworth on Twitter

You Must Remember This Podcast: Official Website & Twitter

Love is a Crime Podcast on Apple

Karina's Book Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood and Karina's Amazon Author Page

Referenced Book: The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema by Linda Ruth Williams

Referenced & Related Episodes: Karina on Dean Martin, Sean Burns on Michael Douglas, Sex, Gender, & Final Girls in Horror with Elizabeth Cantwell (where Schrader's "Cat People" is discussed), Kate Hagen on James Spader, & Mickey Rourke with William Boyle

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