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Feeling Seen

Jordan Crucchiola, Maximum Fun

On Feeling Seen, writer and general enthusiast Jordan Crucchiola invites filmmakers, writers, comedians, and artists to discuss the movie characters that made them "feel seen." It"s about that instant when a person connects to a piece of art so deeply that they see themselves reflected in it. Every week Jordan gabs it up with a guest about those magical moments when they were watching a film and realized, "That"s me!" It"s an informative, funny, and comforting show about our intimate relationship

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00:53:28

Anna Bogutskaya on 'Election'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/05/25

If you've never seen ELECTION, or haven't seen it in a while, you might think of it as a quirky tale of a try-hard shrew-in-training who cares too much about winning an election. But take a closer look and you'll find that Tracy is by no means the villain of the piece. For film commentator, festival programmer, and The Final Girls co-host Anna Bogutskaya -- whose new book is called UNLIKEABLE FEMALE CHARACTERS -- Tracy embodied a personal inner striver that she couldn't deny, and refuses to

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00:55:26

Lisa Ann Walter on 'Shall We Dance?' 'Paper Moon,'...

Feeling Seen ·

2023/05/18

From her roles in a semi-autobiographical sitcom in 1996 (Life's Work) to The Parent Trap to Abbott Elementary, Lisa Ann Walter has played a lot of different kinds of strong, brassy women. And even though standards of beauty and acceptance in Hollywood are always changing, those winds haven't always blown in her favor. But what makes an icon iconic is her unwavering commitment to being her own unmistakable self.After talking with Lisa, Jordan has one quick thing about Fast X (and especially Jason

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00:54:30

Tre'vell Anderson on 'Legally Blonde'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/05/11

Elle Woods is an iconic character, but not an obvious one from Tre'vell Anderson, author of the new book, We See Each Other: A Black. Trans Journey Through TV and Film. Leave it to the effervescent Tre'vell to bring their signature FANTI gray-area mindset to their Feeling Seen character choice! In this episode, Tre'vell and Jordan look at what it is about Elle Woods that offered Tre'vell a glimpse of what they could be...and consider if future generations of Black, trans folks might be able to feel

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00:54:51

Kara Brown on 'The Philadelphia Story'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/05/04

Kara Brown's confidence and self-assuredness have taken her far in her career as a writer, and those are qualities she shares with Katharine Hepburn's Tracy in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY. Of course, with that self-possession comes a set of assumptions others make about you, and getting held to a special standard. Jordan and Kara get into all of this, bond over their shared memories of the heyday of blog culture, and compare notes on not having impostor syndrome.Then, one quick thing Karen Gillan’s

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00:52:00

Nida Manzoor on 'Slums of Beverly Hills'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/04/27

Balancing the dark and the light sides of coming of age, womanhood, and navigating the social order is something filmmaker Nida Manzoor always strives for in her projects (like WE ARE LADY PARTS and POLITE SOCIETY, in theaters now). And she wants to shout one of her biggest inspirations from the rooftops: SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS (1998, Tamara Jenkins), which centers on high-schooler Vivian Abromowitz, as played by a young Natasha Lyonne.***With Jordan Crucchiola and Nida Manzoor

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00:55:22

Catherine Hardwicke on 'Tank Girl,' Self-Expression,...

Feeling Seen ·

2023/04/20

Director Catherine Hardwicke's latest film is MAFIA MAMMA, and you probably know her as the director of TWILIGHT, LORDS OF DOGTOWN, or THIRTEEN. But did you know that she got her start as a production designer, and that she production designed TANK GIRL? Well, this was after she got her degree in architecture. All this, plus dressing like a building, dealing with on-set toxic events, directing Monica Bellucci, and the kinds of characters she'd like to see on screen, come up in this sprawling

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00:56:09

Clarke Wolfe on 'Miss Congeniality'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/04/13

Co-star of the new horror film Malum (currently in theaters) Clarke Wolfe knew she related to Grace Hart in the theater when she first saw 2000's Miss Congeniality. That resonance wasn't all positive. In this conversation, she shares her own inner misfit feelings, and explains how and why she became her own Michael Caine (er, Victor Melling). ***with Jordan Crucchiola and Clarke Wolfe

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00:50:19

A.V. Rockwell on 'Crooklyn'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/04/06

A.V. Rockwell's feature debut won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance earlier this year. Now it's in theaters, and anyone who goes to see it won't be able to miss the love and honesty in her depiction of New York City. So perhaps it's not surprising that she brought us a character from another New York City coming-of-age movie (albeit about a different borough than her native Queens). It's Troy, the young girl who sits at the center of Spike Lee's 1994 movie, CROOKLYN. Then Jordan has one quick thing

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00:53:12

Brandon Cronenberg on the Performance of Self

Feeling Seen ·

2023/03/30

It's our final show of MaxFunDrive 2023, and we're breaking out the big guns and weird masks to bring you this thoughtful conversation with director Brandon Cronenberg. Eschewing our usual movie character framework, Jordan and Brandon dig into the very idea of why and how we see ourselves, in film and in our daily lives. A special time of year means special episodes! Head over to maximumfun.org/join to become a member and support the future of FEELING SEEN.INFINITY POOL is available to rent or buy

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00:16:26

BoCo Preview: Marissa Flaxbart on 'The Sound of Music'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/03/28

Join, upgrade, or boost your Maximum Fun membership at maximumfun.org/join to get access to this full episode and over 500 hours of bonus content from MaxFun shows. And thank you!

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01:00:11

Jordan Morris on 'Spider-Man'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/03/23

MaxFunDrive 2023 is comin'atcha like CGI Spidey slinging and swinging from rooftop to flagpole! Become a member and support FEELING SEEN directly by visiting maximumfun.org/joinWe're celebrating by getting the current Jordans of Maximum Fun together. It's Jordan, Jesse, Go! host and Bubble creator Jordan Morris, talking about Sam Raimi's 2002 Spider-Man, featuring future Babylon star Tobey Maguire as a busy guy named Spider-Man/Peter Parker.MaximumFun.org/join***With Jordan Crucchiola and Jordan

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00:54:26

Ke Huy Quan on Returning to Acting [Replay]

Feeling Seen ·

2023/03/16

Producer's note: When we prepped Jordan's new intro to this amazing interview from April of '22, I had jotted something down like, "who could have dreamed back then that he'd go on to win all the awards." Jordan rightly called this out, because (as she says here) she, and other critics, DID dream that. What I'd meant was: it seemed like one of those performances and films that you hope will be both lauded AND awarded, but you aren't holding your breath for the latter. How thrilling to be wrong

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00:55:02

Daniela Taplin Lundberg on 'Thelma & Louise'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/03/09

Daniela Taplin Lundberg has made her mark in Hollywood doing something that’s become increasingly rare: creating authentic and artful films that are made for adults and appeal to a wide audience. These are movies like The Kids are All Right, Beast of No Nation, Nanny, Harriet, just to name a few. Today she talks with Jordan about Thelma and Louise – and in particular the affinity that she felt with Geena Davis’s Thelma from the first time she saw the movie (in the theaters, as a teenager). The movie

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00:50:44

Kyle Turner on 'Down with Love'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/03/02

After Bring it On, before Ant-Men, Peyton Reed directed a cheeky little period/genre parody called Down with Love. Its stars (Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor) were what brought 10-year-old Kyle Turner to the DVD rental house, but it was supporting character Peter McMannus (David Hyde Pierce) that he identified with, even years before he truly clocked what it was he was identifying. Sounds like perfect Feeling Seen fodder!Then, this week’s One Quick Thing is a slew of fun updates about past

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00:51:09

Francesca Maldonado on 'Tank Girl'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/02/23

Director and production designer (and former child actor) Francesca Maldonado shares how Rebecca (aka Tank Girl) from 1995's TANK GIRL was formative in her life, and offers perspectives on Hot Girl Representation, Valley Girl pride, and what's missing from movies now and in the past.Then, Jordan has one quick thing about an upcoming Amazon series called Class of '07.***With Jordan Crucchiola and Francesca Maldonado

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00:52:53

Cyrus Cohen on 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/02/16

Throughout the much-lauded, jam-packed runtime of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Stephanie Hsu shapeshifts from depressed, suffering Joy Wang to countless iterations of the fabulous big-bad Jobu Tupaki. But the flashy confidence of Jobu Tupaki might be a misdirect from the pain she's feeling -- Joy's pain. Cyrus Cohen, film critic and programmer for NewFest, gets into it with Jordan on this week's episode.Then, one quick thing about Jordan's recent Morning Edition appearance.***With Jordan

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00:56:30

Sheila McCarthy on 'The Sterile Cuckoo'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/02/09

There are a lot of fantastic women in Women Talking, but when Jordan first saw the film in theaters, she was immediately struck by the powerful performances of the movie's matriarchs, one of whom is played to hilarious, heartbreaking perfection by today's guest, Sheila McCarthy. Sheila tells us about identifying with Liza Minnelli's Pookie Adams in The Sterile Cuckoo — a feeling that she had when she saw the film in theaters as a teenager. Little could she have known that she'd go on to befriend

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00:54:19

Sera Gamble on 'WALL-E'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/02/02

As co-creator and showrunner of the show YOU, Sera Gamble knows that one way to fight the gender and romance stereotypes that we've been taught by popular media is to subvert them. In WALL-E, she saw a movie relationship that offered not only a relatable "female" character, but a relationship paradigm that was worthy of celebration. She and Jordan talk about robots, TV writing, and fighting the patriarchy. Then, Jordan has one quick thing about the new INFINITY POOL.***With Jordan Crucchiola and

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00:58:04

Gianmarco Soresi on 'Amadeus'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/01/26

Comedian Gianmarco Soresi is brutally honest with us this weeks: he deeply relates to Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham!) in Milos Forman's 1984 classical classic, Amadeus. But while Gianmarco can own his Salieri-like insecurities, he can't let it keep him from pursuing virtuosity. Then, Jordan has one quick thing about...Gianmarco on James CordenHis half hour, "Shelf Life"***With Jordan Crucchiola and Gianmarco Soresi

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00:48:38

Roxanne Benjamin on 'Daria'

Feeling Seen ·

2023/01/19

Before writer, producer, and director Roxanne Benjamin was making V/H/S shorts or directing shows like Nancy Drew and The New Adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, she was a disaffected youth who was so recognizable as a Daria that classmates called her by the famous MTV character's name. Now, she joins us fresh off the streaming release of her new movie, There's Something Wrong With the Children, to talk about relating to Daria, finding a place in the world of horror and filmmaking in general,

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