It’s the movie that launched Sofia Coppola’s directing career and awakened Young Maggie to the beauty of Kirsten Dunst’s armpits: the dreamy, detailed, and devastating THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999). We wrestle with the male narration, Marin details falling out of love with the novel upon which the film is based (and appreciating the film more as a result), and we talk about the knottiest of conundrums: how to protect adolescent girls from the world without totally depriving them of it.

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Secondary texts referenced:

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

“No” by Anne Boyer (from A Handbook of Disappointed Fate)

“Our Sisters Shall Inherit the Sky” by Alana Massey (from All the Lives I Want: Essays About My Best Friends Who Happen to Be Famous Strangers)

We’re investigating a supremely entertaining work of garbage this week and, honestly, thank goodness—we needed some laughter around here. CRUEL INTENTIONS (1999) has it all: one of the most despicable romantic heroes in teen film history, ~tension~ between step siblings, a perfect Sarah Michelle Gellar performance, and a Counting Crows needle drop that offends Maggie but reverts Marin into a sentimental tween. We rant, we cackle, we reflect, we put this movie in conversation with some of the most influential art ever made (because this is our show and we do what we want). Enjoy!

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Secondary texts referenced:

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018) dir. Madeleine Perry and John Olb

“Introduction to Les Liaisons Dangereuses” by Alfred Mac Adam (Barnes & Noble Classics edition)

“Pure Heroines” by Jia Tolentino (from Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion)

MILLER’S GIRL (2024) was panned by critics and didn’t recoup even a fourth of its budget at the box office, so, naturally, we had to talk about it and dare to ask, “Is it really that bad?” The movie is fundamentally about a student being groomed by her teacher, so there’s a lot at stake in terms of how it addresses victimhood, villainy, and power—and our feelings about the outcome are complicated.

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Secondary texts referenced:

Bunny by Mona Awad

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

The Room (2003) dir. Tommy Wiseau

Jade Halley Bartlett interview with Forbes: “Miller’s Girl As a Villain Origin Story”