About this episode
We’re capping off a month at looking at different films directed by women with Hannah Berryman’s documentary, Spacewoman. Kevin Smokler, author of Breaking the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers joins us to talk about this close look at the stellar career of astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot, and later command, a Space Shuttle mission.
What’s Good
Alonso - Calm for naps
Drea - getting a doctor’s appointment
Kevin S. - Memorizing Oscar winners as a sleep aid
Kevin A. - 3 hour Celebrity game
ITIDIC
AI-Generated Val Kilmer Will Appear in Movie Kilmer Was to Shoot Before His Passing
April Wolfe/Chloe Okuno Project Bad Hand Lands at Searchlight
Staff Picks
Alonso - Late Shift
Drea - Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Kevin S. - Say Amen Somebody
Kevin A. - A Teacher
Directors Mentioned in C-Block:
Patricia Cardoso
Debra Granik
Amy Heckerling
Anna Boden
Rose Troche
Donna Deitch
Cheryl Dunye
Joan Micklin Silver
Lizzie Borden
Wanuri Kihiyu