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Cinephellas Podcast – Episode 94 (Interview with Lola Petticrew)

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The sweet, dramatic, yet funny and crude coming-of-age Irish film Dating Amber ponders teen sexuality and finds a closeted gay teen and his lesbian counterpart pretending to be in a relationship to avoid suspicion. On this episode of the  Cinephellas Podcast, Nile Fortner speaks with actress Lola Petticrew, who plays Amber in the movie. They also discuss the film, how this film would have differed if it were a U.S. production, Lola in quarantine with her co-star, and a lot more on this episode.

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“Two school friends decide to start a pretend straight relationship in an effort to fit in.”

 

Review – Divorce (Seasons 1 + 2)

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by Armando Vanegas

Divorce is an HBO series in which Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church are Frances and Robert, a couple who, after a strange event at a friend’s house, realize that they’re stuck in a rut in their marriage, causing them to divorce. Created by Irish actress/writer/producer Sharon Horgan of Amazon’s Catastrophe and IFC’s The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret and executive produced by Paul Simms of NewsRadio, Atlanta, and Girls, the series offers an unflinching look at what happens when two adults decide to get a divorce and the complications that come as a result while attempting to keep things as civilized as possible. The show is great at showing how different both Frances and Robert might have their faults, but no one is painted as an outright villain as the actors bring multiple dimensions to their characters, so that we can understand what they loved in each other and what made them break apart.

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