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A 30th anniversary look at the 1992 thriller where a roommate goes from odd to terrifying.
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In this episode
- Why Single White Female blends Lifetime drama, noir, and slasher into one film
- How Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh make the tension feel completely real
- What Barbet Schroeder's direction brings to the story of identity and obsession
- A fresh look at why this 1992 film still gets under your skin three decades later
About this episode
Mark welcomes 90s thriller lover Tarik Flannagan back to the podcast to discuss the jaw-dropping, stiletto-stabbing, roommate-fighting film Single White Female for its 30th anniversary this month. They just can't get enough of women fighting each other, and Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh do it so well! The Barbet Schroeder-directed movie - which feels part Lifetime, part noir, part erotica, part slasher - was released on August 14, 1992 and short red haircuts were never the same. What would you do if your weird new roomie stole your look?
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Movie nerd, filmmaker, and anniversary celebrator Mark J. Parker brings a friend on each episode to discuss movies (and sometimes TV shows) that are hitting milestone anniversaries of release that month. Think 20th anniversary, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th, you get it!
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