Episode 134: How to Have Sex, Bottoms, The Royal Hotel, with Christos Nikou

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This week, Hanna talks all things love with FINGERNAILS writer-director Christos Nikou (09:24). Then we get down with the girlies with reviews of Molly Manning Walker's HOW TO HAVE SEX (27:03), Kitty Green's THE ROYAL HOTEL (47:24) and Emma Seligman's BOTTOMS (1:07:57).

And, in our HOT TAKE, we pick apart the latest drama from Marvel Studios (01:28:18).

This podcast was recorded during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labour of the actors currently on strike, the movies being covered here wouldn't exist.

If you’d like to support the striking forces please consider donating to the Entertainment Community Fund

If you would like to donate towards humanitarian aid in Gaza please visit https://www.map.org.uk/

https://www.unicef.org/emergencies/children-gaza-desperate-need-lifesaving-support

Some more useful links on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1114702

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/02/israels-apartheid-against-palestinians-a-cruel-system-of-domination-and-a-crime-against-humanity/

Films to watch about Palestine:

Farha (2021)

Eleven Days in May (2022)

Mayor (2020)

The Present (2020)

Tantura (2022)

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