Click here to send us a message! Just in time for Halloween, Brian and Max return to discuss Stephen King adaptations! Back in 1983, when he was the hottest writer in the country, two auteurs tackled his bestselling novels! John Carpenter, fresh off a couple of commercial duds was looking to cash an easy check, while David Cronenberg was fresh off two of his biggest hits. Each filmmaker brings their unique style to King’s macabre stories in the process crafting two of his most beloved adaptation...
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 111
Click here to send us a message! When Rock Hudson died of AIDS in 1985, it shocked much of the world. In Hollywood, his homosexuality was an open secret, but to the rest of the world he was a charming, handsome leading man to the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Doris Day. This week, we're taking a look at one of the earliest face's of the AIDS epidemic and discussing the documentary, Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed and his most famous rom-com, Pillow Talk !...
Jul 29, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 110
Click here to send us a message! For Pride month 2023, we're taking a look back at two of John Waters' later movies, Pecker & Cecil B Demented. One of our most iconic filmmakers, Waters at the end of the 20th Century had settled into a more grand statesman of cinema more than simply being a provocatuer. While he never loses his sense of humor, these two films feel more auto-biographical than his previous works, with Pecker focusing on a young photographer and Cecil B Demented following a gan...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 109
Click here to send us a message! We're kicking off Pride 2023 with a look at the ABBA-centric sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! Host Brian had never seen the original, much-less the sequel, but over the years, it's become a beloved new classic. So, Rob and Max agreed to show him the movie for the first time ever!
Jun 02, 2023•45 min•Season 6Ep. 108
Click here to send us a message! This week, we're joined by special guest Kyle Turner, writer of the new book, The Queer Film Guide. Brian and Matthew welcomed him to discuss the new book, and one of his favorite entries, 2018's Knife + Heart.
May 04, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 107
Click here to send us a message! In 1993, Hollywood adapted S uper Mario Bros. , then a hit Nintendo video game, into a live-action movie starring Bob Hoskins and Dennis Hopper. It was the first time a video game would make the leap to the big screen, but it certainly wouldn’t be the last. In 2023, Nintendo tried it again, this time teaming with Illumination for an animated take on their most famous franchise. It took the world by storm, becoming one of the biggest hits of the year. This week, M...
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 106
Click here to send us a message! We're re-visiting a project we started a couple years ago, pairing the films of auteurs Paul Thomas Anderson and Quentin Tarantino. We're picking up with Anderson's fourth film, the offbeat Punch-Drunk Love starring Adam Sandler and pairing it with Tarantino's third, Jackie Brown. Both films find the filmmakers in transition, dealing with critical acclaim and awards recognition by defying expectations and crafting quirky, unforgettable love stories. They're both ...
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 6Ep. 105
Click here to send us a message! It’s our sixth annual Oscar episode! Brian and Chris are talking about Hollywood’s biggest night!
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 6Ep. 104
Click here to send us a message! It's Oscar season, so we're taking a look at two controversial Academy Award winning movies! In 1993, Philadelphia was the first movie to address the ongoing AIDS crisis, winning Academy Awards and angering gay rights activists like Larry Kramer. Twenty years later, in 2013, Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto each won acting's top honor in Dallas Buyers Club, while angering the entire community. Brian welcomes Chris back to discuss landmark AIDS representation, a...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 5Ep. 101
Click here to send us a message! Last year, the gay community was gifted not just one but TWO romantic comedies given release by major studios. Fire Island debuted on Hulu, while Bros was released to theaters, but both sought to bring a queer touch to the old rom-com formula. Fire Island is a modern adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" while Bros borrows from Nora Ephron and Woody Allen. We're joined by our contributors Rob and Lauren as we compare the two films and ponder why one gets so much ri...
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 102
Click here to send us a message! Another year, another straight actor playing queer in a quest for Oscar gold! This year, it's Brendan Fraser, the erstwhile George of the Jungle, who turns in a rare dramatic performance in what is being billed as his big comeback vehicle. But was he ever a good actor in the first place? And why is he in a fat suit? Contributor Chris, from When We Were Young returns to continue the never-ending discussion of what happens when straight folks tell queer stories....
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 5Ep. 101
Click here to send us a message! We’re celebrating 100 episodes! To commemorate, Brian asked his contributors to come on and discuss their favorite queer films. The results may surprise you!
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 5Ep. 100
Click here to send us a message! This year we're celebrating the holidays by taking a look at two of the most beloved Christmas movies of all time! And for this one Brian and Matthew are joined by Derek, from the instagram account, Queer Cinema Archive, as we revisit these family favorites. It turns out both films are dripping with queer coding and stereotypes. Join us as we dissect these tropes, and how they're still doing damage today....
Dec 01, 2022•56 min•Season 5Ep. 99
Click here to send us a message! This year we’re celebrating Thanksgiving with Parker Posey, Sigourney Weaver and many more! Two films where dysfunctional families reconnect for a holiday weekend, The Ice Storm and The House of Yes !
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 98
Click here to send us a message! This Halloween season, we're taking a look at two recent horror films, 2014's It Follows and this year's sleeper hit X. Both films take the "sex is bad" trope so common in horror and use it not just for their final girl, but as motivation for the villains themselves! It Follows is the story of Jay, a woman who gets more than she bargained for after a one night stand, while X follows an adult film crew to a remote farm-house they've rented to film their latest mov...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Season 5Ep. 97
Click here to send us a message! Our two movies this week are based on real-life criminals who went to great lengths for love and lived the catch-phrase "Be gay Do Crime." Dog Day Afternoon is frequently listed as one of the finest films of the 1970's, but ignores the fact it features Oscar nominees Al Pacino and Chris Sarandon playing a queer couple. In 2009, Jim Carrey played a leading man to love interest Ewan McGregor the subversive crime caper I Love You Phillip Morris. Brian and Chris are ...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 5Ep. 96
Click here to send us a message! This week we're taking a look back to the 1950's, the Hays Code, and repressed homosexuality. Tennessee Williams won several awards for his works, including a Pulitzer and a Tony, but when Hollywood came calling, they had some changes they needed to make. For this episode, we're joined by Chris and Rob to discuss Williams' provocative plays, Hollywood adaptations, and Paul Newman's steely blue eyes....
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 95
Click here to send us a message! In 1988, John Waters, the Sultan of Sleaze himself, released what might be called his sweetest movie, Hairspray . Starring Ricki Lake, Sonny Bono, and Divine, it was the first time a Waters character had a conscience, and set out to do the right thing. It retains a lot of his sensibilities, but it can easily be seen as his attempt at a Hollywood ending. It worked, because the film became a cult classic and eventually would be turned into a hit Broadway musical, a...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 5Ep. 94
Click here to send us a message! To celebrate the upcoming sequel, we asked contributor Rob to check out the original 1986 Top Gun, starring the newly minted superstar, Tom Cruise, in what would become a template for his early characters. Is it a queer classic with homoerotic overtones or too mired in its own fake masculinity?
May 19, 2022•47 min•Season 5Ep. 93
Click here to send us a message! Writer and contributor Lauren Emily Whalen returns to the podcast to discuss her new novel, Take Her Down, a YA re-telling of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar ! To commemorate it's release, she agreed to discuss two of our generation's most beloved Shakespeare adaptations; Romeo + Juliet and 10 Things I Hate About You.
May 05, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 5Ep. 87
Click here to send us a message! To celebrate the arrival of Shortbus to digital platforms, after being hard to find for over a decade, we are taking a brand new look at John Cameron Mitchell's followup to Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Contributor Matthew joins Brian to watch this overlooked gem for the first time.
Apr 21, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Season 5Ep. 91
Click here to send us a message! The very first episode of this podcast was focused on the 2018 Oscars and in this, our fifth annual look at Hollywood’s Big Night, Will Smith gave us an Oscar ceremony we won’t soon forget! But that has overshadowed the incredible work of actors, writers and directors whose career goal is an Oscar night victory. While the Smith debacle cannot go unremarked upon, Matthew and Chris joined Brian to discuss the night overall, where legacy awards were aplenty and a fe...
Mar 31, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 5Ep. 90
Click here to send us a message! This week we're taking an early look at an Oscar front-runner, Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog. Chris, from "When We Were Young" joins to discuss how the film examines toxic masculinity in classic Western stories, and how the film constantly seeks to upend the classic John Wayne stoic American hero trope. Meanwhile, host Brian was annoyed the film leans into negative queer stereotypes, including a secretly queer bully, and a murderously inclined Mother's Boy....
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 89
Click here to send us a message! To commemorate the release of an all-new Batman movie, we at Piece of Pie decided to take a look back! This time we’re discussing the gayest superhero films of all time; Batman Forever and Batman & Robin ! But we couldn’t discuss those without setting our sights on the two Bat-flicks that preceded them, Tim Burton’s Batman , and Batman Returns ....
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 47 min•Season 4Ep. 88
Click here to send us a message! Phillip Seymour Hoffman was one of the greatest actors of his generation, and he tragically left us far too soon in 2014. But his work lives on, and this week we're taking a look at his two lead queer roles. The idea of straight people playing queer is a controversial one, but Phillip Seymour Hoffman sets the bar with his performances in Flawless and Capote. Despite queer writer/director Joel Schumacher, Flawless doesn't seem to understand Hoffman's character and...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 87
Click here to send us a message! To celebrate the holidays, Brian and Max slip on their cha-cha heels and take a look at John Waters’ Female Trouble ! This queer classic spit in the face of mainstream culture and good taste in 1974, but how does it hold up? Join us as we discuss the influence of Waters and his muse Divine, who gave us cinema’s queerest Christmas morning!
Dec 23, 2021•36 min•Season 4Ep. 86
Click here to send us a message! For this episode, we were joined by the hosts of the podcast "Gayest Episode Ever," Drew and Glen! Their podcast is devoted to queer-focused episodes of classic television, and we joined them to discuss Mad About You, and they agreed to join us to discuss the Academy Award winning As Good as It Gets, both starring Helen Hunt. They join Max and Brian as we discuss this problematic heartwarmer, where a queer man's tragedy is just a straight man's inconvenience. Be ...
Dec 09, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 85
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Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 82
Click here to send us a message! Just in time for scary movie season, we are back with a look at two horror classics. In 1987, gay filmmaker Joel Schumacher redefined the vampire film with The Lost Boys , featuring a stellar soundtrack and a cast filled with hot young up-and-comers like Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Patric, placing them alongside theater and film veterans like Edward Hermann and Diane Wiest. The result was a phenomenon that built careers and changed Hollywood forever. In 1990, he ...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Season 4Ep. 83
Click here to send us a message! This week we're joined by Chicago's own drag queen Coco Sho-Nell to discuss movies about beauty queens! 1999's Drop Dead Gorgeous has become a queer cult classic in the years since it's release, with it's biting social satire and broad caricatures mocking the culture of American capitalism and teen beauty pageants. For a pairing, we look to 2000's Miss Congeniality, starring Sandra Bullock as a woman who goes undercover in a beauty pageant. Both films seek to ske...
Sep 16, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 82
