Never Did It

Our journey looking at a century of the movies directed by women brings us to a turning point. The 1990s saw a huge upswing in women-directed films. We take a look at Jane Campion's "The Piano", Kathryn Bigelow's "Strange Days", Beeban Kidron's "To Wong Fu, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar", and Kasi Lemmons' "Eve's Bayou".

Hosted by Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler

0:00 Introduction |0:38 The Piano |11:26 Strange Days |22:40 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar |30:42 Eve's Bayou |40:08 Top Women-Directed Movies of the 1990s

The stars are out and Jake is wearing a tie. It's time to find out who the big winners of the 2026 movie year are at the first ever Never Did It Awards, or Niddies!

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Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Jeff Richardson
0:00 Introduction; 1:23 Best Stunts; 5:00 Best Animated Feature; 8:45 Best Supporting Actor; 11:54 Upper Enchelon Award for Directing; 14:26 Best Documentary Feature; 19:26 Best Supporting Actress; 22:09 Best Voice Acting Performance; 25:51 Best First Feature; 28:25 Best Screenplay; 31:39 Best Breakout Performance ;33:33 Upper Enchelon Award for Acting; 35:51 Best Leading Actress; 38:12 Best Leading Actor; 41:59 Best Director; 44:45 Best Picture

As we continue our look at a century of women-directed movies, "Yentl" and "Pet Sematary" take center stage. We look at Barbra Streisand's directorial debut has us enjoying the performances and the politics and being confused by the music. Mary Lambert's adaptation of the Stephen King book has us scratching our heads entirely. Soap opera acting, dangling plot points, too many themes (or are there no themes at all?) make this fun to talk about after being tough to watch.

Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Danielle Segel

0:00 Introduction; 0:30 Yentl; 17:32 Pet Sematary

#classicmovies #horrormovies #jewishmovies

After a 40-year drought, Hollywood studios let women control films behind the camera with Elaine May's "A New Leaf". In the documentary world, Barbara Kopple released her epic chronicling of the coal miners' strikes in "Harlan County, USA". And in Europe, Chantal Akerman put out the notorious "Jeanne Dielman".

Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest James Sanford.
0:00 Introduction
0:58 A New Leaf
19:17 Harlan County, USA
36:26 Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

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In the 1960s, Hollywood studios hired virtually no women to direct their films. In Europe, women were directing trailblazing movies. We take a look at Agnes Varda's "Cleo from 5 to 7" and Věra Chytilová's "Daisies".

Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Jeff Richardson.

0:00 Introduction, 0:40 Daisies, 14:03 Cleo from 5 to 7, 29:55 The Best Movies of the 1960s