Location:
United States
Description:
We're two queer girls who never stop talking about movies. Our current series is THE SHAKE UP! Episodes every last Wednesday.
Language:
English
Website:
https://anchor.fm/film-broads
Episodes
The Merchant of Venice - THE SHAKE UP
2/25/2026
Three trousers parts, unorthodox legal documents and a whole lot of bigotry---what could it be but The Merchant of Venice? We're doing our best with this one, y'all.
TW: Antisemitism, racism
Duration:01:34:09
King John - THE SHAKE UP
1/28/2026
It's now year two with the Bard, and we're kicking it off with a play that it's very possible you have never heard of. Who the heck is King John, and what does he have to do with the 1960s???
Duration:01:22:52
Hamlet (Round 1)
12/31/2025
One year of Shakespeare come and gone, and to celebrate we're giving ourselves and you a little treat: we're talking Hamlet. It's not just any matchup, either. Today it's Branagh vs. Olivier, no holds barred. Who's the real prince of Denmark, and who is a quintessence of dust?
Duration:01:34:58
Richard II - THE SHAKE UP
11/26/2025
Heads up... the audio is real rough on this one. Sorry. We're comparing two versions of the play that makes people say, "wait, there was a Richard II?"
Duration:01:18:27
Romeo and Juliet - THE SHAKE UP
10/29/2025
Romeo and Juliet is great--who'da thunk! But there's a lot to unpack in the two most famous film adaptations, and in the play itself.
Historical hose: https://rowantreeworkshop.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/02/Mens-medieval-hose-1.jpg
Duration:01:27:34
A Midsummer Night's Dream - THE SHAKE UP
9/24/2025
We may have gone a bit overboard on this one. In our defense, come on. It's A Midsummer Night's Dream! Content warning: excessive ranting about Mickey Rooney.
Duration:01:45:19
Love's Labour's Lost
8/27/2025
We didn't know anything about it either, but hey! It's a comedy! This is also the entrance of our man Kenny B to the podcast, and you really have to see it to believe it.
Duration:01:19:49
The Comedy of Errors
7/30/2025
If it has so many errors, why didn't he just get an editor (I apologize immediately)? This is a wacky one, and each version has its own interesting celebrity cast member with differing degrees of likelihood. It's time for double trouble in Ephesus!
Duration:01:00:30
Richard III - THE SHAKE UP
6/25/2025
We're getting into the real stuff, folks. Come enjoy the antics of the man who was so evil everyone decided to chuck the whole royal family and start over from scratch.
Duration:01:19:28
Titus Andronicus - THE SHAKE UP
5/28/2025
The tragedy has landed! And oh buddy, what a tragedy it is. Luckily, there are a couple of actually good filmed versions of it. Trigger warning for basically everything.
Duration:01:38:34
The Two Gentlemen of Verona - THE SHAKE UP
5/7/2025
We're back in comedy land, and this one is arguably less sexist than the last one! Though that might just be because it's mostly about dudes. You might have heard the title, but we bet dollars to donuts you couldn't tell us a thing about it. There are reasons why.
Duration:01:17:40
Henry VI Part 3 - THE SHAKE UP
3/26/2025
The trilogy ends here! Bigger battles! More stabbings! Tom Sturridge naked in a field! You don't want to miss the shocking conclusion to the Wars of the Roses!
Duration:01:13:51
Henry VI Parts 1 & 2 - THE SHAKE UP
2/26/2025
Ok, jumping into the deep end already, huh? We discover why people don't stage the Henry VI trilogy, but also why we sort of wish they would.
Duration:01:18:02
The Taming of the Shrew
1/29/2025
The Shake Up has officially begun! We're starting with two adaptations of The Taming of the Shrew: Sam Taylor's film from 1929 and Franco Zeffirelli's from 1967.
Duration:01:01:39
The Shake Up - Series Trailer
1/13/2025
Prithee attend! The Shake Up is coming January 29, 2025. We're comparing film adaptations of Shakespeare plays from the first to the last. Come for the bawdy jokes, stay for the pathos. It's going to be anything but stuffy, we promise.
Theme music is Cantiga 166 by Hildegard Von Blingin'.
Duration:00:01:41
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - GRAIL QUEST
12/25/2024
The journey has come to an end (because we simply can't do this any longer. That's how the grail quest ended, right?). Let's send it off with our most requested episode ever!
In January, get ready for... The Shake Up!
Duration:01:32:37
Lovespell (1981) - GRAIL QUEST
11/27/2024
Hallelujah, a serviceable film. Better than serviceable, it's actually pretty good! It looks like someone actually got Tristan and Isolde right, during a very big year for Arthuriana on film.
Duration:01:22:51
October 32nd (1992) - GRAIL QUEST
11/1/2024
Thus concludes our last, torturous October on this Grail Quest, and it truly is the worst yet. All apologies to everyone who worked hard on this film, but listener, you should never, ever watch it. This is unhallowed ground.
Duration:01:18:46
Sword of the Valiant (1984) - GRAIL QUEST
10/2/2024
We're not going to call it a good movie, but the bar is so low at this point. We had a good time and we can't ask for much more than that.
Duration:01:35:36
Merlin and the War of the Dragons (2008) - GRAIL QUEST
8/28/2024
What if someone adapted the buckwild backstory of Merlin as though it was a bland, aughts-era hero boy story? It might look a little something like this...
Bonus: Merlin and the Dragons (1991) is actually pretty nice!
Duration:01:28:11