You Must Remember This is a storytelling podcast exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of
At the beginning of the 90s, lesbians were a punchline for a male-gaze-oriented media, an easy targe
In Glitter & Might, a new series exploring the intersection of show business and politics, bests
Joe Eszterhas’s tenure as the hottest screenwriter in town ended with two notorious 1995 flops: the
The 90s were obsessed with what magazine writer Tad Friend would describe as “do me feminism” – and
Sharon Stone and Joe Eszterhas’s post-Basic Instinct reunion film was one of the most troubled produ
Are men okay? Several films from 1993 answered that question with a resounding no. One of the highes
In the early 90s, Madonna was the biggest pop star in the world, and she used – and in the minds of
While the MPAA’s confusing and hypocritical ratings decisions were leaving filmmakers flummoxed in t
Culture in the 90s was obsessed with the sex lives of teenagers. This is a theme we will come back t
In the early 90s, one of the biggest scripted shows on TV was Murphy Brown, starring 40-something Ca
One of the biggest hits of 1992, Basic Instinct was sold as Michael Douglas’s return to Fatal Attrac
In the five years after the release of Fatal Attraction, Hollywood scrambled to make one movie after
One of the most controversial movies of the 1990s, Thelma & Louise pushed every hot button of th
Hosted by Flea, founding member and bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, This Little Light is a pod
An enigmatic sex symbol dating back to the 70s, Theresa Russell made a play for Hollywood stardom in
The first blockbuster about sex of the 90s, Pretty Woman both reinvigorated Richard Gere’s career, a
Erotic 80s began with a prologue about the short lived heyday of the X rating, pornography, and femi
American independent film is launched into the mainstream by Steven Soderbergh’s sex, lies and video
The 1988 baseball blockbuster Bull Durham confirms Kevin Costner as the ultimate squeaky-clean, all-
The erotic thriller goes commercially mainstream with Fatal Attraction, a film which starts a nation
