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**Enhance Your Election Week Experience with The Gimme Three Podcast!**

It’s Election Week! As we all know, this week can be both exhilarating and highly stressful. So, if you need a break from doom scrolling and news coverage, The Gimme Three Podcast has you covered.

In this week’s episode, co-host Nicholas Ybarra and guest David Chiu tackle Gimme Three Presidential Films!

• We start with John Frankenheimer’s political thriller, 7 Days In May.
• In a similar but true story - the pulse-pounding intricacies of the Cuban Missile Crisis are on display in the film Thirteen Days.
• Philip Baker Hall tears the house down in the one-person show on film Secret Honor - directed by the great Robert Altman.
• We stick with the subject of Richard Nixon in Ron Howard’s juicy film Frost/Nixon.
• Bryan Cranston takes his mesmerizing stage performance to the screen as he portrays Lydon B. Johnson in All The Way.
• Finally, we end the episode on a more romantic note. In Southside With You, we spend one day with President Barack Obama… on his first date with Michelle.

There’s a little something for everyone with all of these incredible picks. Let us know what you think of these presidential films!

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We round out our weeks-long celebration of female horror directors by revisiting a 2022 interview with the great Katt Shea, one of Nicholas Ybarra's favorite filmmakers.

Katt Shea started as an actress and worked her way into the director's chair, starting under the Roger Corman umbrella. Her films Stripped To Kill, Streets, and The Rage: Carrie 2 have all garnered cult-film status. But perhaps her most well-known and memorable film is the sizzling 1992 thriller Poison Ivy, starring Drew Barrymore.

In this in-depth discussion, Shea revisits some of her career highlights and gives us a peek into her creative process as she discusses her recent Netflix film, Rescued By Ruby.

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And we’re back with Part II!

In this episode, Nick, Bella, and Jess return to discuss three more brilliant horror films directed by women, each from a different era and offering a distinct twist on the genre.

- Jess picked Tiger Stripes (2023), Amanda Nell Eu’s bold coming-of-age body horror.

- Nick selected The Slumber Party Massacre (1982), Amy Holden Jones' feminist slasher that cleverly subverts the genre’s typical tropes.

- And celebrating her favorite horror movie's 10 year anniversary, Bella chose Jennifer Kent's masterfully crafted and hauntingly beautiful tale, The Babadook (2014).

From hidden gems to cult classics and everything in between, this episode has it all. We hope you’ve enjoyed this series and can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

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Are you loving Gimme Three's horror content this month?

Well, get ready for even more because we're bringing you six killer horror film recommendations in our newest two-part series: Horror Films Directed by Women!

Over the next two weeks, Nick, Bella, and returning special guest Jess McLaughlin have curated a fantastic lineup showcasing the extraordinary work of six wickedly talented women directors. Jess handpicked three films, while Nick and Bella each chose a favorite, and YOU, our amazing listeners, voted on the final selection!

In this episode...

• We kick things off a bang, featuring one of Jess' top picks: Carlota Pereda’s Piggy (2022), a gripping and criminally underrated bloody mystery.
  
  
• Next, Bella presents the audience pick—Coralie Fargeat's The Substance (2024), an intoxicating body horror marvel and every horror fan's latest obsession.
  
  
• And Jess brings us home with Ellie Foumbi’s Our Father, The Devil (2021), a haunting and masterful exploration of fear and identity.

Each film showcases its own unique style and themes, ranging from unsettling mysteries to visceral bloodbaths. There’s truly something for everyone in this treasure trove of horror and underrated masterpieces just waiting to be discovered!

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We kick off our month-long horror film extravaganza by also celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. In this episode (a re-release from a 2020 Film Forward episode), co-host Nicholas Ybarra chats with award-winning filmmaker Felix Martiz, and they each provide three outstanding horror films by Hispanic filmmakers.

Ybarra and Martiz discuss these incredible films:

• Issa Lopez' beautiful and grounded cartel-inspired horror, Tigers Are Not Afraid.
• Mexico's 1968 classic (in every sense of the word) Even The Wind Is Afraid.
• If you're curious about tentacle lovin', you may be into the bizarre and freaky film The Untamed.
• Next, we gush over Robert Rodriguez's homage to grindhouse cinema, Planet Terror.
• We can't do a Hispanic Horrors episode without talking about Guillermo Del Toro's anti-fascist horror film, The Devil's Backbone.
• George Romero's Dawn of the Dead takes on a whole new meaning when viewed through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Once again, Joker is the talk of the town. To mark the recent release of Joker: Folie à Deux, Nick and Bella are exploring the history of the iconic character and the tremendous actors who have donned the face paint.

• We open with the performance that changed the game. Jack Nicholson steals the show in Tim Burton's Batman with his unforgettable take on Joker.

• Next, we discuss Heath Ledger's Academy Award-winning performance in Christopher Nolan's modern classic, The Dark Knight.

• Finally, we analyze the polarizing origin story in Joaquin Phoenix's powerful take on the character in Joker.

There are plenty of other tidbits, history, and trivia on the character of Joker and his relationship with the caped crusader. Give this one a listen, and let us know your favorite Joker.

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Earlier this month, on September 9th, the legendary stage and screen actor James Earl Jones passed away at the age of 93. Jones made his film debut in 1964 with Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, and continued to grace the screen for nearly 60 more years. Beyond the screen, his brilliance shone on stage, earning him two Tony Awards, and his incredible career culminated in the rare achievement of an EGOT.

It's no secret that James Earl Jones possessed one of the greatest voices of all time, lending his voice to some truly iconic characters like Star Wars' iconic villain Darth Vader and Mufasa in Disney's The Lion King.

In this episode, co-hosts Nick and Bella celebrate three of the late actor's memorable performances, from underrated gems to unforgettable blockbusters—James Earl Jones truly did it all!

• Starting with The Great White Hope(1970), where Jones earned his first and only Academy Award nomination for his powerful portrayal of Jack Jefferson.
  
  
• Next, we take a trip to a galaxy far far away in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) to discuss Jones' legendary voice work as the ultimate cinematic villain, Darth Vader.
  
  
• And we conclude with Field of Dreams (1989), where we explore his heartfelt performance as Terrence Mann.

Plus, our producer Sonja Mereu returns with another fantastic edition of "Sonja’s Movie Minute," this time highlighting Jones’ brilliant performance as Roop in the 1970s romantic comedy Claudine.

James Earl Jones, thank you for your immense contributions to film, stage, and culture. Rest in peace.

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September 24th, 2024, marks the 20th Anniversary of Shaun Of The Dead's US Release. The forever-fresh cult classic not only launched Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost to mega-stardom, but the film also kicked off a trilogy of brilliant collaborations between the three artists.

In this episode, Bella and Nick are joined by Daniel Ott to discuss all three of the high-octane, humanist, genre-bending films of The Cornetto Trilogy (aka The Colours Cornetto).

• We opened with the film that started it all. Part romantic comedy, part zombie film, Shaun Of The Dead still thrills audiences 20 years after its original release.

• Second in the trilogy is the pedal-to-the-metal buddy comedy Hot Fuzz, which happens to be Daniel Ott's favorite film of all time.

• Finally, the most mature and emotional film of the bunch, The World's End, wraps up the trilogy's thematic thread with a wallop of introspection and, of course, some laughs as well.

Let us know what your favorite film of the trilogy is!

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