Wigs and Candles
by Andreina Romero and Gabriela Mörken-Romero
TV & FilmE · Explicit
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About this podcast
A podcast about two sisters and their obsession with period film.
Episodes
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- Bring Me My Wig! · 36 min · Season 6 Episode 1This season, we tried something a little different. We tried to learn about wigs, this most important accessory and one of the main contributors to our obsession with period…
- Episode 4 - Van Gogh: At Eternity's Gate · 1 h 5 min · Season 5 Episode 4To close their 5th season dedicated to artists and films about their lives, Gaby and Andreina discuss the 2018 film Van Gogh: At Eternity’s Gate. Directed by Julien Schnabel and…
- Episode 3 - Camille Claudel · 58 min · Season 5 Episode 3In this episode, Andreina and Gabriela learn more about the French sculptor Camille Claudel (1864-1943), through two films: Camille Claudel (1988) and Camille Claudel 1915…
- Episode 3 - Camille Claudel · 58 minIn this episode, Gaby and Andreina learn more about the French artist Camille Claudel (1864-1943) by watching two films portraying different times in her life: Camille Claudel…
- Episode 2 - Mr. Turner · 1 h 7 min · Season 5 Episode 2Gaby and Andreina continue their exploration of art through period film and discuss the film Mr. Turner. Directed by Mike Leigh and starring Timothy Spall as the English romantic…
- Episode 1 - Hilma · 58 min · Season 5 Episode 1In this first episode of the 5th season of Wigs and Candles, Andreina and Gaby discuss the film Hilma, a biographical movie about the Swedish painter Hilma af Klint. Gaby and…
- Episode 6 - Barry Lyndon · 1 h 30 min · Season 4 Episode 6To cap off their 4th season, Gaby and Andreina discuss the 1975 Stanley Kubrick film Barry Lyndon. With the help of a very special guest, we discuss the technical marvels of…
- Episode 5 - Pride and Prejudice · 1 h 55 min · Season 4 Episode 5In this episode, Gaby, Andreina, and a special guest, discuss the beloved 2005 Joe Wright adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. One of the most popular adaptions of the novel by…
- Episode 4 - A Royal Affair · 1 h 38 min · Season 4 Episode 4In this episode, Gaby and Andreina finally watch a movie they have been waiting a long time to discuss. A Royal Affair, tells the story of Princess Caroline Matilda of Great…
- Episode 3 - The Woman King · 1 h 14 min · Season 4 Episode 3In this episode, Andreina and Gabriela discuss the 2022 filmThe Woman King. Written by Dana Stevens and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman King tells the true story of…
- Episode 2 - Little Women · 1 h 57 min · Season 4 Episode 2There’s nothing little in the story of this film nor in the significance of the topics it touches on. Greta Gerwig’s Little Women (2019) is a wonderful, fierce, and modern…
- Episode 1 - Chevalier · 1 h 27 min · Season 4 Episode 1In a baroque opera hall in Paris sometime in the late 1700s, there’s a concert taking place. The audience is hypnotized by the virtuosity of the main violin player and the beauty…
- Episode 7 - The Liberator · 1 h 45 min · Season 3The Liberator tells the story, in wide strokes, of Simón Bolívar, the military leader, and most important Venezuelan historical figure. In this episode, Gaby and Andreina discuss…
- Episode 6-Ammonite · 1 h 32 min · Season 3 Episode 6In this episode, Andreina and Gabriela discuss the 2020 film Ammonite with a very special guest. Ammonite tells the story of 19th-century British paleontologist Mary Anning. An…
- Episode 5 - Emily · 1 h 12 min · Season 3 Episode 5In this episode, Gaby and Andreina discuss the 2022 film Emily, written and directed by Frances O'Connor in her directorial debut. Emily is a part-fictional portrait of English…
- Episode 4-The Wonder · 1 h 20 min · Season 3 Episode 4In this episode, Gaby and Andreina discuss the 2022 Netflix movie The Wonder, based on the novel of the same name by Irish-Canadian writer Emma Donoghue. The movie, starring the…
- Episode 3-Corsage · 1 h 41 min · Season 3 Episode 3In this episode, Gaby and Andreina discuss the much-talked-about 2022 Austrian movie Corsage, which depicts a year in the life of Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sisi…
- Episode 2-Far from the Madding Crowd · 1 h 27 min · Season 3 Episode 2We rarely find a more determined fictional female character in literature from the late 19th century than Bathsheba Everdeen. Guided by a strong will and a deep-rooted desire to…
- Episode 1-The Handmaiden · 1 h 12 min · Season 3 Episode 1To open up our third season, Gaby and Andreina discuss the South Korean film The Handmaiden, directed by Park Chan-wook. Acclaimed by critics, this movie is a work of…
- Jane Eyre · 1 h 47 min · Season 2 Episode 6What do you get when you take a pitch-perfect cast, beautiful but expressive cinematography, restraint but character-revealing costumes, and an inspired and poetic direction? The…
