Episode #424: 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' with Carlos Aguilar

A little gritty political drama, a little technicolor musical, a little revolutionary politics, a little ahead-of-its-time queer representation…Kiss of the Spider Woman has been a novel, a play, an Oscar-winning movie, a Tony-winning Broadway musical, and now a Bill Condon movie musical starring Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, and relative newcomer Tonatiuh. LA-based film critic Carlos Aguilar joins us to get into the enduring allure of Spider Woman, and to name some bleak movies that could be jazzed up with a little old-timey movie-musical interlude.
What’s Good
Alonso - Bulgarian State Woman Choir on Johnny Carson in 1990 (youtube.com/watch?v=glCWpl-fpBA)
Drea - Bed Bands (wholesome)
Carlos - New episode of Storage Wars
Kevin - The Craft at Cinespia
ITIDIC
• Apple TV Streaming Drops “+” From its Name (hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/a…)
• The TiVo Era Has Ended, Officially Now (variety.com/2025/tv/news/tivo-stopped-selling-…)
• Annie Hall Returning to Cinemas in Honor of Diane Keaton (hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/diane-…)
Staff Picks
Alonso - Orwell: 2+2=5 (justwatch.com/us/movie/orwell-2-2-5)
Drea - Blue Moon (justwatch.com/us/movie/blue-moon-2025)
Carlos - It Was Just an Accident (justwatch.com/us/movie/it-was-just-an-accident)
Kevin - Battle Royale (justwatch.com/us/movie/battle-royale)

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Kevin Avery (instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy)
Drea Clark (twitter.com/thedreaclark)
Alonso Duralde (bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social)
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart (instagram.com/flaxbart)
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher (twitter.com/swish)