Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with guests Charlene Lydon, Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair and Aoife Barry, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This time, Greta Gerwig’s Little Women.
Receiving an urgent telegram summoning her home, Jo March reflects on the life that she has lived. As memories come flooding back, Jo contemplates friendship and family against the backdrop of her New Hampshire upbringing.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 2nd February 2020.
- Little Women at The Internet Movie Database.
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- David Sims at The Atlantic on Ford v. Ferrari as a story of cars and capitalism, November 2019.
- Hunter Harris at Vulture on Ford v. Ferrari as a story about capitalism and sunglasses, November 2019.
- Constance Grady at Vox on the weird position of Little Women in the American literary canon, December 2019.
- Anne Boyd Rioux at LitHub wonders why more boys don’t read Little Women, August 2018.
- A.N. Devers at Elle argues for Little Women as a classic of American literature, December 2019.
- Rod Hardy at The New England Review on Teddy Roosevelt’s love of Little Women, April 2008.
- Hillary Kelly at Vulture on the history and success of Little Women, December 2019.
- Sopan Deb at The New York Times on the difference between sound mixing and sound editing, March 2018.
- Robert Evans, Evan V. Symon and Saundra Sorenson talk to Cracked about the absurdities of Oscar voting, February 2017.
- Carey Mulligan talks to Variety about the possibility of confirming voters have actually seen films, January 2020.
- Aharon Abhishek at Meaww on Joaquin Phoenix’s dislocated knee, January 2020.
- Adam White at The Independent reports on Joaquin Phoenix’s behaviour on the set of Joker, January 2020.
- Michelle Ruiz at Vogue reports on Brad Pitt’s name badge at the Oscars luncheon, January 2020.
- Amy Pascal talks to The Hollywood Reporter about living through the Sony hack, July 2017.
- Greta Gerwig talks to Variety about the making of and development of Little Women, December 2019.
- Greta Gerwig talks to The Wrap about her inspirations for Little Women, January 2020.
- Greta Gerwig talks to Rian Johnson at The Director’s Cut on making Little Women, January 2020.
- Greta Gerwig talks to The New York Times about balancing her vision of Little Women with the studio’s expectations, November 2019.
- Greta Gerwig and Saoirse Ronan talk about their artistic collaborations with The Hollywood Reporter, January 2020.
- Sophie Gilbert at The Atlantic discusses the development and history of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, September 2018.
- Anne Boyd Rioux writes at the BBC about how and why Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women, January 2020.
- Gillian Brockell at The Washington Post on Louisa May Alcott’s complicated relationship with Little Women, December 2019.
- Manuela Lazic at The Ringer discusses Florence Pugh’s remarkable year, December 2019.
- Florence Pugh talks to The New York Times about her life and career, January 2020.
- Florence Pugh talks to IndieWire about working on Little Women, December 2019.
- Greta Gerwig talks to The Hollywood Reporter about how Meryl Streep shaped the script for Little Women, November 2019.
- Shirley Li at The Atlantic on how Little Women finally gives Amy March her due, December 2019.
- Sonia Rao at The Washington Post on the redemption of Amy March in Little Women, December 2019.
- Breanna Grow & Charlie Schlenker at WGLT on the pragmatic choices necessary in adapting Little Women, January 2020.
- Justin Kroll at Variety reports on Emma Watson replacing Emma Stone in Little Women, August 2018.
- The Polygon staff discuss Little Women, January 2020.
- Samantha Ellis at The Guardian on the way that Little Women is packaged differently for American and British audiences, December 2017.
- Alex Zaragoza at Vice on the sloppery kiss that defined Gillian Anderson’s 1994 version of Little Women, August 2019.
- Jacqueline Durran talks to In Style about taking inspiration from period artwork for Little Women, January 2020.
- Jacqueline Durran talks to Vogue about the costuming in Little Women, December 2019.
- Jacqueline Durran talks to Vulture about the slight anachronisms in Laurie’s wardrobe, December 2019.
- Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz at The Cut on the hotness of Professor Bhaer in Little Women, December 2019.
- Sarah Todd at QZ on the awfulness of Professor Bhaer in Little Women, January 2020.
- Sadie Stein at The Paris Review digs into the character of Professor Bhaer, February 2016.
- Allison Willmore at Vulture on the ambiguous ending of Little Women, January 2020.
- Caroline Siede at The A.V. Club on the complications of the ending of Little Women, December 2019.
- Greta Gerwig talks to Variety about fighting to shoot Little Women on film, January 2020.
- Mary Elizabeth Andriotis at House Beautiful on the recreation of Louisa May Alcott’s childhood home for Little Women, January 2020.
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