The BFI podcast #3 - Michelle Williams and Kelly Reichardt: a rare female director-actor partnership

Sight & Sound production editor Isabel Stevens guest hosts on an episode about the history of all-female director-actor partnerships, from Frances Marion and Mary Pickford's box office busting silent films to Michelle Williams and Kelly Reichardt's collaboration, which has produced films like Wendy & Lucy and Meek's Cutoff - stories of women challenging patriarchal assumptions about their place in society. Plus, we look at the troubling relationship between director Catherine Breillat and actor Roxane Mesquida - whose second film together explored the experience of shooting of an exploitative sex scene in their first. The British Film Institute's podcast is an audio adventure through the BFI's archives. Each fortnight host Henry Barnes will be joined by a special guest to dig into their cinematic passion, be it a director, a genre, a franchise or a meme. This episode includes clips from the following films: - Dawson’s Creek, “Road Trip”, Season 1, episode 9. Directed by Steven Robman and released by Columbia TriStar Television in 1998. - Wendy & Lucy. Directed by Kelly Reichardt and released by Oscilloscope Laboratories in 2008. - Meek’s Cutoff. Directed by Kelly Reichardt and released by Oscilloscope Laboratories in 2010. - Certain Women. Directed by Kelly Reichardt and released by IFC Films in 2017. - Taxi Driver. Directed by Martin Scorsese and released by Columbia Pictures in 1976 The following tracks were used under license from Audio Network: - Throwback Jack. Written and performed by Tim Garland. Released in 2013. - Sunlight. Written and performed by David O’Brien. Released in 2007. - Sunshine’s Coming Up. Written and performed by Neil Williams and Gerard Presencer. Released in 2011. - Get Connected. Written and performed by Jason Pedder, Ben Ziapour and Jamie Ziapour. Released in 2013. - Remember Our Day. Written and performed by Jeff Meegan, David Tobin, Andrew Duncan and Jason Pedder. Released in 2017. - Uluru. Written and performed by Bruce Maginnis. Released in 2017. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy