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It’s hard to believe that our favorite 2004 films are turning 20 this year!

So you already know we had to celebrate with a spotlight on three of our favorites from the year. But with so many incredible and timeless films to choose from, we're narrowing it down to three outstanding indie darlings of 2004!

Enjoy a little recap of 2004's biggest and best movies, including the top 10 highest-grossing hits, underrated gems, personal favorites, and the most iconic movies that defined the year. After that, we're diving into three-handpicked indie favorites chosen by Nicholas Ybarra, Bella Efstratis, and our amazing guest, Ryan Lacen.

Nick starts us off with Sideways, Alexander Payne's witty and emotional road trip through wine country with Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church.

Ryan highlights Enduring Love, an underrated and haunting psychological thriller starring Daniel Craig.

And, Bella concludes with Napoleon Dynamite, Jared Hess' hilarious cult classic that left an indelible mark on the 2000s.

What are YOUR favorite movies from 2004?

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Last month, the film industry lost one of the most prolific actresses in history, Dame Maggie Smith.

With a stage and screen career that spanned seven decades, it was nearly impossible to pick only three films to highlight Maggie Smith's outstanding career, but we did our best.

• We start with Maggie Smith's Academy Award Winning performance as the enigmatic school teacher in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
• We switch gears with one of the most revered comedies of the 1990s, where Smith dons a habit in Sister Act.
• Finally, we discuss how tremendous she is in an ensemble piece in her Academy Award-nominated performance in Robert Altman's Gosford Park.

Obviously, these three films are just scratching the surface of Dame Maggie Smith's career, so please let us know your favorite performance.

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On this episode of The Gimme Three Podcast, we celebrate Demi Moore's birthday and her cinematic comeback!

With her breathtaking performance in The Substance taking the cinephile world by storm, there’s no better time to revisit some of the fantastic highlights of Demi Moore’s career.

• We start with the supernatural romance classic Ghost, the film that helped make Moore one of the highest-paid actors of the 90s.
• *AUDIENCE PICK*—Our wonderful audience selected the sensual thriller Indecent Proposal, in which Moore co-stars in a steamy love triangle with Robert Redford and Woody Harrelson.
• Finally, Moore goes an extra mile (or a hundred) with a physical and emotional transformation in Ridley Scott’s G.I. Jane.

Let us know what you think of these Demi Moore classics and what your favorite Moore performance is!

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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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