PCP Picks!
A collection of people, places, and things that have inspired, contributed or influenced Persephone and information on how to learn more about them! This list will continue to develop over time.
More Magical/Illogical and Fantastical Movies - Episodes 16 & 17
Christopher Reeve is a time-traveling playwright pining over beautiful Jane Seymour in 1980’s Somewhere In Time
About Time (2013)
Somewhere In Time (1980)
Big Fish (2003)
Fly Away Home (1996)
The Age of Adaline (2015)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Kate and Leopold (2001)
Winter’s Tale (2014)
13 Going on 30 (2004)
Amelie (2001)
Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
Chocolat (2000)
Serendipity (2000)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Bonus Sex-isode Episode 15: 20+ Great Sex Honorable Mentions
Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It is sexy and smart
She’s Gotta Have It (Director, Spike Lee) Netflix
Black Swan (Director, Darren Aronofsky)
The Tudor’s Netflix
Bound (Directors, Lilly and Lana Wachowski)
Secretary (Director, Steven Shainberg)
Rome HBO
Insecure HBO
Body Heat (Director, Lawrence Kasdan) Netflix
Lust, Caution (Director, Ang Lee) Netflix
Love (Director, Gasper Noe) Netflix
Malena (Director, Guiseppe Tornatore)
Mulholland Drive (Director, David Lynch)
Bad Education (Director, Pedro Almodovar)
Femme Fatale (Director, Brian DePalma) Amazon Prime
The Last Seduction (Director, John Dahl)
Fatal Attraction (Director, Adrian Lyne) Amazon Prime
Basic Instinct (Director, Paul Verhoeven)
The Lover (Director, Jean-Jaques Annaud) Amazon Prime
The Dreamers (Director, Bernardo Bertolucci)
Quills (Director, Phillip Kaufman)
Dark Desire (Director, Leticia Lopez Margalli) Netflix
Sex, Lies and Videotape (Director, Steven Soderbergh)
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Director, Pedro Almodovar)
Now Apocalypse (Director, Gregg Araki) Starz
PCP-Inspired Playlists
Pop Culture Persephone regularly curates music lists via Spotify to better illustrate podcast content!
Inspired By! PCP Playlist Vol 1
Inspired By! PCP Playlist Vol 2
Inspired By! PCP Playlist Vol 3
Inspired By! PCP Playlist Vol 4
Inspired By! PCP Playlist Vol 5
Inspired BY! PCP (All Brit) Playlist Vol 6
Bonus PCP Episode 13 Content
We discussed the evolution of Stephen King’s bestseller from book to movie to failed musical (with the amazing Betty Buckley as Carrie’s mother) and then back to successful revival musical which inspired Riverdale’s meta show-within-a-show Carrie episode. View below!
Perraneu
Perraneu exists to enhance our audience’s vitality (bombastee) by capturing the specific ideas of a non-discriminatory, representational sample (scientifique) of contributors and subjects (colecteev).
Perraneu is the brain child of Devon Turchan, a writer/performer/artist and student of the world who resides in New York. Devon serves as the Editor of Perraneu and is always looking for contributors. Contact Perraneu at perraneumagazine@gmail.com.
PCP-Approved Podcasts
Persephone is a rabid podcast consumer! Inspiration abounds from many wells, but if you enjoy being “in the know” with all things pop (and a few other obsessions), explore these recommendations: