Helena Hawkes; a Los Angeles-based writer/director and a self-proclaimed Cinephile, Painter, and Soul & Disco Enthusiast. Helena has worked in Hollywood with the likes of Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions and Leigh Wannel of the Saw and Insidious Franchises.
Helena joins My Pop Five to break down Big Fish, Rene Magritte, Meshes of the Afternoon/At Land by Maya Deren, Master Blaster by Stevie Wonder, and Culture as Weapon by Nato Thompson. Helena discusses her relationship with each of the items on her "Pop Five", growing up in small-town, leaving the nest, her relationship with writing, and her "Yours, Mine and Ours" family.
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Our Pop Five (3 Year Anniversary Edition): Olivia Rodrigo's "Guts", Past Lives, Across The Spiderverse, Boygenius, and Special Guests
Alexis Gay: Silicon Valley, Lady Gaga, Parks and Recreation, Bossypants, and Dancing on My Own
Tony Smith: The Pixies - Doolittle, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Freaks and Geeks, YouTube, and Stranger in a Strange Land
Kylie Brakeman: The Simpsons, Legally Blonde, Lucille Bluth, 30 Rock, and Lorde
Season 2 Finale w/ Tilly Louise: Hayley Williams, YouTube, Be Around Me by Will Joseph Cook, TikTok and Queensway Tunnel
Elizabeth Goodfellow: Wilson Phillips, Pink Elephants on Parade, Sweet Thursday, National Velvet & Music For 18 Musicians
Our Pop Five (June 2022): Q&A, Music/Movie Recs, and Conversations with Friends
Veronica Deeds: Selena, Netflix (DVD Era), Special Features, Sex And The City, and Olivia Wilde
MPF Father's Day Special: Our Favorite TV/Film Dad's & A Surprise Guest
Dylan Adler: Wicked, That's So Raven, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Elton John, and Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz
Connor Morrison: Billy Joel, Sara Bareilles, Jon McLaughlin, Motion City Soundtrack, and Ben Folds
Julianna Zachariou: Feels Like Home (Norah Jones), Moonstruck, Barbra Streisand, The Reminder (Feist), and This New Century (Dan Reeder)
John Reagan: Mr. Tambourine Man, Star Wars, About Time, 'Honeybaby, Keep Going Under', and The Waltons
Daniel Parra: ATLiens (OutKast), The Iron Giant, Alive 2007 (Daft Punk), Iowa (Slipknot), and Kingdom Hearts 2
My Pop Five: One-Year Anniversary Special!
Myke C-Town: The Cure, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Charles Bukowski, David Lynch, Gleaming The Cube
Nate Meeker: The Social Network, Chris Rock, Breaking Bad, Leonardo DiCaprio, and The Killers
Zac Rae (Death Cab for Cutie): The Traveling Wilbury's, The Killer, Pearblossom Highway, The Boy Detective Fails and Thelonius Monk
Our Pop Five (March 2022): The Batman, The Worst Person In The World, Ghost, Holly Humberstone and Oscar's/Grammy's 2022
Diego Manrique: Juanes, Blink-182, Dragon Ball Z, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Bomba Estero
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