Desiree Akhavan, Joan Crawford, Nuts in May

Writer-director-actor Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behaviour) joins Anna and Hen in the BFI's "glitzy" green room (there are mirrors on the ceiling) to talk about her new film, The Miseducation of Cameron Post and her new TV series, The Bisexual. Desi talks about why America loves pro-life cinema, the art of the sex scene and why it's alright to remain a teen at heart.

Elsewhere, Anna slaps Hen down for knowing nothing about Joan Crawford, while Hen goes ... bananas for Mike Leigh's Nuts in May.

The BFI Podcast is ...

BFI Southbank Programmer Anna Bogutskaya

BFI Digital editor Henry Barnes

Producer Peter Sale

Thanks to our guest, Desiree Akhavan. Watch The Miseducation of Cameron Post trailer and find out more about The Bisexual.

Screen therapy:

• Watch Nuts in May (BBC iPlayer)

• Five things you (and Hen) should know about Joan Crawford (BFI.org)

• Listen to another brilliant Desiree Akhavan interview (WNYC)

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