Tag: Movie
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Memoir of a Snail, Hitpig! – 502
Two VERY different ends of the animation spectrum this week with the profound Memoir of a Snail and the chaotic Hitpig! Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Memoir of a Snail MEMOIR OF A SNAIL is a poignant and heartfelt chronicle of the life of Grace Pudel, a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting…
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Venom: The Last Dance, Anora, Conclave – 499
Here’s hoping the title for Venom: The Last Dance is a promise… Sean Baker continues his exploration of the overlooked members of society with Anora. Finally Conclave can consider us a convert. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Venom: The Last Dance In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest…
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We Live In Time – 497
An emotional carousel ride of a film with We Live in Time, Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh are electric together. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about We Live in Time Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together —…
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Jennifer Kent for The Babadook – 496
We’re Babashook we get to speak to writer / director Jennifer Kent for The Babadook 10th Anniversary and chat all things terrifying, how horror is deeply personal, and everyone’s favorite spooky gentleman, Mr. ‘dook. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Jennifer Kent Jennifer worked extensively as an actor in Australia before establishing her career as…
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Piece by Piece, Bad Genius – 495
Get to know Pharrell like you’ve never seen him before (aka as a LEGO minifig!) and his prolific impact on music in Piece by Piece. Also Bad Genius makes cheating on the SATs look pretty good. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Piece By Piece PIECE BY PIECE is a unique cinematic experience that invites audiences…
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Joker: Folie à Deux, The Franchise – 492
We have no clue who Joker: Folie à Deux is supposed to be for (and we don’t even think The Riddler could come up with an answer to that). This all makes it perfect timing for The Franchise to appear and poke fun at the superhero industrial complex. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Joker:…
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The Wild Robot, Will & Harper, Lee – 490
We’ve got two heartwarming films this week with the animated delight The Wild Robot, and the beautifully vulnerable documentary, Will & Harper. Plus Lee, the Lee Miller biopic starring Kate Winslet. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Wild Robot The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on…
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Bernardo Britto for Omni Loop – 488
Writer / Director (and fellow Fighting Violet) Bernardo Britto joins to talk about his new film Omni Loop and to take a walk down the memory lane of the 8th floor of film school. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Omni Loop A quantum physicist (Mary-Louise Parker) finds herself stuck in a time loop, with…
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The Substance, A Different Man, His Three Daughters – 487
A haunting double feature of vanity and regret with The Substance and A Different Man. Plus would His Three Daughters work better as live theater? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Substance Demi Moore gives a career best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness…
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Shelly Yo, Guo Guo for Smoking Tigers – 486
Smoking Tigers Writer / Director So Young Shelly Yo and Producer Guo Guo are here to chat making the film on a super constrained budget, childhood traumas (including the SATs), and navigating collaboration. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Smoking Tigers Staggered by the separation of her parents, a Korean-American girl struggles to find herself.…