#864: After Yang / Madness Rd. 2

There have been some great films about the unanticipated complications of artificial intelligence: Spielberg's "A.I.," Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner," Alex Garland's "Ex Machina," Kubrick's "2001." And while AFTER YANG, about a malfunctioning "techno sapien," evokes all of them, it also - unlike those films - avoids exploiting those complications for conflict. Instead, director Kogonada chooses to focus his attention on his film's family of homo sapiens, and how an ailing robot causes all of them to consider what it means to be human. Adam and Josh agree that it's one of the best films of the year so far. Plus, Rd. 2 of Filmspotting Madness—Best of the '70s, featuring bewildering, flop-sweat-inducing matchups like "Young Frankenstein" v "Alien" and "Dog Day Afternoon v Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

0:00 - Billboard
1:14 - Review: "After Yang"
Mitski, "Glide"
41:56 - Next Week / Notes
47:51 - Madness Rd. 2
1:20:34 - Outro