#956: Revisiting Dune, ‘50s Madness Play-Ins and Blind Spots
Another look at part one of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic.
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Another look at part one of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic.
Read MoreEnd of ‘23 catch-up.
Read MoreA new-release bonanza.
Read MoreSofia Coppola flips the biopic.
Read MoreEpic, majestic, and grim, Scorsese’s latest delivers the goods.
Read MoreWes Anderson’s Roald Dahl shorts on Netflix.
Read MoreJohn David Washington stars in the latest from Gareth Edwards (“Godzilla,” “Rogue One”).
Read MoreJust keep l-i-v-i-n’.
Read MoreFilms from Scorsese, Coppola, Fincher, and more, populate a “Dune”-less season.
Read MoreNever go in the basement and never go to bed.
Read MoreTom Cruise throws himself off a mountain for you.
Read MoreFord shines in final Indy outing.
Read MoreComplicated relationships with Ferris, Ariel, and Antonio Salieri.
Read More“Oppenheimer” vs “Barbie” and other debates about the new movie year.
Read MoreAdam Driver and Greta Gerwig in Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s “unfilmable” 1985 novel.
Read MoreWith THE FABLEMANS, what appeared to be Steven Spielberg’s portrait of the filmmaker as a young man turns out to be a more complicated autopsy of a family coming apart at the seams—that happens to have a budding filmmaker there to document it. Adam and Josh have lots of praise for Spielberg, his co-conspirator/co-screenwriter Tony Kushner, and the film’s cast, but a few minor issues may reflect a weakness that appears more broadly in the director’s work. Director Joanna Hogg has worked almost exclusively in an autobiographical vein: her acclaimed 2019 film “The Souvenir” and last year’s sequel “The Souvenir, Part II,” had Hogg revisiting and re-examining her film student days. Her latest, THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER, continues the director’s audacious self-reflexivity, this time casting Tilda Swinton in a double role as Hogg surrogate Julie and also as Julie’s mother, Rosalind. Hogg’s film is both a meta-meditation on what it means to be an artist—and a ghost story. Plus, Adam recommends Sr., a new doc about filmmaker - and Robert Downey Jr.’s dad - Robert Downey, Sr.
1:06 - Review: "The Fablemans"
36:35 - Next Week / Notes
43:44 - Polls
51:22 - Review: “The Eternal Daughter"
1:03:01 - Review (AK): “Sr.”
1:08:41 - Outro
The Barbara Stanwyck marathon kicks off with a provocative precode gem.
Read MoreAn award winner at Sundance, Raiff’s sophomore effort co-stars Dakota Johnson.
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