This week, Amon chats to Felicity Jones and director Clint Bentley about their lyrical new drama, TRAIN DREAMS (09:29), while we review the film (25:43) and see if we’ve been changed for the better by Jon M Chu’s musical part two, WICKED: FOR GOOD (35:23).
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (46:09), we ask: who are today’s “new class of leading men”?
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This week, Clarisse chats to Tahar Rahim about his transformative role in Alpha (8:30), while we review Julia Ducournau's third feature (34:00) and Osgood Perkins' Keeper. (52:30)
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (1:06:00), we discuss Oscar Isaac's unease of working with Disney: how do we navigate our film careers in a fraught political landscape?
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This week, Hanna chats to director Lynne Ramsay about DIE MY LOVE (08:57), her claustrophobic new portrait of a woman on a downward spiral, while we review the film alongside PREDATOR: BADLANDS (52:12), the first in the franchise where the Predator is the hero.
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:12:36), is Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein the best adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic? We weigh in.
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This week, Clarisse chats to the singular Yorgos Lanthimos and Will Tracy about their new black comedy thriller Bugonia, after which we review the film. We discuss Annemarie Jacir’s PALESTINE 36, which has been selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards.
Plus, in our HOT TAKE, Daniel Day-Lewis is cross that people equate method acting with ‘behaving like a lunatic’. So we ask… is there too much stigma around method acting?
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This week – baby, we were born to review music biopic SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (08:22), alongside Nia DaCosta’s new twist on Ibsen, HEDDA (28:58), and Kelly Reichardt’s heist film, THE MASTERMIND (52:08).
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:08:20), we discuss Disney’s scrapped plans for a Star Wars sequel, titled THE HUNT FOR BEN SOLO.
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This week, Hanna speaks to Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, & director Derek Cianfrance about their true-crime comedy-drama ROOFMAN (07:49), while we review Aziz Ansari’s feature debut GOOD FORTUNE (30:10) and Luca Guadagnino’s college campus drama AFTER THE HUNT (44:21).
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:02:45), we discuss Chloé Zhao’s recent statement that, for directors, budget “limitations, I promise, are your best friend”.
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This week, Hanna speaks to Maxine Peake about her role in I SWEAR (06:17), we review the film (22:31), and we also review dog-centred horror GOOD BOY (35:23).
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (47:04), we ask if Ridley Scott is right about 60% of films made are shit.
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This week, we have a triple bill of reviews, as we step into the ring for Benny Safdie’s THE SMASHING MACHINE (08:26), bunker down for Kathryn Bigelow’s A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (24:06), and touchdown for Justin Tipping’s HIM (42:05).
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (50:54), we discuss the news that several talent agencies are currently circling one Tilly Norwood. The problem? She’s not a human – she’s AI.
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This week, Hanna chats to Nadia Fall about the teen friendship at the heart of her feature debut BRIDES, while we review Paul Thomas Anderson’s American epic ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut, URCHIN.
Plus, in our HOT TAKE, we get into that Alien: Earth finale.
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This week, we have a little change in programming! Amon and Clarisse are living it up in Disneyland Paris, so Hanna is manning the fort, setting up some fantastic interviews. First, she talks to Nadia Latif about her feature debut, THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT, then Amon chats with Simbi 'Little Simz' Ajikawo and Jay Lycurgo about British drama STEVE.
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This week, we turn it up to eleven with sequel SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES (12:00), while Sam Riley causes a racket as a washed-up tennis coach in ISLANDS (28:17), and we review FROM GROUND ZERO (41:08), an anthology film directed by 22 Palestinian directors living under the genocide.
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (54:44), we ask: do written reviews still matter?
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This week, grab your bibles and your rosaries, as a blockbuster horror franchise reaches its end in THE CONJURING: LAST RITES (09:12), while two legendary directors make their return as we review Spike Lee’s HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (26:05) and Ethan Coen’s HONEY DON’T (43:14), made in collaboration with Tricia Cooke.
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (55:33), we ask: Do actors get pigeonholed by taking on franchise roles?
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This week, Hanna speaks to THE ROSES screenwriter Tony McNamara about how to craft a perfect divorce (06:40), while we review the film (32:36). Then we discuss Darren Aronofsky’s latest as he tries his hand at a comedy caper with CAUGHT STEALING (42:49).
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (56:07), we ask: are algorithms really deciding what movies are made?
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This week, Hanna sets out to solve the mystery of THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB by speaking to its director, Chris Columbus (08:32), while we review Mike Flanagan’s THE LIFE OF CHUCK (30:44), adapted from the Stephen King novella, and Eva Victor’s feature debut, SORRY, BABY (53:38).
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:10:22), there's no wrong time to rock AND there’s no wrong time to chat PEACEMAKER SEASON TWO as the DCU’s biggest losers return to the small screen.
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This week, we see if we’re a match with Celine Song’s MATERIALISTS (08:22) and get closer than ever with body horror TOGETHER (31:04), while Bob Odenkirk dusts off those knuckles of his again for NOBODY 2 (42:44).
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:00:34), we dive into the first two episodes of Noah Hawley’s ALIEN: EARTH series, with spoilers.
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This week, we’re in for a scare with Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS (10:30), while we ride along with Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson in THE PICKUP (27:29) and hop over to Corsica for Julien Colonna’s crime drama THE KINGDOM (37:47).
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (51:54), we ask: are all the paparazzi set photos of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 and SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY spoiling these movies for audiences?
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This week, we’re cocked and loaded for the return of THE NAKED GUN (09:49), while we review Petra Volpe’s medical drama LATE SHIFT (33:37) and Claude Barras’ stop-motion animation SAVAGES (45:03).
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (57:25), we discuss reports that Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ has been filming in occupied Western Sahara.
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This week, here’s the thing… we’re reviewing Marvel’s latest, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS (12:55), alongside animated sequel THE BAD GUYS 2 (38:19) and Danny and Michael Philippou’s new nightmare, BRING HER BACK (48:10).
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:02:35), we chat THE FANTASTIC FOUR spoilers and Marvel’s future.
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This week, we review Andrew DeYoung’s cringe comedy fest FRIENDSHIP (08:47), Athina Rachel Tsangari’s stark period drama HARVEST (26:14), and Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s lyrical documentary-biopic hybrid THE BALLAD OF SUZANNE CÉSAIRE (43:05).
Plus, in our HOT TAKE (57:46), we talk about the current state of horror criticism and why so few studio horrors, from Until Dawn to I Know What You Did Last Summer, are being screened for critics.
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This week, Clarisse speaks with writer-director and head of DC Studios James Gunn about bringing Superman to the screen, while we review the film and even get into some spoiler chat.
Plus, in our HOT TAKE, we share what movies we’d most like to see from the newly established DCU.
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