The new Bob Odenkirk-starring revenge thriller NOBODY could be read as commentary on the revenge thriller form, but that may be an overly generous reading — or it may just be because we’ve paired it this week with Steven Soderbergh’s THE LIMEY, which is much more overtly reflective about its fantasies of violence and retribution. After working through what did and didn’t work for us about NOBODY, we put it into conversation with THE LIMEY — and by extension the long cinematic tradition of the revenge movie — to discuss the films’ respective approaches to violence, motivation, and middle age, and how they use music and location work to different effect. Plus Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your radar.

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Your Next Picture Show:

Scott: Michael Verhoeven’s THE NASTY GIRL

Keith: Richard C. Sarafian’s VANISHING POINT

Tasha: George Romero’s THE CRAZIES

Outro music: Steve Lawrence, ‘I Gotta Be Me’

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