Friends and independent filmmakers Chris and Isaac navigate Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland (2020). Does Zhao’s film successfully integrate its non-actor stories with its scripted ones? Or does its vague main character fade away against the landscape of true, textural human stories?

 

Listen to your hosts discuss the real-life issues behind Chloé Zhao’s empathetic filmmaking, share their Top Five most-loved movies, and explore Frances McDormand’s and David Strathairn’s filmographies.

 

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