This week we have an absence of applause for the 1981 newspaper revenge thriller Absence of Malice. Tara and Jacob discuss why Paul Newman hates journalists, getting burned by sources, and the career of screenwriter and alt-weekly alumnus Kurt Luedtke. Plus, Wilford Brimley pronounces ‘subpoena.’

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It’s the grand-zaddy of all journalism movies, All The President’s Men. Tara and Jacob discuss the myth of the journalist superhero and how the media covers political corruption. Timely! As Jerry Maguire would say, follow the money!

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Do you like scary movies? Self-described “total Scream-head” Allison Saunders sure does. Our very own Sydney (Cape Breton) Press-cot joins us on a 15-year journey through meta-horror and tabloid journalism clichés as we discuss Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, and Scream 4! #JusticeforGaleWeathers

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Naomi Watts investigates an evil horse girl’s haunted VHS tape while under a very literal deadline in The Ring. Alison Lang, author of Women With Guts: Horror Heroines in Film, TV and Print (and also Tara’s former roommate) joins us to discuss Amber Tamblyn’s death face, bathtubs full of black goo, and everything J-horror (the J stands for journalism).

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Nicole Kidman is a murderous meteorologist in To Die For. Jacob and Tara discuss this under-appreciated mid-’90s dark comedy along with how to become famous in America, Joaquin Phoenix’s torso, and David Cronenberg being creepy (on film).

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Powerful men, prosthetics, and dangling queer content? That's a Fox story. Join Tara and Jacob as they riff on 2019's fizzy Bombshell, the story of Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman), Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron), and Kayla somebody (Margot Robbie as a composite), joined by a cast of 200—for real—for the wild tale of the sexual assault allegations that brought down Fox News honcho/doughnut aficionado Roger Ailes (John Lithgow in a fatsuit). Directed by known king of political and sexual nuance, Jay Roach. Groovy baby!

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It’s fake news from the ’50s in Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole. Kirk Douglas stars as a disgraced reporter who exploits small-town tragedy for fame and profit in this overlooked film noir classic. Former Buzzfeed News and New York Times editor Lisa Tozzi joins us all the way from the Big Apple to talk journalism ethics, media circuses, and rattlesnake festivals.

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The tragic life and death of Christine Chubbuck gets dramatized in Christine. Our pal Rebecca Dingwell joins us as we discuss this deeply sad movie, internet gore vultures, the perils of writing a bio flick, and the lack of mental health support in journalism. Warning to our listeners: This episode features a frank discussion about both suicide and depression.

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Jake Gyllenhaal is LA’s most dangerous freelancer in Nightcrawler, a movie about a crime-scene videographer who drives around at night killing some people and offering others unpaid internships. You gotta respect the hustle. Tara and Jacob discuss the declining ethics of broadcast news companies, the career of famous New York photojournalist Weegee, and our favourite assorted Batmen, Spider-Men and Jokers.

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Stop the presses, it’s The Paper! A pre-Spotlight Michael Keaton stars in this overlooked journalism classic. Tara roasts Ron Howard’s filmography, Jacob imagines Robert Duvall in a Marvel movie, and we both discuss why it’s better to be right than first.

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