Leonard Bernstein is one of the most important musical figures of the 20th century. He is also the Maestro, as explored in the upcoming film MAESTRO, directed by noted weird guy Bradley Cooper. We wanted some more context before MAESTRO makes its way across America, so we turned to America's preeminent MAESTRO authority, FRAN HOEPFNER! Together we do some light previewing of the film, and dig into a range of Bernstein's composing works: ON THE TOWN, SYMPHONY NO. 2: AGE OF ANXIETY, ON THE WATERFRONT, and CANDIDE.

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This week Jesse tells us about her trip to the Big Apple for the last weekend of the New York Film Festival. Then Andy and Cullen catch up with a title from this year's Sundance, Cory Finley's Landscape with Invisible Hand.

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NYFF is close to wrapping up, so we've gotten a good idea of how New York has reacted to all sorts of things. We discuss that, the rest of the fall festival landscape, some AFI odds and ends, and then turn to look at an earlier work from JANET PLANET director ANNIE BAKER, her 2017 play THE ANTIPODES. We discuss the world Baker creates in the play, where it departs from her earlier work, and what we find so compelling about her as an artist.

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Wes Anderson has been busy and we are ON IT. Back with 4 shorts based on Roald Dahl short stories, all streaming now on Netflix, we look at THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR, THE SWAN, THE RAT CATCHER, and POISON, and discuss what unites them, what we responded to, and how the release and platform suits or does not suit the work Anderson is doing here.

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Special guest Jon Gabrus joins us to talk about going to Sundance, who owns the most unread books, and the NYFF 2014 Centerpiece INHERENT VICE!

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We're not done yet, Jesse is finally back from Vermont and has wrapped up a few of her loose ends from TIFF, along with critic and programmer C.J. Prince. Discussions on the Wavelengths shorts, Mambar Pierrette, Close Your Eyes, Hit Man, The Royal Hotel, Aggro Dr1ft, and more!

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TIFF concluded, Venice has long ago handed out it's Lions and Cups, and most of the CIKI crew is back at home. We get together to go over the big winners of the 2 awardsy Fall Fests (congrats to POOR THINGS and AMERICAN FICTION), break down the balance of our TIFF slates, and generally gas on about the state of theatrical distribution and managing online inventory for ticketed events in a fair way.

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Everyone is in different locations but we still managed to get some TIFF thoughts out there. Special guest appearance by J. Kim Murphy. 

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Cullen calls Jesse at TIFF to see what everyone has watched so far! 

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It's TIFF traveling time! As this episode is released we are in or making our way to Toronto, so of course it is the natural time for a loose episode of different things. Definitely not a grabbag and if you suggest otherwise we'll see you in court. First up, news on Currents and more, then our annual look at some of the big trailers of the year available for you to watch along with, and finally, one more festival grid, this time designed by Jesse. Join us! It's a fun time!

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