E136 houses reviews for three new 2018 movies, "The Tale," "First Reformed." and "Hereditary."

Show Notes:

00:20 - Dark Subjects

01:08 - Segment I: "The Tale" Review

01:57 - Fractured Perspective

05:41 - Asking the Hard Questions

08:15 - Trail of Abuse

09:43 - Her Body

11:33 - Laura Dern

15:38 - Segment II: "First Reformed" Review

17:01 - Spectrum of Perspectives

18:31 - An Unreliable Protagonist

24:30 - Amanda Seyfried and Questionable Behavior

27:34 - Radicalized and the Upperhand

31:26 - Subverting Expectations and Political Satire

34:21 - Two Sides of the Same Coin

37:16 - Segment III: "Hereditary" Review

37:30 - Coping with Grief and Loss

40:14 - Constantly Working

42:13 - Jarring Imagery and the Process

44:11 - The Dinner Sequence

46:26 - Paimon

49:02 - No Happy Ending

52:06 - Family Laundry

55:21 - Mileage May Vary

58:39 - Last Fifteen Minutes