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Episode 14: After the Hunt
After The Hunt is a 2025 film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Nora Garrett. It stars Julia Roberts as Alma Imhoff, a philosophy professor at Yale on the verge of tenure. Ayo Edebiri plays Maggie, a star student of Alma's and Andrew Garfield as Hank, a fellow professor also on the verge of tenure. Alma is caught between the two when Maggie confides in Alma that Hank sexually assaulted her after a party one night. Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloe Sevigny star in supporting roles as Alma's husband Frederik and a school doctor/therapist respectively.
Timestamps
- (01:36) Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
- (17:43) The Devils
- (31:55) The Piano Teacher
- (45:57) After the Hunt discussion
- (1:32:49) After the Hunt Spoilers
- (1:55:21) Next Time!
Works Cited
- After the Hunt (2025, Luca Guadagnino)
- "All These Things That I've Done" (The Killers, 2004)
- Call Me by Your Name (2017, Luca Guadagnino)
- The Devils (1971, Ken Russell)
- Elle (2016, Paul Verhoeven)
- Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008, Nathan Frankowski)
- Freddie deBoer's letterboxd review of After the Hunt
- Hell on Earth: The Desecration and Resurrection of 'The Devils' (2002, Paul Joyce)
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, Chantal Akerman)
- Opus (2025, Mark Anthony Green)
- The Piano Teacher (2001, Michael Haneke)
- Possession (1981, Andrzej Żuławski)
- Southland Tales (2006, Richard Kelly)
- Tár (2022, Todd Field)
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Ben Verschoor
- https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/
- https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/
- @benverschoor.bsky.social
Steven Santana
- https://breakingarrows.substack.com/
- https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/
- @number8axel.bsky.social
Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel
Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa
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By Ben Verschoor & Steven SantanaAfter The Hunt is a 2025 film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Nora Garrett. It stars Julia Roberts as Alma Imhoff, a philosophy professor at Yale on the verge of tenure. Ayo Edebiri plays Maggie, a star student of Alma's and Andrew Garfield as Hank, a fellow professor also on the verge of tenure. Alma is caught between the two when Maggie confides in Alma that Hank sexually assaulted her after a party one night. Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloe Sevigny star in supporting roles as Alma's husband Frederik and a school doctor/therapist respectively.
Timestamps
- (01:36) Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
- (17:43) The Devils
- (31:55) The Piano Teacher
- (45:57) After the Hunt discussion
- (1:32:49) After the Hunt Spoilers
- (1:55:21) Next Time!
Works Cited
- After the Hunt (2025, Luca Guadagnino)
- "All These Things That I've Done" (The Killers, 2004)
- Call Me by Your Name (2017, Luca Guadagnino)
- The Devils (1971, Ken Russell)
- Elle (2016, Paul Verhoeven)
- Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008, Nathan Frankowski)
- Freddie deBoer's letterboxd review of After the Hunt
- Hell on Earth: The Desecration and Resurrection of 'The Devils' (2002, Paul Joyce)
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, Chantal Akerman)
- Opus (2025, Mark Anthony Green)
- The Piano Teacher (2001, Michael Haneke)
- Possession (1981, Andrzej Żuławski)
- Southland Tales (2006, Richard Kelly)
- Tár (2022, Todd Field)
Email us at [email protected]!
Find us elsewhere!
Ben Verschoor
- https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/
- https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/
- @benverschoor.bsky.social
Steven Santana
- https://breakingarrows.substack.com/
- https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/
- @number8axel.bsky.social
Opening music is Root Beer Rag by Billy Joel
Closing music is G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa
Subscribe, rate and review us!
- Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts
- Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify
- Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast
- Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict