Erik Childress is back from SXSW and Steve Prokopy joins him to catch up on nine films released this week. They include a pair of documentaries about one of our most beloved comic actors (Remembering Gene Wilder) and one of the 20th century’s most iconic artists (Frida). Mia Wasikowska tries to teach kids how to eat (Club Zero) and Zach Braff tries to marry a chef who may have eaten someone who does agree with him (French Girl). Steve suggests why Focus has basically buried the satire it brought to Sundance this year? (The American Society of Magical Negroes). In the world of true stories, Anthony Hopkins tries to save children from the Nazis (One Life) while Mark Wahlberg befriends a dog in a race (Arthur the King). Finally, Michael Keaton directs himself as a hitman again (Knox Goes Away) and the director of Saint Maud tells her own dirty little noir about the addiction of romance and hate (Love Lies Bleeding).

0:00 - Intro

1:38 - Remembering Gene Wilder

8:29 - Frida

15:09 – The American Society of Magical Negroes

23:59 - Club Zero

34:56 - One Life

45:23 - French Girl

53:21 - Arthur the King

1:00:53 - Knox Goes Away

1:11:36 - Love Lies Bleeding

1:18:36 - Outro

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