episode 36 is a pod of two halves, quite literally: 50% us, 50% ~special guest appearance~!

as always, we start with news (2:49) as we cover variety’s new actors on actors series, keanu reeves and his age appropriate girlfriend, the my chemical romance reunion AND timmy time is back in full effect.

reviews wise: we cover joaquin phoenix in todd philips’ ‘joker (16:38) and mike flanagan’s shining sequel ‘doctor sleep’ (34:17) plus a few nods to other things of note including ‘watchmen’ and ‘succession’ (42:45). steph even finds time to test apryl’s knowledge with a very special ‘riverdale’ game (43:50).

music wise- it’s HARRY STYLES SZN! (48:38) new single! the accompanying video! forthcoming album! 2020 tour! we’re overwhelmed and crying (but in a cool way)

then for our main topic, we have our first book-focused discussion about ‘find me’, the recently published follow up to andre aciman’s ‘call me by your name’ (53:47). we’re joined by writer and fellow CMBYN-aficionado, claire biddles, who helps us pick the novel apart and shares with us her love for elio and oliver. you can find her extremely on-brand-for-us twitter account at: https://twitter.com/msclairebiddles

to conclude, we share our OBSESSIONS OF THE WEEK! (1:52:16)

if you haven’t listened to our review of netflix’s ‘the king’, visit episode 35 & a half: https://soundcloud.com/thethirstpod/lff2019

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