Movies That Matter

Stacy and Nicole discuss A Quiet Place, the non-stop suspense of the movie, the rise of dystopian/post-apocalyptic movies, and the metaphor of protecting our kids from social media and the terrors of gun violence. The New Yorker wrongly thinks it's about fear of PC culture.

Nicole recommends Jeremiah.

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Stacy, Nicole and Garrett discuss Blockers, proms in movies and in our lives, affirmative consent, and the policing of young women's bodies. Check out how uncomfortable talking about sex makes teenagers on This American Life.

Garrett recommends A Quiet Place and Nicole recommends Molly Ringwald's article reflecting on problematic art in the age of #MeToo.

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Stacy and Nicole discuss A Wrinkle in Time, compare the movie to the book, and criticize the movie for its facile handling of complex issues such as bullying. While some critics found a child-like wonder to the movie, actual kids have not been going to see it.

Stacy recommends revisiting Northern Exposure and Nicole recommends reading A Wrinkle in Time and watching the Netflix show, A Series of Unfortunate Events.

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Nicole and Garrett discuss Annihilation, the appeal of sci-fi worlds, the fate of the mid-budget movie, and whether cinematic universe movies are in a bubble. Read about the rise of women-led sc-fi films and how music curation had to be reinvented for streaming music services.

Garret recommends Blame and Becks. Nicole recommends Altered Carbon.

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Stacy and Nicole discuss Hostiles, war atrocities, and the portrayal of First Nations in Westerns. Have a listen to the movie's gorgeous soundtrack. And take a trip down nostalgia lane for Rory Cochrane in his most memorable role. For more about First Nations actors on film, read Why I Won’t Wear War Paint and Feathers in a Movie Again from Time Magazine.

Stacy recommends 3:10 to Yuma and Nicole recommends her homework for this episode, Reel Injun.

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Stacy and Nicole discuss The Post, the morality of leaking information, and the role of the press in today's fake news climate. Check out Personal History, Katherine Graham's memoir for more information on her. Also read the real story behind the meeting of Daniel Ellsberg and Edward Snowden. And in case you missed it, Trump is making sure the news stays fake.

Stacy recommends listening to The Greatest Showman Soundtrack to lighten the mood, while reading James Comey's twitter feed.

Nicole recommends the great Errol Morris documentary, The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara.

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Stacy, Nicole, and Adam discuss Molly's Game, the idealism of Aaron Sorkin, and when the moral thing is to name names. For the real story on Molly Bloom, check out this article from Time. Also, revisit Michael Douglas' inspiring speech from The American President. And if you haven't had enough of male celebrities behaving badly, we present The Pussy Posse.

Adam recommends the Dark Tower book series, Blade Runner 2049 (our episode here), and Miss Sloane (our episode here). Stacy recommends Netflix original series GLOWand Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Nicole recommends The Mirage, by Matt Ruff.

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Stacy and Nicole discuss Downsizing, retiring abroad, and the inescapability of inequality.

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Stacy, Nicole, and Garrett discuss Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, redemption for morally questionable characters, and male loneliness. Check out the Boston Globe article on declining male friendships with discussion by The Good Men Project.

Stacy recommends Godless and John Boyega watching the Star Wars trailer. Garrett recommends The Lost City of Z and Life. Nicole recommends The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

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Stacy, Nicole, and Jen discuss Murder on the Orient Express, the role of justice, truth, and vengeance in society, and whether we're ready for a kinder, less jerky genius detective. We revisit some of the themes from our Logan episode and for a hilarious satire of Poirot and other famous detectives, check out Murder by Death.

Jen recommends The Florida Project, Nicole recommends the soundtrack from Henry V, and Stacy gives credit to Karina Longworth.

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