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This week, inspired by Patrick H. Willems' video essay about Kevin Smith, Emily and Ed discuss the filmmakers who made a big impact on them when they first started getting into films, and who introduced them to stories, genres and forms that they otherwise might not have experienced.

00:00:00 - 00:16:18 - Intro & News

00:16:19 - 00:51:38 - Emily & Ed discuss their gateway filmmakers

00:51:39 - 00:55:42 - SRS Recommends & Outro

This week, Emily and Ed discuss some of their cinematic blind spots, as well as the shortcomings of streaming services when it comes to discovering new or unexpected movies.

00:00:00 - 00:13:32 - Intro & News

00:13:33 - 00:45:07 - Emily & Ed discuss blind spots

00:45:08 - 00:51:28 - SRS Recommends & Outro

It's Emily's birthday this week, which means she gets to pick the topic. That topic: the legacy of Brokeback Mountain, which came out just over 15 years ago, as well as author E. Annie Proulx's recent comments about the fan fiction giving Ennis and Jack a happy ending.

00:00:00 - 00:09:40 - Intro & News

00:09:41 - 00:43:44 - Emily & Ed discuss Brokeback Mountain at 15

00:43:45 - 00:48:43 - SRS Recommends & Outro

Links

Tom Little on Twitter, as recommended by Emily

This week, Emily and Ed discuss their top ten films, TV shows, podcast etc. from 2020, as well as the release of Wonder Woman 1984, and the deaths of MF DOOM and Joan Micklin Silver.

00:00:00 - 00:24:33 - Intro & News

00:24:24 - 01:47:04 - Emily & Ed discuss their best of the 2020

01:47:05 - 01:48:23 - Outro

For the last episode of 2020, Emily and Ed talk about the culture that helped them deal with this somewhat trying year.

00:00:00 - 00:24:20 - Intro & News

00:24:21 - 00:54:03 - Emily & Ed discuss the art that got them through 2020

00:54:04 - 00:58:45 - SRS Recommends & Outro

This week, Emily and Ed discuss the recent news that WarnerMedia will be putting all of their 2021 theatrical releases - including major prospective blockbusters like Dune, The Matrix 4 and Kong vs. Godzilla - onto their HBOMax streaming platform on the same day they will hit theatres.

00:00:00 - 00:22:54 - Intro & News

00:22:55 - 00:44:05 - Emily & Ed discuss WarnerMedia's decision to put all their movies on HBOMax

00:44:06 - 00:48:03 - SRS Recommends & Outro

Links

- The Bandcamp page for Shelley Byron & The Poison Sleep, as recommended by Emily

This week, Emily and Ed discuss the trailer for Sia's forthcoming film/album Music, the criticism of the trailer and Sia's response to the criticism, and then talk about how the project fits into the broader problems with depicting autism in media.

00:00:00 - 00:15:06 - Intro & News

00:15:07 - 00:43:40 - Emily & Ed discuss autism in film and TV

00:43:41 - 00:48:05 - SRS Recommends & Outro

This week, Emily and Ed discuss the aesthetics, themes and tropes of autumnal movies, and ask if movies can be autumnal regardless of when they are actually set so long as they have the right knitwear.

00:00:00 - 00:18:52 - Intro & News

00:18:53 - 00:44:50 - Emily & Ed discuss Autumnal Movies

00:44:51 - 00:47:54 - SRS Recommends & Outro

This week finds Emily and Ed discussing filmmakers who repeatedly work with the same groups of collaborators, and the ways in which working together numerous times can provide a comfort and safety for a filmmaker, or challenge them to keep trying new things. They also discuss the seismic news that Emily in Paris will be returning for another season.

00:00:00 - 00:15:14 - Intro & News

00:15:15 - 00:48:33 - Emily & Ed discuss frequent collaborators

00:48:34 - 00:54:01 - SRS Recommends & Outro

Links

- You can check out Emily's new podcast The Mother of All Losses here

As the 2020 Presidential election finally(?) grinds to an end, Emily and Ed discuss the pop culture detritus surrounding the election, what works of art they think really captured the absurdity of the Trump era, and elections in film more generally. They also pay tribute to John Sessions and Alex Trebek.

00:00:00 - 00:27:28 - Intro & News

00:27:29 - 01:00:01 - Emily & Ed discuss elections in pop culture

01:00:02 - 01:05:13 - SRS Recommends & Outro