Jamal Khadar hosts, with Suchandrika Chakarabarti and special guest Emma Sullivan. Topics include:

• Starstruck (BBC) - episode two of Rose Matafeo's sitcom
• Further reflections on the role of criticism 
• Phat Tuesdays - docuseries on the history of Guy Torry's all-black comedy night in 1990s LA 

LINKS

• New Yorker critic newsletter
• Ebert reviews of Tarkovsky's Solaris and reconsidered;  and of 2002 Soderbergh version
• George Saunders newsletter on Substack