Join me as I sit down with one of the world’s leading experts in Mean Girls & musicals. We discuss who Mean Girls (2024) is for, the ensemble v. a singular protagonist, musicals v. subtext, the music video quality & best song, what’s the cautionary tale, ranking the performances, sacrificing pacing for modernity & adapting a film for the TikTokers, and can we get a cinematic adaptation of Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps. Please enjoy.

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Join us as we discuss Jonathan Glazer’s 2023 exercise in boring with horror, villains v. anti-heroes, the weight of crimes, victims’ clothes & remains, the challenge of setting the stage, the score & screams, the balance of good & evil, commerce, David Lynch, coming into films blind, and cinematography. Please enjoy.

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Join us as we discuss Wim Wenders’ exercise in the ambiguity of the human condition, finding yourself in film, receptive natures, an appreciation for those who work, an anonymous service, the interactivity of foliage with itself, wind, & the negative space, vulnerability, finding the now v. living in the now, Hirayama’s childlike nature, the weight of experience & history, a trilogy of life, soundtrack, routine & disruption, making your bed, subconscious dumping, manufacturing your self, Wim’s visual language & darker shadows, and the ending & the art of appreciation. Please enjoy.

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Join us as we discuss Sean Durkin’s try at achieving something more, underutilizing actors & Jeremy’s future, the finer character details, cinema’s a marathon, in defense of wrestling, establishing controlling characters & forgetting relationships, Kevin & Pam’s great character moment, when did the film lose you, brotherhood & chemistry, the burden of expectation, honing a more singular focus, misunderstanding the gravity of cinematic setup & reactions, storytelling predation, missed & confusing parallels, foundational atrocities, reality v. fiction, villainizing v. idolizing, mommy dearest, movie v. show, the physical transformation, hair & costumes, the final moments, and the ethereal in film. Please enjoy.

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Join us as we discuss Savanah Leaf’s 2023 exercise in intimacy, balancing situation with accountability, naturalism v. realism, cinematic melodrama, gonzo documentarian focus & personified echoes, shout out to Atlanta, dream-like hiccups & getting lost in yourself, the quiet in film, introductions & preaching in film, a singular story challenged with a greater message, meeting Gia, impoverished mothers, and challenging cinematic traditions. Please enjoy.

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Join us as we discuss bottoming & topping, the spirit of Rebel Wilson & Seth Rogen, Y2K films, cartoony nature, using Fight Club as a means, can you pass the raunch, and male fragility. Please enjoy.

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Join us as we discuss our first Hirokazu Kore-eda, the power of filmmaking, visionary manipulation, when challenged with a master storyteller, the audience perspective, what’s wrong with the kids, the mood supporting the perspective, children in film, rebirth, screaming without a voice & the score, humanizing Mr. Hori, masterclass editing, influencing children, fanning the fire, and Minato’s home. Please enjoy.

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Join us as we discuss Cord Jefferson’s feature directorial debut, swinging out of the gate, Monk’s experience v. desperation in the ghetto, the common human experience v. the imposed version, the sterile consumer narrative, self-awareness & misunderstanding your identity, means to an end, the lowest common denominator, commerce, preconceived notions of identity, the pandering agenda, pong of tones, and pick your desired ending (because you’re going to anyway). Please enjoy.

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Join us as we discuss Martin Scorsese’s 2023 beast, continuous v. punctual filmmaking, the docudrama format, a Scorsese series, justifying the runtime, Ernest’s dimwitted nature v. involvement, the most reliable perspective, Robert De Niro is king, Mollie’s earnestness, Leo/Ernest’s resistance to drive this narrative, comedy knows no evil, dad movies, the spanking scene, shock with hospitality, testimony revelations, our catalyst, the working man, shortcomings of ultra-large scale productions, and a meta calibration. Please enjoy.

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Join us as we discuss Anthony Shim’s 2022 exercise in sensitivity, tonal coherence, naturalism v. symbolism, a humanitarian metamorphous, justifying the trope, the fundamentals of food, the power of blame via a child’s reflectiveness, what’s your name, found in translation, the visceral results of a dynamic aspect ratio & composition, heavy news, the Korean household makeup, love & respect via imitation, the score, and the workplace. Please enjoy.

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