This week Izzy and Murtada gush about this year’s Sundance sensation, PAST LIVES. Celine Song’s film directorial debut tells the story of childhood friends Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo) who are separated when Nora’s family immigrates from South Korea to Canada. Decades later, they reconnect, which prompts both of them to question the role that they play in each other’s lives and what their potent chemistry really means. Both Izzy and Murtada fawn over the film’s attention to detail, the deeply human, complicated characters Song creates, and its poetic exploration of relationships. See Past Lives in theaters starting June 2. 

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This week Izzy and Murtada welcome Isaac Butler, author of "The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act.” The trio discusses the scourge of biopics, how the standards of what is considered “good” or “bad” have changed over time, and how the Method redefined masculinity and what’s considered “fuckable” on screen but still gets such a bad wrap. Some of the actors discussed (though not all are Method) include Marlon Brando, Kim Stanley, Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Sally Field, Daniel Day Lewis, Nicholas Cage, Joanne Woodward, Al Pacino, Jennifer Garner and Robert De Niro. Butler brings his vast knowledge of the history of acting and, needless to say, Izzy and Murtada wish the conversation could have gone on forever. 

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This week Izzy and Murtada talk about the latest entry in their favorite subgenre (older actresses accepting roles to take vacations with their friends)...BOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER. Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen, and Candice Bergen star as friends for life who, inspired by Paul Coelho’s The Alchemist, travel to Italy for a Bachelorette extravaganza. Izzy simultaneously fawns over and cautions against the positive fantasy of a 4K pandemic experience while Murtada wishes he’d had some wine during the screening. Is this film the escapism we need in 2023? (Yes). 

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This week, New Yorker staff writer Michael Schulman joins the podcast to discuss his latest book, Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat and Tears. In a conversation that spans from the union-busting origins of the Academy to Halle Berry’s landmark win to the possibilities of the awards ceremony’s future, Izzy and Murtada seek to find out: who are the Academy Awards for?

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Izzy and Murtada are on different coasts this week. In New York Murtada spoke to Lisa Cortés, the director of 'Little Richard: I Am Everything,' about how she brought Little Richard’s big queer personality to life in her entertaining film. Cortés also talks about her process and how she set out to “decolonize” the documentary form. In Los Angeles, Izzy spoke to Alicia Malone, author and host at Turner Classic Movies. They talked about the future of the channel, how to persuade younger audiences to try classic films, and women in film. Cortés interview starts at 11:35 and Malone at 35:20.

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Izzy and Murtada discuss Kelly Reichardt’s latest film, Showing Up! Michelle Williams stars as a sculptor who works tirelessly to finish works for her upcoming show, despite having no hot water, an injured pigeon, and escalating family drama. Murtada notes how Hong Chau steals the show (again), while Izzy admires the film’s intimacy and pace. Both raise the question…Could this be Kelly Reichardt’s best film to date?

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Kristen Lopez, film editor at The Wrap, joins the podcast to discuss her book, “But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films,” a collaboration with TCM that explores some of the most famous book to film adaptations in American cinema. Izzy interviews her about her favorite and least favorite adaptations, what makes an adaptation successful, and the challenges screenwriters face when turning a novel into a miniseries. Murtada joins for the first half of the episode to chat with Izzy about some of their favorite adaptations and why they think they work so well as films!

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Todd Flaherty and Wyatt Fenner drop by to talk about their new film, Chrissy Judy—an examination of queer friendship that asks “What do you do when your chosen family no longer chooses you?” Flaherty plays Judy, an ambitious New York drag queen who must reinvent himself and his act when his best friend and collaborator, Chrissy (Fenner), chooses a relationship in another city over their act. Izzy and Murtada ask them about the influence of Provincetown on their work, the inspiration they drew from divas of yesteryear, and Flaherty’s decision to film his debut feature in black and white.

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“Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” was voted by the participants in Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time poll as #1. To get to the bottom of what makes this film resonate so deeply with viewers almost 50 years after its initial release, we spoke with Professor Catherine Fowler from the University of Otago, whose book on the film positions it as a ‘contrary classic’ that encourages ‘slow looking.’

Purchase Professor Fowler’s book here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/jeanne-dielman-23-quai-du-commerce-1080-bruxelles-9781839022821/ 

Learn more about her work here: https://www.otago.ac.nz/mfco/staff/otago052275.html 

Watch Jeanne Dielman on the Criterion Channel or HBO Max

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For the 80th anniversary of its release, the show revisits the classic film Casablanca. Izzy becomes mesmerized by Ingrid Bergman’s glow while Murtada is firmly team Humphrey Bogart’s Rick and has no time for Paul Henried’s Laszlo. Joining the conversation is film professor Noah Isenberg, author of the book We’ll Always Have Casablanca, who talks about the film’s enduring legacy and the immigrants and refugees who made it.

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