The Next Picture Show

Inspired by one of the year’s biggest indie sensations, Barry Jenkins’ MOONLIGHT, we’re looking at another highly romanticized tale of unrequited love: Wong Kar-wai’s beautiful 2000 film IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE. In this half, we talk about how affecting LOVE’s central non-love-story is - and why - and consider how the film reflects Wong’s improvisational methods and his desire to create a dreamlike return to the Hong Kong of his childhood. Plus, feedback from our last episode on AMERICAN HONEY and MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO.

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This week’s regular episode has been postponed a week, but in the meantime, Tasha and Genevieve get together to chat a little about why we’re postponing, and how we’re collectively figuring out how to care about movies again when so much else is going on in the world. 

Check back in two weeks for our regular episodes on IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE and MOONLIGHT.

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We return to the road in our two-part exploration of America and self, jumping to the current day with Andrea Arnold's sprawling, music-packed AMERICAN HONEY, a film with some of the same concerns as MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, but a much different stylistic approach. In this half, we talk over how the two films handle matters of poverty, style, infatuation, and "the other America." Plus, Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your cinematic radar.

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Time Codes:

Intro: 00:00-04:10

Main Discussion: 04:10-52:09

Your Next Picture Show: 52:10-1:03:02

*Keith: William Richert's WINTER KILLS

*Scott: Xavier Dolan's TOM AT THE FARM

*Tasha: "For Youths, A Grim Tour on Magazine Crews" (New York Times Magazine) and "My Own Private Idaho" (Interview Magazine)

*Genevieve: Jonathan Demme's JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & THE TENNESSEE KIDS

Outro: 1:03:04-1:06:36

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This week, we’ve all come to look for America, and we’re looking for it in a pair of road movies about underprivileged outsiders and the dreams that keep them hustling from place to place. Inspired by Andrea Arnold's sprawling new AMERICAN HONEY, we look back at Gus Van Sant's 1991 indie-punk-surrealist-fantasy-coming-of-age mishmash MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO. In this half, we attempt to wrangle IDAHO's many moving parts, admire and mourn its central performances, and share some crazy (or not so crazy??) fan theories.

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Intro/Keynote: 00:00-06:11 

Main Discussion: 06:12-34:47

Feedback/Outro: 34:48-43:38

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We return to WESTWORLD in the second half of our double-feature, this time venturing into the wilds of television to discuss HBO's high-profile new series, which uses the concept of Michael Crichton's 1973 film as a jumping off point for a sprawling meditation on humanity, AI, evil, and where they intersect. We talk about how the series extends some of the ideas of the original film, and talk about what the two share—and don't—in their portrayals of humans, robots, and techno-paranoia. Plus, Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your cinematic radar.

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Time Codes:

Intro: 00:00-01:50

Main Discussion: 01:51-42:22

Your Next Picture Show: 42:23-53:56

 *Genevieve: Every Frame A Painting

 *Scott: Kelly Reichardt's CERTAIN WOMEN

 •Keith: Babak Anvari's UNDER THE SHADOW

 *Tasha: "How Hollywood Whitewashed the Old West" (The Atlantic), and Rick Morales' BATMAN: RETURN OF THE CAPED CRUSADERS

Outro: 53:57-57:09

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This week, we take two trips to Westworld—one via hovercraft, in Michael Crichton's 1973 film of the same name, and one via underground train, in the new HBO series that blows out the film's premise to a serialized-television scale. In this half we focus on Crichton's film, questioning whether it's a political film or just a sci-fi lark, how WESTWORLD plays into its creator's ongoing fixations (ahem, JURASSIC PARK), and what the deal is with those weird robot hands. And yes, we also talk robot sex. 

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Time Codes

Intro/Keynote: 00:00-06:50

Main Discussion: 06:51-36:52

Feedback/Outro: 36:53-44:31

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In this half, we look at a successor to WAIT UNTIL DARK that puts a very different sort of blind person in the middle of a home invasion: Fede Alvarez's recent horror-thriller DON'T BREATHE, which stars Stephen Lang as a blind ex-Marine who turns out to be much more than a simple victim. We talk over the new movie's more grisly aspects, and compare how the two films both use their settings and space, empathy, and blindness itself to eke different kinds of thrills from their viewers. 

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Time Codes

Intro: 00:00-02:19

Main Discussion: 02:20-37:10

Your Next Picture Show: 37:11-44:43

 *Keith: IMAGINARY WORLDS podcast

 *Scott: Kirsten Johnson's CAMERAPERSON

 *Tasha: Andrea Arnold's AMERICAN HONEY and Mira Nair's QUEEN OF KATWE

Outro: 44:44-48:33

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We return from hiatus with a much-requested pairing inspired by Fede Alvarez's new breakout horror hit, DON'T BREATHE, which reminded us, and our listeners, of a different cinematic take on the story of a blind person fending off a home invasion: Terence Young's WAIT UNTIL DARK, a 1967 Audrey Hepburn-starring thriller that plays on different sympathies than its modern successor, but delivers similarly chilling results.

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Time Codes

Intro/Keynote: 00:00-06:35

Main Discussion: 06:36-40:21

Feedback/Outro: 40:22-50:06

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We turn our discussion of puppet-driven fairy-tale adventure stories to Laika Studios' new stop-motion wonder, KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS, to see how it extends THE DARK CRYSTAL's tradition of deep personal investment on the part of committed craftspeople. We discuss the two films' shared strengths and weakness, and how they're reflected in how each utilize puppetry, villains, and mythology. Plus, Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent film-related experiences in hopes of putting something new on your radar. 

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Time Codes

Intro: 00:00-01:59

Main Discussion: 02:00-37:08

Your Next Picture Show: 37:09-49:46

 *Keith: THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION

 *Tasha: "How the father of Claymation lost his company" (via Priceonomics.com); Imagination Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal; Mark Osborne's THE LITTLE PRINCE (Netflix)

 *Genevieve: Jim Henson's Creature Show Challenge, "Return of the Skekses"; Journey; WEINER

Outro: 49:47-52:50

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Inspired by the new Laika stop-motion marvel KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS, we look back at another unconventional children's movie, made by unconventional creators pushing the envelop of their craft: Jim Henson's live-action puppet fantasy THE DARK CRYSTAL. In this half, we talk about how Henson and conceptual designer Brian Froud created their high-fantasy world, and wonder whether there's room for a satisfying story among all the visual wizardry. Plus, we talk over some of the other suggestions we got for KUBO pairings from our listeners.

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Time Codes

Intro/Keynote: 00:00-07:01

Main Discussion: 07:02-41:53

Feedback/Outro: 41:54-50:55

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