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*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring a segment from our TRT After Dark podcast series. To watch the full conversation on video, subscribe to our Patreon.

TRT After Dark returns for Round 2 this month featuring an unstructured and uncensored conversation on the state of Hollywood. We discuss topics ranging from the theatrical success of KPop Demon Hunters and Netflix's wider strategy within an ever-evolving film landscape to the career trajectory of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson ahead of the release of Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine later this year.

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Before we review Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing next week, we’re discussing his career up to this point through his 8 eclectic feature films in his filmography that often feature provocative and controversial themes of death, addiction, and extreme ambitions. We’ll unpack the signatures that define his work and of course talk about our expectations for his next film which will star Austin Butler, Bad Bunny, and Zoë Kravitz. 

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This is a preview podcast. To listen to the full show, watch on video, and see the rest of the Stranger Things recap mini-series, subscribe to our Patreon.

When Stranger Things premiered in 2016, it quickly became a cultural phenomenon for Netflix capturing small-town mystery, supernatural horror, and 1980s nostalgia. The series is described as in 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries. This mini-series will follow the series through its newest and final season 5, but today we’re kicking it off by revisiting the iconic first season starring Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, and Noah Schnapp. 

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Honey Don't! is a neo-noir dark comedy detective film directed by Ethan Coen, who co-wrote the screenplay with Tricia Cooke. It is the second in a "lesbian B-movie trilogy" following Coen and Cooke's Drive-Away Dolls (2024). The film is described as follows: a dark comedy about small-town private investigator Honey O'Donahue, who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, and Chris Evans.

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• 0:00:00 Initial Thoughts
• 0:18:11 Spoiler Review
• 0:50:01 Oscars Assessment
• 0:51:25 Final Ratings

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• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

To hear more bonus conversations like this, subscribe to our Patreon for as little as $1/month for early access and video episodes. Ahead of our review of Highest 2 Lowest we discuss:

• Safdie's Marty Supreme and The Smashing Machine Trailers
• It Was Just an Accident Trailer
• HUNTR/X’s ‘Golden’ From KPop Demon Hunters Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

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• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring a 30-minute segment from our RETRO//RANKED season on Paul Thomas Anderson. To watch the full conversation on video, subscribe to our Patreon.

The third season of our Patreon exclusive RETRO/RANKED series is focusing on the filmography of Paul Thomas Anderson. We continue collaboratively ranking all 10 of his films by discussing There Will Be Blood and The Master leading up to and including his latest work set for wide release later this year, One Battle After Another.

Our current collaborative ranking so far:

1. Boogie Nights
2. Magnolia
3. Punch Drunk-Love
4. Hard Eight

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The fall film festival cycle is gearing up once again with the major festivals announcing their lineups in recent weeks that will reveal to us many of the major awards players and flesh out the fall and winter 2025 theater schedule. We’ll discuss the lineups for NYFF and TIFF, highlighting some titles that stand out to us ahead of the festivals.

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Highest 2 Lowest is a 2025 crime thriller film directed by Spike Lee from a screenplay by Alan Fox. It is an English-language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 Japanese film High and Low, itself loosely based on the 1959 novel King's Ransom. The film stars Denzel Washington, Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, and A$AP Rocky. It’s the first collaboration between Lee and Washington since Inside Man in 2006, but their 5th in total. 

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• 0:00:00 Initial Thoughts
• 0:24:10 Spoiler Review
• 1:30:55 Oscars Assessment
• 1:36:31 Final Ratings

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• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

To hear more bonus conversations like this, subscribe to our Patreon for as little as $1/month for early access and video episodes. Ahead of our review of The Naked Gun we discuss:

• Highest 2 Lowest Marketing Failures
• Him, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Rental Family, Jay Kelly, Shelby Oaks Trailers

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Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and YouTube
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• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller