Pablo Larrain’s newest abstract celebrity profile, Kristen Stewart, putting cameras extremely close to faces, and fried chicken.
Tim Burton getting everything he wanted, Christmas, a movie about society’s power to corrupt an individual, and how Batman is barely in this Batman movie.
Laura Linney, early 2000s indie cinema, and Kenneth Lonergan’s approach to tragedy.
Episode 372: You Can Count On Me
The changing character of James Bond, manipulating expectations, the importance of attachment in an action film, film grammar in a big budget Bond adventure, and all that rad stuff in Cuba.
The uncommon structure for a war film, Kubrick becoming Kubrick, and Kirk Douglas’ star power getting movies made.
Gael Garcia Bernal, Pablo Larrain, skateboarding and authenticity, questioning reality, and mimes.
M Night Shymalan’s blank cheque, Bruce Willis’ stillness, the subtle and not-so-subtle craft in the film, and Samuel L Jackson selling the hell out of some of the silliest lines you have ever heard.
George Lazenby as Bond, recasting an icon, blockbuster as art cinema, and Diana Rigg.
Episode 367: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Robert Altman, Julie Christie’s stamp on the film, Warren Beatty as a Western hero, and the film’s all-around subversion of its genre.
Episode 366: McCabe and Mrs Miller
Frances McDormand as a Hollywood icon, Chloe Zhao’s short but illustrious career, Malick-inspired stylistic choices, and the film’s hybrid of documentary and scripted storytelling.
