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Episode 51: Nightmare Alley

“An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.”

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Episode 50: Mass

Can a room full of dramatic conversation hold your attention? David and Michael agree, but the Oscars do not because they snubbed this superb chamber film.

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Episode 48: The Lost Daughter and The Sparks Bros

Michael and Dave are sick, but somehow make it through a discussion of The Lost Daughter and The Sparks Bros.

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Episode 47: Spencer and The Power of the Dog

We are continuing with December weekly, double-film episodes chronicling Award seasons contenders. This week it is Spencer and The Power of the Dog. Michael and Dave have pretty divergent opinions on Spencer but…

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Episode 45: Titane

Michael and Dave try to make sense of the infinitely interesting and bewildering Titane.

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Episode 44: Last Night in Soho

Edgar Wright takes us back to London in the ’60s via camerawork and smoking. They might not have been all they were cracked up to be.

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Episode 42: Candyman

Candyman is the new film from Nia DaCosta that picks up twenty years post-original. We as lovers of the original awake to a new Chicago, one where only a tiny sliver of Cabrini Green lives on, and the legend of our hooked friend is all but forgotten….

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Episode 43: The Card Counter

Dave and Michael both liked the latest from Paul Schrader, and agreed the strongest aspect of the film is the lead character development and the same’s portrayal by Oscar Isaac. DESCRIPTION Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader’s THE CARD…

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