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Kin-dza-dza!, Abruptio, and Sunday: Gift Exchange Episode part 2

We're finally back with the second part of gift exchange. On this episode we're talking the Soviet film Kin-dza-dza!, the puppet thriller Abruptio, and the 1997 film Sunday. Also, prediction markets suck. Enjoy the show.
 
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The Long Goodbye

Welcome back, screamers. On today's show: more of the early-Alts with Altman's take on the private eye (and we mean the private eye: Marlowe) The Long Goodbye. It's a shaggy, laconic tale of friendship, deception, and a man out of time and place. We also wonder what it would be like to be drug lords...but, you know, altruistic drug lords.
 
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'The Confession' Interview: Will Canon, Italia Ricci, Scott Mechlowicz, and Zachary Golinger,

We're back with our interviews from DIFF. On this episode, we chat with the director and cast of 'The Confession.' This film is nuanced, and layered--a movie that only gets better the more you watch it. 
More DIFF interviews coming soon. 
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California Split with special guest Will Canon

What a treat! A special entry into the Early Alts...We are joined by Will Canon, director, most recently, of The Confession, to talk about Robert Altman's gambling/buddy movie California Split. Will is welcome back any time.
The Confession is streaming everywhere you might stream a movie. Check out the trailer here.
 
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Mami Wata, Only the River Flows, and Suzhou River: Holiday Gift Exchange Episode Part 1

It's part one of our holiday gift exchange! The gifts that Brock gave Jason were the films: Mami Wata, Only the River Flows, and Suzhou River. Also discussions about the Letterboxd rental program, MoviePass, and Police Academy 5: Mission to Moscow. They all connect...somehow.
 
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Special Holiday Episode: ingle Bell Heist; Regalo di Natale; Christmas, Again; Mon Oncle Antoine; The World of Kanako; and Santa Claus (Santa Claus vs. the Devil).

It's a belated Holiday Special episode...although still within the 12 days of Christmas. We've got a loaded episode full of some, well, interesting films. Some you may even want to add to your own Holiday playlist: Jingle Bell Heist; Regalo di Natale; Christmas, Again; Mon Oncle Antoine; The World of Kanako; and Santa Claus (Santa Claus vs. the Devil). 
 
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The Smashing Machine, Bugonia, and Images

Another episode, another Altman film. This time, the forgotten/under seen, Images from 1972, starring Susannah York and Renee Auberjonois. We also talk two new films: The Smashing Machine (the first solo-Safdie), and the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia. And we touch on the QT vs. Paul Dano affair and which billionaire controls the future of movies.
 
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Good Boy (2022), Good Boy (2025), and McCabe and Mrs. Miller

We're back with a double feature of Good Boys: Good Boy (2022) and Good Boy (2025). And we also continue our journey into the early-Alts with Robert Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller. Brock's dog, Marcy, asks the question: what about good girls? And was Ed Burns too good looking? 
 
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