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It’s the night before the election in the United States. David, Devindra, and Jeff distract themselves by watching On the Rocks, the new comedy-drama written and directed by Sophia Coppola, now streaming on Apple TV+.
Read up on what to do while waiting for election results here.
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David, Devindra, and Jeff review the Netflix movie The Trial of the Chicago 7. The film, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, tells the story of the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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David, Devindra, and Jeff check in on the state of theaters and direct-to-streaming movies. For the feature review, the cast binges the whole season of Ted Lasso, the Apple TV + series. Tune in to hear how David magically set up a Slashfilmcast Patreon in under 30 seconds.
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Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we’ve been watching (~24:00)
Jeff – First 2 eps of Emily in Paris, Long Way Up, My Neighbor Totoro (per devindra’s advice), Scare Me
Devindra – The Haunting of Bly Manor, Larry Wilmore on Peacock, Selena + Chef
Feature (~1:16:00)
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David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by Stephen Tobolowsky, actor and friend of the show, to chat about life in quarantine, state of movie theaters, and content they have been watching. For the feature review, the cast changes course from Enola Holmes to Dick Johnson Is Dead, documentary film directed by Kirsten Johnson.
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This week, David, Devindra, and Jeff get a surreal e-mail from long time listener Joshua. For the feature review, the cast followed the recommendation on #slashtag and watched One Cut of the Dead, the Japanese zombie comedy directed by Shinichiro Ueda.
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David, Devindra, and Jeff talk about the winners and losers at this year’s virtual Emmys. For the feature review, the cast goes over The Devil All the Time, the latest Netflix movie directed by Antonio Campos.
Read about Robert Pattinson’s lack of dialect coach here. Check out Drew McWeeny’s newsletter, Formerly Dangerous, here.
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The Slashfilmcast avoids Tenent while movie goers in China reject Mulan. For the feature review, David, Devindra, and Jeff watch I’m Thinking of Ending things, the newest Charlie Kaufman film on Netflix. Tune in to find out which cast member was thinking of ending the movie.
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After months of delay, Disney’s live-action Mulan finally made its debut on the Disney Plus streaming service (for a premium). David, Devindra, and Jeff talk about their mixed feelings toward the movie with sociologist and author Nancy Wang Yuen.
Read Nancy’s review of Mulan here.
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David weighs the risk and reward to see Tenent in theater while Jeff raves about #SLASHTAG, the hashtag used to recommend movies to the whole gang.
For the feature of the week, David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by
Roxana Hadadi to review Boys State. See what this winner of Sundance Documentary Grand Jury, directed and produced by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, has to says about our politics today.
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