It's time for the horror adjacent bonus episode! This month, we look into DEATH BECOMES HER (1992) from director Robert Zemeckis and starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis!

This camp black comedy shows us yet again that less is more...

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Horror Adjacent 19 - Less is More

Titus & Ryan Shinkel discuss David Lynch's Blue velvet, a movie about suburbia & the city, a boy growing up to be a man by facing evil, & the predicament of American freedom, which might mean ignoring evil or embracing it...

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ACF Critic Series #52 Blue Velvet

"La Chimera" had its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and received positive reviews from critics who singled out Alice Rohrwacher's direction, thematically rich writing, and the layered performances from Josh O'Connor and Isabella Rossellini. All three of them were kind enough to spend some time with us talking about their work on the film, which centers on a young British archaeologist who gets involved with a group of traveling grave robbers of stolen Etruscan artifacts during the 1980s in Italy. Please be sure to check out the film, which is releasing this weekend in theaters from NEON. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interviews With "La Chimera" Stars Josh O'Connor, Isabella Rossellini & Director Alice Rohrwacher

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Sara Clements, Josh Parham, Alyssa Christian, Dan Bayer & Tom O'Brien to review and discuss Edward Berger's latest film "Conclave," starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diehz, Sergio Castellitto & Isabella Rossellini. Following up his Academy Award-winning film, "All Quiet On The Western Front," Edward Berger takes us behind the closed doors of the Vatican into the election process for a new Pope in this tight, dramatic thriller with all kinds of twists and turns with one hell of a memorable final reveal. What did we think of it? Please tune in as we discuss the writing, performances, direction, score, cinematography, awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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"Conclave"

You wait for ages for a film about a group of people sequestered in a room, questioning each other, keeping secrets, and repeatedly voting, and two come along at once. But while Juror #2's protagonist wrestled with his conscience, Conclave's Cardinal Lawrence, played by Ralph Fiennes, has little trouble consistently acting out of principle - sadly, many of his colleagues vying for the Catholic Church's vacant papacy don't share his clarity.

Conclave is a marvellously entertaining mystery and thriller, a chamber play in which Fiennes' performance is a complex and deeply felt standout amongst a number of engaging, if less rich, star turns from Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini. We discuss whether the film is an advert for the Church, how it engages with religion, the striking visual design, liberalism vs. conservatism, representations of gender and nationality... and that magnificent twist. Spoilers within!

Recorded on 1st December 2024.

434 - Conclave

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