For Episode 413, Dan Bayer, Cody Dericks, and I preview the beginning of the 2024 AFI Film Festival running from October 23-28th and go over some other news in the world of awards season including the Critics Choice Award Documentary Nominations. We reveal the winners of last week's poll, asking, "Which Films Are You Most Looking Forward To From The 2024 New York Film Festival?" ask this week's poll question, "Which Films From The 2024 AFI Fest Are You Most Looking Forward To?" We also give our reactions to the trailers for "The Electric State," "Wolf Man," "The Monkey," and "The Legend Of Ochi," answer your fan-submitted questions and more. Thank you all so very much for listening, supporting, and subscribing. We hope you enjoy this week's episode.

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Episode 413 - AFI Preview, "The Electric State," "Wolf Man" & "The Legend Of Ochi" Trailers

"The Line" had its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Festival, where it received solid reviews for its performances from the young ensemble and Ethan Berger's writing and direction as he tells a dark story about college hazing and the consequences it can lead to. The film stars Alex Wolff, Lewis Pullman, Halle Bailey, Austin Abrams, Angus Cloud, Bo Mitchell, Denise Richards, Cheri Oteri, Scoot McNairy, and John Malkovich and is now playing in limited release from Utopia. Berger was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film and enjoy the interview. Thank you!

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Interview With "The Line" Director/Writer Ethan Berger

"Memoir Of A Snail" had its world premiere at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where it received universal praise for Academy Award-winning filmmaker Adam Elliot's writing, direction, the voice performances, and the stop-motion animation. Adam was gracious enough to take the time to talk with us about his work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is opening in theaters on October 25th from IFC Films and is up for your consideration for Best Animated Feature at this year's Academy Awards. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "Memoir Of A Snail" Director/Writer Adam Elliot

"Black Box Diaries" had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it received universal acclaim for director/producer/subject Shiori Itô's harrowing investigation into her own sexual assault and the subsequent cover-up by the Japanese government. The film was nominated for the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize and has recently been nominated for Best True Crime Documentary at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards. Itô was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about her film, her experience making it, and the challenging life events that have brought her here. Please be sure to check out the film, which will open at New York's Film Forum this Friday, October 25th, and in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago on November 1st, from MTV Documentary Films and is up for your consideration for Best Documentary Feature Film at this year's Academy Awards. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "Black Box Diaries" Director Shiori Itô

"Magpie" had its world premiere at the 2024 South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, where it received strong reviews for its direction, writing, and lead performance from Daisy Ridley. Ridley and screenwriter Tom Bateman were kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their experiences working on the film. Please be sure to check out the film, which will open at Village East in New York, Los Angeles, and select U.S. cities on October 25th from Shout Studios!. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interviews With "Magpie" Actress/Producer Daisy Ridley & Screenwriter Tom Bateman

"Your Monster" had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its premise in the rom-com genre and the chemistry between the film's stars, Melissa Barrera and Tommy Dewey. Barrera was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about her experience working on the film. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from Vertical Entertainment. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "Your Monster" Star Melissa Barrera

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"

"La Cocina" had its world premiere at the 2024 Berlinale Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its direction and writing from filmmaker Alonso Ruizpalacios and lead performance from Raúl Briones Carmona. The film displays life in a New York City restaurant kitchen where the blend of cultures from around the world clashes with the unfair working conditions and unequal distribution of power and respect. Ruizpalacios was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about his experience working on the film. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters in NY from WILLA and will expand to LA on November 1st. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "La Cocina" Director Alonso Ruizpalacios

For Episode 414, Daniel Howat, Tom O'Brien, and I are coming to you from the 2024 AFI Fest from our hotel room to bring you our recap from the final significant fall film festival of the year, including discussions about the world premieres for "Juror #2," "Here," and "Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl." We reveal the winners of last week's poll, asking, "Which Films Are You Most Looking Forward To From The 2024 AFI Film Festival?" and ask this week's poll question, "Which Film Do You Think Will Be The Next Best Picture Oscar Winner?" We also give our reactions to the trailers for "The Brutalist" and "September 5," answer your fan-submitted questions and more. Thank you all so very much for listening, supporting, and subscribing. We hope you enjoy this week's episode.

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Episode 414 - Live From AFI Fest 2024, "The Brutalist" & "September 5" Trailers

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Ema Sasic, Dan Bayer, Giovanni Lago & Will Mavity to review and discuss Sean Baker's latest film "Anora," starring Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yuri Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Ivy Wolk & Luna Sofia Miranda. After winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the film became a film festival darling and is now playing in theaters for audiences to experience what many have been calling one of the year's best films. What did we think of it? Please tune in as we discuss the writing, direction, performances, editing, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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