This is a BIG ONE, folks. Today we take on the UNIVERSALLY BELOVED OSCAR-AWARD-WINNING French film, Emilia Pérez. We are joined for the very first time by A GUEST: Grace from Big White Elephants.

Also discussed: Limp Bizkit roller coaster trauma, Grace's love of WWII, and TWO NEW LETTERBOXD CHALLENGES (Christmas in December and SEMBÈNEUARY 2026).

Other links:

• Imperial Core directors depicting the Imperial Periphery in ways that aren’t terrible
• A really thoughtful critique of this movie by Alisa Peate for The Conversation

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In our seventh episode, we discuss Youssef Chebbi's Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation (2022) and learn a little about Tunisia.

ALSO discussed: David Lynch's bizarre fear of Philadelphia, the naive hope of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator, Lynne Ramsay's punk vibes, and Edgar Wright's good cop fantasies.

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In our sixth episode, we discuss Đặng Nhật Minh's Don't Burn (2009, also known as Đừng đốt) and learn a little about Vietnam.

ALSO discussed: returning to Weapons, squelchy vs crunchy horror, exchanging eggs between the mouths of lovers, and PTA's depiction of political violence. This episode is dedicated to Richard Bruce Cheney.

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