This week, we review Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankensteined mashup THE BRIDE! (06:42), while we promise no fighting – no fucking fighting – over PEAKY BLINDERS: THE IMMORTAL MAN (33:06), and get wild with Pixar’s HOPPERS (52:05).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:01:32), we ask what it means for the future of film, now that Netflix has dropped its bid to buy Warner Bros, clearing the way for Paramount to acquire the studio.

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This week, Mother has arrived in the form of Mona Fastvold’s historical musical The Testament of Ann Lee (11:21), while we take a perilous trip with Óliver Laxe’s Sirât (33:35), and find relief in laughter with Alaa AliAbdallah’s Palestine Comedy Club (51:00).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:01:01), we discuss BAFTA and the BBC’s treatment of Delroy Lindo, Michael B. Jordan, and John Davidson at last Sunday’s awards.

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Amon speaks to WASTEMAN stars David Jonsson and Tom Blyth about their new prison drama (10:18), while we’ve got two Oscar-nominated films to review: THE SECRET AGENT (34:05), starring Wagner Moura, and IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU (53:10), starring Rose Byrne.

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (1:19:19), we discuss the Berlin Film Festival’s cowardly silence over the genocide in Gaza.

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This week, Hanna speaks to SINNERS’s Autumn Durald Arkapaw (06:12), who this year became the first woman of color nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Plus, we review Emerald Fennell’s take on a literary classic, WUTHERING HEIGHTS (29:02), and Hasan Hadi’s Iraqi drama THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE (1:05:11).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (1:18:13), we discuss whether male directors should be doing more to support female creatives behind the scenes.

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This week, Amon speaks to Corin Hardy and Dafne Keen about their new horror WHISTLE (09:07), while we step into the world of dreams, memories, and stories, as we review Akinola Davies Jr.’s MY FATHER’S SHADOW (32:37) and Julia Jackman’s 100 NIGHTS OF HERO (50:00).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:06:58), we discuss the BBFC’s current content warning system and whether it’s fit for purpose.

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Music by ⁠The Last Skeptik⁠. We are a Stripped Media podcast.

This week, we step behind the mic to review Bradley Cooper’s IS THIS THING ON?, inspired by the life of comedian John Bishop (06:48); NOUVELLE VAGUE, Richard Linklater’s behind-the-scenes look at the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (27:39); and SHELTER, the latest Jason Statham-fronted action thriller (43:08).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (56:51), all eight episodes of Marvel’s WONDER MAN hit Disney+ this week, so we chat spoilers.

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This week, Amon speaks to Nicholas Pinnock about British boxing drama HEAVYWEIGHT (08:18), while we review Park Chan-wook’s latest, NO OTHER CHOICE (28:13), and the Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor-led period romance THE HISTORY OF SOUND (42:54).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (57:50), we break down this week’s Oscar nominations announcement.

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This week, Hanna speaks to Motaz Malhees about his role in The Voice of Hind Rajab (11:43). We review Rental Family (32:07) and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (48:16).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (50:01), we discuss how soon is too soon for cinema to tackle real-life tragedies in narrative fiction?

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