It's been 25 years since the last Hollywood adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel about the March sisters. Why did Greta Gerwig want to tackle this piece of classic literature for her 'Lady Bird' follow-up (14:15)? We look at how she refashioned and reimagined certain aspects of the book, how it fits in with previous iterations of the story, and why there' ... Show More
Jun 5
The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman!
Sean joins forces with Griffin Newman of the Blank Check podcast. Together, they discuss the recent run of box-office successes and what it says about the current state of movies (2:16), before answering the call of Grayskull and journeying to Eternia to unpack the latest adaptat ... Show More
2h 23m
Dec 2022
The Whale with Darren Aronofsky and Greta Gerwig (Ep. 398)
Director Darren Aronofsky discusses his new film, The Whale, with fellow director Greta Gerwig in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, Aronofsky discusses the motivation behind the film's 4:3 aspect ratio, the textual references between the play, his ada ... Show More
44m 58s
Mar 2018
Un raccourci dans le temps, le féminisme passé au filtre Disney
Dans sa dernière création estampillée Disney, Ava DuVernay s’attaque à un des grands fantasmes du cinéma : le voyage à travers le temps et l’espace. Et on aurait pu y croire si le film, qui manque cruellement de subtilité, n’avait pas tourné au pep talk noyé sous une avalanche de ... Show More
22m 34s