SPOILER ALERT: Episode contains key plot details from One Battle After Another. We dive deep into Paul Thomas Anderson’s most politically urgent film to date. We open with acknowledging our unplanned hiatus and thoughts on the TCA rebrand (2:30), before getting into our initial reactions to the film (8:15), the power of VistaVision and PTA’s visual storytelling (18:40), and DiCaprio’s layered performance as Bob Ferguson (26:05). We unpack Teyana Taylor’s character, sexuality as resistance, an...
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SPOILER ALERT: Episode contains key plot details from One Battle After Another. We dive deep into Paul Thomas Anderson’s most politically urgent film to date. We open with acknowledging our unplanned hiatus and thoughts on the TCA rebrand (2:30), before getting into our initial reactions to the film (8:15), the power of VistaVision and PTA’s visual storytelling (18:40), and DiCaprio’s layered performance as Bob Ferguson (26:05). We unpack Teyana Taylor’s character, sexuality as resistance, an...
Ofili and Steve are joined by Jerry, who’s making his TCA debut, to talk through Mickey 17, Bong Joon-ho’s 2025 sci-fi release. “Dying is just another part of the job” sets the tone for a conversation on identity, memory, and the systems that turn people into tools. They dive into the film’s cold color palette and sound design, discuss the religious and philosophical threads running underneath, and unpack what it means to be disposable in a world that keeps bringing you back. Let us know what...
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SPOILER ALERT: Episode contains key plot details from One Battle After Another. We dive deep into Paul Thomas Anderson’s most politically urgent film to date. We open with acknowledging our unplanned hiatus and thoughts on the TCA rebrand (2:30), before getting into our initial reactions to the film (8:15), the power of VistaVision and PTA’s visual storytelling (18:40), and DiCaprio’s layered performance as Bob Ferguson (26:05). We unpack Teyana Taylor’s character, sexuality as resistance, an...
