We're mixing things up this week. Since the next film in our Sofia Coppola Watch Series is her 2017 adaptation of The Beguiled, we decided to discuss this as a double feature in concert with the original 1971 Don Siegel adaption. Much of our discussion touches on the differences between these two films, both aesthetically and narratively, and considers which elements we think these films do well vs. not. Before that, we went over the usual news and what we watched this week.

We will be back in a week to talk the penultimate film of the Watch Series, 2020's ON THE ROCKS.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:05:13 Shout outs: RIP Terrance Stamp; A new genre film fest in Ottawa (GENRE GEMS, see the link below); and RIP King Cobra JFS

00:13:02 New Releases (Ne Zha 2; Honey Don't!)

What We Watched This Week

00:17:47 Robocop 3 (Curtis)

00:19:34 Bring Her Back (Curtis)

00:21:11 Lee (Curtis)

00:22:14 Memoir of a Snail (Curtis)

00:23:20 Der Schuh des Manitu (Curtis)

00:26:17 Weapons (Curtis)

00:28:28 1923 [Season Two] (Curtis)

00:30:24 War of the Worlds (John)

00:32:08 The Squid and the Whale (John)

00:36:09 The House of the Devil (John)

00:38:24 Saloum (John)

00:40:29 The Taking of Jordan (All American Boy) [short] (John)

00:43:26 Shin Godzilla (John)

00:50:43 THE BEGUILED Discussion

01:24:59 Our Scores for THE BEGUILED

01:27:35 Coming Up Next!

CREDITS AND PLUGS

Intro: The Dove - Judy Collins

Outro: End scene from "The Beguiled" (2017)

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