As part of 2020’s Christopher Nolan Oeuvre-view, Adam and Josh revisited The Prestige (2006), which – alongside his current The Odyssey – is among the rare Nolans adapted from existing material.

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As part of 2020&rsquo;s Christopher Nolan Oeuvre-view, Adam and Josh revisited The Prestige (2006), which &ndash; alongside his current The Odyssey &ndash; is among the rare Nolans adapted from existing material.
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Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review new and classic movies, offering "affable, insightful film analysis since 2005" (NY Times).

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The Prestige | Archive

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Matt and Jordan give Hulu’s new multiverse revenge thriller Redux Redux a spin, crediting Kevin and Matthew McManus’s film for its low-budget stylishness and its central performance (by another McManus, sister Michaela). Then some Redux-inspired streaming recommendations, answers to a listener request for off-the-grid heist movies, and a game (“Multi-Box Letter-Verse”) hosted by Producer Sam.

Intro / The Odyssey (00:00:00–00:11:36)

Redux Redux (0:11:37–00:28:27)

Rec Seg (00:28:28–00:45:35)

Listener Request Recs: Off-the-Grid Heist Movies (00:45:36–01:02:42)

Game: Multi-box Letter-verse (01:02:43–01:29:32)

New to Streaming / Credits (01:29:33–01:38:12)

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Matt and Jordan give Hulu&rsquo;s new multiverse revenge thriller Redux Redux a spin, crediting Kevin and Matthew McManus&rsquo;s film for its low-budget stylishness and its central performance (by another McManus, sister Michaela). Then some Redux-inspired streaming recommendations, answers to a listener request for off-the-grid heist movies, and a game (&ldquo;Multi-Box Letter-Verse&rdquo;) hosted by Producer Sam.
Intro / The Odyssey (00:00:00&ndash;00:11:36)
Redux Redux (0:11:37&ndash;00:28:27)
Rec Seg (00:28:28&ndash;00:45:35)
Listener Request Recs: Off-the-Grid Heist Movies (00:45:36&ndash;01:02:42)
Game: Multi-box Letter-verse (01:02:43&ndash;01:29:32)
New to Streaming / Credits (01:29:33&ndash;01:38:12)
Show Notes
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Budget Multi-Verse: Hulu's Redux Redux | SVU

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Film critic Amy Nicholson joins host Michael Phillips to test a set of unofficial Hollywood axioms: Preston Sturges’ 11 Rules for Box Office Appeal.

Written (or so the story goes) in the early 1940s, the list is equal parts joke and provocation, a series of blunt, sometimes baffling claims about what makes movies work. But taken together, the rules point toward something more coherent: a theory of cinema built on movement, rhythm, and the constant opening of possibilities.

Amy and Michael dig into what still holds up and what these rules reveal about the way comedy — and movies — create momentum. Is Sturges simply being playful? Or is there real wisdom hiding inside the punchlines?

Film critic Amy Nicholson joins host Michael Phillips to test a set of unofficial Hollywood axioms: Preston Sturges&rsquo; 11 Rules for Box Office Appeal. Written (or so the story goes) in the early 1940s, the list is equal parts joke and provocation, a series of blunt, sometimes baffling claims about what makes movies work. But taken together, the rules point toward something more coherent: a theory of cinema built on movement, rhythm, and the constant opening of possibilities. Amy and Michael dig into what still holds up and what these rules reveal about the way comedy &mdash; and movies &mdash; create momentum. Is Sturges simply being playful? Or is there real wisdom hiding inside the punchlines?

11 Rules for Box Office Appeal with Amy Nicholson | The Movie Racket

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The Dissident Cinema Marathon continues with Marcel Ophuls’s towering 1969 documentary The Sorrow and the Pity, which challenged the so-called “Gaullist myth” that the French people had largely resisted Nazi occupation.

The Dissident Cinema Marathon continues with Marcel Ophuls&rsquo;s towering 1969 documentary The Sorrow and the Pity, which challenged the so-called &ldquo;Gaullist myth&rdquo; that the French people had largely resisted Nazi occupation.

Marcel Ophuls’s bracing documentary about French collaboration during the Nazi occupation.

The Sorrow and the Pity: Dismantling the Gaullist Myth | Dissident Cinema

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