Episode description
We're back... again!! We're finally done filming our short film so expect more podcast episodes from us, at least for now! This week we discuss The Banshees of Inisherin, TÁR, the death of Film Twitter and its effect on people's brains (for better or for worse), Disney's internal drama, Don't Worry Darling, Elvis, Blonde, and the year's remaining new releases.
"How Personal Baggage Will Impact Oscar Chances" by Scott Feinberg (The Hollywood Reporter)
Movies discussed (* indicates spoilers):
- Three Thousand Years of Longing, Nope, Bodies Bodies Bodies
- The Banshees of Inisherin*, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths, The Lobster, The Beguiled (2017), Miami Vice
- TÁR*, Babylon (2022), Women Talking, White Noise, The Fabelmans, Armageddon Time, Triangle of Sadness, Decision to Leave, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Emancipation (2022), Killers of the Flower Moon
- Don’t Worry Darling*, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Enchanted, Disenchanted
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story*, Boogie Nights, Bohemian Rhapsody
- Elvis*, Blonde*, Petite Maman, Crimes of the Future (2022)
- The Matrix, The Truman Show, The Stepford Wives
- Nightmare Alley (2021), Spencer
- Fire of Love*, All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)*, Moonage Daydream, Grizzly Man, Loving Highsmith, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The Smartest People in the Room is hosted by Rachel Casey and Maddie Weiner. It is edited by Maddie Weiner. Original theme and interstitial music is by Scott Boice - follow him on Instagram @sc00gle and find more of his work on Bandcamp.