Episode description

This week we're joined by beloved recurring guest Irene Mudd!! Our topics include Bond movies and Bond theme songs, the new Uncharted trailer, how we got into film, our controversial opinions on Method acting, our hopefully-uncontroversial opinions on J*red L*to, Memoria's distribution plan and the importance of seeing movies in theaters, and our thoughts on the Gotham Awards nominees!

The Vulture article Maddie mentioned is here: How to Fix the Oscars: Seeded Nominations! by Adam Sternbergh

Movies mentioned (* indicates possible spoilers):

• You Only Live Twice, Live and Let Die, Goldfinger, Skyfall
• James Bond films in general, especially the Daniel Craig Bonds
• The Dark Knight, John Wick movies
• Uncharted
• Amelie
• Forrest Gump
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• O Brother Where Art Thou?
• Eternals
• Dune (2021), The House of Gucci, The Batman (2022)
• Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, The Departed, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?, The Revenant, The Hateful Eight, Death Proof
• Memoria
• First Reformed
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (and Won’t You Be My Neighbor?)
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
• The Green Knight, Lost Daughter, Passing, Pig, Test Pattern
• Red Rocket
• Azor, Drive My Car, The Souvenir - Part 2, Titane, What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?, The Worst Person in the World
• The Card Counter, El Planeta
• The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, Wild Indian, Zola, C’mon C’mon, Paper Spiders
• Mass, CODA
• Belfast, Cyrano
• Green Book, If Beale Street Could Talk, Room
• Scooby-Doo (2002), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

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. Irene is an artist who you can follow on Instagram @irenemudd.