Ryan McNeil
Runtime
75 minutes
Up for Discussion
Show Contents
0:00 Introduction
2:44 Know Your Enemy: Nick Prigge
16:19 The New Slang: SPOTLIGHT
47:48 The Other Side I: THE INSIDER
1:02:34 The Other Side II: THE HUNT
Thoughts from your host…
There have been many times in my life as a cinephile where I have taken great pride in arguing the in’s and out’s of a particular film with a worthy opponent. Many a time, the knives have been drawn and the gauntlets thrown for an evening of antagonism and animosity.
There have been just as many times where I want to find a like-minded friend and delight in a particularly worthy offering. To consume many drinks and go over something bit-by-bit in a “Did you see that???” fashion.
Today is one of those days. Time for me to gather with an old friend and bask in the glow of an awesome piece of cinema. Hope y’all don’t mind us waxing on for an hour or so.
Links Mentioned During The Show:
Jesse Eisenberg’s Honest Film Review
Matt Zoller Seitz’s well-considered respose
Thanks for tuning into episode one-hundred-forty-seven.
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Great ‘cast you guys. Really dug your thoughts on both Spotlight and The Insider. Also great to learn that Nick and I value the LoTR films equally 😉
Per your 9/11 discussion in Spotlight, I appreciated both of your thoughts on that. I thought they handled it very well in Spotlight, and I loved that they showed how Ruffalo and McAdams’ characters never remotely lost their itch for the original story. Like, “Yes, of course we have to cover this, but I’m certainly not letting anyone forget that other thing too.”