Hard Truths

Catch Up - Visions and Revisions

In this catch up episode, Elena and Manuela discuss Dolly Parton and the fantasies of 9 to 5 (Colin Higgins, 1980), the undeniably dystopian One Night Only (Will Gluck, 2026), the butt of the joke in Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal (2022-), trust in Oasis of Fear (Umberto Lenzi, 1971), stifling social codes in La Règle du jeu (Jean Renoir, 1939), identity and choices in At Close Range (James Foley, 1986), and much more.

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Primetime / Digger

Recording together in Paris, Elena and Manuela discuss two of the buzziest films of the year: Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime stars Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, infamous host of the reality TV show To Catch a Predator; while Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger stars Tom Cruise as the living manifestation

Obsession / Bad Timing

When Curry Barker’s Obsession (2025) came out in cinemas a few months ago, a small debate emerged online about audience reactions and the director’s intentions. Was this a film about dating a “crazy” girlfriend, or about misogynistic fantasies of domination and control? Although most online discourse could do

A Tale as Old as Time

Emily Wilson’s piece on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey evinces an archaic perspective on cinema’s value as art

Bologna catch-up

Elena and Manuela try on a looser podcasting style in Bologna, at Il Cinema Ritrovato. Among the topics they cover are: Curry Barker’s Obsession and Kane Parsons’ Backrooms, libraries, file sharing, budding cinephiles, Ari Aster’s Beau is Afraid, F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans,

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Primetime / Digger

Obsession / Bad Timing

A Tale as Old as Time

Bologna catch-up