Hard Truths

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 of destiny I mean as oil magnate Digger. The conversation features spoilers for both films.

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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)

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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Catch Up - Visions and Revisions

Obsession / Bad Timing

A Tale as Old as Time

Bologna catch-up