Merry Christmas Eve! On this week’s supersized episode to get you through the airport, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) ask if it’s a controversy or a controversy that Blake Lively’s costar and director, Justin Baldoni, seems to have orchestrated a virtual sliming of her in response to fears he was going to get called out for harassing her on the set of It Ends With Us. (You can read the whole New York Times story discussed in this episode via this gift link.) Then they review Emilia Pérez, Netflix’s main awards-season contender and one of the most deranged movies of the year. But hey: at least it’s not boring! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend!
And Alyssa- who shushes because- she has something to say… listen, learn.
I’m not sure what was funnier - Sonny’s community reference or Peter’s reaction…
"Blocked on Instagram" Yet, none of us have bothered to watch the flick.
I know nothing about movies so I found your discussion about Emilie Perez interesting and off putting. I loved the movie on many levels. It’s visually stunning. The musical numbers were woven into the story in an interesting way and the choreography was phenomenal. I thought one underlying theme was about the effect of class on the characters and on Mexican society, overall. I felt Emilie’s struggles to fit into society as a man and as a trans woman were well done, at least from my own limited exposure to these issues. Perez is a fascinating and thought provoking movie. I do not believe it is a waste of time. And I, for one, have no intention of watching Wicked.
Thank you. The film will be screening in theatres in NZ where I live next month, so I haven't seen it, but I'm keen. Jacques Audiard is to my mind one of the if not the best "auteurs" now working. He's surpassed Almodovar. Not all of his films are great but they're all a challenge. He's not afraid. *Paris 13th district* and *Read my lips* are my faves. I notice that Sonny doesn't seem very au fait with film outside the Anglophone and Hollywood matrix. This is the first review of a French director I can recall. There's a lot going on out there. France alone produces nearly a feature film *every day*.