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In 1999, Paul Thomas Anderson dazzled audiences with Magnolia, a meditation on celebrity, dysfunctional families and frogs in the San Fernando Valley. How has its mosaic structure and melodrama ages 20 years on? Join Ben, Ellisha and guest Tasha Kappler (PTA Aficionado™) as we dissect the frogs, the performances and Magnolia’s place in the canon.  

This episode is part of The ‘99 Project.

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Its boys boys boys as Judge Movie returns to Sheffield Doc/Fest to survey the documentary landscape, flanked by Angel of the North Rhys Handley (@RhysHandley2113), and the verbose insights of Jack King (@_jarking). 

But has Asif Kapadia's Diego Maradonna been blessed by the Hand of God? Is the investigative journalism on display in One Child Nation and For Sama a revelation? And how did we survive the 4+ hour Watergate? 

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Films Mentioned

Don't Be a Dick About It  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6703 

For Sama  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6696 

Watergate  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6790 

The Sound is Innocent  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6723 

Hey Bro!  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6737 

Danny  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6742 

Diego Maradona  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6829 

Property  https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6738 

Norie https://sheffdocfest.com/films/6785 

Sundance London is going off this weekend so Judge Movie grabbed some critics, camped out in a Pret, and delivered some of the hottest takes this side of Utah. 

But does The Farewell live up to the hype? Can Apollo 11 stick the landing? And why did so many people walk out of The Nightingale?

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With Claire Denis' outer space epic High Life hitting UK cinemas at last, what better time to evaluate the French auteur's work and her 1999 classic, Beau Travail?  With the robust support of Joseph Owen ( @josephowen30 ) on board, we dissect Denis' depiction of the body, science fiction, the post-colonial gaze... and that's before we even get to the 'fuck-box'.

This episode is part of The ‘99 Project, where we review movies released in that year, and explore their legacy 20 years on.

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Does Vox Fux or Vox Sux? We enlisted the help of Thomas Atkinson (@Nosniktamot) of The Favourite Podcast to dissect Brady Corbet's latest, the Natalie Portman starring 21st Century portrait of pop stardom...

But what exactly does it tell us about modern life? How does it match up to the recent spate of music themed filmic odysseys? And is Willem Dafoe's narration a waste of time? 



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In 1999 Mel Gibson rose from the dead in Payback, Brian Helgeland's violent spin on Point Blank. Join Ellisha and Ben as they compare the theatrical edition to the Director's Cut, and sus out whether Mel's career has itself risen again with his reactionary new film Dragged Across Concrete!

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