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This week we discuss the surprising common ground between Jonathan Glazer’s chilling examination of an Auschwitz commandant and his family, The Zone of Interest and Wim Wenders’ meandering meditation on life as a Tokyo Toilet cleaner, Perfect Days.

References
Interview with Jonathan Glazer on The Zone of Interest by David Canfield for Vanity Fair
The Making of The Zone of Interest
Wim Wenders interviewed about Perfect Days for Curzon
The Tokyo Toilet Project

Film Pharmacy
Chinatown (1974) dir. by Roman Polanski
Spoorloos (1990) dir. by George Sluizer
Thoroughbreds (2017) dir. by Cory Finley
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Last week A24’s Civil War was released and we have mixed feelings about it. Will their biggest-budget movie to date prove itself at the box office? And is a movie about war and an American fascist leader really what we want to see right now?

References
‘The Rise and Rise of A24’, The Economist (not credited)
Director Alex Garland speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about Civil War
‘Box Office: ‘Civil War’ Makes $2.9 Million in Previews, Best Ever for an A24 Movie’ by Jordan Moreau for Variety

Film Pharmacy
Perfect Days (2023) dir. by Wim Wenders
Idiocracy (2006) dir. by Mike Judge
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It takes skill to capture the effortless spontaneity of a really good party scene. Relatively few nail it but when they do, they really do. This week we compile our top 5 party scenes; from teenage house parties to rave afters, with a surreal French restaurant jamboree sandwiched in the middle.

References
The party scene in 10 Things I Hate About You
The afterparty in Human Traffic (1999)
The party scene in Playtime (1967)
The party scene in The Great Beauty
Watch Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock here on BBC iPlayer

An oral history of 10 Things I Hate About You by David Krumholtz for Vulture
A cute 10 Things I Hate About You behind-the-scenes featurette
Retrospective with the Human Traffic cast in by Phil Hoad for The Guardian
Jacques Tati’s ways of working told by two extras from Playtime
Steve McQueen Q&A about Lovers Rock

Film Pharmacy
The Tree of Life (2011) dir. by Terrence Malick 
Tron: Legacy (2010) dir. by Joseph Kosinski
The Color of Pomegrates (1969) dir. by Sergei Parajanov
Modern Times (1936) dir. by Charlie Chaplin
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We’re going back to the horniest years in Hollywood history for another scandalous pre-coder; Baby Face, the 1933 movie that was so shocking it solidified cinema’s censorship for the next 30 years. 
Watch it for free here. 

References
Will Hays IRL
You Must Remember This’ episode on Will Hays and “Pre-Code” Hollywood  
Wes Anderson Talks Early Hollywood Censorship in ‘TCM Picks’ Video for Barbara Stanwyck’s ‘Baby Face’ by Etan Vlessing for The Hollywood Reporter
How the Catholic Church censored Hollywood's Golden Age by Vox on YouTube
Baby Face: The End Of The Pre-Code Era by Paul J. Bradley for Classic Film Journal
Remembering Hollywood's Hays Code, 40 Years On by Bob Mondello for NPR
‘Tracing Hollywood’s Legacy of Self-Censorship through a Comparative Analysis of the Film Baby Face (1933) in its Censored and Uncensored Forms’ by Morgan B. Lockhart
From femme fatale to cattle rancher: how Barbara Stanwyck bucked convention by Pamela Hutchinson for The Guardian
Barbara Stanwyck: 10 essential films by Lynsey Ford for BFI
Barbara Stanwyck’s NY Times obituary 


Film Pharmacy
Old Boy (2004) dir. by Park Chan-wook
Killer Joe (2012) dir. by William Friedkin
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It’s been out for a week but we’re not taking any chances. Here is our painstakingly spoiler-free discussion of Dune: Part Two, plus our thoughts on Madame Web and a sexy addition to the Film Pharmacy.

References
Denis Villeneuve on Dune: Part Two and dialogue v. cinematography for The Times
‘Dune: Part Two’ Star Stellan Skarsgard Laughed Seeing Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha: Butler ‘Really Enjoyed Being Evil’ by Michaela Zee for Variety
Dune: Part Two’s box office success and what it means for the film industry by Anthony D’Alessandro for Deadline

Film Pharmacy
Bound (1996) dir. by the Wachowskis
Black Narcissus (1947) dir. by Powell and Pressburger
Unfaithful (2002) dir. by Adrian Lyne
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) dir. by Gil Junger
Fish Tank (2009) dir. by Andrea Arnold
Love dir. by Gaspar Noe
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