The Bling Ring
In part one of our season finale, we dive into the celebrity obsessed work of Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring (2013), a stylish crime drama based on the real group of teenagers who burglarized the home...
5 Okt 2h 20min
Boys Don't Cry
In this episode, we examine Kimberly Peirce’s Boys Don’t Cry (1999), the powerful and heartbreaking film based on the life of Brandon Teena. Widely praised for its performances and emotional impact, t...
21 Sep 2h 6min
The Trial of the Chicago 7
This week we tackle our third Aaron Sorkin film, The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), the acclaimed courtroom drama about one of the most explosive political trials in American history. The film follows...
7 Sep 2h 8min
From Hell
This week we descend into the foggy streets of Victorian London to compare Albert and Allen Hughes’s From Hell (2001) to the real story of possibly the most notorious serial killer of all time, Jack t...
24 Aug 2h 23min
Inherit the Wind
This week we travel back in time to one of the most famous courtroom battles in American history as we compare Stanley Kramer’s Inherit the Wind (1960) to the Scopes “Monkey” Trial. The film presents ...
10 Aug 2h 1min
The Hurricane
In this episode, we step into the ring with Norman Jewison’s The Hurricane (1999), the powerful biographical drama starring Denzel Washington as boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter. The film tells the stor...
27 Jul 2h 18min
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Michael Chaves’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) tells the chilling story of a murder allegedly connected to demonic possession – but how much of it actually happened? In this episode, w...
13 Jul 2h 30min
Cherry
In this episode we take a deep dive into Cherry (2021) - directed by the Russo brothers and starring Tom Holland – and compare it to the true story that inspired it. From the realities of military ser...
29 Jun 1h 59min
