Episodes
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Critics Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder are joined again by Slate's June Thomas to discuss 2021's Parallel Mothers. We talk about Penélope's stunning performance, how disconnected the two halves of the film seem, and jackets.
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Critics Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder discuss Campion’s latest film, The Power of the Dog. We get into Benedict Cumberbatch’s method acting, how dangerous the demon twink really is, and just how beautiful New Zealand as fake Montana can be.
Check out Inkoo’s piece about The Power of the Dog and In the Cut in the Washington Post.
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Critics Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder discuss two of Jane Campion's least regarded works, Top of the Lake: China Girl and The Portrait of a Lady. We talk about our unexpected disappointment with China Girl, how Campion didn't seem to care about telling the stories of women of color, and Gwendoline Christie's height. We were pleasantly surprised by Portrait, which when compared to her other less-than-loved movies doesn't stand out, but contains some consistently relevant Campion themes and a bunch of film school flourishes we couldn't help but love.
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Critics Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder discuss the first season of Jane Campion's Top of the Lake. We talk about Holly Hunter's wig, how the beauty of New Zealand contrasts with the horrors of this small town, and and why this may not actually be a TV show.
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Critics Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder are joined by screenwriter April Wolfe to discuss Jane Campion's 2003 film In the Cut. We talk about Meg Ryan's turn toward drama, the grimy horror of New York City, and Campion's take on a Lifetime movie.
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Critics Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder are joined by the Hollywood Reporter's Lovia Gyarkye to discuss the 1999 film Holy Smoke! We talk about how quickly we were drawn into the film's spell, the lovable ditz campion identifies with, and pee.
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Critics Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder are joined by The Wrap's Alonso Duralde to discuss An Angel at My Table, Jane Campion's 1990 biopic of New Zealand writer Janet Frame. We discuss the changing nature of biopics, the ways "madwomen" have been silenced in past and present, and very dirty children.
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Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder are joined by the Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney to discuss Jane Campion's first theatrical feature, the 1989 film Sweetie, a movie about two sisters and their tense, exhausting relationship. We talk with Rooney about how this film fits into the larger Australian film scene, the divisiveness of Sweetie as a character, and trees.
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Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder discuss Jane Campion's 2009 film Bright Star, a biopic about the love life and death of poet John Keats. We talk about how Campion handled what could've easily been a paint-by-numbers biopic, the real life John Keats and Fanny Brawne, and the fan letter campion received from Hollywood's least sentimental director.
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Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder discuss Jane Campion's 1993 masterpiece The Piano. We talk about its epic ethereality, Campion's seeming influence on Hollywood, and Daniel waxes rhapsodic about Harvey Keitel's 53-year-old ass.
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Critics Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder are getting ready for the second season of their podcast focusing on a specific filmmaker. This season is focused on New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion, and will begin on Thursday, October 21 with her masterpiece The Piano.
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Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder discuss two of Almodóvar's most controversial films. First we talk about 1993's Kika, its uncontrollable plot, and how oddly the only scene that seems to work is the one where Almodóvar attempts to make rape funny. Then we get into 2011's The Skin I Live In, the film that divided us the most. We go through the chilly horror of it all, the movie's approach to the physical body, and why it made the skin Daniel lives in crawl.
Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder.
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Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder discuss Almodóvar's latest work, the short film The Human Voice. We talk about all the references he makes to his past films, how he's been obsessed with the subject matter his whole career, and the Tilda Swinton of it all.
Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder.
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Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder are joined by critic Alonso Duralde to discuss 2019's Pain and Glory, Almodóvar's most autobiographical work. We talk about the beauty of the cave homes in rural Spain, how Franco kept the country in the past during much of the 20th century, and the pain and loss that draw us back to youthful inspiration.
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Film critic David Rooney joins Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder to discuss 2006's Volver. We talk about the brilliance of the female ensemble, Penélope Cruz's Mediterranean voluptuousness, and the healing power of truth and farts.
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Film critic Justin Chang joins Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder to talk about 2004's Bad Education. We discuss Almodóvar's take on chilly noir, the dizzying plots within plots, and Gael García Bernal's many faces. Oh, and we throw in a few puns.
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Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder discuss a true masterpiece, 2002's Talk to Her. We talk about male tenderness, villainous innocence, and Almodóvar’s continued explorations of obsession and miscommunication. Oh, and giant fake vagina.
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Slate's June Thomas joins Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder to talk 1990's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! We discuss this terrifying mixture of horror and romance, provocation and passion, and ask if it's really a tale as old as time.
June is the host of Slate's Working.
Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder.
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Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder discuss Pedro Almodóvar's 1987 film Law of Desire. Faced with an overstuffed melodrama containing more plot than any one film can handle, they talk about this wonderful mess of a work, and the confusing ways we all feel desire. And Daniel reveals just a bit too much about himself.
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In this episode, Inkoo Kang and Daniel Schroeder plunge into Almodóvar's film about a woman desperate to hold onto a man who doesn't love her anymore, and the increasingly zany characters who begin to fill her apartment as everybody's crises just start piling up. And of course we talk about voicemails, gazpacho, and the most perfect set of earrings.
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