Episode notes
With a city in flames, four individuals come together to confront Hard Truths.
Kirby Howell-Baptiste (“The Good Place”, “Killing Eve”) joins us from London to talk Mike Leigh’s latest film “Hard Truths”. Wildfires have claimed historic Hollywood landmarks. And movies that capture the locations they’re set in perfectly.
What’s Good
Alonso – Watch Duty app
Drea – An “adult Scholastic book fair”
Kirby Howell-Baptiste – Tina Lifford’s book The Little Book of Big Lies
Kevin – Kindness
ITIDIC
Movies That Capture Locations Perfectly
Kirby – Uncut Gems & Shaun of the Dead
Alonso – True Stories & Dr. T and the Women
Drea – Young Adult and Nebraska
Kevin – Beat Street
Staff Picks
Alonso – Career Girls
Drea – Sing Sing and Grand Theft Hamlet
Kevin – Spy Game
Kirby – We Strangers
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With
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Kevin Avery
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher
In this episode...
Guests
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste
- Kevin Avery
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A movie podcast that isn’t just a bunch of straight white dudes. Comedian Ify Nwadiwe is joined by film producer Drea Clark and film critic Alonso Duralde for a fast, funny, flight through film. Maximum Film! is news, reviews and in-depth insight, beamed directly into your ears every week.
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