Episode notes
Director/star James Sweeney’s sophomore follow-up to Straight Up made a spalsh at Sundance this January, winning the Audience Award and a lot of buzz about Dylan O’Brien’s dual roles as twins Roman and Rocky. Director and writer Bryan Fuller, whose feature debut DUST BUNNY recently premiered at TIFF, joins us to see what all the fuss is about. Then we share some of our favorite dark comedies.
What’s Good
Alonso – Hobnobs (and Hobnob Fever!)
Drea – Competitive nonsense (windowdressing, bedmaking, etc)
Bryan – a murder of yard crows
Kevin – no more wasps
ITIDIC
TIFF Wraps Up, Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet Wins Audience Award
Paramount Wants to Buy Warner Bros
Remembering Robert Redford
Staff Picks
Drea – Predators (2025) (and Love and Monsters)
Alonso – Chain Reactions
Bryan – The Last Viking
Kevin – Alien
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Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher
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Guests
- Bryan Fuller
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