Episode notes
Romance novelist and filmmaker Alys Murray joins us to unpack Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights adaptation, and (perhaps unsurprisingly) opinions are varied! What does the movie have in common with Grease 2? Listen and learn! Plus, we have a Hotline call all about movie characters that need family or couples counseling.
What’s Good
Alonso – Nathan Rabin’s The Fractured Mirror
Drea – Talking Spindle Cove on Reading Smut
Alys – The Artful Dodger TV series
Kevin – Valentine’s Day romance, courtesy of Avengers: Endgame
ITIDIC
- Bad Bunny Sets First Lead Movie Role in ‘Porto Rico’ With Norton, Bardem
- Remembering a Trio of of Hollywood Greats We Lost this Week
(Tom Noonan • Frederick Wiseman • Robert Duvall)
– Alonso recommends The Store as a Wiseman entry point.
– Tom Noonan’s The Wife is an adaptation of his play, Wifey.
Staff Picks
Drea – Emily
Alonso – A Useful Ghost
Alys – Dangerous Beauty
Kevin – Sliding Doors
Alys Murray’s new book is A Little Buzzed
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Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher
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