Episode 177: CELLULOID DREAMS 3/7/24
CELLULOID DREAMS 3/7/24
THIS WEEK'S SHOW:
June is a wannabe influencer who's juggling multiple problems: her parents want her to move out, her ex-boyfriend accuses her of stalking him, and two detectives think she may be involved in the robbery of a local pharmacy. DRUGSTORE JUNE is a comedy written and directed by the man who gave the world GRANDMA's BOY amd our first guest: Nicholaus Goossen.
ASLEEP IN MY PALM introduces us to an Afghanistan War veteran and his teenage daughter living off the grid during a very wintery Ohio must confront the challenges of her sexual awakening and the reckoning of his conflicted and violent past. We're joined by actor Tim Blake Nelson for the feature directorial debut of his son Henry.
The Oscars are here! So, we pop back to 2019 for our chat with the director of that year's Academy Award-winning film. In the Roma district of Mexico City in the early 1970s, scenes of family life and the strain of marriage are conveyed through the eyes of the family's maid. Writer/director/cinematographer (also editor and producer!) Alfonso Cuarón speaks on his autobiographical film ROMA.
Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews including SPACEMAN [Netflix]; ENNIO; RICKY STANICKY [Prime Video]; SHAYDA; MIGRATION [4K][Universal Home Entertainment] and CONTAGION [4K][Warner Home Entertainment].
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This week's featured classic soundtrack: NYAD (music by Alexandre Desplat) [Netflix Music]
