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Join Charlene and Jackie, two NYC film crew workers with an absolute love of art house films …and an absolute lack of press passes to see those films at the major festivals where they premiere.
Each month your two hosts will venture through the wilds of NYC public transportation and psychotic post screening Q&A’s to discuss a festival film that has finally been released to the general public.
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Episodes
7 episodes
The Sparrow in the Chimney
Charlene and Jackie see The Sparrow in The Chimney at BAM and there’s a lot to talk about: so many animals, so many kids, so many scenes where we had to cover our eyes.Plus: Experiences with wild west Q&A Culture, why the English Pat...
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Episode 7
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1:17:46
Sorry, Baby
Charlene and Jackie go in and go off on Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor’s Cannes playing, Sundance Award winning debut. This episode has everything: wild speculation about A24’s business decision making process, Emerald Fennell haterade, th...
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Episode 6
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1:12:26
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
Charlene and Jackie dive into the JACU (Jane Austen Cinematic Universe) to discuss Laura Piani’s debut feature Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, which premiered at TIFF last fall.Topics covered include writers writing about writing, the cinem...
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Episode 5
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1:10:53
The Wedding Banquet (2025)
Charlene and Jackie discuss Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet, a 2025 update of Ang Lee’s celebrated 1993 film starring Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang. Topics discussed include our favorite book to movie adaptations, how to retell a 1...
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Episode 4
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1:04:06
Opus
Charlene and Jackie debrief on Opus, the A24 pop star multi murder thriller/comedy (?) starring Ayo Adebiri and John Malkovich, a movie that shot straight from Sundance 2025 to the common multiplex in a mere two months. Topics discu...
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Episode 3
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1:14:15