This week, Hanna chats to Nadia Fall about the teen friendship at the heart of her feature debut BRIDES, while we review Paul Thomas Anderson’s American epic ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut, URCHIN.

Plus, in our HOT TAKE, we get into that Alien: Earth finale.

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This week, we have a little change in programming! Amon and Clarisse are living it up in Disneyland Paris, so Hanna is manning the fort, setting up some fantastic interviews. First, she talks to Nadia Latif about her feature debut, THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT, then Amon chats with Simbi 'Little Simz' Ajikawo and Jay Lycurgo about British drama STEVE.

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This week, we turn it up to eleven with sequel SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES (12:00), while Sam Riley causes a racket as a washed-up tennis coach in ISLANDS (28:17), and we review FROM GROUND ZERO (41:08), an anthology film directed by 22 Palestinian directors living under the genocide.

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (54:44), we ask: do written reviews still matter?

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This week, grab your bibles and your rosaries, as a blockbuster horror franchise reaches its end in THE CONJURING: LAST RITES (09:12), while two legendary directors make their return as we review Spike Lee’s HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (26:05) and Ethan Coen’s HONEY DON’T (43:14), made in collaboration with Tricia Cooke.

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (55:33), we ask: Do actors get pigeonholed by taking on franchise roles?

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This week, Hanna speaks to THE ROSES screenwriter Tony McNamara about how to craft a perfect divorce (06:40), while we review the film (32:36). Then we discuss Darren Aronofsky’s latest as he tries his hand at a comedy caper with CAUGHT STEALING (42:49).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (56:07), we ask: are algorithms really deciding what movies are made?

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This week, Hanna sets out to solve the mystery of THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB by speaking to its director, Chris Columbus (08:32), while we review Mike Flanagan’s THE LIFE OF CHUCK (30:44), adapted from the Stephen King novella, and Eva Victor’s feature debut, SORRY, BABY (53:38).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:10:22), there's no wrong time to rock AND there’s no wrong time to chat PEACEMAKER SEASON TWO as the DCU’s biggest losers return to the small screen.

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This week, we see if we’re a match with Celine Song’s MATERIALISTS (08:22) and get closer than ever with body horror TOGETHER (31:04), while Bob Odenkirk dusts off those knuckles of his again for NOBODY 2 (42:44).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:00:34), we dive into the first two episodes of Noah Hawley’s ALIEN: EARTH series, with spoilers.

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This week, we’re in for a scare with Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS (10:30), while we ride along with Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson in THE PICKUP (27:29) and hop over to Corsica for Julien Colonna’s crime drama THE KINGDOM (37:47).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (51:54), we ask: are all the paparazzi set photos of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 and SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY spoiling these movies for audiences?

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