Call My Agent!, The Head, and the end of WandaVision
Moviemaking in France and murder in Antarctica, plus all roads lead to Marvel
We discuss Call My Agent!, a French love letter to show business, and The Head, an international South Pole murder mystery.
04:20 Call My Agent!, a series on Netflix, captures the allure and the fallacy of the "workplace family" fantasy, as framed through a talent agency in Paris.
20:28 The Head, a limited series on HBO Max, is a whodunit that's as much about how a group of people unravels as it is about who went on a killing spree.
35:00 Plus, culture notes about WandaVision finale discourse!
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Music: REEKAH
Artwork and design: Sara Macias and Andrew Liu
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