Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, and (unfortunately) Armie Hammer
Two heavy movies, plus culture notes about a certain alleged(?) cannibal(?) fetishist(?)
We discuss Promising Young Woman and Sound of Metal, two films about finding silence after what feels like the end of the world.
04:05 Promising Young Woman, available for rental now and out in theaters soon, is talked about as a revenge fantasy, but it's more about how to sit with the terrible reality that what happened happened.
20:52 Sound of Metal, streaming on Amazon Prime Video, is a uniquely immersive look at the experience of losing one's hearing but gaining something else.
32:51 Plus, culture notes about what's going on with the Armie Hammer stuff (sorry).
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Music: REEKAH
Artwork and design: Sara Macias and Andrew Liu
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