Riders of Justice, Pig, and Emmys
Loss and revenge, plus awards chatter
We discuss Riders of Justice and Pig, two films about men dealing with grief.
04:13 Riders of Justice, streaming on Hulu, picks apart the tropes of the “middle-aged man revenge action thriller” in such an elegant, intelligent, and darkly hilarious way.
23:33 Pig, a hero’s journey of porcine proportions available VOD, sketches out a character portrait of a chef-turned-recluse.
39:35 Plus, culture notes about the Emmys, which have already happened by now, but not when we recorded this.
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Music: REEKAH
Artwork and design: Sara Macias and Andrew Liu