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by Ryan Saylor and Annie Murrell
Full filmographies, one week at a time. Each episode Ryan Saylor and Annie Murrell discuss the films of chosen directors by chronologically moving through each filmography every week until the job is done.
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- 3 days ago41 min
71 - Jane Campion - Top of the Lake (S1, Episodes 5-7)
Ryan and Annie wrap up the first season of Jane Campion's Top of the Lake. Will last week's glowing review of the first half of the season hold for the latter half? Will Campion stick the landing? The answers (and tons of spoilers) lie within.
- 1 weeks ago45 min
70 - Jane Campion - Top of the Lake (S1, Episodes 1-4)
Ryan and Annie begin their binge of Jane Campion's television series Top of the Lake, a mystery-thriller from 2013 starring Elisabeth Moss. Will Campion's second swing at the thriller genre be more successful in the eyes of our intrepid hosts?
- 2 weeks ago45 min
69 - Jane Campion - Bright Star
Annie and Ryan are transported back to the last few years of the Romantic poet John Keats's life in Jane Campion's historical romance from 2009. Will a return to a period piece also be a return to form for Campion? Will Annie ever find another Campion film she likes? There's only one way to find out...
- 3 weeks ago36 min
68 - Jane Campion - In the Cut
A Jane Campion thriller? What does that even look like? Is it good? Annie and Ryan debate within, and along the way, dive into all sorts of hilarity. It's a fun one!
- Oct 14, 202638 min
67 - Jane Campion - Holy Smoke
The quest to find a second Campion film that Annie likes continues! Will it be found in this strange surrealist 90's indie film? Maybe! Kate Winslet?! Harvey Keitel?! It could be brilliant!
- Oct 7, 202646 min
66 - Jane Campion - The Portrait of a Lady
Ryan and Annie see how Campion used her overnight success from The Piano for her next project, and whether a star-studded cast and a few big swings can win Annie back over after being so burned last time.
- Sep 30, 202642 min
65 - Jane Campion - The Piano
Ryan and Annie dive into the incredibly important 1993 Palme d'Or winner The Piano this week, but find it may not be all they were promised.
- Sep 23, 202643 min
64 - Jane Campion - An Angel at My Table
Annie and Ryan reach the early-career epic biopic from Campion chronicling the life of Janet Frame: author and survivor of cruel 20th century mental health "treatment." It is a harrowing, yet hopeful, film and the two discuss what works, what doesn't, and why it has had the staying power it has had.
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