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#185: Fall Movie Preview 2023

·1 hr 45 min

1. Cinema Scumbags Movie Podcast #185 is a fall 2023 preview centered on TIFF, upcoming releases, and recent watches. 2. Seth, Nick, and guest Ryan Sudfield, who hosts Film Fragments and works as an executive producer and interviewer, bring the movie-news angle. 3. The episode asks which 2023 films are worth tracking, from festival titles to late-year releases. 4. Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron, titled How Do You Live in Japan, opens the discussion because it is described as his last film. 5. Ryan says Miyazaki has not made a film in 10 years and calls him one of the best voices in the industry. 6. Ryan also repeats Miyazaki’s comment that he is making the film so his grandchild has someone to remember him by. 7. The hosts compare the English title The Boy and the Heron with How Do You Live and say the Japanese title is more intriguing. 8. Ryan points out several TIFF titles tied to Boyhood connections, including Patricia Arquette’s Gonzo Girl, Ethan Hawke’s directorial project, and Richard Linklater’s new film. 9. Gonzo Girl is described as Patricia Arquette’s directorial debut, based on a semi-autobiographical novel about Cheryl de la Pereira’s time as Hunter S. Thompson’s personal assistant. 10. Michael Keaton’s Knox Goes Away is described as a hit-man story about memory loss and an estranged son. 11. Chris Pine’s directorial debut and Pedro Almodóvar’s short-film presentation at TIFF also come up as part of the festival slate. 12. Ryan notes that A24 is the only studio he thinks is currently able to promote under the SAG situation. 13. The conversation shifts to streaming royalties, with Seth comparing the problem to Spotify and saying Netflix blocked his password access. 14. Robot Dreams gets singled out as a dialogue-free animated film set in New York, with Ryan calling it a Cannes-acclaimed hand-drawn buddy comedy. 15. The group then turns to William Friedkin’s death and mentions his upcoming Venice Film Festival film that will no longer get promotion from him. 16. Friedkin’s The Exorcist gets revisited through its 50th-anniversary release, including a $100 set and arguments over whether the package justifies the price. 17. Seth talks about seeing Minding the Gap for the first time and says he could have watched another hour of its skateboarders and family trauma. 18. Ryan’s Boogie Nights theater experience in New York includes a sold-out crowd clapping for Philip Seymour Hoffman and Phil Baker Hall. 19. The tone stays conversational and opinionated, with joking interruptions, film trivia, and long tangents about theaters, collectors’ editions, and Jersey City transit. 20. Fans of fall movie previews, festival chatter, and movie-collector arguments will get the most out of it, while people wanting tight reviews of one film may skip it.

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A loose September preview built on sharp chemistry, blunt takes, and horror fatigue.

This episode opens with mugs, teasing, and an easy pile-on that gives the conversation a loose, lived-in feel before it moves into September titles like The Equalizer 3 and The Nun 2.

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Press play for a rowdy September movie check-in that keeps the barstool energy high while Seth, Nick, and Ryan riff on what is and is not worth your time.

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