Description

Romance novelist and filmmaker Alys Murray joins us to unpack Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights adaptation, and (perhaps unsurprisingly) opinions are varied! What does the movie have in common with Grease 2? Listen and learn! Plus, we have a Hotline call all about movie characters that need family or couples counseling.

What’s Good

Alonso - Nathan Rabin’s The Fractured Mirror

Drea - Talking Spindle Cove on Reading Smut

Alys - The Artful DodgerTV series

Kevin - Valentine’s Day romance, courtesy of Avengers: Endgame

ITIDIC

1. Bad Bunny Sets First Lead Movie Role in ‘Porto Rico’ With Norton, Bardem
2. Remembering a Trio of of Hollywood Greats We Lost this Week
   
   (Tom Noonan • Frederick Wiseman • Robert Duvall)
   
   - Alonso recommends The Store as a Wiseman entry point.
   
   - Tom Noonan’s The Wife is an adaptation of his play, Wifey.

Staff Picks

Drea - Emily

Alonso - A Useful Ghost

Alys - Dangerous Beauty

Kevin - Sliding Doors

Alys Murray’s new book is A Little Buzzed

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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher