At the turn of the millennium, one New Jersey-based auteur nailed his 130 minutes' worth of theses on the Catholic Church's door. We discuss Kevin Smith's DOGMA (1999) - the much-maligned director's biggest swing for the fences. PLUS: Is there a revolt within the Conservative Party of Canada?
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TORONTO: See Will introduce Steven Seagal's On Deadly Ground at the Fox Theatre on Wednesday, November 19 - https://www.foxtheatre.ca/movies/important-cinema-club-on-deadly-ground/
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PREVIEW - #668 - At Long Last, the EDtv Episode
Long remembered as "The movie that isn't The Truman Show," Ron Howard EDtv (1999) imagined a world where an average guy became a 24/7 TV superstar. We examine how the ways in which this relic of the '90s did and did not anticipate reality TV, social media, and the current-day self-surveillance state.
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#667 - A War Room with a View
Just as Zohran Mamdani's New York mayoral campaign has written a new playbook for Democratic Party politics... we look back at the old playbook. We investigate THE RETURN OF THE WAR ROOM (2008), D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus's sequel to their 1993 documentary classic.
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Jack Califano's shots of CPAC - https://x.com/LukewSavage/status/1986174741481234616
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PREVIEW - #666 - The Veer of Libidinous Intellect
David Cronenberg's COSMOPOLIS (2012) imagines a world where a young Wall Street billionaire is insulated in his limousine while society collapses around him. Luckily it's a work of purest fiction. PLUS: We take the temperature of the New York mayoral election, and have our longest sustained sports-related conversation ever.
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#665 - Cheesy Movies
It's a Gen-X and millennial touchstone that anticipated the next generation's parasocial content. But how does MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 hold up in the present moment? We investigate via one of the show's most beloved episodes, "Space Mutiny."
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"In her new book, Biden’s former press secretary lets Democrats have it" by Becca Rothfeld - https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/10/22/independent-karine-jean-pierre-review/
"Why Biden's White House Press Secretary is Leaving the Democratic Party" by Isaac Chotiner - https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-bidens-white-house-press-secretary-is-leaving-the-democratic-party
"Karine Jean-Pierre and the Return of the Girlboss" by Sarah Jones - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/karine-jean-pierre-and-the-return-of-the-girlboss.html
"No Joke [MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE MOVIE]" by Jonathan Rosenbaum - https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2025/09/no-joke/
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