#38: Line Describing a Cone

Robert Davis and J. Robert Parks talk about the latest film by Olivier Assayas starring Kristen Stewart, Personal Shopper, Darren Aronofsky's mother!, and Paddington 2.

Robert Davis and J. Robert Parks talk about Frederick Wiseman's documentary Ex Libris: New York Public Library and Jordan Peele's Get Out. Plus Rob buys a ticket for a 17-minute movie by Michelangelo Antonioni.

Robert Davis and J. Robert Parks talk about two new films, Lady Bird (written and directed by Greta Gerwig) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (written and directed by Martin McDonagh).

On this edition of the Plastic Podcast, Robert Davis and J. Robert Parks talk about the 1959 film Imitation of Life, a film made a half century ago when America still struggled with racial division, when posing as someone of another race might afford certain advantages, when racially-motivated violence could erupt at a moment's notice, and when people in the privileged class were often blissfully unaware of the social tiers they daily reinforced.

On this edition of the Plastic Podcast, Robert Davis and J. Robert Parks talk not about a particular film or a particular filmmaker but about an idea: what changes when you watch a movie a second time?

On this edition of the podcast Robert Davis and J. Robert Parks talk about the recent acclaimed documentary THE ACT OF KILLING.

On this edition of the podcast Robert Davis and J. Robert Parks talk about Spike Jonze's HER and Andrew Bujalski's COMPUTER CHESS.

On this edition of the podcast Robert Davis and J. Robert Parks talk about Anthony McCall's LINE DESCRIBING A CONE.

On this edition of the podcast Robert Davis and J. Robert Parks talk about the new film from Darren Aronofsky, BLACK SWAN, starring Natalie Portman.

On this edition of the podcast Robert Davis and J. Robert Parks talk about the new film from the Coen brothers, TRUE GRIT.