This week, Gavia and Morgan celebrate the centennial of F.W. Murnau's masterful adaptation of Dracula, the 1922 film Nosferatu. They discuss the collaborative nature of he project, its influence on later vampire films, its transgressive treatment of sex, and more. They also discuss the 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire, a pulpy reinterpretation of history that stars John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe as the director and star of Nosferatu.
Read MoreThis week, Gavia and Morgan finally go deep on Paolo Sorrentino's art film-cum-television program The Young Pope and its sequel The New Pope, in which they are both thoroughly overinvested. They discuss its treatment of Catholicism and the Church's recent scandals, Sorrentino's bravura direction, and above all, Jude Law's career-best performance as the young pope himself.
Read MoreThis week, Morgan and Gavia consider Netflix's new art world satire/horror flick Velvet Buzzsaw, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Toni Collette (among others) and directed by Dan Gilroy. They evaluate its success as satire of the art world, critique its use of horror tropes, and compare it to other recent entries in the art satire genre.
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