About this episode
We are looking at the 2024 Netflix adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning August Wilson play, The Piano Lesson, directed by Malcolm Washington, starring John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, and Samuel L. Jackson. Plus we take a music-movie quiz written by Steven Ray Morris . Emmy-winning film and television producer, Shelby Stone , joins us. What’s Good: Drea - Celebrity Look Alike Competitions Shelby - Not Snowing or Freezing on the East Coast/Her pets Alonso - A Season for Soft Foods (A can of Campbells’ Cream of Chicken Soup) ITIDIC: 1. Several high-profile filmmakers pull their films out of Poland’s Camerimage Film Festival following a Misogynist op-ed written by the festival’s founder and head Marek Żydowicz. - https://deadline.com/2024/11/coralie-fargeat-the-substance-camerimage-marek-zydowicz-women-cinematographers-1236178278/ - https://www.thewrap.com/camerimage-festival-jury-we-wholeheartedly-support-gender-inclusivity/ - https://deadline.com/2024/11/steve-mcqueen-blitz-camerimage-film-festival-2024-marek-zydowicz-female-cinematographers-1236174179/ 2. Anna Kendrick Felt ‘Gross’ Making Money Off ‘Woman of the Hour,’ Donated All Her Pay to Anti-Violence Charities: ‘Felt Like the Least I Could Do’ 3. Pop-Loving Beauty Brand E.l.f. Cosmetics Launches Production Arm Christmas Movie Minute: Festival of Trees Tis the Season to be Irish Christmas with the Singhs Jingle Bell Run Confessions of a Christmas Letter Hot Frosty Staff Picks: Drea - Flow Shelby - Nightbitch Alonso - Carnage for Christmas Plugs! Have Yourself A Movie Little Christmas I’ll Be Home For Christmas Movies Follow us on BlueSky , Facebook , Instagram , or Letterboxd With Kevin Avery Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher