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Table Talk: Soul (2020)

Discussing Pixar’s latest movie, Soul, specifically its advanced animation, vision of the supernatural, and moral lessons.

RoundtablesAren BergstromJanuary 8, 2021Table Talk, Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Pixar, Kemp Powers, Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad, Donnell Rawlings, Questlove, Angela Bassett, SoulComment

Table Talk: An American Pickle (2020)

Anders and Aren dig into HBO Max’s An American Pickle, examining it as a showcase for Seth Rogen and an investigation of the role of religion in modernity.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromAugust 12, 2020Table Talk, An American Pickle, Brandon Trost, Simon Rich, Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, JudaismComment

Table Talk: Da 5 Bloods (2020)

Anders and Anton discuss the new Spike Lee Vietnam War film, Da 5 Bloods, and how it fits into Lee’s on filmography, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the legacy of American imperialism in Southeast Asia.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromJune 26, 2020Table Talk, Spike Lee, war movie, drama, race, Vietnam, Delroy LIndo, Clarke Peters, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Jonathan Majors, Norm Lewis, Paul Walter Hauser, Melanie Thierry, Jaspar Paakonen, Jean RenoComment

Table Talk: Peter Bogdanovich's Targets (1968)

Anders and Aren discuss Peter Bogdanovich’s debut feature, Targets, and how the film is a touchstone for the work of Quentin Tarantino and explores the relationship between violence and cinema.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromApril 21, 2020Targets, Table Talk, Peter Bogdanovich, Samuel Fuller, Boris Karloff, Tim O'Kelly, Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time ... in HollywoodComment