[School of Movies 2022]
Perhaps the oldest film we have covered as a Main Event show to date, as well as one of the most significant from that era. Frank Capra's seminal Holiday classic is often dismissed as syrupy fluff by those who haven't yet seen it, or misremembered as light comedy by those who caught it in fragments over the years without sitting down to really take in what it's saying.
It's neither of those things, and the greatest tragedy is how searingly relevant this 1946 post-war exercise in picking up the pieces of a nation still is. Sharon and I have been earmarking it for the SOM treatment for many years, but always putting it off as too heavy or too daunting, and also too beloved to cover in any way that wasn't 200% satisfying for all.
Luckily Chris Finik came along with a shred choice of Commissioned show, and now you all get to listen to what it sounds like when we pull out all the stops.
The Secrets of Dumbledore
The Road to El Dorado
Withnail & I
Secret of NIMH / American Tail / Land Before Time
Mario Kart
Bound
Sing & Sing 2
Street Fighter
Akira
Hawkeye
The Matrix Resurrections
The Matrix Revolutions
The Animatrix
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix
Avatar
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Titanic
The Ref
True Lies
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