Film critic (and newly minted podcaster) Nathanael Smith returns to the show to talk about the recently completed Polygon web series Car Boys, an immensely funny show about crashing computer generated cars which wound up being intensely surreal and moving. They also talk about Nathanael's new podcast The VOD Pod, a show which provides a guiding light for those looking for something good to watch on streaming services, and look back on the first six months of 2017 and try to figure out if cinema is dead or not. Ed also finally gets to rant about Kong: Skull Island.
- Tony Zhou's video essay about Satoshi Kon, which Nathanael references towards the end of the episode, can be watched on his YouTube channel here.
00:00:00 - 00:06:10 - Intro/Ed and Nathanael talk about The VOD Pod
00:06:11 - 00:19:25 - Ed & Nathanael share their highlights from the first six months of 2017
00:19:26 - 00:45:18 - Ed & Nathanael talk about Car Boys
00:45:19 - 00:54:29 - SRS Recommends/Outro
321. Gateway Filmmakers
320. Blind Spots
319. Emily's Birthday 2021
318. Best of 2020
317. Art That Helped Us Get Through 2020
316. HBOMax and the Future of Theatrical Releases
315. Autism in Film and TV
314. Autumnal Movies
313. Frequent Collaborations
312. Elections
311. Borat and the Limits of Satire
310. Qui-Bye
309. One Location Movies
308. This Hits Different
307. Dreams
306. The State of Streaming
305. News Roundup
304. Time
303. The Cultural Weight of the Criterion Collection
302. Late Night Television
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