Tag: Jesse Plemons

403 – The Homesman (with Richard Lawson!)

We welcome back Richard Lawson this week to discuss Tommy Lee Jones’s final (to date!) directorial effort, 2014’s The Homesman. Led by Hilary Swank, the film follows a 19th century woman charged to transport three women with “prairie madness” across the Nebraska Territory. With Jones as a wayward man who assists her journey, the film debuted at Cannes and promised a return to the Best Actress race for Swank that never came to be.

This episode, we talk about Swank’s two Best Actress Oscars and Richard details his first experience with Cannes. We also talk about this film’s arrival after neo-westerns made a splash in the late aughts, its reflection on women during old west times, and Meryl Streep’s third act cameo.

Topics also include Ben Schnetzer, Amy Madigan narrating the Donner Party, and Julianne Moore’s sudden arrival in 2014’s Best Actress race with Still Alice.

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369 – i’m thinking of ending things

This week, we are talking about Charlie Kaufman in the director’s chair and how our thoughts have settled on what’s probably his most divisive film. In 2020, Kaufman returned to directing by adapting Iain Reid’s psychologically intense i’m thinking of ending things, told from the perspective of an unnamed woman visiting her new boyfriend’s rural home. With Jessie Buckley and Jesse Plemons at the forefront, the film folds in on itself for daring look at male dissociation.

This episode, we talk about our shifting thoughts on the film and the pricklier reception to Kaufman’s directorial efforts vs. his screenwriting credits. We also talk about Buckley’s swift rise after Wild Rose, Plemons’ television credits, and the film’s use of Pauline Kael.

Topics also include hot Oklahoma!, media consumption, and Toni Collette gets her Six Timers.

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