Maura tierney – This Had Oscar Buzz

After our Class of 2025 episode last week, we’re doing one of the most requested from the Class of 2023! After his COVID-stunted release (and beloved THOB title) The Nest, Sean Durkin’s next film would be the true and tragic story of the Von Erich wrestling family. With Zac Efron headlining the film as Kevin Von Erich, The Iron Claw compassionately details the family’s legacy of loss and became one of A24’s biggest hits. Naturally, we had to bring Vulture critic Roxana Hadadi back on to help us unpack this story of masculinity, brotherhood, and grief.

This episode, we talk about how A24 skipped the festivals for the film and made it one of the final films seen that season. We also discuss the film’s secret powerhouse Holt McCallany as the Von Erich patriarch, Harris Dickinson and Jeremy Allen White taking different position in the modern hunk hierarchy, and Durkin’s underloved work on Dead Ringers.

Topics also include reality television, The Smashing Machine, and giant onscreen breakfast.

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Attention, Dune-heads, we’re talking about Timothee Chalamet this week! In 2018, fresh off of his first Oscar nomination, Chalamet joined Steve Carell for Beautiful Boy, an adaptation of David and Nic Sheff’s memoirs about a young man’s addiction and his father’s attempts to help him. Directed by Felix van Groeningen (who’d directed nominated international feature The Broken Circle Breakdown), the film is a somewhat scattered and ineffective weepie that strains Carell’s limitations but nevertheless earned Chalamet Best Supporting Actor nominations at all the major precursors.

This week, we talk about Carell’s career starting with The Daily Show and his more tricky dramatic work. We also talk about Chalamet’s quick ascent following his Call Me By Your Name success, Maura Tierney’s impactful but too brief role, and 2018 Best Supporting Actor.

Topics also include Dune Part 2, TIFF 2018 galas, and the Beautiful Boy Erased is Back vibes of 2018.

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377 – The Iron Claw (w/ Roxana Hadadi!)

277 – Beautiful Boy