Ep. 638 - Many Saints of Newark (GUEST: Matt Zoller Seitz from Rogerebert.com and Vulture)

The Filmcast

David talks about the new Netflix filmThe Guilty, Devindra mentions the Apple TV+ series Foundation, and Jeff brings up The Problems with Jon Stewart. For the feature review, the Filmcast is joined by Matt Zoller Seitz, Editor-at-large at RogerEbert.com and author of The Sopranos Sessions, to watch Many Saints of Newark. Find out how does this prequel live up to the HBO series The Sopranos?

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Weekly Plugs

David - Culturally Relevant interview with Keith Phipps

Devindra - Windows 11 review

Jeff - The Dungeon Run - Episode 97: Jailbreak

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)

What we've been watching (~09:45)
David - The Guilty, Almost Famous: The Unchosen One,

Devindra - Foundation

Jeff - The Problem with Jon Stewart, 10 Year Old Tim, Galaxy of Sounds

Feature (~56:00)
Many Saints of Newark
Spoilers (~1:26:29)

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