On the 134th episode of Piecing It Together, Daniel Berrios joins me to talk about one of the freshest, most excited debuts of 2020, Shannon Murphy’s Babyteeth. While it fits pretty squarely in the “dying teen” sub-genre of coming-of-age movies, this is a special movie and definitely has something more to say about life. Puzzle pieces include Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, The Fault In Our Stars, The Virgin Suicides and Garden State.
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On the 133rd episode of Piecing It Together, JC from Screen Fix Podcast joins me to talk about the latest Judd Apatow film, The King Of Staten Island, starring (and partially based on the life of) Pete Davidson, out now on VOD. A slight growth in the stoner, slacker man-child Apatow collection, it was a little tough to come up with puzzle pieces, but we had a great conversation anyway. Puzzle pieces include Say Anything, Knocked Up and Garden State.
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On the 4th episode of Missing Pieces, The Lady-Wan from the Screen Fix Podcast joins me to talk about 2004’s Garden State. Zach Braff swings for the fences with a story he wrote, directed, produced and starred in (not to mention putting together an all-timer soundtrack), and it definitely paid off at the time… But the film and star’s reputation has taken a hit in recent years. We discuss whether it still works. Puzzle pieces include The Graduate, American Beauty, Dazed & Confused and Annie Hall.
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