Episode 193: Margaret

This week, Morgan and Gavia discuss Kenneth Lonergan's undersung epic Margaret (2011), starring an expansive cast including Anna Paquin, J. Smith Cameron, Mark Ruffalo, and Matt Damon. Topics include the film's fraught post-production history, its stellar ensemble cast, Lonergan's mastery of character and dialogue, and much more.

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Episode 25: LFF 2016 II: Manchester by the Sea, Certain Women & More

In their second dispatch from the London Film Festival, Morgan and Gavia discuss Kenneth Lonergan's heartbreaking masterpiece Manchester by the Sea, as well as Certain Women, Kelly Reichardt's exquisite adaptation of Maile Meloy's Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, which won Best Film at the festival's award ceremony. They also run down other films they saw at the fest, including Una, A Quiet Passion, Wolf and Sheep, and more.

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