Episode 385: "Hard Truths" with Kirby Howell-Baptiste

With a city in flames, four individuals come together to confront Hard Truths.
Kirby Howell-Baptiste (instagram.com/kirbyhowellbaptiste/?hl=en) (“The Good Place”, “Killing Eve”) joins us from London to talk Mike Leigh’s latest film “Hard Truths”. Wildfires have claimed historic Hollywood landmarks. And movies that capture the locations they’re set in perfectly.
What’s Good
Alonso - Watch Duty app (watchduty.org)
Drea - An “adult Scholastic book fair” (bsky.app/profile/vorthosmike.bsky.social/post/…)
Kirby Howell-Baptiste - Tina Lifford’s book The Little Book of Big Lies (harpercollins.com/products/the-little-book-of-…)
Kevin - Kindness
ITIDIC
• Hollywood landmarks destroyed by the fires (the-independent.com/news/world/americas/la-fir…)
• Awards Shows Postponed due to the fires (vulture.com/article/oscar-nominations-award-sh…)
Movies That Capture Locations Perfectly
Kirby - Uncut Gems (youtube.com/watch?v=vTfJp2Ts9X8) & Shaun of the Dead (youtube.com/watch?v=LIfcaZ4pC-4)
Alonso - True Stories (youtube.com/watch?v=5MIHT9d25wY) & Dr. T and the Women (youtube.com/watch?v=024wr51PRuM)
Drea - Young Adult (youtube.com/watch?v=rt2-M5hTkcs) and Nebraska (youtube.com/watch?v=ZuIBvmxIN4w)
Kevin - Beat Street (youtube.com/watch?v=7bYXW4x7RXk)

Staff Picks
Alonso - Career Girls (justwatch.com/us/movie/career-girls)
Drea - Sing Sing (justwatch.com/us/search?q=sing%20sing) and Grand Theft Hamlet (justwatch.com/us/movie/grand-theft-hamlet)
Kevin - Spy Game (youtube.com/watch?v=EH30237stWM)
Kirby - We Strangers (westrangers.film)
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Alonso Duralde (aduralde.bsky,social)
Kevin Avery (instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy/?hl=en)
Kirby Howell-Baptiste (instagram.com/kirbyhowellbaptiste/?hl=en)
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Sr. ProducerLaura Swisher (twitter.com/swish)

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Kevin Avery (instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy)
Drea Clark (twitter.com/thedreaclark)
Alonso Duralde (bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social)
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart (instagram.com/flaxbart)
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher (twitter.com/swish)