Riders of Justice, Pig, and Emmys - a podcast by Criticism Is Dead

We discuss Riders of Justice and Pig, two films about men dealing with grief.

04:13 Riders of Justice, streaming on Hulu, picks apart the tropes of the “middle-aged man revenge action thriller” in such an elegant, intelligent, and darkly hilarious way.

23:33 Pig, a hero’s journey of porcine proportions available VOD, sketches out a character portrait of a chef-turned-recluse.

39:35 Plus, culture notes about the Emmys, which have already happened by now, but not when we recorded this.

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