#861: Kimi / Encanto - a podcast by Kempenaar & Larsen

Another year, another Soderbergh. The prolific director has been averaging a film a year for about a decade now, which has Adam wondering if we’re taking him for granted. His latest - KIMI, starring Zoe Kravitz and streaming exclusively on HBO Max - is a tech thriller that lets Soderbergh show off his craft while providing some genre thrills in the vein of “Rear Window” and “The Conversation.” Josh can admire the craft, but wonders if Soderbergh’s feverish filmmaking pace has kept him from returning to the highs of his ’90s and early 2000s heyday. Adam and Josh also don’t quite see eye to eye on Disney’s ENCANTO, which last week received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature. While one sees a moving and surprisingly sophisticated take on generational trauma, the other sees a film that is ambitious but overstuffed. (They both dug Bruno.) Plus, details about the upcoming Buster Keaton Marathon and Filmspotting Madness—Best of the 1970s.
0:00 - Billboard
1:08 - Review: "Kimi"
Sebastián Yatra, "Dos Oruguitas"
28:10 - Nex Week / Notes
43:05 - Polls
57:58 - Review: "Encanto"
1:12:50 - Outro / Outtake
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