Episode 78 - Kill Me Please - a podcast by One Week Only - Podcast

Episode 78 of One Week Only! This week's key film is "Kill Me Please," a surreal & utterly original coming-of-age dark comedy murder mystery, set in a High School in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. Directed by Anita Rocha da Silveira, this beautiful, visually striking film is a thrilling & arresting vision of teenage life mixed with gruesome murders, and the awakening of dark desires. Now Playing in New York at the Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn. (54:45)

We have an interview with Jordan Cronk, the founder of Acropolis Cinema, which plays international & avant-garde films in Los Angeles that don't have US distribution or are struggling to get theatrical attention. We talk about how the Acropolis Cinema came to be, the kind of films he looks for, and his involvement in the Locarno in LA film festival. Acropolis Cinema presents the LA Premiere of the award-winning Romanian drama "Sieranevada" on Saturday, September 2nd at 8pm at the Downtown Independent! (1:03:25)

We also review the ensemble comedy "I Do... Until I Don't" directed by & starring Lake Bell (5:35); the documentary "Dolores" about the unsung Activist hero Dolores Huerta, directed by Peter Bratt (16:40); the period drama "Viceroy's House" about British Rule in India, directed by Gurinder Chadra (26:30); the French divorce drama "After Love" directed by Joachim Lafosse (36:35); and the Chilean LTBTQ moral drama "Jesús" directed by Fernando Guzzoni (47:50).

Hosted by Carlos Aguilar & Conor Holt. Music by Kevin MacLeod at www.incompetech.com

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