TV & Film:Film Reviews
And Just Like That, The Last Duel, and Netflix's price hike
2022-01-25
We discuss And Just Like That... and The Last Duel, two works about the lives of women.
04:03 HBO Max's And Just Like That... interestingly picks up the thread of cynicism that ran through Sex and the City, but it loses some of the magic of the original.
30:22 The Last Duel, streaming on HBO Max, makes good use of the Rashomon effect to depict the horrendous truth of a woman's experience at the hands of men.
39:47 Plus, culture notes about Netflix's latest price increase and how it's trying to adapt in a world flush with streaming competitors.
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Music: REEKAH
Artwork and design: Sara Macias and Andrew Liu
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