FRESH KILL (1994)
dir. Shu Lea Cheang
Shareen Lightfoot and Claire Mayakovsky raise their daughter Honey near the Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island in New York City. Shareen works as a salvager recovering refuse from the landfill, while Claire works as a waitress at a sushi restaurant. The city is heavily contaminated with pollution that adversely affects local animals and food; Claire brings home contaminated fish from the restaurant that is eaten by Honey, who begins glowing green and then vanishes. Shareen and Claire discover that the multinational GX Corporation is responsible for the pollution and Honey's disappearance, and become involved in an effort to hack and expose the company with sushi chef/hacker Jiannbin Lui, and poet/dishwasher Miguel Flores. (link in title)
DIRK BOGARDE as EDWARD BARE in Cast a Dark Shadow (1955), dir. Lewis Gilbert
Well, I slipped up that time, Moni. You wanted to look after me. I shall have to think again. One thing's certain, though. Somebody's got to pay my passage.
ANOTHER COUNTRY (1984)
dir. Marek Kanievska
Elderly former soviet spy Guy Burgess is being interviewed by an American journalist about how his life ended up on the path it did. In relaying his story, he focuses on the transition into his senior year at a prestigious boys school in Britain in the 1930s, his desire to climb the student hierarchy, his friendships, his first love, and his developing life beliefs. Based on the play by Julian Mitchell.
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Tim and Jen seek aid from wacky funster @bitterkarella to explain a film series as British as lousy weather and inedible food: the Carry On series! Also, Tim positively bursts with Carry On-related research. Hear the whole episode at our Patreon!