Matthew McConaughey - Mud

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on Matthew McConaughey's performance in the film Mud with guests Tim and Amber.

Travel Back to the Filmography with the show dedicated to watching every credited film from an actor’s complete Back catalogue from past debut through to present day in chronological order. Each episode, I am joined by an esteemed guest to watch and discuss the next entry from the focused Filmography and consider how it ranks amidst their career and whether we can trace any typecasting trends or topic traits or theatrical tics. Today I’m joined by Tim and Amber from This American Wife podcast to discuss McConaughey’s performance in Jeff Nichols’ Mud from 2012. We watch. You listen… and, hopefully, watch along too..? Guest stars Amber and Tim can be heard hosting their own transatlantic takes on film through their show This American Wife podcast. You can find their show on Spotify (plus all the other usual places) and they can be found on X @americanwifepod and Instagram @this.american.wife. They have previously appeared on the show to discuss A Time to Kill, The Wedding Planner and Bernie. They will return to discuss McConaughey in Free State of Jones. Presenter JAC can be followed and contacted through X, Threads or Instagram (@IamJACsMusings). His film musings can be found on…

People in this episode

Host: JAC

Guests: Tim, Amber

Topics covered

• Matthew McConaughey
• film discussion
• typecasting
• film reviews
• Mud
• guest appearances

Keywords

• Matthew McConaughey
• Mud
• film review
• typecasting
• This American Wife
• JAC

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: This American Wife, Back to the Filmography

Books & works: Mud, A Time to Kill, The Wedding Planner, Bernie, Free State of Jones

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