About this episode

Corbin and Matt discuss the film High Hopes, exploring its themes and surprising facts about its cast.

Corbin has been intending on doing an episode about High Hopes since the show started. Why? You'll find out when you listen to the episode!!! Topics: Thatcher, the bitterness of leftists living in capital, some suprising facts about the actress who plays the mother, and the role of acting in Cinema. Next week's show is about "THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN!" You can watch it on Kanopy .

People in this episode

Hosts: Corbin Smith, Matt Ellis

Topics covered

• Thatcher
• bitterness of leftists
• capitalism
• acting in cinema
• High Hopes film analysis

Keywords

• High Hopes
• Mike Leigh
• Thatcher
• leftists
• acting
• cinema
• film review

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: HIGH HOPES, THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

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