Film Chat

This week we enter a magical world of giants, dreams, sea monsters, fleas, and horny French kings, as we review a pair of cinematic fables -- Spielberg's sparkling Roald Dahl adaptation The BFG and Matteo Garrone's dark fairy-tale anthology Tale of Tales. Also! We discuss John Turturro's plans to make his classic "The Jesus" character extra creepy and whether movies are irresponsibly encouraging young people to declare war on that much-maligned demographic, middle-aged white dudes. And we are treated to some mini essays on popular music videos from legendary director-cum-philosopher Werner Herzog.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.