6 - Sundance 2024, 'Mr & Mrs. Smith' Impresses, and Criterion Corner Week 5: 'Hollywood Shuffle'

We kick things off with an ultra-fast recap and analysis of Sundance 2024, along with Schmear's rankings of what he saw (2:27).

Sena Adjei comes on to talk the new Donald Glover/Maya Erskine series, Mr & Mrs. Smith. We discuss the series' tumultuous development yet impressive and stylish end product (14:14). We then dive into the specifics of Episodes 1-4 (35:10).

Jesse Aaronson swings by for Criterion Corner Week 5, where we break down Robert Townsend's prescient satire of Black Hollywood Hollywood Shuffle and discuss how it directly influenced Cord Jefferson's Best Picture-nominated American Fiction (54:23).

Host: Gabriel Frieberg

Producer: Pavlo Melnyk

Music: Justin Friedman

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