8 - 'True Detective: Night Country' Finale and a Trip to France for 'The Taste of Things' and 'The New Look'

We open with some on-the-ground coverage of this year's especially fraught Berlinale, digging into the film festival's political undercurrents (2:38).

Teddy Kim comes by to close the case on True Detective: Night Country. We dive under the ice to unpack the finale (9:13) before discussing some big-picture thoughts and the series' overall reception (34:22).

Next, it's a trip to France, courtesy of SchmearCast's French dispatch, Elvire Audi. We discuss and debate two brand new works, the romantic cooking film The Taste of Things (47:47) and Apple TV+'s Dior vs. Channel period drama The New Look (1:07:54).

Host: Gabriel Frieberg

Producer: Pavlo Melnyk

Music: Justin Friedman

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