Retrospective Cinema

A Jane Campion thriller? What does that even look like? Is it good? Annie and Ryan debate within, and along the way, dive into all sorts of hilarity. It's a fun one!

The quest to find a second Campion film that Annie likes continues! Will it be found in this strange surrealist 90's indie film? Maybe! Kate Winslet?! Harvey Keitel?! It could be brilliant!

Ryan and Annie see how Campion used her overnight success from The Piano for her next project, and whether a star-studded cast and a few big swings can win Annie back over after being so burned last time.

Ryan and Annie dive into the incredibly important 1993 Palme d'Or winner The Piano this week, but find it may not be all they were promised.

Annie and Ryan reach the early-career epic biopic from Campion chronicling the life of Janet Frame: author and survivor of cruel 20th century mental health "treatment." It is a harrowing, yet hopeful, film and the two discuss what works, what doesn't, and why it has had the staying power it has had.