Episode 348: From Babylon To Pandora

Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have done one final review show for 2022 and close it out with some biggies. It was quite a year for documentaries and they finish with four new ones including the story of a natural disaster tragedy (The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari), the face of the Psychic Readers Network (Call Me Miss Cleo), a relationship between author and editor (Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb) and Laura Poitras’ new film on artist and activist Nan Goldin (All The Beauty and the Bloodshed). The pair revisit their Sundance review of the remake of Ikiru with Bill Nighy (Living) and Olivia Colman takes an unexpected trip with a kid (Joyride). Rebel Wilson deals with a traumatic brain injury (The Almond And The Seahorse), Hugh Jackman deals with a depressed teenager (The Son) and director Alejandro G. Inarritu deals with his own career (Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths). Antonio Banderas returns as the swashbuckling kitty (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), Damien Chazelle tackles Hollywood pre-and-post talkies (Babylon) and James Cameron finally takes us back to the world of the Na’vi after 13 years (Avatar: The Way of Water)

0:00 - Intro

2:18 - Living 

14:20 - Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

23:51 – The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari

31:28 - All The Beauty and the Bloodshed

41:37 - Call Me Miss Cleo

49:29 – The Almond And The Seahorse

57:08 - The Son

1:11:35 - Joyride

1:18:27 - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

1:31:06 - Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

1:45:10 - Babylon

2:04:44 - Avatar: The Way of Water

2:29:38 - Outro