Episode #49: The Village (2004)
Early in his career M. Night Shyamalan became known as the "twist ending" director, which reminds me of a great Reggie Jackson quote: "the only problem with hitting four home runs in one game is that now people want you to do it every night." In other words, this filmmaker painted himself into a "twist ending" corner, at least for one movie, and the result was an oddly beautiful period piece that people still love to complain / argue about. Big thanks to film critic Richard Newby (@richardLnewby) for joining me in this episode.
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