Episode #339: "One Night in Miami," "Herself," and "Shadow in the Cloud" (Spoilerpiece Theatre)

Episode #339: "One Night in Miami," "Herself," and "Shadow in the Cloud"

Spoilerpiece Theatre · Jan 8, 2021 · 58m

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Herself (2020)segment

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One Night in Miami... (2020)segment

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Show notes

Because we recorded this episode on January 6, 2021, we take a moment to acknowledge the day's events before we talk about any movies this week. After we do that, Megan kicks things off with SHADOW IN THE CLOUD (3:25), Roseanne Liang's WWII action/horror film starring Chloë Grace Moretz. Then everyone reviews HERSELF (14:18). This film tackles difficult content so we offer a trigger warning before discussing Phyllida Lloyd's drama about a single mother (Clare Dunne) who escapes an abusive ex and struggles to find a home for her children. We wrap up with ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (33:19), Regina King's directorial debut about a fictional meeting between Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr), and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge). And in this week's Patreon exclusive audio , we pay tribute to the late Joan Micklin Silver by discussing her 1975 directorial debut HESTER STREET .