Slate Culture Feed Culture Gabfest - The 3 Blake Lively Problem Edition
On this week’s show, Steve, Dana, and Julia gab about Another Simple Favor, the sequel to Paul Fieg’s 2018 A Simple Favor, which again pits Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick in a twisty, noir comedy.
Next, they discuss Amy Sherman Paladino’s new Franco-American ballet TV confection Étoile. Finally, they confer on the shocking conclave pick of an American pope with New York Times journalist and Vatican-watcher Ruth Graham.
In the exclusive Slate Plus Bonus Episode, the panel spoils the heck out of all the many wild plot turns of Another Simple Favor.
Endorsements:
Dana: The new film April by up-and-coming Georgian filmmaker Déa Kulumbegashvili.
Julia: An essay by Keith Phipps’s about six crucial seconds in The French Connection and the experience of seeing this William Friedken film classic at a repertory cinema near you.
Steve: The enduringly nourishing poem “Peeling Onions” by Adrienne Rich.
Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.
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