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‘The Bikeriders’ and the “Dudes Rock” Movie Canon, Plus ‘Kinds of Kindness’

Sean and Amanda are joined by Chris Ryan to discuss ‘The Bikeriders,’ and the director, Jeff Nichols, comes on to discuss the production of the movie

By Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, and Chris Ryan
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Sean and Amanda are joined by Chris Ryan to discuss The Bikeriders, a new Jeff Nichols movie starring Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, and Jodie Comer (1:00). They discuss the film’s successes, its influences, and more, before building a partial canon for movies in the “dudes rock” genre (30:00). Then, Chris leaves and Sean and Amanda discuss Kinds of Kindness, Yorgos Lanthimos’s anthology film and the latest installment in his creative collaboration with Emma Stone (52:00). Finally, Sean is joined by Bikeriders director Jeff Nichols to discuss the production of the movie, the book that inspired it, making such a stylized period piece, and more (1:15:00).

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Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Guests: Chris Ryan and Jeff Nichols
Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner

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