Parallel Pictures Podcast

The Crow & Saloum

This week we’re talking about the films The Crow and Saloum. The Crow is a 1994 American film directed by Alex Proyas and shot by Dariusz Wolski. On Devil’s Night, one year after his death, Eric returns to the land of the living. Rising to the occasion, he becomes an undead vigilante exacting revenge on the goons who killed him. Saloum is a 2021 Senegalese film directed by Jean Luc Herbulot and shot by Gregory Corandi. The Hyenas, a trio of mercenaries, find themselves in Saloum when an extraction mission goes wrong. As the barrier to the spirit world crumbles, a seemingly unplanned stop turns into far more than any of them could have expected.

X & Knife + Heart

This week we’re talking about the films X and Knife + Heart X is a 2022 American film directed by Ti West and shot by Eliot Rockett. Maxine, a wannabe pornstar in 1979 Texas, and her rag-tag dirty movie crew set off to a remote property owned by a strange elderly couple. Over the course of one day, she realizes that in order to become “somebody” she’ll have to make grave sacrifices. Knife + Heart is a 2018 French film directed by Yann Gonzalez and shot by Simon Beaufils. Anne, an ambitious and seasoned pornography director in 1979 Paris, has just broken up with her film editor girlfriend when a masked murderer starts killing her actors in obscene ways. In order to penetrate the truth Anne tempts fate by solving the murder through the Art of Pornography.

Babysitter & The Servant

This week we’re talking about the films Babysitter and The Servant Babysitter is a 2022 Canadian film directed by Monia Chokri and shot by Josée Deshaies. Nadine, a disillusioned new mother, is caught in the exhausting aftermath of her husband physically assaulting a news reporter on live TV. When her husband hires a babysitter, Amy, to lighten the load, Nadine finds new power in her role at home. The Servant is a 1963 British film directed by Joseph Losey and shot by Douglas Slocombe. Tony, a man with little direction and lots of money, hires Barrett, a seasoned manservant, to take care of him and his newly purchased London home. As Barrett provides more value to Tony’s life, it becomes unclear who is serving whom.

Vengeance & I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

This week we’re talking about the films Vengeance and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore Vengeance is a 2022 American film directed by BJ Novac and shot by Lyn Moncrief. Ben, a jaded single white man who makes a living writing for the New Yorker, finds out that one of his past one-night-stands has died in small town Texas. He decides to solve her death - and solve America - by making a True Crime podcast chronicling his Americana odyssey. I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore is a 2017 American film directed by Macon Blair and shot by Larkin Seiple. Ruth, a woman who’s lost faith in her fellow humans, returns home from work to a burglarized home and law enforcement that has little interest in finding the perp. With the help of her eccentric neighbor, Tony, she sets to work on retrieving her stolen property and ridding the world of delinquents - one asshole at a time.

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night & Promising Young Woman

This week we’re talking about the films A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night and Promising Young Woman A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a 2014 American film, directed by Ana Lily Amirpour and shot by Lyle Vincent. The girl, an elusive vampire living in Bad City, spends her nights patrolling the streets for misbehaving men. Her expectations are upended when she meets a curious boy who she would rather spend time with than feed on. Promising Young Woman is a 2020 American film, directed by Emerald Fennell and shot by Benjamin Kracun. Cassie, a thirty year old barista living at her parents’ house, spends her nights catching men who prey on drunk women. When her best friend’s assaulter re-enters her life, she seeks revenge and justice for her late friend.