In the Cold Open #59, Robert Sickels and special guests Alicia Nevarez and Tallulah Sickels discuss Celine Song’s second feature, Materialists. Over the course of their conversation, they cover the film’s intentionally deceptive marketing campaign, the casting and performances of the film’s respective players, Song’s emerging authorial touches, and a deep dive into the ways the film depicts the transactional elements of contemporary dating culture. Our intro for this edition is Baby Rose’s cover of the Velvet Underground’s “I’ll Be Your Mirror” and our outro is Japanese Breakfast’s “My Baby (Got Nothing at All),” both of which are on the Materialists Original Soundtrack.

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