Today's podcast is spurred by something Film Comment Co-Deputy Editor Devika Girish wrote in her dispatch from Cannes a few weeks ago: "the undeniable thrills and pleasures of Top Gun: Maverick ... are not entirely separable from the American-exceptionalist fervor of its narrative or the military resources poured into its making. It isn't "a good film but with bad politics"; it's a good film in pa ...

This broadcasting is dedicated to Feminist March. Saluting the womxn who are fighting for equitable futures and honoring 8 March week as we did in the last years with beautiful and powerful voices of Root’s women & non-binary residents. While we are still mourning, we are also here to remind one another the power of solidarity, and that we will never walk alone.