If you are in a show hole, this episode is for you! Shanny talks with several guests who share their favorite movies, tv shows, and books from 2023. He also continues his conversation with media studies professors Kelly Wilz and Cary Elza about the biggest media news from last year.
Movie and TV Suggestions:
- "Past Lives," a romantic drama film written and directed by Celine Son
- "Anatomy of a Fall," a French legal drama thriller directed by Justine Triet
- "Godzilla Minus 1" directed, written, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki
- Spiderman: Across the Universe
- Fargo (tv series) available on Hulu
- The Bear (tv series) available on Hulu
- "Fall of the House of Usher" created by Mike Flanagan and available on Netflix
- The disturbing and unpredictable movies of Emerald Fennel: "Saltburn" and "Promising Young Women"
- "The Banshees of Inisherin," a 2022 black tragicomedy film directed and written by Martin McDonagh
Novel suggestions:
- Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
- Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
- The audiobook version of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
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