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Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Barry Sonnenfeld, The King of Staten Island, Ramy, Lawrence of Arabia

Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Adnan Virk, Le Batard & Friends

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Adnan reviews the new Judd Apatow film "The King of Staten Island," which is the semi-autobiographical story of SNL cast member Pete Davidson. Adnan also reviews season 2 of the critically acclaimed Hulu series "Ramy" and the classic 1962 film, "Lawrence of Arabia." Plus, Adnan speaks with the renowned director and producer, Barry Sonnenfeld, to talk about his new book "Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tomey and Pally whose win some Intelligent shines through a wobbly New York accent are

0:58.2

set down three hours and 40 minutes of Lawrence of Arabia props to Ben man,

1:03.4

which is an TCR which aired at Saturday night, along with one of Joe's favorites Bill

1:07.9

Burr, the director of The Incredibles. He spoke about how much he loves Lawrence of

1:11.9

Arabia. He cast Peter O'Toole in Rattatouille playing Antón Ego. So I was finally

1:17.8

able to watch one of the great epics of all time also a very special guest,

1:22.1

Barry Sonnetfeld, who is as funny as it gets a great director of Get Shorty,

1:26.7

Men in Black, Adams family, RV, has a book called Call Your Mother, Memoirs of a

1:33.2

neurotic filmmaker. As Jerry Seinfeld writes in the cover, if I went to prison and

1:37.8

saw that Barry Sonnetfeld was going to be my cellmate, I would think, oh this

1:41.2

will be a breeze. He and Seinfeld, by the way, neighbors didn't tell you right. So

1:44.8

cannot wait to Barry Sonnetfeld. It's a great, great book. As always, please do

1:49.1

check us out on Apple Podcast where you can subscribe, rate and review. I

1:53.4

appreciate all the support we're getting right now. I hope everybody's staying

1:56.4

safe during this very difficult time, not only obviously COVID-19, but now

2:00.5

these social protests which are going on everywhere. And of course, you look at

2:04.7

art and what art can do in terms of framing things and helping you illuminate

2:09.9

the situation. My dear friend Tim Kerch and called me yesterday and said, what do

2:13.5

you think should me and my wife and my daughter Kelly and husband watch just

2:18.5

Mercy? And I said, well, listen, it's a well-intentioned film, but it's not

2:22.4

exactly a few good men when it comes to courtroom dramas, but it's about injustice,

2:26.4

towards African Americans. If that's the vibe you're going for, you know, so be it.

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