Donnie Darko with Maris Kreizman

You Are Good

Sarah Marshall + Alex Steed

Film History, Film Reviews, Relationships, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Some people are just born with tragedy in their blood. In which we discuss the 1980s, existentialism, nonconformity and Donnie Darko with our dear friend Maris Kreizman.Maris:https://www.mariskreizman.com/ (https://www.mariskreizman.com/)Magpie Cinema Club is wonderful! Stream their version of Head Over Heals! linktr.ee/magpiecinemaclub (http://linktr.ee/magpiecinemaclub)Alex’s zine:https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture (https://www.patreon.com/HighOcculture)You can buy a You Are Good logo shirt DESIGNED BY THE GREAT LIZ CLIMO here:https://www.bonfire.com/you-are-good-shirts160/ (https://www.bonfire.com/you-are-good-shirts160/)You can make a contribution to Palestine Children's Relief Fund here:https://www.pcrf.net/ (https://www.pcrf.net/)Miranda Zickler produced and edited this episode:https://linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster (https://linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster)We appreciate y'all so much!

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0:00.0	Hello you.
0:09.9	Welcome to You Are Good, a feelings podcast about movies.
0:13.6	Today, we are talking about Donnie Darko,
0:16.3	or talking about it with our great friend, Maris Christman.
0:19.0	I'm one of your hosts, Alex Steed, and I will
0:21.5	soon be joined by my Marvelous co-host, Sarah Marshall. You Are Good is a feelings podcast about
0:28.8	movies, as I said, up top. We're not critics. We're not here to offer the definitive
0:35.8	critical take or explanation of your favorite films.
0:39.9	We are watching these movies and we're saying, what does this speak to in me when it comes
0:45.3	to thinking about who and how I am in the world?
0:49.5	Donnie Darko, if you are not familiar, is the 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film
0:57.7	written and directed by Richard Kelly and produced by Flower Films.
1:01.3	Thank you so much to our friends at Wikipedia.org for providing such a concise explanation.
1:06.3	It serves Jake Gyllenhaal, Jenna Malone, Drew Barrymore, Mary MacDonald, Catherine Ross, Patrick Swayze,
1:12.6	and Noah Wiley. It's set in October 1988, and stuff happens. We'll talk about all that stuff
1:17.7	in this very episode. Maris Kreiseman is an essayist and critic with a biweekly column at Lit Hub,
1:23.9	whose work appeared in the New York Times, New York Magazine, the LA Times,
1:29.6	Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and more.
1:32.4	She also has a newsletter called The Marys Review.
1:34.8	She also has a new book, a debut essay collection, called I Want to Burn This Place Down.
1:41.3	Love Maris. We love Maris.
1:42.8	She's been here before for a bonus episode. I believe
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