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House of R

‘Following’ and ‘Insomnia’ | Nolan Revisited

House of R

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

A Dream of Nolan Spring continues! Mal and Jo are back to revisit a pair of early Christopher Nolan films in ‘Following’ and ‘Insomnia.’ They discuss their relationships to both movies, how the two pieces place in his filmography, and so much more. Plus, they give out some superlatives! Intro (0:00) Opening Snapshot (6:08) Superlatives (53:40) Outro (01:41:04) Explore the exclusive collection of Target.com Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Mallory Rubin Producers: Carlos Chiriboga, Jamie Yukich, Scott Lee, and Kai Grady Studio Production: Jacob Cornett Social: Jomi Adeniran Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.3

Hello, welcome back to House of Arr and Joanna Robinson. That's Mallory Rubin, and we're here today to talk to you about one Mr. Christopher Nolson, Christopher Nolan, actually. Hello. Wow. How you doing? I mean, I love that I got a little accent work from you this early. Oh, yeah. What a treat on a Friday morning. It's quite an accent heavy time we're going to have here today. We are talking

0:55.5

about two Christopher Nolan films as a double feature here on the podcast. We're doing following,

1:00.7

which is his sort of first film. Yes. And then insomnia. Are all of these movies being done

1:07.1

out of order? Yes. Do I have a few regrets about that somewhat? But is it right in keeping

1:11.4

with Christopher Nolan's style it is. So it's just such an easy way for us to just say. It was always

1:16.1

the intention because he is a non-linear storyteller. He loves a non-linear story. And so are we.

1:20.3

And we'll discuss that a lot when we get to following right after this. This episode of House of

1:25.9

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