MOVIE NIGHT: ‘Pavements’ With Hua Hsu, Plus an Interview With Director Alex Ross Perry

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4.4 • 582 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Yasi chats with New Yorker staff writer, Pulitzer prize–winning author, and known Pavement aficionado Hua Hsu about the 2025 film 'Pavements.' Is it a documentary? Is it a biopic? Is it a secret third thing? Did we like it? All these questions and more are answered. Plus, Yasi has a nice long chat with director Alex Ross Perry about the film and several other things, including but not limited to his take on vocal fry, 'Some Kind Of Monster,' and different approaches to mythmaking. Host: Yasi SalekGuest: Hua Hsu and Alex Ross PerryAudio Editor: Kevin PoolerAdditional Production Supervision: Justin SaylesTheme Song: Bethany Cosentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:12.1	aughts, 2000 to 2009. The Strokes, Rihanna, Jalo, Kanye, sure. And now the show is called
0:18.9	60 songs that explain the 90s, colon the 2000s. Wow. That's
0:24.1	too long a title for me to say anything else right now. Just trust me. That's 60 songs that
0:28.9	explain the 90s colon the 2000s, starting Wednesday, September 25th, preferably on Spotify.
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0:44.3	Wait, like, bands played?
0:48.6	Never heard this band in my life.
0:52.2	Oh, you haven't? I love that. Really? Why?
0:55.0	Yeah, I love this song. Oh, I don't know that one.
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1:02.0	I really hate this band!
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1:13.6	Bansplain! Hello and welcome to Bansplain. I am your host, Yassie Sallic. This is usually a show where I invite an expert guest on to help me explain a cult band or iconic artist.
1:26.1	Today's episode is a little different, you guys.
1:29.1	We're back to Film Corner.
1:30.4	It's movie night.
1:31.3	Today's episode is about the film, Pavements, directed by Alex Ross Perry, 2025.
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