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Cinephile with Adnan Virk

SAG Awards Recap, Justin Chang, Coming-of-Age Movies

Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Adnan Virk, Le Batard & Friends

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Film Interviews

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

The 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards are in the bag and the results have solidified several actors chances at winning an Academy Award in February. Adnan is joined by LA Times critic Justin Chang to break down the SAG results, preview the Oscars, and discuss which reviews are the most fun for critics to write. In honor of Adnan's review for "Waves," the guys give their picks for the best coming-of-age movies in this week's 'Mount Rushmore' segment! Film Reviews: Waves, A Hidden Life, American Factory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Still, even in the face of previous misfortunes, the characters created by Schultz exuded tenoriness

0:27.4

that allow this achingly intimate drama to move past sorrow and hit you like a shock and

0:32.1

lock heart.

0:33.1

That's Peter Traversa Rolling Stone talking about waves.

0:35.2

One of the three films we were reviewing this week on Cinefile.

0:38.2

I'll also be talking about Terence Malik's film A Hidden Life, and also Academy Award

0:42.7

nominee for Best Documentary American Factory.

0:46.0

Those are the three films we were reviewing this time of Cinefile and we got a great guest.

0:49.4

Justin Chang is one of my favorite film critics in America.

0:52.2

He's a film critic for the LA Times, and Justin has been waving the flag here big time

0:57.9

for Parasite.

0:59.1

And if anybody hasn't seen it yet, you'll listen to Justin talk about it.

1:01.6

You can feel his passion.

1:03.1

Also, why the Irishman may have been overlooked when it came to the SAGs.

1:06.2

He's got thoughts on why he didn't like JoJo Rabbit.

1:09.2

So there's plenty of good stuff coming up there with Justin.

1:10.9

Of course, total recall this year, I think, JoJo, we're looking at 2003.

1:14.3

So the Oscars of 2003, the films of 2002, Chicago, Gangs in New York, Lord of the Rings,

1:19.7

the pianist, stuff like that.

1:21.4

And our Mount Rushmore is going to be coming of age movies in honor of waves, which is a

1:25.8

high school coming of age film, which it feels like two different movies, but I'll discuss

1:29.8

that in a second.

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