It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.

Do you believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?

We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.

Welcome to The Next Picture Show, a movie of the week podcast devoted to a classic film

and how it shaped our thoughts on a recent release. I'm Tasha Robinson, here with...

Genevieve Kosky. And Keith Phipps. Scott Tobias is off busking in Europe, but we found

someone else playing cello on the street and brought him in to Phil Scott's chair in the orchestra,

podcaster, musician, culture writer,

and fan of the show, David Chen, who last joined us for a pairing of Akira Kurosawa's Throne

of Blood and Joel Cohen's Macbeth. David has a lot of podcasts and a lot of ventures going on

at any particular time, but his latest project, which we heartily recommend you check out,

and which we'll be pointing to some specific aspects of during this pairing

is Decoding Everything, a collection of cultural writing and interviews you can find at Decoding

Everything.com. Welcome back to the show, David. It is an absolute thrill to be back. Thank you

for the invitation. Much though you seemed concerned that all of our podcast listeners would

run away in terror at your last pairing. And in fact pushed us over the edge. We were taken to

the downtown Chicago and given the key to the city. They said this is what we've been waiting

for all along, which makes it odd that we've waited so long to invite you back, David.

Yeah, a lot of mysteries.

Well, this one's really up your alley.

You've already written about one of these movies, and we're going to see what you think about

the other one.

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