050 | The Farewell

It's our 50th episode so we decided to do our first audience pick! Connor & Riley discuss Lulu Wang's 2019 film: The Farewell. They discuss what is really the most ethical thing to do, when it's okay to lie, and what makes a film American or Chinese?

WARNING: Major spoilers for The Farewell, minor spoilers for The Royal Tenenbaums

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Films mentioned in this episode:

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• The Farewell (2019) | Dir. Lulu Wang
• Posthumous (2014) | Dir. Lulu Wang
• The Matrix Trilogy (1999-2003) | Dir. Lilly & Lana Wachowski
• The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) | Dir. Jacques Demy
• Crazy Rich Asians (2018) | Dir. Jon M. Chu
• Oceans Eight (2018) | Dir. Gary Ross
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) | Dir. Wes Anderson
• Secrets & Lies (1996) | Dir. Mike Leigh
• The Big Lebowski (1998) | Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) | Dir. Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) | Dir.  Chris Columbus
• To Sleep with Anger (1990) | Dir. Charles Burnett
• Praying with Anger (1992) | Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
• Little Women (2019) | Dir. Greta Gerwig
• Million Dollar Arm (2014) | Dir. Craig Gillespie
• Lagaan: or Once Upon a Time in India (2001) | Dir. Ashutosh Gowariker