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Eric Wilson's avatar

I’m thankful that you and your partners in crime have been able to make a go of this listener-supported model and that the great podcasts will keep flowing!

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First off, Dave, a big thank you for all your work...especially The Filmcast, which has been a mainstay listen of mine for years now. (No other pod about the movies has quite the combo of intelligent analysis, heartfelt passion for film, and genuine cameraderie among Those Who Talk. You guys are the BEST!)

It’s been a tough goddamn year, in some personal ways for me and some universal ways for all of us who have been living through the ongoing hellishness of our country’s multiple crises. I mean: it’s been a LOT. I try to stay engaged politically (doing what I can to fight for what’s right and good), and to take care of myself and my loved ones as I do my regular job. But I’ve NEEDED to lose myself at times, in watching or listening to stuff...often stuff that I find out about through your recommendations, or things I hear about from from friends, or reviews that I read. I suppose my consumption rate of TV and movies has gone up in alignment with my levels of stress, and I try to be forgiving of myself for this. Frankly, art (both high and low) has kept me going during these perilous times, and I shouldn’t apologize for this.

So here’s a short list of pop culture stuff that has moved me of made me laugh or just gotten me through:

TV - THE LEFTOVERS (I was late to this), DERRY GIRLS S3, BARRY S3, THE DROPOUT, BETTER CALL SAUL S6, STATION ELEVEN, JULIA, THE OLD MAN, THE PATIENT, THE REHEARSAL, THE BABY, reruns of LAW AND ORDER

Movies - EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (a movie hadn’t knocked me out like that in a long time), PREY, THE WOMAN KING, NOPE, BARBARIAN, FIRE ISLAND, X, TAR, EMERGENCY, THE MENU, and...my annual re-watch of MURIEL’S WEDDING.

Music - new albums from Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Weyes Blood, Carsie Blanton, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Miranda Lambert, Big Thief, Samara Joy, Joan Armatrading, Wilco

Thanks again, Dave. Good wishes to you and yours for the year ahead, with many cultural riches yet to be explored.

Matthew in Boston

Twitter (for now): @cdmatthewmurphy

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