What the corpus says about Roma (2018)

The 60 lines php artisan corpus:ask hands a model, in the order it gets them, and nothing else. The model writes a clerk's answer from these and only these.

What was said about it (18)

[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:27:52 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Captain Marvel ↔ Roma · theme · Recreating childhood wholesale is hard, which is why Roma was such a great movie. · "That's why Roma was such a great movie."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:23:11 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Black Panther · theme · Two Black Panther craft wins early made the night feel like one Hollywood, with Roma and Netflix bursting both. · "I was like, okay, the 2 Hollywoods, that's definitely the theme, but in the middle kind of bursting the two, is is Roma and Netflix"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:23:11 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · contrast · Calls Roma and Netflix the Thanos of popular culture, the anti-everything. · "Roma and Netflix as the sort of like anti-everything, the sort of the Thanos, if you will."
[The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:41:29 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70)] Roma ↔ Green Book · verdict · More recently, Roma or A Star Is Born should have won over Green Book. · "Roma or a Star is born over Green Book."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:22:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Roma ↔ Green Book · verdict · Declares Green Book's best picture win a farce while Roma is a beautiful film. · "green book winning best picture is a farce."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 1:08:52 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Green Book · verdict · Reclaims Roma after the souring of the Netflix conversation, calling it a masterpiece. · "I really feel like we've gotten so sour about it."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:11:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Roma ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · The Roma versus A Star Is Born matchup felt natural and easy, and far from the Green Book conversation. · "there's so many, the Roma versus Starborn thing felt so natural and easy to me, and that feels like a 1000000 miles away right now."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:56:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Roma ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · Globes moving away from critics' picks is a problem for Roma as well as Star. · "then I think that's a problem for Roma as well as Star is born."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:23:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Roma ↔ The Irishman · industry · A Netflix ad for The Irishman put 'in theaters' first, which the speaker reads as the new paradigm for how movies are seen. · "There was a notable commercial in the middle of this show for the Irishman, a new film from Netflix, and Martin Scorsese that you pointed out."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:26:13 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] Roma ↔ Black Panther · industry · Voters resisted a Netflix film the way they resisted superhero movies for years. · "I do think at some point just people didn't want to vote for a Netflix film and in the same way that they didn't want to vote for a superhero movie for many years."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:19:23 · David Sims (0.40)] Green Book ↔ Roma · industry · Oscar odds as of the recording: Roma 60, Green Book 13, with Klansman and A Star Is Born next. · "No, I would say like it's like 60 Roma, 13 green book, 10%, you know, who the fuck knows?"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:26:44 · unknown (0.35)] Roma ↔ Captain Marvel · what-if · Predicts the Academy will honor Netflix and superhero films later, and for lesser movies. · "So best picture for Captain Marvel 3 and best picture for Roma 5."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:58:42 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Cold War · what-if · Might have seen foreign film go to Cold War and best picture to Roma, since the Oscars are nutty. · "you could see them giving best foreign film to Cold War and best picture to Roma."
[The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 0:55:08 · Adam Nayman (0.80)] Roma ↔ The Irishman · Netflix canon problem · Roma and The Irishman are year-end conversation films that still don't seem to belong to the real canon, even Criterion-released. · "these movies don't seem to belong to the real canon, even when some of the Netflix movies get put out on a really physical form of canonization like criterion"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Mank · 1:18:33 · David Sims (0.50)] Mank ↔ Roma · Netflix black and white · Netflix is where you go for a script nobody else wants and for a black and white movie: Roma, Mank, Blonde, Maestro. · "Not only is Netflix the place you go to for your script that nobody else wants to buy, but it's where you go and you want to make your black and white movie."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:53:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Alfonso Cuaron ↔ Roma · craft · The cinematography Oscar went to Roma and to Cuarón, who shot his own film. · "This, of course, went to Roma, Alfonso Coron."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:55:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Roma ↔ Alfonso Cuaron · people · Cuaron won best director and Roma is bulletproof regardless; best director does not necessarily portend the Oscar. · "I think that no matter what Romo was going to be bulletproof tonight."
[The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 1:41:42 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40)] Roma ↔ Netflix · industry · Only Netflix would give Cuaron the budget for a black-and-white film about his hometown and keep it in theaters. · "who else would give Alfonso uh, that budget to make a movie, a black and white movie about his hometown"

Films put beside it more than once (5)

[pairs] Roma ↔ Green Book · said 4 times in 3 episodes
[pairs] Roma ↔ The Irishman · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Roma ↔ Captain Marvel · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Roma ↔ A Star Is Born · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Roma ↔ Black Panther · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (2)

[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:24:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Roma · fun · Compares the Vista's Roma screening with Netflix: in theaters and on Netflix. · "if you go to the Vista in Los Angeles today,"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:54:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Roma · fun · Never mentioned all night by the hosts until the end. · "We haven't talked about Roma once this entire podcast."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (29)

[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:07:16 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Green Book ↔ Driving Miss Daisy · lineage · Notes that the Green Book win lands exactly 30 years after Driving Miss Daisy's win, with the same conversation roiling. · "we're 30 years exactly since driving Miss Daisy one, and that the conversation around this sort of thing was roiling back then"
[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:25:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] The Irishman ↔ A Star Is Born · programming · Producer Bobby suggests The Irishman is this year's A Star Is Born for the hosts' Oscar obsession. · "perhaps the Irishman is this year's a star is born for us."
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:49:22 · David Shoemaker (0.40)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Black Panther looks like the best bet to carry the MCU into the next phase after Infinity War. · "Black Panther certainly looks to be the best bet to carry the series into phase four"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:59:57 · unknown (0.30)] Guardians of the Galaxy ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Captain Marvel provides context for the Nova Corps Cree and a not-yet-crazy Ronan, and Jude Law's Yon-Rogg. · "But the idea in Captain Marvel is he's not crazy yet."
[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:25:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] The Irishman ↔ A Star Is Born · programming · Producer Bobby suggests The Irishman is this year's A Star Is Born for the hosts' Oscar obsession. · "perhaps the Irishman is this year's a star is born for us."
[The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ · 0:06:23 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] My Cousin Vinny ↔ Green Book · theme · Italians-versus-the-South culture clash; Green Book is the only comparable one anyone can think of. · "I mean, green book's the only thing I can think of."
[The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ · 0:54:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Mean Girls ↔ A Star Is Born · lineage · The speaker is fine with a new auteur remaking a beloved thing every 20 years, as with Star Is Born / Star Wars-style retellings, here giving the social-media generation its own Mean Girls. · "every 20 years another Otour comes along and is like, I've got a take on this."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 0:25:32 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Griffin loved Black Panther just before, then felt Infinity War was one Marvel movie too big. · "Having, you know, loved Black Panther, which came out right before this."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:34:42 · unknown (0.40)] Samuel L. Jackson ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Hosts are excited to see Jackson as a younger Nick Fury again. · "Can't wait for him to do stuff again in like Captain Marvel and shit."
[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:27:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] The Irishman ↔ Netflix · programming · Sean assumes the Irishman has a contractual theatrical release while the other Netflix films might not. · "I assume the Irishman has something contractually that says they'll do that."
[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:22:24 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55)] Downton Abbey ↔ Green Book · theme · After Green Book, Amanda thinks voters just want to be happy, which could help a crowd-pleaser. · "man, people just want to be happy."
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:27:47 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] A Star Is Born ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · lineage · Merchant says he thought about A Star Is Born, the rags to riches story, as much as the sports side. · "I was thinking as much about films like, you know, like a Star is Born"
[The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:17:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ↔ Black Panther · lineage · The first film's theme was isolation versus justice (Killmonger vs. T'Challa); the sequel has a real-world theme too, about allyship between Latinx and Black communities, but is not done as well. · "his movies always have a big dynamic real world theme in them in a way that I don't think many Marvel movies do."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:29:32 · David Sims (0.40)] Captain Marvel ↔ The Avengers · programming · Captain Marvel is a 1990s prequel in which Fury still has both eyes, bringing back Coulson/Fury; they predict nineties-reference gags. · "So in that one, Nick Fury has 2 eyes."
[The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ · 0:37:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] A Bronx Tale ↔ The Irishman · theme · De Niro's refusal to intellectualize acting is tied to his Irishman interviews where he just goes in on Trump. · "he'll be like an actor's round table for the Irishman"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:08:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Green Book ↔ romantic comedy · theme · Green Book was earlier compared to a platonic rom-com, a nice friendship that voters enjoyed. · "I compared it to a rom-com, a platonic rom-com."
[The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:47:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] A Star Is Born ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · Offered as a second answer to best half-movie: everything up to the first time she sings Shallow is dynamite. · "everything leading up to the 1st time she sings shallow on stage, which is like, I think an hour, maybe a little bit less."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 1:27:32 · David Sims (0.40)] Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Black Panther (the host's read) · lineage · Vibranium, the shield metal, leads to Wakanda; adamantium is the X-Men analogue the MCU couldn't use. · "So instead they use vibranium as their super metal."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:01:42 · unknown (Griffin) (0.50)] Iron Man ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Mentions Captain Marvel's upcoming 90s setting and Kamala Khan idolizing her as a possible future movie. · "And then like models herself after Captain Marvel."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:41:43 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker ↔ The Irishman · craft · Rise of Skywalker had to de-age Ian McDiarmid the way The Irishman did. · "For Rise of Skywalker, they had to de-age him Irishman style."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:08:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Both wins read as 'I had a nice time at the movies' rewards rather than judgments of quality. · "feel a little bit like, you know what? I had a nice time at the movies."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Star's schmaltz and old-fashionedness were expected to lift it, but that is what the night rewarded in Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book. · "it's the schmaltiness and old-fashionedness of Bohemian Rhapsody and Green book that we're really discussing tonight."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ · 1:35:07 · Van Lathan (0.35)] Black Panther ↔ Internal Affairs · theme · Peck is the man compared to Garcia, like a Killmonger thing: he talks shit to the very end. · "It's kind of like a whole, like, Black Panther, Killmonger thing, where you leave."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:03:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · lineage · The film goes back to the Steve Rogers style of origin story. · "here's how Steve Rogers became a super soldier style of storytelling."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born ↔ Green Book · theme · All three films share a polished, studio, historically Hollywood approach; Star has more grit and anxiety. · "There's something like very polished and studio and historically Hollywood in the approach of all 3 of those movies."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born ↔ Green Book · theme · All three films share a polished, studio, historically Hollywood approach; Star has more grit and anxiety. · "There's something like very polished and studio and historically Hollywood in the approach of all 3 of those movies."
[The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:32:14 · Van Lathan (0.85)] Black Panther ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read) · theme · Van explains that in the first film T'Challa saw his father on the ancestral plane because he had questions for him, while Shuri saw Killmonger because she wanted revenge, the same motive Killmonger had. · "Shuri did not want to be the Black Panther to protect Wakanda."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:09:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] The Avengers ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · lineage · The Tesseract, the glowing box, was a MacGuffin in the first Avengers and in Infinity War. · "you may remember the Tesseract from the 1st Avengers film, and then, of course, the most recent Avengers film, Avengers Infinity War"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:52:51 · unknown (0.40)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · craft · Argues Green Book's editing is better than Bohemian Rhapsody's, which won film editing. · "I think, honestly, the editing and green book is better than the editing in Bohemian Rhapsody."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (4)

[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[speaker] Adam Nayman · latest sketch, The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ · Self-described slasher fan who likes a movie that plays with tropes intelligently; admires Miasma's playfulness and sincerity but dislikes its showbiz satire. Soft spot for Texas Chain Saw, wrestling and Toronto sports. Wary of the idea that references alone make a movie smart. · stances: Miasma is academic but playfully so; Better filmmakers deserve less intention-guessing; Don't need to love slashers to love Miasma

The shows' running bits (2)

[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

The whole prompt

As the model gets it, from app/Ai/Prompts/CorpusAsk.md

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Roma (2018) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about Roma (2018) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:27:52 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Captain Marvel ↔ Roma · theme · Recreating childhood wholesale is hard, which is why Roma was such a great movie. · "That's why Roma was such a great movie."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:23:11 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Black Panther · theme · Two Black Panther craft wins early made the night feel like one Hollywood, with Roma and Netflix bursting both. · "I was like, okay, the 2 Hollywoods, that's definitely the theme, but in the middle kind of bursting the two, is is Roma and Netflix"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:23:11 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · contrast · Calls Roma and Netflix the Thanos of popular culture, the anti-everything. · "Roma and Netflix as the sort of like anti-everything, the sort of the Thanos, if you will."
[The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:41:29 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70)] Roma ↔ Green Book · verdict · More recently, Roma or A Star Is Born should have won over Green Book. · "Roma or a Star is born over Green Book."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:22:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Roma ↔ Green Book · verdict · Declares Green Book's best picture win a farce while Roma is a beautiful film. · "green book winning best picture is a farce."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 1:08:52 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Green Book · verdict · Reclaims Roma after the souring of the Netflix conversation, calling it a masterpiece. · "I really feel like we've gotten so sour about it."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:11:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Roma ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · The Roma versus A Star Is Born matchup felt natural and easy, and far from the Green Book conversation. · "there's so many, the Roma versus Starborn thing felt so natural and easy to me, and that feels like a 1000000 miles away right now."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:56:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Roma ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · Globes moving away from critics' picks is a problem for Roma as well as Star. · "then I think that's a problem for Roma as well as Star is born."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:23:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Roma ↔ The Irishman · industry · A Netflix ad for The Irishman put 'in theaters' first, which the speaker reads as the new paradigm for how movies are seen. · "There was a notable commercial in the middle of this show for the Irishman, a new film from Netflix, and Martin Scorsese that you pointed out."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:26:13 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] Roma ↔ Black Panther · industry · Voters resisted a Netflix film the way they resisted superhero movies for years. · "I do think at some point just people didn't want to vote for a Netflix film and in the same way that they didn't want to vote for a superhero movie for many years."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:19:23 · David Sims (0.40)] Green Book ↔ Roma · industry · Oscar odds as of the recording: Roma 60, Green Book 13, with Klansman and A Star Is Born next. · "No, I would say like it's like 60 Roma, 13 green book, 10%, you know, who the fuck knows?"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:26:44 · unknown (0.35)] Roma ↔ Captain Marvel · what-if · Predicts the Academy will honor Netflix and superhero films later, and for lesser movies. · "So best picture for Captain Marvel 3 and best picture for Roma 5."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:58:42 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Cold War · what-if · Might have seen foreign film go to Cold War and best picture to Roma, since the Oscars are nutty. · "you could see them giving best foreign film to Cold War and best picture to Roma."
[The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 0:55:08 · Adam Nayman (0.80)] Roma ↔ The Irishman · Netflix canon problem · Roma and The Irishman are year-end conversation films that still don't seem to belong to the real canon, even Criterion-released. · "these movies don't seem to belong to the real canon, even when some of the Netflix movies get put out on a really physical form of canonization like criterion"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Mank · 1:18:33 · David Sims (0.50)] Mank ↔ Roma · Netflix black and white · Netflix is where you go for a script nobody else wants and for a black and white movie: Roma, Mank, Blonde, Maestro. · "Not only is Netflix the place you go to for your script that nobody else wants to buy, but it's where you go and you want to make your black and white movie."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:53:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Alfonso Cuaron ↔ Roma · craft · The cinematography Oscar went to Roma and to Cuarón, who shot his own film. · "This, of course, went to Roma, Alfonso Coron."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:55:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Roma ↔ Alfonso Cuaron · people · Cuaron won best director and Roma is bulletproof regardless; best director does not necessarily portend the Oscar. · "I think that no matter what Romo was going to be bulletproof tonight."
[The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 1:41:42 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40)] Roma ↔ Netflix · industry · Only Netflix would give Cuaron the budget for a black-and-white film about his hometown and keep it in theaters. · "who else would give Alfonso uh, that budget to make a movie, a black and white movie about his hometown"
[pairs] Roma ↔ Green Book · said 4 times in 3 episodes
[pairs] Roma ↔ The Irishman · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Roma ↔ Captain Marvel · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Roma ↔ A Star Is Born · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Roma ↔ Black Panther · said 2 times in 1 episode
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:24:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Roma · fun · Compares the Vista's Roma screening with Netflix: in theaters and on Netflix. · "if you go to the Vista in Los Angeles today,"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:54:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Roma · fun · Never mentioned all night by the hosts until the end. · "We haven't talked about Roma once this entire podcast."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:07:16 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Green Book ↔ Driving Miss Daisy · lineage · Notes that the Green Book win lands exactly 30 years after Driving Miss Daisy's win, with the same conversation roiling. · "we're 30 years exactly since driving Miss Daisy one, and that the conversation around this sort of thing was roiling back then"
[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:25:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] The Irishman ↔ A Star Is Born · programming · Producer Bobby suggests The Irishman is this year's A Star Is Born for the hosts' Oscar obsession. · "perhaps the Irishman is this year's a star is born for us."
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:49:22 · David Shoemaker (0.40)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Black Panther looks like the best bet to carry the MCU into the next phase after Infinity War. · "Black Panther certainly looks to be the best bet to carry the series into phase four"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:59:57 · unknown (0.30)] Guardians of the Galaxy ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Captain Marvel provides context for the Nova Corps Cree and a not-yet-crazy Ronan, and Jude Law's Yon-Rogg. · "But the idea in Captain Marvel is he's not crazy yet."
[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:25:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] The Irishman ↔ A Star Is Born · programming · Producer Bobby suggests The Irishman is this year's A Star Is Born for the hosts' Oscar obsession. · "perhaps the Irishman is this year's a star is born for us."
[The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ · 0:06:23 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] My Cousin Vinny ↔ Green Book · theme · Italians-versus-the-South culture clash; Green Book is the only comparable one anyone can think of. · "I mean, green book's the only thing I can think of."
[The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ · 0:54:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Mean Girls ↔ A Star Is Born · lineage · The speaker is fine with a new auteur remaking a beloved thing every 20 years, as with Star Is Born / Star Wars-style retellings, here giving the social-media generation its own Mean Girls. · "every 20 years another Otour comes along and is like, I've got a take on this."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 0:25:32 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Griffin loved Black Panther just before, then felt Infinity War was one Marvel movie too big. · "Having, you know, loved Black Panther, which came out right before this."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:34:42 · unknown (0.40)] Samuel L. Jackson ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Hosts are excited to see Jackson as a younger Nick Fury again. · "Can't wait for him to do stuff again in like Captain Marvel and shit."
[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:27:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] The Irishman ↔ Netflix · programming · Sean assumes the Irishman has a contractual theatrical release while the other Netflix films might not. · "I assume the Irishman has something contractually that says they'll do that."
[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:22:24 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55)] Downton Abbey ↔ Green Book · theme · After Green Book, Amanda thinks voters just want to be happy, which could help a crowd-pleaser. · "man, people just want to be happy."
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:27:47 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] A Star Is Born ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · lineage · Merchant says he thought about A Star Is Born, the rags to riches story, as much as the sports side. · "I was thinking as much about films like, you know, like a Star is Born"
[The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:17:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ↔ Black Panther · lineage · The first film's theme was isolation versus justice (Killmonger vs. T'Challa); the sequel has a real-world theme too, about allyship between Latinx and Black communities, but is not done as well. · "his movies always have a big dynamic real world theme in them in a way that I don't think many Marvel movies do."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:29:32 · David Sims (0.40)] Captain Marvel ↔ The Avengers · programming · Captain Marvel is a 1990s prequel in which Fury still has both eyes, bringing back Coulson/Fury; they predict nineties-reference gags. · "So in that one, Nick Fury has 2 eyes."
[The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ · 0:37:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] A Bronx Tale ↔ The Irishman · theme · De Niro's refusal to intellectualize acting is tied to his Irishman interviews where he just goes in on Trump. · "he'll be like an actor's round table for the Irishman"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:08:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Green Book ↔ romantic comedy · theme · Green Book was earlier compared to a platonic rom-com, a nice friendship that voters enjoyed. · "I compared it to a rom-com, a platonic rom-com."
[The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:47:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] A Star Is Born ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · Offered as a second answer to best half-movie: everything up to the first time she sings Shallow is dynamite. · "everything leading up to the 1st time she sings shallow on stage, which is like, I think an hour, maybe a little bit less."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 1:27:32 · David Sims (0.40)] Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Black Panther (the host's read) · lineage · Vibranium, the shield metal, leads to Wakanda; adamantium is the X-Men analogue the MCU couldn't use. · "So instead they use vibranium as their super metal."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:01:42 · unknown (Griffin) (0.50)] Iron Man ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Mentions Captain Marvel's upcoming 90s setting and Kamala Khan idolizing her as a possible future movie. · "And then like models herself after Captain Marvel."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:41:43 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker ↔ The Irishman · craft · Rise of Skywalker had to de-age Ian McDiarmid the way The Irishman did. · "For Rise of Skywalker, they had to de-age him Irishman style."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:08:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Both wins read as 'I had a nice time at the movies' rewards rather than judgments of quality. · "feel a little bit like, you know what? I had a nice time at the movies."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Star's schmaltz and old-fashionedness were expected to lift it, but that is what the night rewarded in Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book. · "it's the schmaltiness and old-fashionedness of Bohemian Rhapsody and Green book that we're really discussing tonight."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ · 1:35:07 · Van Lathan (0.35)] Black Panther ↔ Internal Affairs · theme · Peck is the man compared to Garcia, like a Killmonger thing: he talks shit to the very end. · "It's kind of like a whole, like, Black Panther, Killmonger thing, where you leave."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:03:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · lineage · The film goes back to the Steve Rogers style of origin story. · "here's how Steve Rogers became a super soldier style of storytelling."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born ↔ Green Book · theme · All three films share a polished, studio, historically Hollywood approach; Star has more grit and anxiety. · "There's something like very polished and studio and historically Hollywood in the approach of all 3 of those movies."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born ↔ Green Book · theme · All three films share a polished, studio, historically Hollywood approach; Star has more grit and anxiety. · "There's something like very polished and studio and historically Hollywood in the approach of all 3 of those movies."
[The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:32:14 · Van Lathan (0.85)] Black Panther ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read) · theme · Van explains that in the first film T'Challa saw his father on the ancestral plane because he had questions for him, while Shuri saw Killmonger because she wanted revenge, the same motive Killmonger had. · "Shuri did not want to be the Black Panther to protect Wakanda."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:09:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] The Avengers ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · lineage · The Tesseract, the glowing box, was a MacGuffin in the first Avengers and in Infinity War. · "you may remember the Tesseract from the 1st Avengers film, and then, of course, the most recent Avengers film, Avengers Infinity War"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:52:51 · unknown (0.40)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · craft · Argues Green Book's editing is better than Bohemian Rhapsody's, which won film editing. · "I think, honestly, the editing and green book is better than the editing in Bohemian Rhapsody."
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[speaker] Adam Nayman · latest sketch, The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ · Self-described slasher fan who likes a movie that plays with tropes intelligently; admires Miasma's playfulness and sincerity but dislikes its showbiz satire. Soft spot for Texas Chain Saw, wrestling and Toronto sports. Wary of the idea that references alone make a movie smart. · stances: Miasma is academic but playfully so; Better filmmakers deserve less intention-guessing; Don't need to love slashers to love Miasma
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with Roma (2018); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Roma (2018) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

You know only what's on these lines. Add no fact they don't state: not who directed a film, not what kind of film it is, not when it came out, unless a line says so. Say nothing about the store or how anything rents here.

Talk the way a clerk talks to a customer at the counter: plain text, titles written plainly with no asterisks or other markup, no headings, no lists of more than six, no JSON.