What the corpus says about Destroyer (2018)

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Destroyer (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 Destroyer (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.

[Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut · 0:28:56 · Jourdain Searles (0.80)] Destroyer ↔ In the Cut · theme · Kidman's rejected turn in Destroyer is compared to Ryan's rejected turn: an actress doing what nobody expected or wanted. · "I feel like the Destroyer situation is similar to the Meg Ryan situation with this"
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:57:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] Babygirl ↔ Destroyer · verdict · Amanda wants both Destroyer and Babygirl in; women can have it all. · "What if I want Destroyer and Baby Girl?"
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:57:58 · unknown (0.35)] Destroyer ↔ Practical Magic · verdict · Destroyer is liked more than Practical Magic. · "I like Destroyer more than practical magic."
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:38:12 · unknown (0.35)] Nicole Kidman ↔ Destroyer · career · She is one of the only female stars who works hard to work with female directors. · "She's one of the only female stars that works hard to work with female directors."
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:42:48 · unknown (0.35)] Destroyer ↔ Nicole Kidman · career · Destroyer marks when she publicly committed to working with more female directors. · "And this is around the time that she very publicly is like, I am going to start working with more female directors."
[The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:28:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Karyn Kusama ↔ Destroyer · career · Kusama went to Destroyer after The Invitation, an example of directors pulling away from horror. · "she directed Destroyer after uh, invitation"
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:42:28 · unknown (0.35)] Destroyer ↔ Karyn Kusama · people · Kusama came on the show to discuss Destroyer. · "Karan Kusama came on and we talked about it, but I don't think you were on yet."
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:43:06 · unknown (0.35)] Destroyer ↔ Nicole Kidman · verdict · Loved; yellowed out of affection and for what it represents. · "I'm not sure if it goes into like a hall for Kidman, but it's meaningful for the reason that you just described."
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:00:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.35)] Destroyer ↔ Nicole Kidman · verdict · Destroyer is not going in. · "So all that and Destroyer is not even going in."
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:00:30 · unknown (0.30)] Babygirl ↔ Nicole Kidman · programming · A listener vote for the last spot is floated. · "What do you think if we put these other 10 things up for the public and they can have the 11th spot?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut · 0:07:38 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35)] Jane Campion ↔ In the Cut · programming · Today's episode of the Campion miniseries; the piano is behind them and In the Cut is next. · "It's also funny now that the piano is behind us and we're covering in the cut."
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:07:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Practical Magic ↔ Hocus Pocus · lineage · Practical Magic is described as a slightly more grown-up Hocus Pocus. · "it's like slightly more grown up Hocus Pocus."
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:35:20 · Halina Reijn (0.90)] Babygirl ↔ The Brutalist · programming · Reijn's last great thing seen is The Brutalist; Sean agrees it is his favorite of the year. · "I am obsessed with the brutalists."
[Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut · 0:09:37 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] In the Cut ↔ Hulk · programming · Both were 2003 films that were derided on release; Hulk is called David's derided film of the year. · "It was your derided film of 2000."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:16:48 · David Sims (0.60)] Practical Magic ↔ Addicted to Love · craft · Practical Magic and Addicted to Love share Griffin Dunn's strange, dark tonal mix. · "I realized I felt the same about addicted to love"
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:24:49 · unknown (0.30)] Eyes Wide Shut ⇒ Babygirl (the host's read) · lineage · The stoned late-night bedroom lecture after the rave echoes Eyes Wide Shut. · "Nice callback to eyes wide shut and lecturing Tom Cruise in the bedroom while stoned out of their minds."
[Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut · 0:13:38 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35)] Unfaithful ↔ In the Cut · programming · Unfaithful is described as closing out the erotic-thriller era that In the Cut lands at the tail end of. · "And unfaithful is him kind of closing the loop a little bit. And it's like that era is done."
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:29:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55)] Babygirl ↔ Secretary · lineage · The film that Babygirl is most often compared to. · "The movie that I've seen this movie compared to quite often is Secretary, have you seen Secretary?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut · 0:13:49 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35)] In the Cut ↔ Swimming Pool · programming · Swimming Pool is the only other notable erotic thriller of 2003. · "the only other one in 2003 of any note is the French movie swimming pool, which is a pretty good movie."
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:16:04 · Halina Reijn (0.90)] Basic Instinct ⇒ Babygirl (the maker said so: Halina Reijn, interviewed on the episode) · lineage · Reijn set out to converse with the 90s and early-2000s sexual thrillers she loved but found sexist. · "I wanted to be in conversation with all the sexual thrillers that I so loved in the 90s and the early 2000s, but then I also thought were incredibly sexist and not human."
[Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut · 0:51:40 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35)] In the Cut ↔ Hollow Man · programming · The DVD box set pairing In the Cut with Hollow Man, Flatliners, Abandon and Trapped is called a blank-checky set. · "It is a weirdly blank checky box set."
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:03:29 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Babygirl ↔ Hedda Gabler · theme · A speaker reads the movie's edges as Hedda Gabler-style constructs (transcript garbled). · "the further you get to the sides of some of the head of gabbler constructs, some of the robot concepts."
[Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut · 0:52:19 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35)] In the Cut ↔ Paul Verhoeven · programming · The box set mixes a Campion, a Verhoeven, a Schumacher and an Aja. · "It's just wild that it's a campion, a Verhoven, a Schumacher, a fucking Agoya."
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:18:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Babygirl ↔ The Substance · theme · Same year as The Substance; both are women-made films confronting an actress's aging, one literal, one metaphorical. · "it's an interesting time for this movie to come along in the same year as the substance where that movie makes the metaphorical literal."
[Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut · 1:34:30 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35)] In the Cut ↔ Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · programming · 2003 was crowded: Lord of the Rings, Lost in Translation, Kill Bill, Finding Nemo and more. · "because that's the year, obviously, of like Lord of the Rings."
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:40:50 · unknown (0.35)] Babygirl ↔ The Killing of a Sacred Deer · theme · Both give Kidman characters with distinctive sexual habits. · "This movie, and Baby Girl have something in common about how Nicole Kidman's characters like to have sex."
[Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut · 1:35:27 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35)] In the Cut ↔ Sideways · programming · Sideways, the following year, was a TIFF launch; In the Cut was not. · "Because the following year is sideways."
[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] Jourdain Searles · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut · A film critic and Bad Romance host who calls herself an In the Cut scholar and a longtime Jane Campion fan. Loves erotic thrillers, sexual frankness, and movies that like women's bodies; sees the film's backlash as puritanism and a refusal to let Meg Ryan be a woman with wants. Cannot stand Dennis Quaid or Russell Crowe, and is a sucker for the Matrix sequels. · stances: In the Cut is well made and 'badly made' is factually untrue; The backlash was about America's puritanism and about not wanting Meg Ryan to be a sexual adult; Erotic thrillers by women, and chemistry casting, should come back; The loudest voices reclaiming it are women because they find it hot
[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)

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 Destroyer (2018); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Destroyer (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.

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