It Was Just an Accident: Emotional and political stakes

Adam and Josh discuss the film's moral reckoning, topical resonance, and Panahi's context.

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For their fourth film together, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone get weird and go bald in BUGONIA with Jesse Plemons as Stone’s conspiracy-obsessed kidnapper. Adam and Josh discuss, along with reviews of Lynne Ramsay’s DIE MY LOVE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Kelly Reichardt’s THE MASTERMIND with Josh O’Connor, and film-of-the-year candidate IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, the latest from Jafar Panahi.

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Intro (00:00:00-00:02:36)

Bugonia (00:02:37-00:30:40)

Die My Love (00:30:41-00:48:44)

Filmspotting Family (00:48:45-00:51:48)

The Mastermind (00:51:49-01:14:08)

Mastermind Prize (01:14:09-01:17:49)

It Was Just an Accident (01:17:50-01:34:18)

Next Week / Notes (01:34:19-01:45:55)

Polls (01:45:56-01:56:08)

Credits / New Releases (01:56:09-02:00:04)