Our celebration of the release of TÁR continues. This week it’s Todd Field’s second film as a writer / director, Little Children. For this conversation Murtada Elfadl welcomes back Kevin Jacobsen host of And The Runner-Up Is podcast, to discuss what makes Field’s movies entralling, Kate Winslet quintessentially American roles, why Patrick Wilson never became a big star, suburban ennui and Madame Bovary.

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Topics Discussed:

• Todd Field – what makes him special? Themes he’s concerned about? Actors do great work in this film. 
•  Deep Dives in the actors. Kate Winslet; her stature at the time, her screen presence, her awards trajectory.
• Patrick Wilson brings an appealing blankness into which you can project much but perhaps stopped him from becoming a star.
• The visuall invetiveness of this movie. always , the scene of jackie in the pool 
• 2006 Oscar race and this being Kate Winslet’s 5th nomination – why was there no overdue narrative?

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