Episode Description
PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION:
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Kathryn joins Melvin to discuss our latest Patreon-selected movie, Misericordia! This foreign drama/dark-comedy from Alain Guiraudie offers a lot to talk about: Fall vibes, yearning, secrets, and plenty of small town conflict. Also, mushrooms!
Topics:
- (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 27-minutes discussing Movies or art-pieces that become rally-cries for fandoms and garner 10/10 reviews in "support" of those projects, and how this makes Melvin go, "Hmmm..." (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
- The setting of the film, a Fall French countryside, is stunning.
- The film is cozy and even-keeled, but it also has a dash of the grotesque.
- Melvin hasn't watched a lot of Queer cinema and that's largely due to the genre often included a bit more sexuality in it than other genres.
- Someone watching movies outside their comfort zone can sometimes help bring a broader understanding to that person's outlook.
- How we interpret the mushroom as a symbol.
- Talking about love, justice, and living.
- Getting into the ending, discussing its abruptness, and closing thoughts.
- The importance of forgiveness and mercy when expressed and experienced in the right direction, as opposed to from merely observers.
Recommendations:
- Good News in January (you might have missed) (2026) (YouTube)
- Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013) (Video Game)
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