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Crooked Table Podcast: Episode 44 — The Guy Who Played with ‘Free Fire’

In Episode 44 of the Crooked Table Podcast, Rob takes a glimpse at the impressive filmography of production and distribution house A24, the company behind some of the most fascinating films in recent years. Then he looks at A24’s latest release, director Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire starring Oscar winner Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy and Jack Reynor.

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Crooked Table Podcast: Episode 19 – Top 10 Movies of 2015

UPDATE 3/1/16: The below listing has been updated with fresh picks and is no longer reflected on the podcast episode itself, which was initially posted on 1/7/16.

Rob reveals his 10 favorite big-screen releases of 2015. Listen in on episode 19 of the Crooked Table Podcast to see which films made the cut!

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Review: ‘Ex Machina’

By Robert Yaniz Jr.

Even the genre’s most well-versed fans would be hard-pressed to find a sci-fi film that doesn’t in some way, shape or form touch on the dangers of technology. Stanley Kubrick set the tone in 2001: A Space Odyssey with the malevolent H.A.L. 9000 way back in 1968, and the theme has carried through virtually (pun intended) every major science fiction film for nearly half a century. Whether it is manmade or from the stars above, technology will – according to the movies, at least – be humanity’s undoing. So when we meet Ava (Alicia Vikander), the fetching artificial intelligence at the center of Ex Machina, it’s understandable to be more than a little skeptical.

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