Is this the best film yet? It’s certainly the most ‘grown up’, whatever that means; we talk about being no longer a kids’ franchise, the role of Robert Pattinson, and a whole host of different transitions.

This Week’s Watching

SCANDAL (2012—): Shonda Rhimes, Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn modern family (2009—): Christopher Lloyd, Steven Levitan, Ed O'Neill

Recommendations

JESSICA JONES (2015—): Melissa Rosenberg, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter

PUSHING TIN (1999): Mike Newell, John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton

DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993): Richard Linklater, Jason London, Wiley Wiggins

THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER (2015): Brady Corbet, Bérénice Bejo, Liam Cunningham

Footnotes

Another sparse week for footnotes, other than more about Peter Pettigrew, whose identity we discovered last week (although to be avoided if you’re not keen on spoilers, it looks like). This is good about the topic of transition in film — particularly in teen film — which we touched on with our discussions of adolescence. Finally, don’t forget to check out our umbrella podcast network at Kaiju FM — subscribe to your favourite! (Well, second favourite, obviously.)