Episode #428: 'Christy' with Daresha Kyi
“Good luck getting knocked the f**k out.”
Maximum Film! · Daresha Kyi, Alonso Duralde, Marissa Flaxbart, Drea Clark, Kevin Avery
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Show Notes
CW: discussion of domestic abuse
We get into the good the bad and the ugly of the new boxing biopic CHRISTY, which tells the story of pioneering boxer Christy Martin and her dark power struggles both in and outside the ring. Then we have a movie quiz about bio pics with first-name titles.
What’s Good
Alonso - successful Parker House rolls trial run
Drea - remembering a detail of Arrival
Daresha - screening her new film to big crowd at a Black church in Cambridge, MA
Kevin - was in a play!
ITIDIC
- Kristen Stewart declares "state of emergency" over gender inequality in film
- Warners Making ‘Gremlins 3’ With Steven Spielberg, Chris Columbus Returning
Staff Picks
Drea - Rebuilding
Alonso - Little Amelie or The Character of Rain
Daresha - Natchez
Kevin - Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
Alonso’s book, Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas
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With
Kevin Avery
Drea Clark
Alonso Duralde
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher