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Obi-Wan Kenobi, Lightyear, Stranger Things 4, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds are our main topics for Genre Equality 55! Plus, we pay tribute to Tim Sale, while Isa highlights the best of this anime season such as Spy x Family, Ya Boy Kongming!, and more. Finally, Hidzir reviews Jurassic World Dominion, The Umbrella Academy season 3, Spiderhead, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Ping Pong. Intro - 00:00 R.I.P. Tim Sale - 02:14 Obi-Wan Kenobi - 06:17 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - 16:15 Stranger Things - 29:34 Lightyear - 41:41 The Umbrella Academy - 43:04 Spiderhead - 44:50 Jurassic World Dominion - 46:41 Returning anime (Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Komi Can't Communicate, etc.)  - 48:36 Summertime Render - 52:16 Dance Dance Danseur - 55:33 Ao Ashi - 58:55 Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story - 1:02:21 I'm Quitting Heroing - 1:04:16 Aharen Is Indecipherable - 1:05:13 Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie - 1:06:01 Spy x Family - 1:07:07 Ya Boy Kongming! - 1:14:48 Ping Pong the Animation - 1:25:16 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - 1:30:10

We conclude our countdown of the best films of 2022 so far! On the 51st episode of BEHOLD!, we run down #5 to #1 by discussing Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza (U.S.), Megan Park’s The Fallout (U.S.), Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee (Denmark), Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II (England), and Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World (Norway). Intro - 00:00 Licorice Pizza - 04:19 The Fallout - 17:33 Flee - 31:52 The Souvenir Part II - 40:13 The Worst Person in the World - 45:37 June recommendations - 1:04:23 Outro - 1:15:30

We countdown the 10 best films of 2022 so far! On the 50th episode of BEHOLD!, we run down #10 to #6 by discussing Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers (Spain), Joseph Kosinski’s Top Gun: Maverick, Sushmit Ghosh & Rintu Thomas’ Writing With Fire (India), and Mike Mills’ C’mon C’mon. Intro - 00:00 Honorable mentions - 01:36 West Side Story - 06:12 Parallel Mothers - 18:26 Top Gun: Maverick - 26:55 Writing With Fire - 39:49 C’mon C’mon - 43:31 Outro - 53:48

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Moon Knight, Undone season 2, The Northman, X, and Love Death + Robots volume 3 are the main topics of Genre Equality #54! Plus, Hidzir revisits an all-time classic horror in Rosemary’s Baby. We also review Star Trek: Picard season 2, Vampire in the Garden, Night Sky, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Halo and 5 Centimeters per Second. Finally, we pay tribute to late, great comic book artists Neal Adams and George Perez. Intro - 00:00 R.I.P. Neal Adams and George Perez - 01:18 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - 05:16 Moon Knight - 28:27 Undone - 41:14 Love, Death + Robots - 50:56 The Northman - 1:05:35 Halo - 1:14:01 X - 1:18:10 Vampire in the Garden - 1:19:20 Night Sky - 1:20:02 The Time Traveler’s Wife - 1:21:05 Star Trek: Picard - 1:22:39 Rosemary’s Baby - 1:26:25 5 Centimeters per Second - 1:33:09 Outro - 1:36:13

On the 49th episode of BEHOLD!, we interview Lian Sutton (Nusantara Theatrical Combat), creator of historical audio drama - The Mercenário and the Pahlawan. Plus we recommend our favourite narrative podcasts such as My Dad Wrote A Porno and Welcome to Night Vale. https://anchor.fm/nusantaratheatricalcombat/episodes/Act-2-Part-1-e1g63bl https://www.patreon.com/join/nusantaratheatricalcombat Intro - 00:00 The Mercenário and The Pahlawan - 00:52 My Dad Wrote A Porno - 44:41 Welcome to Night Vale - 57:27 Honorable mentions - 1:05:46 May recommendations - 1:08:25

On the 48th episode of BEHOLD!, we step into the ring with the pound-for-pound greatest boxing movies of all time. We bob and weave through Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull, Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby, Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky and Ryan Coogler’s Creed. Intro - 00:00 Raging Bull - 09:23 Million Dollar Baby - 20:00 Rocky - 30:10 Creed - 41:24

Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2, Severance, Russian Doll season 2, Memoria and Thermae Romae Novae are the main topics for Genre Equality #53! Plus we review Morbius, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Shining Girls, and Ultraman season 2. Finally, Hidzir recommends Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker Prize-winning soft sci-fi novel about clones - Never Let Me Go. Intro - 00:00 Attack on Titan - 02:14 Severance - 22:25 Memoria - 30:35 Russian Doll - 36:22 Thermae Romae Novae - 45:52 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - 52:57 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - 53:51 The Man Who Fell To Earth - 55:01 Shining Girls - 57:34 Morbius - 59:22 Ultraman - 1:02:10 Never Let Me Go - 1:04:34 Outro - 1:12:12

Hardi joins BEHOLD! On our 47th episode, we discuss our favorite fictional live-action TV shows about sports. With clear eyes and full hearts, we delve into Friday Night Lights, Ted Lasso, Brockmire, and Sports Night. Intro - 00:00 Friday Night Lights - 06:21 Ted Lasso - 29:55 Brockmire - 43:13 Sports Night - 55:11

On the 46th episode of BEHOLD!, we discuss the film inspirations behind the many Batman movies of the past decade. We dive into Michael Mann’s Heat (which inspired The Dark Knight), Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver & The King of Comedy (which inspired Joker), and David Fincher’s Se7en & Zodiac (which inspired The Batman). Intro - 00:00 Heat - 04:24 Taxi Driver / The King of Comedy - 24:24 Se7en / Zodiac - 44:36 April recommendations - 1:13:14

The Batman, Upload season 2, The Boys: Diabolical, Turning Red and Everything Everywhere All At Once are the main topics on Genre Equality #52! Plus, Isa highlights the best of this anime season such as Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie, Kotarou Lives Alone and My Dress-Up Darling. Finally, Hidzir reviews After Yang, Kids on the Slope, DMZ, Big Mouth spin-off Human Resources, The Adam Project,  and Jonathan Sims’ haunted building horror novel Thirteen Storeys. Intro - 00:00 The Batman - 01:27 Upload - 19:54 The Boys: Diabolical - 31:02 Turning Red - 37:48 Everything Everywhere All At Once - 51:48 After Yang - 57:00 DMZ - 1:01:46 Human Resources - 1:03:44 The Adam Project - 1:06:33 Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie - 1:08:18 Returning series - 1:14:00 My Dress-Up Darling - 1:15:52 Kotarou Lives Alone - 1:20:18 Sasaki to Miyano - 1:23:25 Slow Loop - 1:25:25 Kids on the Slope - 1:28:42 Thirteen Storeys - 1:32:10 Outro - 1:38:45

On the 45th episode of BEHOLD!, we discuss one of the greatest prestige dramas ever created - AMC’s Mad Men. We deep dive into the show’s uniformly phenomenal performances, its best episodes, its psychological study of shaping identity, alongside its dense themes about the dawn of American consumerism and how advertising co-opts shifting cultural norms. Intro - 00:00 Mad Men - 00:18 March recommendations - 1:28:30 Outro - 1:37:40

The Book of Boba Fett, Peacemaker, Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc, and Critical Role’s The Legend of Vox Machina are our main topics for Genre Equality #51! Plus, Hidzir celebrates the long-awaited return of Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples’ Saga comic book, and raves about Madeline’s Miller’s subversive takes on Greek mythology in her epic novels The Song of Achilles & Circe. Finally we review Raised by Wolves season 2, Moonfall, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and All Of Us Are Dead.  Intro - 00:01 The Book of Boba Fett - 03:56 Peacemaker - 21:20 The Legend of Vox Machina - 28:58 Raised by Wolves - 44:15 Moonfall - 46:35 Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 48:19 Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc - 49:46 Saga - 58:25 All Of Us Are Dead - 1:03:46 The Song of Achilles / Circe - 1:09:19 Outro - 1:15:56