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Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Pieces of a Woman, 'Time' Documentary, Director Lance Oppenheim, Best Prison Movies

Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Adnan Virk, Le Batard & Friends

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

"Pieces of a Woman" follows the story a heartbreaking home birth that leaves a woman grappling with the emotional fallout which isolates her from her family and causes a chasm of grief. On this week's Cinephile, Adnan reviews the acclaimed Netflix film which is already generating a ton of Oscar buzz. He also reviews the wonderful new documentary "Time," which follows a woman as she campaigns for the release of her husband who is serving a 60-year prison sentence for a robbery. Adnan also speaks with director Lance Oppenheim about his new documentary "Some Kind of Heaven" that will leave you viewing retirement a little differently. And in honor of "Time," the guys give their picks for best prison movies ever made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You can argue with plenty of things in pieces of a woman, a skilled but heavy-handed

0:27.1

drama, now landing on Netflix after a tour of the fall film festivals. But you can't argue with

0:32.4

the monumental performance by Vanessa Kirby at its center. That's from Ty Burr of the Boston

0:37.6

Globe, talking about pieces of a woman, our featured debut here on Sinophilus. As always,

0:43.3

thanks for checking us out. Also reviewing a documentary called Time, which has been earning

0:47.0

Ray of Reviews, some all sorts of critics including the National Society of Film Cricks. They gave

0:52.2

out their awards for the best films in 2020. Time to know surprise was named as the best documentary,

0:57.7

speaking of documentaries. We'll bring in Lance Oppenheim, some kind of heaven, which is a terrific

1:03.2

doc available Friday January 15th. We're going to talk to him about that. He's a great story,

1:06.8

but Darren Aranovsky and just making documentaries in today's era. And in honor of prison movies,

1:12.9

which is what time is all about, the documentary, the Mount Rushmore of Prison movies. So all that

1:17.3

more coming up, I appreciate you as always checking us out here in Sinophilus. And please do

1:21.2

go to Apple Podcast where you can subscribe, rate, and review. Thanks to all the support along the way.

1:26.1

My cousin Nistrit just powered through every episode. I'm believable. Alpha Hill won. He never misses

1:30.8

an episode. My man, Hill won's the best. He's been asking for my top 10 list. I'm waiting for

1:34.9

this screener to know Mad Land. I still haven't received it. I hit up Ben Lines. I go,

1:39.2

what did you do? So he gave me the link to email for it. So hopefully I'm going to get the sooner

1:42.8

rather than later. And it's just starting a little bit frustrating that I'm waiting for no Mad Land.

1:46.4

So I feel like I can't do a top 10 list without seeing no Mad Land, which is a heavy favorite

1:50.7

all over the place. But I may eventually just lose patience. Maybe next week, I'll do my top 10

1:55.0

of 2020 here with Joe because eventually you don't want to be in the middle of March or give me

1:58.7

your top 10. So we'll see. Also, thanks to Brett Carrick, representing here in Hohocus. Never

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