Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers.

I'm David Canfield.

I'm Richard Lawson.

And I'm Rebecca Ford.

Richard, you're back.

Chowda Gatsi.

Are you going to have to do this whole podcast in Italian?

I don't know if we're up to speed for that.

I did study the language for a long time, but I could not do that.

But yeah, I'm made of pasta now and excited to be talking about TV and movies again.

Yes, TV again for you for the first time at a long time.

That's right, yeah. But hopefully the Italian will help you discuss the Alto Nights at least.

That deeply authentic Italian film, yes. We are going to discuss the Alto Nights today in addition to a

couple of other films that, for various reasons, have stuttered at the box office with critics,

have lived a strange life and are kind of emblematic of a pretty rough start to the year for theatrical movies.

And a little later, we're going to talk about the premiere of Apple TV Plus's The Studio.

This is the new Seth Rogen show, which has generated really strong reviews,

feels like a strong Emmy contender. And off of that, we're going to dig a little bit more

into the pit and adolescents, since all of these shows have this very interesting commitment to

real time that feels like a burgeoning trend, at least in the prestige space. Before we talk about good television,

let's talk about some bad movies. Richard, although you have been away, you very bravely reviewed

some of these films for us, including Snow White. This is the remake directed by Mark Webb,

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