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Movies 101

Movies 101: "X" and "You Are Not My Mother"

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We all fear something. Whether we’re talking about ghosts, serial killers, UFOs, enclosed spaces or – Hitchcock famously – birds, fear makes for a great movie theme. And on this week’s show, Nathan Weinbender, Mary Pat Treuthart and Dan Webster will be discussing two films whose narratives depend on inherent human fears. First up is the succinctly titled “X” followed by the Irish feature “You Are Not My Mother.”