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Movies 101

"Napoleon" & "Saltburn"

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From left: Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon (2023); Barry Keoghan in Saltburn (2023).
Napoleon, Scott Free Productions/Apple Original Films/Columbia Pictures, 2023. Saltburn, Lie Still/LuckyChap Entertainment/MRC Film/MGM, 2023.

As we head into the final month of 2023, our movie schedule starts to include some of the year’s most highly touted releases. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two of those much-anticipated films: Ridley Scott’s biopic Napoleon and Emerald Fennell’s exploration of family and class titled Saltburn.