In their most essential sense, some of the best movies tell stories about the inner workings of our personal lives. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss three movies that attempt to do exactly that. One is the intrepid grandma study Thelma, one is the theater-as-therapy exploration Ghostlight and one is the who-is-the-real-person project Hit Man.
"Thelma," "Ghostlight" & "Hit Man"
Thelma, Bandwagon/Invention Studios/Zurich Avenue/Magnolia Pictures, 2024. Ghostlight, Runaway Train/IFC Films/Sapan Studios, 2024. Hit Man, AGC Studios/Aggregate Films/Barnstorm Productions/Cinetic Media/Detour Filmproduction/Monarch Media/ShivHans Pictures/Netflix, 2023.