A24 Retrospective - Dark Places

We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24's films. On this episode we are looking at 2015's ⁠Dark Places⁠ directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. The film stars Charlize Theron as Libby Day a woman who witnessed her older brother murder her entire family in a satanic ritual as a child, only to now be forced to questioned if that's what really happened. Joining the show is Matthew Simpson, one half of the ⁠Awesome Friday Podcast⁠.
Our double bill pairings include ⁠Satan Wants You⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Dakota) and ⁠Gone Girl⁠ (Matthew). See our complete A24 Double Bill Pairings on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠ (letterboxd.com/contrazoompod/....
Check out Dakota's⁠ interview with Steve J. Adams and Sean Horler⁠, the directors of Satan Wants You • Fantasia Fest Intervie...
If you haven't heard our deep dive into the origins of A24, listen to episode ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A History of A24 Films • A History of A24 Films and our last episode in this series episode A24 Retrospective - The End of the Tour • A24 Retrospective - Th...
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To be fair i just listened to sharp objects flints first book and that was really boring