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There goes my hero: Ed Halter and Blair McClendon join to unpack the “rich text” that is Tom Cruise’s world-dominating blockbuster, Top Gun: Maverick

Wildlife: the Ohio-based artists discuss how their “Feral Domestic" trilogy questions the porous boundaries between homelife and the outside world

Negative space: Adam Nayman and Beatrice Loayza join to discuss Olivier Assayas’s new, series-length reimagining of his classic 1996 feature

Shoot your shot: Adam Sandler’s latest features some surprising performances from a host of professional ballplayers and another endearing turn from the Sandman himself

My favorite things: Real-life jazzman Dexter Gordon’s spellbinding performance is at the heart of Tavernier’s Paris-set and music-rich drama

Flaming creatures: from crumbling reels of a Douglas Sirk classic to a gloriously preserved print of Cluny Brown, this year’s fest offered many delights for the purist filmgoer

Future days: the director discusses his new film, how he gets bodies to speak for themselves, and the role of art in the face of the apocalypse

Flying high: the last few days of Cannes contained many of this year’s high points, including Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up, Albert Serra’s Pacifiction, and David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future

Body and soul: the prolific French actress joins the podcast to discuss her starring turns in excellent new films by Mia Hansen-Løve and David Cronenberg

Mask off: The director of Cannes-standout Pamfir discusses the roles of myth, religion, and the carnivalesque in his artful rural crime thriller