Mission Impossible (with Bilge Ebiri)

This episode of Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast was recorded during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film discussed in this episode wouldn't exist. To learn more, visit the WGA strike hub and read about the SAG-AFTRA strike here.Your mission, if you choose to accept it: in concert with August’s “heists” issue we’re talking across Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Mission: Impossible (1996) with brilliant Vulture and New York Magazine critic–and platinum-tier BWDR supporter!–Bilge Ebiri. We get into the [redacted] of Ilsa Faust, when plot makes no sense, Tom Cruise playing himself, lyricism in action films, Fallout = sex, what the franchise is saying about digital versus analog, watching A Few Good Men once a week, and more.The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast is co-hosted by Veronica Fitzpatrick and Chad Perman and produced and edited by Eli Sands. Our theme music is composed by Chad. This episode is sponsored by Galerie, a new kind of film club. Listeners may sign up for access at https://join.galerie.com/bwdr.Join us for our first live, interactive online discussion on Galerie on Friday, August 5th, at 1pm PST / 4pm EST! Chad and Veronica will discuss Daisies (1966, dir. Věra Chytilová), a film from Mike Mills’ curated Galerie movie list.Find all 100+ issues of Bright Wall/Dark Room, including this month’s impossible missions, at brightwalldarkroom.com. We really, really appreciate ratings and reviews. We’re on Twitter @BWDR and @TheBWDRPodcast, and we welcome feedback and inquiries at podcast@brightwalldarkroom.com. This message will self-destruct in––