VICE + DESTROYER | feat. Adam McKay

In this episode we speak to director Adam McKay, whose latest film 'Vice' has just received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Director.

Christian Bale is Vice-president Dick Cheney in this brilliant reconstruction of the madness of the George W. Bush presidency. An arch-manipulator, Cheney plays business, politics and warfare as mere tools for his personal gain, with his wife Lynne (Amy Adams) as his confidante. Sam Rockwell plays willing dupe Bush alongside Steve Carell as Donald Rumsfeld, offering us a panoramic portrait of the craven misuse of political power.

In 'Destroyer', Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, The Invitation) directs an unrecognisable Nicole Kidman as an embittered and cynical LA cop Erin Bell on the hunt for an old foe. Tracking back many years to an undercover case gone wrong, we slowly discover what has brought Erin to her current battle-scarred state.

Discussing the films this week are Sam Howlett, Kelly Powell and Jake Cunningham

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