It's time for a fEsTiVaL rEcAp, ladies and gents! Mari and Jeff talk about the top takes from the Venice Film Festival (JOKER IS EVERYWHERE, Roman Polanski being a shit, gender inequality in film and the whole embargo fiasco that the PR professional in Mari has a lot of thoughts on) AND first thoughts from the Toronto Film Festival (Hustlers coming out of nowhere, Uncut Gems, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, etc). Plus Mari and Jeff argue about Netflix and Amazon being allowed to premiere movies at festivals. They wrap up the ep with a great conversation on the 2000 Best Picture winner, Gladiator. Spoiler: It's basically 25 minutes of them hyping Joaquin Phoenix. And Mari doesn't know who Ridley Scott is.