In Part 6 of this season on movies and The Great Recession, Tori and Dávid find our first realistic depiction of working-class people in an unexpected place and a wave of films critiquing the establishment, but lacking depth.

Topics and films mentioned:

• Letterboxd: Step Up: Revolution, 2012, directed by Scott Speer
• YouTube: Step Up: Revolution trailer
• Letterboxd: Arbitrage, 2012, directed by Nicholas Jarecki
• YouTube: Arbitrage trailer
• Letterboxd: Les Misérables, 2012, directed by Tom Hooper
• YouTube: Les Misérables trailer
• YouTube: "Do You Hear the People Sing?" song from Les Misérables
• Letterboxd: Magic Mike, 2012, directed by Steven Soderbergh
• YouTube: Magic Mike trailer
• Letterboxd: The Hunger Games, 2012, directed by Gary Ross
• YouTube: The Hunger Games trailer
• Roger Ebert: The Hunger Games review
• The Guardian: "From Fortnite to Love Island: how the ‘fight to the death’ defines our times" article