Get ready for one digression after another (and a little Reddit theater) as Scott and Joe piece together their thoughts on Can’t Buy a Thrill’s final track “Turn That Heartbeat Over Again.” The song’s narrative inspires Scott’s choice, the “try-hard” meth noir The Salton Sea (2002), starring Val Kilmer and a cranked-up Vincent D’Onofrio. Joe is similarly criminal minded, pulling focus to the Safdie brothers’ unrelenting Good Time (2017). Also discussed: heat checks; the destructive power of Disney; Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems; an underrated Paul Schrader gem; the healing power of the drums… I told you it was a digressive one. Just remember: Steely Dan is NOT prog rock.

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Links:

• William Gibson review of Two Against Nature
• S. Victor Aaron's take on "Turn That Heartbeat Over Again" (Something Else!)
• The Salton Sea trailer
• Roger Ebert on The Salton Sea
• Good Time trailer
• Film Comment Podcast with the filmmakers and Robert Pattinson 
• Donate to the Byrd Theatre
• Matt Zoller Seitz on Disney (Vulture)