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Across the Movie Aisle

Across the Movie Aisle

By: The Bulwark
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 Here’s the elevator pitch: It’s “Left, Right, and Center” meets “Siskel and Ebert.” Three friends from different ideological perspectives discuss the movies and controversies (or nontroversies!) swirling around them.

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Episodes
  • The Ultimate Danny Boyle Movie Draft

    The Ultimate Danny Boyle Movie Draft
    Jun 26 2025
    In this bonus episode, Sonny, Alyssa, and Peter draft their favorite Danny Boyle films—from 28 Days Later to Slumdog Millionaire, Sunshine to Steve Jobs. But the real star of the show? Boyle’s new film 28 Years Later. The crew breaks down why it might be one of the best movies of the year—and how it redefines the legacy sequel.
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    18 mins
  • Danny Boyle Says He Shouldn’t Have Made Slumdog. Should He?

    Danny Boyle Says He Shouldn’t Have Made Slumdog. Should He?
    Jun 24 2025
    Danny Boyle says he couldn’t — and shouldn’t — make Slumdog Millionaire today. Sonny Bunch, Alyssa Rosenberg, and Peter Suderman dive into the cultural appropriation debate, the limits of identity in art, and how this all relates to Boyle’s latest film, 28 Years Later. They also tackle how these same culture-war battles are reshaping YA fiction, Hollywood, and who gets to tell which stories.
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    40 mins
  • The Romantic Comedy Is Solved

    The Romantic Comedy Is Solved
    Jun 19 2025
    In this bonus episode of Across the Movie Aisle, Sonny Bunch, Alyssa Rosenberg, and Peter Suderman debate the state of the romantic comedy. Is When Harry Met Sally the unbeatable blueprint for the entire genre? Why have rom-coms fallen off—and are they finally making a comeback?

    They break down everything from Ephron classics and screwball oldies to Judd Apatow bros and modern rom-cons.
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    20 mins
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