{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Special Subject: Christmas 2025 \u2013 S & X-Mas \u2013 EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) & ELLE (2016)","description":" Our S&xMas episode looks at two provocative, controversial, and not very sex-positive works made by aging auteurs after a long hiatus, Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and Paul Verhoeven's Elle (2016). Join us as we trace Tom Cruise's all-American odyssey of sexual paranoia and Isabelle Huppert's very European journey away from sex with men, asking such important questions as "Is Paul Verhoeven the most masochistic male feminist director?" and "Is there a significance to Christmas in these movies beyond irony?" And in Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto, just one Naruse, Wife (1953), another uninspiring look at marriage that extends a surprising amount of sympathy toward Ken Uehara, the Japanese George Brent. Is there a significance to covering these movies in our Christmas episode beyond irony? Listen and find out! Time Codes: 0h 00m 25s:    EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) [dir. Stanley Kubrick] 0h 25m 30s:    ELLE (2016) [dir. Paul Verhoeven] 0h 47m 34s:    Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto \u2013 Mikio Naruse\u2019s Wife (1953) 0h 51m 36s:    ELLE (2016) returns!  +++ * Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project \u2013 a discussion of Late Spring * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: \u201cSunday\u201d by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise\u2019s piece on Gangs of New York \u2013 \u201cMaking America Strange Again\u201d * Check out Dave\u2019s Robert Benchley blog \u2013 an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist\u2019s 2000+ pieces as he can locate \u2013 Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join!  ","author_name":"There's Sometimes a Buggy: Irresponsible Opinions About Classic Film","author_url":"http:\/\/timetravel.libsyn.com\/webpage","html":"