Episode 264 | Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things and Carol Reed’s The Third Man

With Wade on vacation, Kevin calls on Sarah Welch-Larson this week to help make sense of Charlie Kaufman's latest brain-bender. I'm Thinking of Ending Things, now streaming on Netflix, features Kaufman's trademark metafictional flourishes and thematic concerns; does it stand alongside Synecdoche, NY and Anomalisa in pulling off the balancing act between "challenging" and "inscrutable"? Sarah also takes the time to talk about one of the all-time great noirs, Carol Reed's postwar mystery The Third Man. Music interlude by The Surface of the Deep, "We'll Be Fine" Used by permission. Theme music by Alexander Osborn and Lindsey Mysse. Used under Creative Commons license 3.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices