Cinema Eclectica

When Graham and Sarah decided to do an episode on Never Rarely Sometimes Always, it was not a topical film. Its storyline, about a young girl crossing state lines in order to get an abortion, now puts it at the forefront of a major American news story, but there's much more to Eliza Hittman's film than being merely newsworthy. It's a haunting, measured, beautifully acted and shot film that never lets its unmistakable anger overwhelm its humanity, complete with a small but meaningful appearance from the acclaimed singer-songwriter Sharon van Etten. Van Etten's appearance is one of two things that qualifies NRSA (as all the cool kids are calling it) for this podcast - the other is the soundtrack by Julia Holter, whose career is also discussed. Other topics of conversation include this film's superiority over a certain other, more garlanded, stab at feminist cinema from 2020, the unexpected way Hittman found her lead actress, the career of the film's cinematographer Hélène Louvart, the minor scandal involving t