Ep1183: Train Dreams (2025) - Live Roundtable Review
Awards season may be driving Earth's Mightiest Critics loco, but we're moving full steam ahead with Clint Bentley's Train Dreams!
Joel Edgerton stars as Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker adjusting to change in early 20th Century America. This adaptation of Denis Johnson's novella has been compared to the work of Terrence Malick. But does that mean its an artful, easygoing meditation on life--or pretentious celluloid Ambien?
Join us as we forge a path to the answers in spoilerific detail, AND take your questions, comments, and SuperChats!
Train Dreams is now streaming on Netflix!
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As mentioned in the show, Joe Engleman of the Chicago Reader wrote an enlightening review of Train Dreams--which formed the backbone of this conversation. Read it here!
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