What magic do Christmas movies use to make them so rewatchable?
AI✦Examines how Riders of Justice uses its ensemble cast to dramatise the paradox of family—characters whose presence simultaneously inflicts pain and provides belonging, generating the emotional friction that makes the film rewatchable.✦
Listen if you want to understand what makes holiday films enduring parts of our seasonal rituals!
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In this “backmatter” episode of Draft Zero, Stu, Chas, and Mel Killingsworth embark on a festive exploration of what makes holiday films so engaging and so re-watchable that they can become part of our rituals. To that end, we breakdown the charm of of Christmas films like KISS KISS BANG BANG, RIDERS OF JUSTICE, and IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE… →
