BFG Podcast #137: The 'Barbie' snub, 'You Are What You Eat,' and a report from the Sundance Film Festival

On a packed episode of this week's podcast, host Neal Pollack welcomes Sara Stewart to discuss the "snub" of Barbie director Greta Gerwig by the Academy. Neal plays devil's advocate, or maybe just the devil, and points out that Barbie DID get eight nominations. Sara recognizes that but also makes the strong point that only eight woman have been nominated for Best Director in Oscar history, and maybe the director of one of the biggest box-office hits of all time deserves a nod. But they both agree that the discourse went far off the rails when Hillary Clinton, always culturally tone-deaf, tweeted about it.

Stephen Garrett is back from Sundance, and is feeling extremely inconvenienced! He had to wait for buses, sometimes for 20 minutes, to take him to his next movie. How inconvenient! He recommends films like 'A Real Pain,' directed by Jesse Eisenberg and starring Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin, and 'Love Lies Bleeding,' a "lez-ploitation" bodybuilding and crime movie from director Rose Glass. Sounds good, as do documentaries about Devo and Brian Eno.

Rachel Llewellyn stops by the Blue Zone to talk about the Netflix docuseries 'You Are What You Eat,' which she slams as an advertisement for the processed vegan-food industry. A hot take from the BFG Dietary Institute. Neal recommends a diet comprised of 80 percent movie-theater popcorn. It works for him!

Enjoy the show.