Ian and David ring in 2023 with a review of one of 2022's best films!

Broker is Hirokazu Koreeda's gripping dramedy, which begins with a young mother's decision to leave her newborn outside of an infant drop-box--and expands to encompass black market adoptions, gangsters, murder, and the oddest case of "found family" you're likely to see!

In this spoiler-ish discussion (don't worry, the heavy portions are called out beforehand), David gives Ian a crash course in Koreeda's filmography; the guys discuss whether or not Broker is a "message" movie; and Ian draws some bizarre parallels to Tony Scott's True Romance and the newly released killer-doll flick, M3GAN!

Broker is now playing at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago! Check the link below for tickets and showtimes.

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Watch the Broker trailer.

If you're in Chicagoland, catch Broker at the historic Music Box Theatre this weekend!

Keep up with David Fowlie's movie reviews at Keeping it Reel.

Watch Kicking the Seat's round table review of Ian's #1 film of 2022, RRR (mentioned in this ep).

And be sure to join us live next Thursday for a full-on spoiler round table review of M3GAN!

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