Episode 76: AFTER HOURS (1985)

CW: Discussions of suicide and sexual assault as plot elements. A wacky entry in the "just tryin' to get home" genre, Martin Scorsese's post-THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST kickstarter couldn't be more indispensable. Both pointed critique of Reagan-era exceptionalism and pastiche of 20 years of Hollywood preceding its release, AFTER HOURS pits Griffin Dunne's entitled yuppie against a single night with the inhabitants of SoHo – a people and place he'd rather ignore – while he waits for the haven of his corporate word processor gig. Follow us at @trylovepodcast on Twitter and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Closing music: "Midnight" by Howard Shore from AFTER HOURS.