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‘The Holdovers’ and ‘The Hunger Games.’ Plus: Eli Roth!

Eli Roth joins to discuss ‘Thanksgiving,’ his feature-length follow-up to the fictional trailer of the same name, which first appeared in the 2007 film ‘Grindhouse’

By Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Focus Features


Sean and Amanda review two divergent releases from this past weekend—a continuation of the Hunger Games intellectual property, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (1:00), and Alexander Payne’s latest feature, The Holdovers (30:00). Then, Sean is joined by writer, director, and actor Eli Roth (1:07:00) to talk about Thanksgiving, his feature-length follow-up to the fictional trailer of the same name, which first appeared in the 2007 film Grindhouse. Sean and Eli discuss Roth’s particular interests within the horror genre, the state of modern IP horror, and what he’s interested in doing next.

Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Guest: Eli Roth
Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner

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