Mank
Spoiling David Fincher’s new film about the making of Citizen Kane.

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Episode Notes
On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Slate’s Dana Stevens is joined by Slate’s Brow Beat’s nights and weekends editor Matthew Dessem to spoil Mank, the new film about the making of another film, Citizen Kane. Will Herman Mankiewicz, a troubled alcoholic (played by Gary Oldman), finish his script in time for his deadline? Will anyone like the film? And how does a California governor’s race fit into it all?
You can read Dana Stevens here.
You can read Matthew Dessem’s review here.
Note: As the title indicates, this podcast contains spoilers galore.
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Podcast production by Morgan Flannery.