We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24’s films. On this episode we are looking at 2014’s Laggies directed by Lynn Shelton. The film stars Kiera Knightly as a woman who faces a quarter century crisis and runs away from her life to stay with a high schooler played by Chloë Grace Moretz. Joining the show is Kattie Laur and Mark Allin, Kattie is a writer for Pod the North and producer on Alpaca My Bags while Mark is a musician and host of former movie podcast Videophilia.
Our double bill pairings include Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (Dakota), Hook (Rachel), Booksmart (Kattie) and Your Sister’s Sister (Mark). Check out the ongoing Letterboxd list of all our pairings.
If you haven’t heard our deep dive into the origins of A24, listen to episode 108: A History of A24 Films and our last episode in this series episode 213: A24 Retrospective – Tusk.
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