In this episode, Hal and Craig discuss colonialism by way of Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, an innovative film that delves into Algeria's National Liberation Front and their bloody battles against French colonizers in the 1950s. Discussions also include:

• New movie roundup: MAY DECEMBER, SATAN WANTS YOU, and EILEEN;

• How French Colonialization depicted in Battle of Algiers is an eerie parallel to America's colonial interests in Iraw and Afghanistan;

• Alabama’s exploitation of the labor of incarcerated people;

• Elon Musk's doomed efforts to stand down Swedish labor unions; and

• A really weird garage sale where Craig bought all of Gore Vidal's "Narratives of Empire" books.

Hal and Craig discuss Robin Campillo’s BPM, an unflinching look at grassroots activism during the height of the AIDS epidemic, following members of Act Up Paris in the early 1990s as they plan direct action against the pharmaceutical companies and politicians who exacerbated the crisis. Other topics of conversation include:

• Our Top 5 Movies of 2022;

• Craig is exasperated at why none of the characters in Godfather III were weirded out by the film’s cousin/cousin romance;

• Hal explains Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ attempts to give himself sweeping executive power;

• DeSantis’ war on public education;

• And the return of our OG Conservative Reaction segment: “Did Armond White Like This Movie?”