'AOI + NY Magazine’s Best of 2020' in TV & Film, 'Normal People,' Katori Hall, 'The Old Guard,' 'The Forty-Year-Old Version'

We wrap up the year like no other with our series, “AOI + NY Magazine’s Best of 2020”. Kathryn VanArendonk, staff writer for Vulture, joins us to discuss her picks for the best of TV and we’ll take listeners’ calls.

[REBROADCAST FROM MAY 6, 2020] Oscar-nominated director Lenny Abrahamson discusses executive producing and directing the first six episodes of the new Hulu series, "Normal People," based on the Sally Rooney novel of the same name. 

[REBROADCAST FROM JULY 2, 2020] Olivier Award-Winning playwright Katori Hall discusses the premiere of her first television series, "P-Valley.”

We continue our series, “AOI + NY Magazine’s Best of 2020,” with Alison Willmore, film critic for Vulture and New York Magazine, who joins us to discuss her picks for the year’s best films and we’ll take listeners’ calls.

[REBROADCAST FROM JULY 21, 2020] The film, “The Old Guard,” continues the tradition of summer blockbusters for the streaming age. Since its release July 10, it quickly became one of the most-watched movies on Netflix. Director and screenwriter Gina Prince-Bythewood discusses her new film about a team of immortal mercenary fighters based on the comic book series of the same name.

[REBROADCAST FROM OCTOBER 5, 2020] What does a once-promising, now depressed, almost middle-aged playwright with no gigs do to revive her career? Make a rap record, of course. Radha Blank wrote, directed, and stars in "The Forty-Year-Old Version," a new film produced by Lena Waithe. Blank joins us to talk about her semi-autobiographical work that has the festival circuit buzzing.